Western Shoshone stop "Divine Strike" Bomb Test

[azndndude]

Indian people protest "Divine Strike" bomb test in Neveda
http://www.indiancountry.com/content.cfm?id=1096413084

[Waya]

1. Great news, that.....

[Jeffersons Ghost]

2. what kind of a screwed-up name is "DIVINE STRIKE?" K&R

Is it a hint at the planned Crusades in Iran?

[madokie]

3. sure it is, my guess

[thereismore]

5. it's divine strake. They are still crazy though. nt

[RebelOne]

6. It's Divine Strake, not Strike.

According to the dictionary, it's some type of planking on a boat? What does that have to do with a bomb?

[Igel]

10. Or a metal part on a plowshare.

Or dialectal for 'strike'.

[thereismore]

4. Treaty of Ruby Valley. Go Shoshone! and thank you. nt

[bridgit]

7. good...

:patriot:

8. good news

[gatorboy]

9. Here's an article on how they came up with the "Divine Strake" name:

http://www.opednews.com/maxwrite/print_friendly.php?p=opedne_fritz_ru_060421_divine_what_3f.htm

Calling a US military test of explosive mayhem—thermodynamic chaos—by the nomenclature “Divine Strake” forces one to wonder, “is there something strange, here?” The easy explanation is that such names are derived from a complicated computerized code-word algorithm devised by the Joint Chiefs of Staff (called NICKA) (see William Arkin’s April 4, WP article available at http://nuclearno.com/text.asp?10698), and this time, the algorithm came up with “Divine.” As Arkin points out: “it makes no sense, given the gigantic universe of words available, to have an entire test series devoted to weapons of mass destruction testing that uses the ‘Divine’ moniker?”

For those of you still puzzled, I refer to a conventional explosion of almost 600 tons TNT equivalent scheduled to occur in the Nevada desert on June 2. The test, “Divine Strake,” is a simulation of the energy required by a nuclear device that might be used to preemptively strike a country (like Iran) with, purportedly, underground uranium enrichment operations.

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“Please ask the algorithm to come up with something more neutral,” might have been an appropriate request. But it gets even worse: Arkin points out that we’ve not seen the last of the “Divine” moniker. In addition to Divine Strake, tests and experiments are planned with the nomenclature, Divine Buffalo, Divine Invader, Divine Helcat, Divine Kingfisher, Divine Umpire, Divine Zorro, Divine Warhawk, Divine Albatross, and even, Divine Hates.

[lectrobyte]

11. I guess "Divine Wind" would be already taken?