Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) – Last week an outpost along the Semuliki River belonging to the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) was attacked by a massive rebel force in the northern Kivu region which resulted in 15 U.N. peacekeepers killed and more than 53 wounded in one of the worst attacks … [Read more...] about United Nations peacekeepers endured 13 hours of hell in the Congo that left 15 dead
Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) – Breaking news out of the central African country of the Democratic Republic of the Congo: up to 14 United Nations peace-keepers as well as five Congolese Army troops were killed with 53 others left gravely wounded in a surprise attack on their base in the eastern Congo region of North Kivu. The U.N. base is located some 27 … [Read more...] about BREAKING: 14 UN peace-keepers dead, 53 wounded in a devastating attack by rebels in eastern Congo
Naimey, Niger -- The Nigerien government has recently approved a memorandum of understanding with the United States for the deployment of U.S. MQ-9 Reaper drones armed with Hellfire air-to-ground missiles to the U.S. military airbase within the capital city of Niamey to support the joint U.S.-Nigerien Special Operations counter-terrorism mission in the Sahel region of West … [Read more...] about Operation Juniper Shield: Niger approves deployment of armed Reaper drones in support of US Special Forces as war in West Africa escalates
Fort Bragg, NC -- Recently a scathing email was sent globally across all spectrums of the U.S. Army Special Forces, or Green Beret communities. The anonymous author outlined shocking revelations that the extremely high standards within the U.S. Army Special Forces Selection and Qualification courses are all but non-existent as well as describing such a toxic command climate … [Read more...] about FREE CONTENT: Commander of the Special Warfare Center, Major General Kurt Sonntag responds to careerism, cronyism, and malfeasance email
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia -- On Sunday, just two days after a group of 30 men suspected of being affiliated with the Islamic State massacred upwards of 300 Sufi Muslims during prayers at the al Rawdah Sufi mosque in the Bir al-Abed region of the Sinai Peninsula. The Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohammad bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, or MBS officially launched the predominately … [Read more...] about Saudi Arabia spearheads a counter-terror alliance dubbed the ‘Muslim NATO’ after 300 killed in Egypt
Mubi, Nigeria -- More than 50 people are dead after a teenage boy with connections to the Nigerian based terror group, Boko Haram walked into the Medina mosque and blew himself up. This was in the town of Mubi within Adamawa State of northeastern Nigeria. Boko Haram is known as the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) after their leader, Abubakar Shekau, pledged his … [Read more...] about Teen suicide bomber with links to Boko Haram kills 50 in Nigeria
Harare, Zimbabwe -- Reports out of the capital city of Harare today are indicating that the Zimbabwean military has seized control of the city and taken the current Zimbabwean president, Robert Mugabe and the "first family" into custody, holding them safely in the presidential palace grounds. Many African experts along with most casual observers of the Mugabe regime and his … [Read more...] about Robert Mugabe, sorcery, social media, a woman scorned and the slow-motion coup d’état in Zimbabwe
Harare, Zimbabwe -- Images of several heavily armed light tanks and armored personnel carriers (APCs) were seen all over social media this morning as they raced towards the capital city of Harare in the southern African country of Zimbabwe. Many local residents fear a military coup d'état in the capital after last week's political in-fighting reached a flash … [Read more...] about DEVELOPING: Coup d’état fears rise as tanks block roads leading to capital city of Zimbabwe
The year was just shy of 2008, it was two weeks until Christmas and I was a month into the winter rotation in Mosul, Iraq with 5th Special Forces Group. My team and I were a part of a unit known as A/1/5 CIF, or the Commanders In-extremis Force, and we were young. A/1/5 was a Green Beret unit specifically trained in advanced direct action missions to capture or kill high … [Read more...] about Mortus Discriminatus: The day I almost died in Iraq
Juba, South Sudan -- The United States Department of State, in conjunction with its U.S. Embassy in the capital city of Juba, has issued a "travel warning" for U.S. citizens traveling into and around the highly contested civil war zone that is South Sudan. The travel warning came as political and inter-tribal tensions between the South Sudan's President Salva Kiir Mayardit … [Read more...] about US embassy issues travel warning as political infighting escalates to armed stand-off in South Sudan
New York City, New York -- More details have come to light in what the Federal Bureau of Investigations Joint Counter-Terrorism Task Force (FBI-JCTTF) declares the incident in New York as an act of terror. New reports out of New York are confirming that 8 people are dead after a lone attacker drove a pick-up truck drove into a bike lane near the Stuyvesant High School in … [Read more...] about UPDATE: Terror attack in New York claims 8 lives, President Trump says “Enough!” as more details emerge.
New York City, New York -- Breaking news out of New York City, as an unknown assailant in a Home Depot rental truck drove into a bike lane near the Stuyvesant High School in Lower Manhattan. The driver struck several cyclists and slammed his truck into a parked vehicle; he exited and began firing indiscriminately into onlookers on shooting upwards of five people. The FBI … [Read more...] about BREAKING: Truck slams into pedestrians and gunshots ring out in New York; 6 feared dead, 12 more injured
