A specially designated al-Qaida terrorist based out of Kuwait was released from U.S. custody in Afghanistan in 2001, The Long War Journal reveals. The terrorist, Muhammad Hadi al-Anizi, was designated by the U.S. Department of the Treasury March 14 for raising funds and arranging travel to Syria for would-be terrorists. The Treasury Department’s designation specifies […]
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Guantánamo Judge Orders CIA Testimony on Destroyed ‘Black Site’ Videotapes…
A military judge ruled Tuesday that defense attorneys could call former CIA officials as witnesses in their bid to derail the death-penalty trial of the alleged USS Cole bombing plotter, who was waterboarded in the spy agency’s secret prison network, the Black Sites. The one-page ruling by Air Force Col. Vance Spath, the judge, authorized […]
That Was Fast: Signer of Anti-Trump Letter Withdraws from Pentagon Think Tank…
Patrick Cronin, a liberal Republican China hand who signed a letter denouncing President Trump during the 2016 presidential campaign, on Friday withdrew from taking a plum position as director of a Pentagon-funded think tank in Hawaii.
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Someone Stole a Humvee from the Army and Parked it in a Residential Garage…
A Ohio National Guard U.S. Army humvee stolen from the units base armory Tuesday was recovered in a vacant house’s garage Friday, the Associated Press reports. The humvee was stolen overnight by thieves who cut a chain link fence and somehow breached the vehicles locking mechanisms. Police and local authorities heavily publicized the theft, which […]
More Than 200 Dead in Suspected U.S. Airstrike That Hits Civilians in Mosul…
The U.S. military is investigating whether it was responsible for a bombing raid in the Iraqi city of Mosul that killed scores of civilians, making it the most deadly among Iraqi residents since the battle against the militant group Islamic State began more than two years ago. Col. Joseph Scrocca, a U.S. spokesman based in […]
Sec of State Tillerson’s Remarks to the Global Coalition Working to Defeat Islamic State (VIDEO)…
“The flow of foreign terrorist fighters into Syria and Iraq is down 90 percent over the past year. It is harder for terrorists to get in, and more importantly, harder for them to get out to threaten our homelands. Turkey has pushed ISIS off the Turkey-Syria border through Operation Euphrates Shield. This entire border is […]
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Continuity of Agenda: Thousands of U.S. Troops Being Sent to Combat in Syria?…
The US has been raining hellfire missiles, cluster bombs, depleted uranium and drone strikes on the Middle East for the past 15+ years… And how are things? Look around. Afghanistan is now called our longest war. Last year the Pentagon got caught being dishonest by omission about how many troops were in Iraq, then announced […]
Trial of 2 Psychologists over CIA Torture Pushed to September…
The civil trial of two psychologists who developed the harsh interrogation methods in the government’s war on terror has been moved back to Sept. 5 in Spokane, Washington. U.S. District Court Judge Justin Quackenbush moved the trial date this week because of disputes over access to top-secret documents sought by the defendants. Attorneys for the […]
Michael Flynn Discussed Covert Extradition Plan With Turkish Government…
Michael Flynn, the Trump administration’s first national security adviser, met with Turkish government officials in September to discuss a covert and potentially illegal plan to excise a political enemy of Turkey’s president from the U.S., according to former CIA director James Woolsey. Woolsey confirmed to The Wall Street Journal that he attended a Sept. 19 […]
75 Year Old Man Charged with Deserting from U.S. Military 45 Years Ago…
A Florida man is in custody after the Air Force determined he went “absent without leave,” or AWOL, 45 years ago. The 75-year-old was found living a quiet life with his wife under an assumed identity, and his neighbors had been none the wiser. His crime, committed half a lifetime ago, has come back to […]
You Probably Didn’t Notice, But Trump and Putin Are Rebuilding a Mighty Military Alliance…
The Western press is preoccupied with demon Russia. We’re told that Russia through its tool, WikiLeaks, cost Hillary Clinton the election; that Russia hacked U.S. servers, effectively installing Donald Trump as president; that Russia is blackmailing Trump over sex scandals and secret business dealings; that Trump isn’t releasing his tax returns because they show Russian […]
U.S. Will Honor Nuclear Deal…
Christopher Ford, the White House National Security Council’s senior director for weapons of mass destruction and counter-proliferation, made the remarks during a conference in Washington, DC on Tuesday. Ford told the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace that the Trump administration will stick to the Iran nuclear pact unless otherwise is decided…
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U.S. Marines Said to Land Behind Islamic State Lines in Syria…
An American-backed Syrian Kurdish coalition said Wednesday that the US had landed infantry behind Islamic State lines to spearhead an assault on the town of Tabqa. The Syrian Democratic Forces said the US airlifted several Marines and SDF fighters by helicopter into Islamic State-held territory, capturing four villages, and cutting the main artery running between […]
Israel: America’s Mad Dog in Syria By Tony Cartalucci…
Israel has played an increasingly provocative role in the destructive conflict unfolding within and along Syria’s borders since 2011. To many observers, it appears Israeli policy borders between opportunistic and unilateral aggression. In reality, Israel’s role in the Syrian conflict fits a much larger and long-term pattern with Anglo-American plans not only for Syria but […]
Trump Will Travel to Brussels for First NATO Meeting in May…
The White House announced on Tuesday evening that President Trump’s first foreign trip will be to Brussels, Belgium, on May 25. Trump will sit down for an inaugural meeting with leaders from the 28 nations that belong to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). “The President looks forward to meeting with his NATO counterparts to […]
$596B Budget, 800 Plus Bases Laid Out in This Infographic…
Trump’s budget for 2018, proposes cutting lots of stuff, from the EPA to the NEA and even small cuts at NASA. One of the few departments that will not see any cuts was the US Department of Defense. In 2015, Politico estimated that there are 800 U.S. bases abroad. The cots to maintain this massive […]
DOD Denies it Tried to Shelve Study That Found $125B in Waste…
The Defense Department on Tuesday denied it tried to quash a 2015 study that found it could save $125 billion in noncombat administrative programs but admitted it has so far only found a small fraction of those savings. The department hopes to save $7.9 billion during the next five years through recommendations in the study […]
Military Nude Photo Investigation Expands into Gay Porn Websites…
The military scandal involving sharing of sexually explicit images of troops has expanded beyond the private social media site Marines United to a slew of gay pornography web pages with images of men wearing military uniforms engaged in sex acts, USA TODAY has learned. The broadened investigation to an increasing number of websites underscores the […]
SEAL Team 6 Attempted a Second Yemen Raid One Month After Botched Operation…
Navy SEALs attempted to conduct another raid inside Yemen earlier this month but aborted the mission at the last minute, according to a senior U.S. military official. Members of SEAL Team 6 deployed to Yemen in early March for a ground assault targeting suspected members of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, a group U.S. […]
The Roles of the U.S., Russia, Turkey, Iran and Israel in Syria: Moving Towards the End of the War by Elijah J. Magnier…
The US and Russia have agreed to put an end to the “Islamic State” (ISIS/Daesh) as a priority in Syria, unifying the goal without necessarily agreeing on uniting efforts and coordinating the ground attack. Nevertheless, this beginning will lead the way towards the end of the war in Syria and pave the way to removing […]
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