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...country. "Tell George Bush we're all terrorists in Somalia," he'd shouted at the camera. "Tell Bush to attack. Tell him we're all terrorists here." Several reports on Tuesday claimed Turki's wishes had been granted, and that he himself was the target of the attack. The Pentagon, however, refused to specify either whether Turki had been the target or whether...
Ever since the Soviet Union consigned itself to the ash heap of history (along with the Pentagon's annual publication on Soviet Military Power), Congress has ordered the U.S. military to report annually "on the current and future military strategy of the People's Republic of China." So on Monday, the Pentagon turned out a 66-page report to help Congress foster its own fears. It's part of a symbiotic relationship: Congress orders the study, and then lawmakers get to cite it as justification for buying more weapons. Some in national-security circles refer to the phenomenon...
...unlike the old Soviet Union, the Pentagon can't quite cite a clear and present danger. So it's pointing to China's secretiveness as justification for assuming the worst. "The lack of transparency in China's military and security affairs poses risks to stability by increasing the potential for misunderstanding and miscalculation," the report said. "This situation will naturally lead to hedging against the unknown." The Pentagon adds that China spent up to $139 billion on its military, up to three times its declared budget (but only about a quarter of the Pentagon's). "The real story...
...Pentagon study is certain to be used as ammunition by the China bashers in Congress. "By 2010 China will have almost twice the number of submarines - not the same capability, but almost twice the number of submarines - as the United States," Rep. Tom Allen, D-Maine, warned at a recent House Budget Committee hearing. Senator James Inhofe, R-Oklahoma, said at a recent Senate Armed Services Committee hearing that during the 1990s, Beijing's military procurement "increased by 1,000 percent...
...concern. While China remains pre-occupied by Taiwan, its navy and air force are increasingly expanding their reach in ways that suggest it is flexing its military might beyond that island, which mainland China regards as a rebel province. Last year, Beijing tested an anti-satellite weapon and Pentagon officials believe it has been behind hacker attacks on Pentagon computer systems. The report says China's long-range strategic missile force - capable of hitting the U.S. - continues to grow, as does its arsenal of ship-killing cruise missiles...