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GHOSTLY images believed to show the disappeared MH370 passenger jet in the Cambodian jungle could actually show a US bomber downed during the Vietnam war. As helicopter fly over the area and a full-scale ground search begins some believe the intriguing image is actually of a F-105 Thunderchief  - a large ground attacker retired from the bloody conflict due to heavy loses. Aviation sleuth Ian Wilson claimed he found the doomed jet - which mysteriously vanished in 2014 with 239 people on board - lying partially hidden, on Google Maps. According to Wikipedia, 382 Thunderchief  aircraft were lost during the war, including 62 non-combat losses. Many Twitter users grabbed onto the new theory, with one even theorising how the plane crashed, based upon the Google image: "The lack of cockpit capity suggests this aircraft  hit th[e] ground vertically in an inverted flat spin." At 70 metres the newly-found "plane" measurement is far close to the 63.7m of … [Read more...] about Jungle plane wreckage that sparked ‘search’ for MH370 in Cambodia could be a ‘downed US bomber from the Vietnam War’

These undated photos provided by the Hanford, Calif., Police Department show Stacie Mendoza and her husband Jose Mendoza. Authorities said they have arrested the couple in the torture and murder of a 70-year-old Vietnam War veteran , who then had their children watch as they burned the man's body. Hanford Police Captain Karl Anderson says the pair tortured Kenneth Coyle on April 5, 2018, to get him to reveal bank account information, passwords and other financial information. (Hanford Police Department via AP) HANFORD, Calif. — A couple arrested in central California in the torture and killing of a 70-year-old Vietnam War veteran made their children watch as they burned the man’s body, authorities said. Stacie Mendoza and Jose Mendoza tortured Kenneth Coyle on April 5 to get him to reveal his bank account details and passwords. After torturing him, the Mendozas allegedly beat and suffocated him to death in his house in the small city of Hanford, said Police Capt. Karl … [Read more...] about Couple killed Vietnam veteran, burned body in front of kids, police say

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The California grandfather suspected of killing a dozen people and raping more than 50 women lived a quiet life as a warehouse worker and a suburban homeowner obsessed with lawn care, neighbors and acquaintances said.Joseph DeAngelo, a former police officer whose law enforcement career ended after he was busted for shoplifting in 1979, had a modest three-bedroom home in the Sacramento suburb of Citrus Heights. He graduated from nearby Folsom High School, served in the Navy during the Vietnam War and worked for 27 years at a cavernous supermarket distribution warehouse.Now 72, he has been accused of being the Golden State Killer who terrorized suburban neighborhoods in a spate of brutal rapes and slayings in the 1970s and '80s. The case baffled investigators for decades.Sierra Creech, 17, said she was friends with DeAngelo's granddaughter and spent almost every weekend for six months at his home. DeAngelo wasn't around much and told her he was always at … [Read more...] about Suspect in serial killings was obsessed with lawn care

TomDispatch, ContributorA regular antidote to the mainstream media. Hint: they’re winning in other ways. 10/25/2018 04:39 pm ET By William J. Astore As America enters the 18th year of its war in Afghanistan and its 16th in Iraq, the war on terror continues in Yemen, Syria, and parts of Africa, including Libya, Niger, and Somalia. Meanwhile, the Trump administration threatens yet more war, this time with Iran. (And given these last years, just how do you imagine that’s likely to turn out?) Honestly, isn’t it time Americans gave a little more thought to why their leaders persist in waging losing wars across significant parts of the planet?  So consider the rest of this piece my attempt to do just that. Let’s face it: profits and power should be classified as perennial reasons why U.S. leaders persist in waging such conflicts. War may be a racket, as General Smedley Butler claimed long ago, but who cares these days since business is booming? And … [Read more...] about Why American Leaders Insist On Fighting Losing Wars

Commanding the American warship the USS Constitution in the waning days of the 18th century, Capt. Silas Talbot steered the massive 44-gun frigate into the path of a little vessel called the Amelia.Talbot knew what he was after. An experienced naval officer since the American Revolution whose prowess prompted President George Washington to appoint him to supervise the Constitution’s construction, Talbot sought to put a potentially dangerous ship out of commission.But he also wanted what Congress seemed to have promised: a fee from the salvage of the Amelia. Congress had passed statutes that appeared to have allowed for the seizing of ships like the Amelia.The statutes came during the Quasi-War, a naval confrontation in the 1790s between the newly formed United States and France, its former ally in the American Revolution. France and England were openly warring with each other, and Americans were arguing over whether to stay neutral.The Amelia was sailing from Calcutta, an English … [Read more...] about Constitutional Dilemma: The Power to Declare War Is Deeply Rooted in American History