Are we entering the humble beginning of a new Chinese century?

The new administration has many around the world concerned. Here, domestically, critics and supporters both might have a hard time defining POTUS Trump’s foreign policy goals outside of defeating ISIS. From a recent call with China and a pledge to adopt the “one China” policy after a call to Taiwan, to a bargaining with Russia, we’re […]

Watch: Three Humvees Fall From the Sky in Failed Airdrop

Military airdrops are pretty routine events but as with anything sometimes things go wrong. In this case things went wrong not once, not twice, but three times with the results being three totally destroyed Army Humvees! Watch as Humvees fall from the sky (Caution Adult Language) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_nomcMZpCo&feature=youtu.be A video circulating on social media shows the vehicles […]

Watch: Three Humvees Fall From the Sky in Failed Airdrop

Military airdrops are pretty routine events but as with anything sometimes things go wrong. In this case things went wrong not once, not twice, but three times with the results being three totally destroyed Army Humvees! Watch as Humvees fall from the sky (Caution Adult Language) A video circulating on social media shows the vehicles […]

Detachment A: Green Berets play cat and mouse with communist agents (Part 2)

Read Part One HERE Det A was the Army’s clandestine Special Forces unit stationed in Berlin during the Cold War.  Charged with the “stay behind” mission, these Green Berets would prepare to conduct acts of sabotage in Berlin in the event that the Soviets ever invaded.  When new members arrived at Det A, they would […]

German Special Ops in trouble for sexual misconduct and hazing

The German Bundeswehr (military) has a reputation for professionalism, one I experienced first hand when I was briefly detained by them in Kurdistan.  Unfortunately, a report in Der Spiegel has brought to light a scandal at the German Special Operations Training Center located in Pfullendorf.  The outrage stems from what apparently took place during first responder […]

About 40 Turkish NATO soldiers request asylum in Germany

Forty Turkish soldiers stationed in various NATO positions in Germany have asked for asylum. The Turkish side is urging Germany to not accept those requests. -Vasilis Chronopoulos  About 40 mostly high-ranking Turkish soldiers who worked at NATO facilities in Germany but were suspended after the failed coup in Turkey in July have requested asylum in […]

Cyber-attackers may try to affect Europe’s elections, EU warns

EU officials warn against cyber threats to the elections of France and Germany. -Vasilis Chronopoulos          Cyber-terrorists could be planning to undermine elections in France and Germany, the European Union warned, as tensions grow at the start of what could prove a pivotal year for the bloc. With nationalist Marine Le Pen […]

Turkish imams spied on teachers at German state schools

Imams in Germany have informed Turkish authorities of alleged supporters of cleric Fethullah Gulen, the exiled cleric President Erdogan blames as the leader behind the thwarted coup. That move raised protests from Germany’s domestic intelligence service and the demand for answers on the alleged activities. -Vasilis Chronopoulos A state intelligence body has discovered that imams at […]

German police call for deportations without papers

Illegal immigrants tend to discard their passports as a way to prevent authorities from confirming their identities and delay deportation. In an effort to plug that hole in the system, German police are beginning to examine how to deport people without papers. -Vasilis Chronopoulos    The President of Germany’s Federal Police, Dieter Romann, says that if a missing passport […]

Boosted by Trump, Europe’s Antiestablishment unites

KOBLENZ, Germany—Europe’s leading anti-immigrant and antiestablishment politicians rallied in the Rhineland on Saturday to launch an election year they hope will topple the European Union, displaying a new level of ambition and organization and casting U.S. President Donald Trump as their inspiration. It was the first time that Marine Le Pen, the French nationalist leader […]

German authorities ‘lose sight’ of three Islamists flagged as threats

Already under fire for the handling of the Anis Amri case that resulted in the Berlin market attack, the German government is now under added pressure because three individuals who are considered dangerous are nowhere to be found. -Vasilis Chronopoulos   Burkhard Lischka, a parliamentary spokesman for the Social Democrats, said three of the nearly 550 individuals identified […]

Anis Amri: How a terror suspect eluded German authorities

German authorities try to identify the errors that allowed Anis Amri to elude them until it was too late. -Vasilis Chronopoulos When German authorities announced that Anis Amri, a Tunisian national suspected of driving a truck into a Christmas market in Berlin, had been on their radar for more than a year, questions arose as to […]