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Riyadh, Saudi Arabia—German arms exports to Saudi Arabia and Egypt have increased five-fold in 2017. In the third quarter of 2017 alone, the German government has approved around $530 million worth of arms sales. In the same quarter of last year, the number of weapons sold was a mere $101 million, less than five times […]
An AH-64 Apache helicopter takes off near soldiers participating in the Allied Spirit VII training exercise in Grafenwoehr, Germany, Nov. 18, 2017. Troops from 13 nations are participating in the exercise. Army photo by Spc. Dustin D. Biven
Madrid, Spain—Spanish government officials believe that Russia interfered in the Catalan referendum. Spanish Defence Minister Maria Dolores de Cospedal and Foreign Minister Alfonso Dastis accused Russian-based groups of using social media to influence public opinion and raise support for the Catalan separatists. “These are groups that, public and private, are trying to influence the situation […]
Police in Germany released new photos and video footage reportedly showing former members of the far-left radical terrorist group the Red Army Faction (RAF) conducting a robbery on Monday. The three accused suspects are Ernst-Volker Staub, Burkhard Garweg and Daniela Klette; all formerly of the terrorist RAF and all three suspected of carrying out multiple […]
Paris, France—President Macron attended a memorial to the victims of the 2015 terrorist attacks. This last November 13th marked the second-year anniversary of the coordinated attacks that killed 130 people and injured hundreds more. That night, Jihadist suicide bombers struck at six locations in downtown Paris: four cafeterias, a soccer stadium and a packed nightclub. […]
The EU has long been dependent on the United States’ support in military affairs. Now, 23 armies of the European Union are coming together to form a unified front, joining their militaries in several different ways: financially, with tech and weapons development, and the mechanisms through which they deploy their forces. The member states are expected […]
London, England—The last British Dambuster has received an MBE. George ‘Johnny’ Johnson received the MBE, one Britain’s highest awards, by Queen Elizabeth II. At 95 years, he’s the last surviving Briton of the group that achieved the unachievable in one of World War Two’s more peculiar special operations. Operation Chastise aimed to destroy three dams […]
Germany, Eckernförde—No more U-boats for the German Navy. Following an accident off the coast of Norway, the Deutsche Marine won’t have an operational submarine at least until late 2018. The latest casualty, U-35, collided with a rock formation and damaged its propellers. The vessel was practising drills before an international exercise scheduled to take place […]
Berlin—Germany will continue to arm and train the Kurdish Peshmerga. The German Defense Ministry announced its intent to restart the weapons program. The program was unexpectedly halted last week over Iraqi-Kurdish tensions in Kirkuk following the Kurdish Referendum. Iraqi officials claimed that German-provided MILAN anti-tank missiles destroyed two Iraqi M1 Abrams. “We had agreed last […]
Over the past 16 years, the average American concept of war has shifted to include vast, desert expanses and tan camouflage uniforms, and although a significant terrorist threat remains, the fight against our nation’s enemies has grown to encompass nearly every environment found on the planet. As the recent tragic ambush of American soldiers in […]
Everything about the Osmanen Germania says “biker gang”. They dress like extras from the US biker series Sons of Anarchy. They roam in packs like biker gangs. They tote guns and glorify violence in slick music videos. Yet despite the look, the 2,500-strong Turkish-German organisation denies the accusations. It says it is focused on “community service”, […]
* Cox Cable, you are USELESS. An internet outage affecting my area code has me typing this at the local coffee shop. Thankfully, the smelly hippy ratio is unusually low this morning. Short roundup this week. -BK They’re too stupid to be in my Air Force: Four U.S. Air Force service members allegedly spray-painted […]
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