On March 22, as North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un prepared to test-launch a missile and tensions rose on the volatile Korean peninsula, a lone B-1B Lancer bomber took off from Andersen Air Force Base in Guam and flew across the Pacific on a Continuous Bomber Presence sortie. It rendezvoused with Japanese F-15J Eagles for […]
The Pentagon Wants to Keep Ground Troops in Libya and Go On Offense in Somalia…
The U.S. military will keep an unspecified number of ground troops in Libya to help friendly forces further degrade the Islamic State faction there, and officials are seeking new leeway to target al Qaida loyalists in Somalia, the top commander overseeing operations in Africa said Friday. “We’re going to maintain a force that has the […]
Washington’s Sponsored State of “Great Kurdistan” To Be Created in Syria And Iraq
According to the documents at our disposal, the U.S. authorities and the Syrian Kurds reached an agreement past week on the boundaries of the Kurdish autonomy in the territory of Syria, which had been guaranteed to Kurds in case of capturing Raqqa and Al-Tabqah (34 miles to the West of Raqqa). This confirms the reports […]
Somalia: Reported U.S. Covert Actions Under Bush Jr. and Obama…
The Pentagon’s Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) is the lead agency in the covert ‘war on terror’ in Somalia, although the CIA also has a strong regional presence. The US has been carrying out extensive covert military operations inside Somalia since 2001, as a major six-part investigation by the US Army Times recently revealed. Elite […]
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 […]
Starbucks Doubles Down on Military Hiring After Boycott Threats…
Starbucks Corp., after facing a backlash for promising to hire refugees, plans to employ more U.S. military veterans. The coffee retailer will hire 25,000 veterans and their spouses by 2025, it said on Wednesday. Starbucks already has brought on 10,000 of them, ahead of a previously set goal. As part of its global expansion, more […]
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 […]
$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 […]
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 […]
Report: Military Drafts Proposal to Deploy 1,000 More Troops to Syria…
The U.S. military is considering a deployment of up to 1,000 additional troops into northern Syria to assist in the looming offensive to retake the Islamic State’s de facto capital of Raqqa, defense officials told the Washington Post on Wednesday. The increase would double the number of American troops in Syria and requires approval from […]
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