Who is losing in Syria? The immediate answer would be “Islamic State” (ISIS). But the reality is more complicated than that simple answer. Yes, ISIS is losing its territory, oil and gas fields and the other assets the group acquired since 2014 in both Iraq and Syria. In two years ISIS had become the richest […]
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Under Trump, U.S. Foreign Policy Is Increasingly Being Left to the Generals…
Qatar is home to the US’s largest military base in the Middle East and a long-time US ally. Since its Gulf neighbors, led by Saudi Arabia, imposed a blockade two weeks ago, president Donald Trump has enthusiastically praised the blockade and attacked Qatar—contradicting the messages from his own Defense Department, State Department, and Senate Republicans. […]
First Military Case in ‘Fat Leonard’ Navy Bribery Scandal Begins…
The Navy has charged one of its commanders with accepting gifts and sex with prostitutes from a Malaysian defense contractor. Prosecutors alleged at a preliminary hearing in Norfolk, Virginia, on Monday that Cmdr. David Alexander Morales accepted bottles of champagne, $5,000 meals and sex. They said Morales helped Singapore-based businessman Leonard Francis, nicknamed “Fat Leonard,” […]
USS Reagan Crew Can Sue TEPCO Over Fukushima Nuclear Disaster…
A federal appeals court has ruled that members of the US Navy can now, in a US court, pursue their lawsuit which alleges that they were exposed to radiation while providing aid after the nuclear crisis in Fukushima, Japan. On Thursday, the US Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco ruled in favor of […]
Freighter Was on Autopilot When it Hit U.S. Destroyer…
The deadly collision between a U.S. destroyer and a container ship June 17 took place while the freighter was on autopilot, according to Navy officials. The Philippines-flagged cargo ship ACX Crystal was under control of a computerized navigation system that was steering and guiding the container vessel, according to officials familiar with preliminary results of […]
WSJ Reports Israel and Saudi Arabia Secretly Giving Money to Islamic State…
The WSJ reports that Israel has been “supplying Syrian rebels near its border with cash as well as food, fuel and medical supplies for years, a secret engagement in the enemy country’s civil war aimed at carving out a buffer zone populated by friendly forces.” The Israeli army is in regular communication with rebel groups […]
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UAE Has Secret Torture Prisons in Yemen, U.S. Involved in Interrogations…
The UAE operates a network of ‘black sites’ in war-torn Yemen, where terrorist suspects are abused and tortured, an AP investigation has found. US personnel have been involved in at least some interrogations, agency sources said. There are at least 18 clandestine prisons across southern Yemen operated by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) or by […]
Was the USS Fitzgerald Rammed Deliberately? More and More Are Asking…
The Navy is being tight-lipped about releasing very many details as to what caused a civilian container ship to slice into a U.S. destroyer just 56 nautical miles off the sprawling Yokosuka Naval Base in Japan. We can understand the Pentagon’s reluctance to say much while an investigation is under way, but the Navy Public […]
Korean War Soldier’s Body Returns to U.S. Soil 67 Years After He Went MIA…
A U.S. soldier’s body is heading home 67 years after he went missing in action during the Korean War. The U.S. accepted the remains of the 1st Cavalry Division soldier Thursday during a repatriation ceremony hosted by the South Korean military and United Nations Command at Yongsan Garrison. UN colors draped his casket, which stood […]
Canadian Sniper Takes Out ISIS Terrorist From over 2 Miles Away…
A Canadian sniper in Iraq took out an ISIS terrorist from more than 2 miles away, Canadian Armed Forces confirmed on Thursday. “The Canadian Special Operations Command can confirm that a member of Joint Task Force 2 successfully hit a target at 3,540 metres,” the forces told the Globe and Mail. “For operational security reasons […]
REPORT: Fitzgerald Crew Fought Flooding for an Hour Before Help Came…
Japanese investigators believe the crew of the USS Fitzgerald was in full damage-control mode, stanching the flow of seawater into the destroyer’s compartments, and without reliable communications for as much as an hour after the warship was crippled by its impact with a commercial container ship last week. That theory of events is still preliminary, […]
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Navy Sailor Gave His Own Life to Save His Shipmates After Fatal Collision at Sea…
One of the seven sailors who lost his life after a container ship slammed into the side of a Navy destroyer reportedly sacrificed himself to save his shipmates. When the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald was struck by the Philippine-flagged ACX Crystal merchant ship Saturday, 37-year-old Fire Controlman 1st Class Gary Leo Rehm Jr. […]
Amazing Footage of Russian SU-27 Warning Off NATO F-16 Who Was Shadowing Plane Carrying Russia’s Defense Minister…
It’s all fun and games until your planes get shot out of the sky. Following an earlier incident when a Russian fighter came within 5 feet of a US spy plan — a NATO F-16 had to be warned off by a Russian SU-27 for inappropriately shadowing a plane carrying Russia’s Defense Minister, Sergey Shoigu. […]
After Mosul: The Coming Break-Up of Iraq and of the Middle East…
The battle against IS is a war no one will win. Here’s the real battle we should be worrying about – and fighting. All eyes are on the battle for Mosul. Will the coalition defeat the Islamic State (IS) or not? In the end, it won’t matter. If we have learned anything from the last […]
The ‘Islamic State’ Strikes Iran to Differentiate Itself from al Qaeda. Iran Strikes Back…
For several years, al-Qaeda has been keen to avoid striking the Islamic Republic of Iran since Osama bin Laden was head of the organisation. The same policy was followed by Bin Laden’s successor, Ayman al-Zawahiri, for various reasons. However, “Islamic State” (ISIS) wanted to distinguish itself from al-Qaeda, to reveal its weakness or complicity with […]
Conflicts Justified Under the 2001 AUMF, Ranked…
Of all the weapons the United States carries in its military arsenal, its most powerful might be the 2001 congressional Authorization for the Use of Military Force. The post-9/11 blank check to fight evildoers covers everything: Afghanistan, Iraq, Iraq-Syria, Syria, the other thing we’re doing in Syria now, and a bunch of stuff in between. […]
Former Navy SEAL And CIA Special Agent Charged In Federal Drug-Smuggling Case…
A man said to be a former decorated U.S. Navy SEAL and CIA special agent has been arrested in connection with an ongoing national federal marijuana smuggling investigation with major ties to Columbia, South Carolina.James Dennis “J.D.” Smith, 49, was arrested Saturday in Charlotte. On the same day, two Columbia-area brothers, Carl Rye, 41, and […]
Syrian Archives Add New Details to Henry Kissinger’s Disastrous Middle East Record…
Even the harshest critics of the late Syrian President Hafez al-Assad should appreciate him for his treatment of Richard Nixon’s vainglorious secretary of state, Henry Kissinger. When Kissinger flew into Damascus on the evening of February 26, 1974, Assad made him wait for hours while he hosted dinner for Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu. Only after […]
Russian Fighter Flies Within Feet of U.S. Recon Plane Over Baltic Sea…
A Russian fighter flew within “several feet” of a U.S. reconnaissance plane operating Monday over the Baltic Sea, a close military encounter that comes just one day after the U.S. Navy shot down a Syrian warplane. “Due to the high rate of closure speed and poor control of the (Russian) aircraft during the intercept, this […]
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