It looks more and more like an assault on Raqqa won’t occur at all. The reason is simple. The strategy is half-baked even by U.S. standards. The effort to take back Mosul is off to a dangerous enough start as it is.
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Air Cocaine: the Wild, True Story of Drug-Running, Arms Smuggling and Contras at a Backwoods Airstrip in the Clintons’ Arkansas…
This is a long and fascinating read…
U.S. Air Force Command Apologize for Close Fly-by in Syria…
American military officials have offered apologies to their Russian colleagues for an incident over Syria, in which US and Russian military jets were involved in a “near-miss” situation…
Miami Herald Journalist Sues Defense Department Over Guantánamo Staffing Data…
One of the country’s leading reporters on the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, is suing the Pentagon over its delay in providing figures for staffing levels at the controversial facility…
Afghanistan: Military Confirms U.S. Troops Still Banned from Attacking Taliban…
Being a member of the Taliban is not a justification for U.S. troops to attack a terrorist in Afghanistan, even as the terrorist group expands its territorial control across the war-ravaged nation and security conditions continue to deteriorate…
Russian Missile System ‘Very Capable’ of Shooting Down U.S. Planes…
The Russian air defence system in Syria has closed down the US’s military options. Hillary Clinton knows it and her policies in Syria if she is elected President will be simply a continuation of Obama’s…
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Clinton’s “No-Fly Zone” over Syria Will Not “Save Lives”. It Will Lead to War with Russia…
In a Senate Arms Services Committee hearing, Dunford said, “Right now, Senator, for us to control all of the airspace in Syria it would require us to go to war, against Syria and Russia,…” (Senate Armed Services Committee, September 22, 2016)…
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Carter Suspends California National Guard Bonus Repayments…
Secretary of Defense Ash Carter on Wednesday ordered the Pentagon to suspend all efforts to collect reimbursement from thousands of California National Guard members who were improperly given enlistment bonuses…
Major New Court Ruling Says “Even The President” Can’t Declare Torture Lawful…
“While executive officers can declare the military reasonableness of conduct amounting to torture, it is beyond the power of even the president to declare such conduct lawful,” wrote appellate Judge Barbara Keenan…
U.S. Drops More Than 1400 Bombs On ISIS In First Week Of Mosul Operation…
U.S. forces dropped more than 1,400 bombs, rockets and various other munitions on Islamic State targets in Mosul last week…
Pentagon Seeks to Waive Troops’ Debt in California Guard Bonus Scandal…
Top-level Pentagon officials are exploring ways to potentially waive the debts imposed upon more than 10,000 military reservists after the California National Guard sought to force the veterans to repay generous recruitment bonuses that were fraudulently awarded a decade ago…
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U.S. Soldier Dies of Wounds From Bombing in Iraq…
Pentagon says a US soldier has died from wounds sustained in a bombing in the northern part of Iraq. The US Central Command announced that the soldier died on October 20, but it did not revealed where the explosion took place…
Air Force Chief Foresees Decades More of U.S. Wars…
“We’ve been deploying now for 15 years, we’ve probably got 15, 20 years to go,” Gen. Goldfein warned. This wasn’t just about the current wars, either”…
Pentagon: Hillary Clinton Should Be Arrested For Leaking Top Secret Nuclear Intelligence on National TV…
Hillary Clinton divulged Top Secret nuclear security intelligence to tens of millions of worldwide television audience viewers Wednesday night during the third presidential debate…
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General Cartwright Is Paying the Price for Hillary Clinton’s Sins…
The Obama administration Justice Department has investigated three senior officials for mishandling classified information over the past two years but only one faces a felony conviction, possible jail time and a humiliation that will ruin his career…
‘Guantánamo Diary’ Author Released After 14 Years Without Charge…
After unlawfully imprisoning our client Mohamedou Ould Slahi at Guantánamo for 14 years without charge or trial, the U.S. government has finally released him. He is now home in his native Mauritania…
Pentagon Backs Away From Own Justification For Strikes On Yemen…
The Pentagon declined to say on Monday whether the USS Mason destroyer was targeted by multiple inbound missiles fired from Yemen on Saturday, as initially thought, saying a review was under way…
U.S.-Backed, Saudi-Led Coalition Found Responsible for Yemen Funeral Attack That Killed More than 135…
The bombings killed senior officials and scores of civilians. Houthi administration officials said the number of dead was 135, while the United Nations placed the death toll at 140…
‘Sodomized’ Guantánamo Captive Recovering After Surgery. Prison: No comment…
An alleged accomplice in the Sept. 11 terror attacks underwent reconstructive surgery for decade-old damage from his “sodomy” in CIA custody and was to be returned to his clandestine prison to recuperate
As Many As 44 Afghan Troops Go Missing While on U.S. Military Training Visits…
In an effort to find illegal work and settle permanently in America, at least 44 Afghan troops visiting the US for military training have gone missing since January 2015…
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