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Comment I know... (Score 3, Interesting) 529

this will probably be modded down, but I do find it unbelievable that in the U.S. there are org's (Sea Org's ?) that are so powerful that both domestic and foreign policy (ACTA, ITO etc) are held-up as examples of "good practise" to the extent that what they want becomes law.

Where's Alan Shore when you need him?

Comment Re:Great new way to annex your neighbor (Score 1) 285

I finally found a reference:

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 - The Defense Department said today that at least 12 people were killed when a United States Navy plane bombed a civilian hospital in the early hours of the invasion of Grenada last week. The officials, acknowledging earlier press reports of civilian casualties at a hospital, said the building was not marked as a hospital and was in a milimarked as a hospital and was in a military complex from which gunfire was being directed at American troops. They said they were unable to confirm reports that the hospital was for mental patients. Until today, American military officials had been saying they knew of no civilian casualties anywhere in Grenada. American troops were said to be using ''surgical care'' and ''limited force'' in taking strong points. Destruction to buildings was reported to be minimal.

Comment Re:Great new way to annex your neighbor (Score 2, Interesting) 285

The real worrying thing is...why would ANY military agency even be looking at Google Maps in the first place. Then again this isn't the first time this has happened. The US military forces used tourist maps to plan the invasion of the island of Grenada in 1983. Granted, there was very little cartography of the island available... but to resort to tourist maps?

Didn't that lead to a hospital being targeted and destroyed?

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