FBI special agents kill domestic terrorist plotting to bomb hospital

It was reported earlier this week that a right-wing domestic terrorist (whose name is being withheld here so as to limit his notoriety or impact) was killed during an FBI “agent-involved shooting” near the town of Belton, Missouri. He was plotting to bomb an unidentified hospital with a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device. The 36-year old […]

Terrorist assault on Malian military base leaves dozens of dead

The Malian army suffered another bloody setback in the northern region of the country. At least 29 people were killed, with some reports stating that all 29 were soldiers in the town of Tarkint, north of the city of Gao. However, the military posted on social media that only two of the dead were soldiers, […]

Trump appoints Special Forces officer to head Counterterrorism Center

With questions arising over whether the administration is going to downsize or even cut the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC), the White House fired acting director Russ Travers and sent his deputy Peter Hall back to his parent organization, the National Security Agency.  President Trump on Tuesday appointed Christopher Miller to serve as his next permanent […]

Sweden sends 150 commandos to augment French SOF task force

The Swedish government is planning to send helicopters and 150 special forces operators to augment the French-led Special Operations Task Force in the Sahel, the Swedish Foreign Ministry said in a release. In January, SOFREP had reported that the Swedish government was contemplating the option and weighing the pros and cons.  “The government has decided […]

Murder in Mali: The trials of a Navy SEAL and Marine Raider get postponed

The trials of two commandos accused of the murder of an Army Green Beret have been postponed for later this year. More specifically, Navy Chief Special Warfare Operator Tony E. DeDolph and Marine Gunnery Sergeant Mario Madera-Rodriguez will have their day in court in July and September, respectively. If found guilty, both are looking at […]

Al-Qaeda’s bastions of power: Somalia and Yemen

Ever since the 9/11 attacks, the U.S. military and intelligence agencies have been battering al-Qaeda terrorists wherever they have found them. Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, everywhere. What used to be safe havens have now become graveyards. But other bastions have emerged in the meanwhile.  Somalia and Yemen are two of them. Al-Qaeda’s Yemen affiliate was bolstered […]

Israeli military takes out top Hezbollah officer in Golan

The Israeli military conducted a targeted strike that killed a senior Hezbollah officer inside Syria. For the past weeks, Syria has been a relentless hotbed of violence. Government troops backed by Russian airstrikes are attempting to oust the rebels from the final stronghold in Idlib province. Last week, the Syrians launched a missile strike at […]

The unseen consequences of conflict and famine in Africa

As a result of nonstop famine and war that has plagued its lands for the past four decades, Africa is the poorest continent in the world. Most of the 30 poorest countries by GDP per capita are African. Stricken by poverty, disease, and war, it has failed to keep up politically and economically with the […]

Watch what happens when airborne ops go wrong

Last year, during the annual exercise Flintlock, we wrote an article about the dangers of airborne operations. As this year’s iteration of Flintlock is upon us, it’s prudent to review what went wrong when some Special Operations troops from an African country decided to conduct some airborne training. Bad exits or landings during parachute operations […]

Air Force continues to pound Al-Shabaab targets in Somalia

The United States conducted an airstrike on February 17 on an al-Shabaab compound in Somalia. The official statement from AFRICOM didn’t report on any casualties but did state that no civilians were injured in the airstrike.  However, the Horn of Africa Observer (HAO) reported that three al-Shabab members were killed in the U.S. airstrike. The […]

There I was, active shooter in JKF airport

The officers ran into baggage claim and yelled, “run for your lives, there’s an active shooter in the terminal!” Talk about a wake-up call. I had just landed from France in Terminal 1 at JFK. It was the same year as the Paris attacks. Imagine the reaction of 400+ people from France and Germany flying […]

The IRA plotted to bomb a ferry full of people on Brexit night

An offshoot of the infamous Irish Republican Army (IRA) plotted to blow up a ferry full of people on Brexit night. The Continuity IRA (CIRA) admitted that it had loaded a bomb on a lorry and was intending to put the vehicle on a ferry that was bound for Scotland the night that the United […]