Desiree Huitt

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Desiree Huitt is an Army Veteran serving 11 years as a Military Intelligence officer and prior to OCS as a combat medic. She is a graduate from the University of Texas in Austin with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Middle Eastern Studies.

Dump truck rams gate at the FBI’s offices in Pittsburgh

A man from Ohio drove a dump truck through the gate and barricades at the FBI’s offices in Pittsburgh. The vehicle was eventually stopped by the barricade devices. He told officers during a traffic stop his plan to breach the FBI facility just prior to the incident. There were no injuries reported except the driver has […]

Man stabs people at a home for the disabled in Japan, kills 19 and wounds 45

Update 18:30 EST: The death count has risen to 19 and the man reportedly was a former employee of the facility. Japan Times is reporting that the man confessed to the murders and turned himself into the police station 3 am local time. At 2:30 am local time, a 26-year-old unidentified man killed 15 and wounded […]

27 year old Syrian refugee identified as the suicide bomber in Ansbach, Germany

At approximately 10:00 pm local time, a 27-year-old Syrian refugee detonated a suicide bomb packed with explosives and metal used in “wood manufacturing” (probably wood screws or bolts) inside a restaurant in Ansbach, Germany. According to the Bavarian interior minister Joachim Hermann, the man was denied asylum a year ago and has tried to commit suicide twice since then. The suicide bomber appears […]

Fatal machete attack in Germany by Syrian refugee

An eye witness told the German newspaper, “The attacker was completely out of his mind. He ran with the machete behind a police patrol car.” He said a passing BMW managed to run him over and afterwards he “lay prostrate on the ground and didn’t move”.

Watch: Footage of the aftermath from the ISIS suicide attack that killed 80 in Kabul

The video below shows some of the aftermath of the ISIS suicide bombing in Kabul that has killed at least 80 people and wounded over 200. A suicide bomber detonated a device during a Hazaras protest. The group was protesting because they wanted the location of a main electric power line to be moved to include their province. According to AP, a […]

80 dead and 207 wounded from Islamic State attack on protest in Kabul

ISIS claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing in Kabul, Afghanistan that has killed at least 80 and wounded 207 people. A suicide bomber detonated a device during a Hazaras protest. The group was protesting because they wanted the location of a main electric power line to be moved to include their province. According to AP, a spokesman for Afghan President Ashram Ghani […]

Updated: Shooting at Olympia-Einkaufszentrum Mall in Munich, Germany

Update 9:30PM EST: Police give a final update on the Munich shooting… 10 dead (including the shooter) and 16 wounded. The shooter is believed to have committed suicide. The sad result of #munich #gunfire 10 fatal casualties, among them the shooter 16 injured For more see(german text):https://t.co/ZooBf7NG6J — Polizei München (@PolizeiMuenchen) July 23, 2016 Update […]