9th Brigade Peshmerga smashes ISIS with artillery

On October 7th, the Peshmerga over at 9th brigade conducted a coordinated strike via artillery fire on a large gathering of ISIS members. The strike took place west of the city of Daquq, just outside of the Kirkuk province. A battle damage assessment has not been released but it’s speculated that dozens of ISIS fighters were […]

Second debate turns ugly and policy made an appearance

The second debate is over, and it was like staring at the sun. That debate was ugly. There’s too much to say. I’m not sure where to begin. Overall, it was entertaining. The opening speeches were OK, not great, almost eerily tame. They both knew this was going to turn into a geriatric boxing match. […]

Happening now: ISOF Mobilizing, en route to Mosul

Iraqi Special Operations Forces (ISOF) are now mobilizing for the much publicized assault against ISIS held Mosul, located in Northern Iraq.  Read more on the military times: CAMP SWIFT, Iraq — Thirteen years ago, Chase Snow’s father was among the American troops who moved into the Iraqi city of Mosul during the U.S.-led invasion that […]

U.S. troops in Kuwait saved their ISIS attacker from his burning vehicle

The U.S. Embassy in Kuwait says American soldiers deployed in the Gulf country who were intentionally rammed by an Egyptian man pulled their attacker from his burning vehicle after it caught fire. The embassy on Sunday described the incident on a Kuwaiti highway a day earlier as “an attempted terrorist attack.” The attempted attack is […]

Muslims post anti-ISIS billboard

BALLWIN, MO (KPLR) – A new billboard in Ballwin has a message local Muslims hope will make clear their condemnation of terrorism. It reads, “‘Hey ISIS, you suck!!!’ from: #ActualMuslims,” along with a verse from the Quran that says, “Life is sacred.” The billboard is located on Manchester Road, east of Weidman. According to our […]

Missile-detecting satellites give US added bonus of tracking Islamic State

U.S. early warning satellites and sensors designed primarily to detect the launch of missiles carrying nuclear warheads are providing daily streams of intelligence on Islamic State positions in Iraq and Syria, according to defense officials. The system, using a satellite built by Lockheed Martin and equipped with sensors from Northrop Grumman, detects heat, or infrared […]

Meet America’s think-tank fellows who support jihad

Elizabeth O’Bagy, a young researcher with the Institute for the Study of War, helped bring America to the brink of war in 2013. Making fraudulent claims of having obtained a PhD, she was a fervent supporter of military intervention in Syria after she allegedly met with Syrian rebel groups. Her public testimony was fawned over […]

Watch: Foreign YPG fighters engage ISIS in Manbij

The YPG have been making huge strides in just the last two years but especially the recent push towards Raqqa. The war in Syria is a complex and constantly changing conflict; no one seems to really have an idea of when it will be over and who will be the top dogs when the dust […]

VP Debate wasn’t as good as I had hoped but, not that bad

The VP Debate aired this week. The world watched as these two older white men duked it out on national television. Tempers rose high and voices were raised, a few times. It was tough to stream this morning on YouTube to review the event. Maybe because so many realized it happened after reading it in […]

Department of Defense hires PR firm to make fake ‘Al-Qaeda’ videos

“The Pentagon gave a controversial U.K. PR firm over half a billion dollars to run a top secret propaganda program in Iraq, the Bureau of Investigative Journalism can reveal.” This story recently broke into search bars everywhere. The story goes that the DOD paid a PR firm to help craft terrorist videos. Good. We don’t do […]

Dutch photojournalist killed in Libya by ISIS sniper

According to CNN, Jeroen Oerlemans, a Dutch Freelance photojournalist was killed recently in Libya by an ISIS sniper. The bullet struck him in the chest and he reportedly died immediately. Jeroen Orleans is the 10th journalist to die in Libya since 2011. An ISIS sniper killed a Dutch journalist in Sirte, Libya, Sunday, according to a […]