Syrian Democratic Forces capture Turkish militant sleeper cells

Syrian Democratic Forces capture Turkish militant sleeper cells

The Manbij Military Council (MMC) announced that they have captured several “sleeper cells” composed of pro-Turkish militants this week. The captured men were supposedly part of the Turkish military’s Operation Euphrates Shield and were attempting to “destabilize” the region. The MMC’s commander, Mohammed Abu Adel told local media that, “The Euphrates Shield forces wanted to […]

VA study establishes link between TBI and dementia

VA study establishes link between TBI and dementia

A study was recently conducted by various veteran, psychiatry and other health organizations out of San Francisco, regarding the correlation between TBIs (particularly mild ones), and the likelihood they have on the onset of dementia. Their conclusion reads as such: In this cohort study of more than 350 000 veterans, even mild TBI without LOC was […]

Car bomb in Kurdistan severely injures 2 Peshmerga

Car bomb in Kurdistan severely injures 2 Peshmerga

A bomb exploded in Erbil, Kurdistan yesterday around 4:00 pm local time in what appears to be a targeted attack. The bomb was placed under the chassis of a car belonging to two Peshmerga from PDKI (Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan) and was detonated remotely. The Peshmerga injured were a father and son and remain […]

TBIs and PTSD: The conflation between the two

TBIs and PTSD: The conflation between the two

Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBI) and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) are often used in the same sentence. Most people understand that they are not the same thing, but with the overlapping signs and symptoms, the fact that the prior can lead to the latter, and simply the geography of both injuries (the head), makes them […]

The basics of blast TBIs

The basics of blast TBIs

Sgt. Zachary Mayne, former team leader of 3rd Ranger Battalion, has suffered two separate combat traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) during his deployments to Afghanistan. In an interview with SOFREP, he said that, …my second blast TBI definitely shifted my views on the whole issue. I only had headaches for a few days from the first, […]

Rock shaped IEDs found in Sulaymaniah, Kurdistan

Rock shaped IEDs found in Sulaymaniah, Kurdistan

Several roadside IEDs were discovered and disarmed Saturday, along an established road leading to the, Kurdish–Iranian, Komala Party headquarters in Sulaymaniyah. Komala’s security chief, Dara Mustafa, disclosed to local news sources that the tactical objective of the IEDs was to, “target us, especially the convoys of the leadership of Komala,” and, “We later were able to discover the place where the […]

Footage shows NYC would-be bomber detonate device in crowded corridor

Footage shows NYC would-be bomber detonate device in crowded corridor

A 27-year-old New York resident of Bangladeshi descent attempted a suicide bombing in one of Manhattan’s busiest subway corridors on Monday morning.  The explosive, reported as a “low tech device” and believed to be a pipe bomb strapped to the man’s chest, is said to have detonated prematurely, injuring the attacker as well as four […]

Police foiled a terror plot to assassinate UK Prime Minister Theresa May

Police foiled a terror plot to assassinate UK Prime Minister Theresa May

Sky News reported that the police in London thwarted a plot to assassinate UK Prime Minister Theresa May. Sky News said the police believed there was a plan to launch an improvised explosive device at Downing Street and, in the chaos that ensued, attack and kill May. May’s spokesman said Britain had thwarted nine plots […]

UK Special Forces dog receives Victoria Cross equivalent

UK Special Forces dog receives Victoria Cross equivalent

London, England—A former SBS military working dog will receive the PSDA Dickin Medal, the Victoria Cross equivalent for animals. Mali, a Belgian Malinois, aged eight and now attached to the Royal Army Veterinary Corps (RACV), will be the 69th recipient of the medal. He’s been awarded the medal for his actions on 15 April 2012, […]

News Roundup: Navy SEALS under investigation in Special Forces murder, George Washington plaques too triggering for church, nude airsofter arrested with drugs/porn

News Roundup: Navy SEALS under investigation in Special Forces murder, George Washington plaques too triggering for church, nude airsofter arrested with drugs/porn

What happened here???: WASHINGTON — Navy criminal authorities are investigating whether two members of the Navy’s elite SEAL Team 6 strangled to death an Army Green Beret on assignment in Mali in June, military officials say. Staff Sgt. Logan J. Melgar, a 34-year-old veteran of two deployments to Afghanistan, was found dead on June 4 […]

Mali: Terrorism Report

Mali: Terrorism Report

Mali: Terrorism Report  Background: The Northern Mali Conflict  On 16 January 2012, several insurgent groups began fighting a campaign against the Malian government for independence and greater autonomy for northern Mali, an area known as Azawad. The National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA), an organization fighting to make Azawad an independent homeland for the Tuareg people, had […]