Tag: Attack

So there I was, barreling down the empty highway in my purple Geo Metro, defying every asinine order Craig, the Chief of Staff, could throw at me.

In the throes of a world unraveling, I watched the towers fall through a haze of disbelief and Sonata, my mind a storm of military precision and civilian chaos.

Both sides in the ongoing war in Ukraine have blamed each other for shelling a military prison in a separatist region in the east of the embattled country. Ukrainian prisoners of war, captured following the fall of Mariupol, had been kept at the facility in Olenivka following the fall of the city. Finger Pointing Russia […]

On Sunday, Russia’s Defense Ministry announced that it had struck at weapons supplied to Ukraine by the United States and European countries and destroyed a runway at a military airfield near the Black Sea Port city of Odesa.

Russia is moving thousands of troops and armored vehicles into position for a large-scale assault on the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine.

The recent attack on a Russian oil storage facility could have far-reaching effects in this conflict. Some are claiming it is a false flag attack by Russia itself. We take a look at the evidence so far.

Iran has claimed responsibility for a missile strike near an expansive US consulate complex in the northern Iraqi city of Irbil. The Iranians maintain the action was retaliation for an Israeli strike in Syria last week that supposedly killed two members of their Revolutionary Guard. There were no reports of injuries in Sunday’s attack, but […]

Believe it or not, your CO can order you to be a human guinea pig Many of us have heard the expression, “Canary in a coal mine.” It refers to a time when miners would carry caged birds with them as they entered mine tunnels. If the miners encountered dangerous gases such as carbon monoxide, […]

On Saturday, an armed convoy, made up mostly of pickup trucks, rolled in the Mexican community of Villa Union and began an attack on the town’s City Hall. Mexican Security Forces were dispatched to the area. A firefight broke out that has now claimed the lives of at least 20 people, many of whom were […]

At least three women and six children belonging to a fundamentalist Mormon family were killed in a suspected cartel attack in Northern Mexico on Monday. Two of the children were six-month-old twins. Most of the victims of the attack held dual citizenship in Mexico and the United States. President Donald Trump tweeted about the incident, […]

Despite sanctions and slow economic growth hindering Russia’s defense efforts, it has recently doubled down on efforts to establish a fearsome Navy, bolstered by powerful new submarine classes like the 170-meter long Borei. Not all of Russia’s naval assets are quite so powerful, however, as demonstrated by the loss of a Russian Navy tugboat named […]

On Tuesday, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani responded to news of new American troop deployments to the Middle East with measured words. Despite rising tensions between the United States and Tehran and a history of fiery rhetoric from Iranian officials, Rouhani adopted an almost victim-like posture. Iran will not wage war against any nation,” Rouhani said […]