US-led air forces destroyed Daesh headquarters near the terrorist group’s strongholds of Raqqa and Mosul, according to Operation Inherent Resolve. US-led coalition airstrikes in Syria and Iraq on Sunday destroyed Daesh headquarters near the terror group’s strongholds of Raqqa and Mosul, Operation Inherent Resolve said in a press release…
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Massive Number of Deadly Airstrikes by U.S. Military Have Gone Unreported…
The American military has failed to publicly disclose potentially thousands of lethal airstrikes conducted over several years in Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan, a Military Times investigation has revealed. The enormous data gap raises serious doubts about transparency in reported progress against the Islamic State, al-Qaida and the Taliban, and calls into question…
Special Operations Troops Top Casualty List as U.S. Relies More on Elite Forces…
By nearly every measure, Chief Petty Officer William Ryan Owens was exceptional. Chief Owens, 36, who was killed by enemy fire during a raid in Yemen last week, was a team leader in the Navy’s most elite commando force, SEAL Team 6, and had earned numerous awards for heroism under fire during a dozen deployments. […]
REPORT: Navy SEALS and Other Secretive Units Are Quietly Battling a Frightening Rise in Parachute Deaths…
Navy SEAL Jason Kortz was 10,000 feet over Perris, California, about to perform his first a high-altitude, high-open jump while wearing night vision goggles and weighed down with bulky, cumbersome combat gear. America’s elite special operations troops conduct such training missions to prepare for the types of high-stakes, clandestine missions that have become…
Russia, Ukraine – Neocon Ceasefire Sabotage Fails To Change Trump’s Mind…
There are serious signs that the Trump administration will continue to seek better relations with Russia. It declines to get involved in the hustling in Ukraine. It is ready to give up on the catastrophic regime-change agenda the neocons implemented in Kiev with the help of Ukrainian Nazi organizations…
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Lockheed Wins $8.2B to Build 90 F-35 Jets After Trump Intervenes…
The White House announced a contract for 90 F-35 jets from Lockheed Martin Corp. valued at as much as $8.2 billion, boasting of savings after President Donald Trump chided that the Pentagon’s costliest program was “out of control.” Based on the per-plane cost, the savings will be $728 million compared with the previous contract, according […]
Asininity from McCain “Send Weapons to Ukraine”…
This bit of asininity just came in from McCain: Send Weapons to Ukraine. McCain also repeated idiotic comments on Russian interference in the US election. Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) is calling on President Trump to send lethal aid to Ukraine after attacks this week were blamed on Russia-backed rebels…
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Don’t Blame Trump for the Yemen Raid’s Outcome…
There’s more to the story, from special operators who chafed at Obama administration micromanagement to the unexpected well-prepared enemies who lay in wait. Blame for the Yemen raid going terribly wrong is now being placed squarely on the desk of the new president. Reports surfaced on Thursday night to say that President Trump had authorized […]
If Peace Is Our Goal, U.S. Foreign Policy Must Change. Gabbard Should Be Commended…
Over the last decade, U.S. policy in the Middle East has been an unmitigated failure. For this reason, I want to publicly commend Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii) for her brave, though much maligned, trip to Syria. Status quo U.S. policy has cost innumerable lives, displaced millions, and shattered a more peaceful order across the globe. […]
Feinstein Asked Former Pentagon Chief to Give the War Court His Copy of CIA ‘Torture Report’…
As the clock ticked toward transfer of power, California Democrat Sen. Dianne Feinstein made an 11th-hour plea to departing Secretary of Defense Ash Carter to send his rare copy of the so-called CIA “Torture Report” to the Guantánamo war court for safekeeping, a filing by the judge revealed this week…
Smuggling Migrants to Europe Now a Major Funding Source for Islamic State…
Islamist terror groups including Islamic State are now getting much of their revenue from smuggling migrants into Europe, Italy’s intelligence chief has said. Information gathered by intelligence agencies shows that criminal gangs in Africa who work to traffick migrants into Europe have developed “partnerships” with terrorist organisations in the Middle East including Islamic State…
DHS Secretary: Border Wall Begins In Few Months, Will Be Complete In Two Years…
In his first television interview as Homeland Security secretary, retired four-star Marine Gen. John F. Kelly told Fox News he wants the U.S.-Mexico border wall finished in two years – setting an ambitious schedule for the project ordered last week by President Trump…
Syria: Wrath of Euphrates, Phase III…
The US-led international coalition against ISIS provided its allies in Syria with armored vehicles, a spokesperson for the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said and a US colonel confirmed. “The armored vehicles and troop carriers had arrived four or five days ago”…
Seal Team 6 Likely Killed Yemen’s Top Terror Leader, UBL’s Counterpart, Qassim al-Rimi…
On January 29th the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) confirmed reports that a Joint Special Operations mission was conducted in what is suspected of being a “capture operation of known high value targets (HVTs)” on a high level meeting of regional and senior level commanders of the al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)…
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Career Spymaster Named Deputy CIA Director…
A seasoned spymaster with decades of experience both domestically and abroad is the new deputy director of the CIA, a pick that could work to heal President Donald Trump’s rift with the U.S. intelligence services. CIA Director Mike Pompeo announced Thursday that he has selected Gina Haspel as deputy director, noting her more than 30 […]
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Feds Bust Mexican Murder Suspect Wanted in Sanctuary City…
Federal officers busted a Mexican national at the border who is wanted by police in the sanctuary city of Austin, Texas. The murder suspect is on the FBI’s 10 Most Wanted Fugitives list. Robert Francis Van Wisse, 51, a Mexican national, approached the international border at the Laredo Port of Entry when he was stopped […]
Ukraine – Coup Government Tries To Sabotage U.S.-Russia Rapprochement…
Fighting in east Ukraine has restarted. This is an attempt by “deep state” forces to prevent any rapprochement between the U.S. and Russia under the new Trump administration. The west-Ukrainian forces under command of the coup government of President Poroshenko started a large attack against the Russian supported Ukrainian self-defense forces in Donetsk and Lugansk […]
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U.S. Warns Iran Over Latest Ballistic Missile Test…
The Trump administration is warning Iran that its recent test of ballistic missile technology could violate international resolutions governing the nuclear agreement…Iran on Sunday again tested its ballistic missile technology, despite multiple warnings from the international community. Ballistic missiles could be armed with a nuclear payload and potentially reach America…
Navy SEAL Killed in Al-Qaida Raid Identified…
The name of the first U.S. servicemember killed in combat under the Trump administration was announced bythe Pentagon Monday. Chief Special Warfare Operator William “Ryan” Owens, 36, of Peoria, Illinois., died after he was wounded during a nighttime raid on an al-Qaida-held village in southwestern Yemen on Saturday…
Rising Tensions in Kosovo Could Serve as Early Test of U.S.-Russia Relations…
Ethnic tensions are rising in Kosovo, setting the stage for an early test of U.S.-Russian relations under President Donald Trump in a Balkan country where U.S. troops keep the peace decades after a NATO air campaign ended Serb rule over the Albanian population. A 78-day U.S.-led bombing campaign in 1999 forced Serbia to give up […]
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