5th Special Forces Group, 21 September 1961, “The Legion”

On this day in 1961, the 5th Special Forces Group Airborne, 5th SFG(A) was activated at Ft. Bragg, NC. A happy 56th birthday to “The Legion” and the men assigned to it both past and present. The 5th SFG was made famous by their exploits during the war in Vietnam but during the next generation, […]

Portraits of Guantanamo, Red Cross, Families Release Detainee Images

While the GWOT (Global War on Terror) rages on, so does the job of detaining some of the captives of the US. And the military designated some of the worst of them for being held inside the US Navy’s base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The detainees, many of whom have been held there for over […]

‘Grave Fears’ as Iraq moves families of ISIS foreign fighters,

Members of the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) which has been monitoring the ongoing wars in Iraq and Syria have stated that they have “grave fears” for more than 1300 foreign women and children, family members of ISIS who have been detained by the Iraqi government as they tried to flee the country. The families had […]

“Grave Fears” for Iraq Moves Families of ISIS Foreign Fighters,

Members of the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) which has been monitoring the ongoing wars in Iraq and Syria have stated that they have “grave fears” for more than 1300 foreign women and children, family members of ISIS who have been detained by the Iraqi government as they tried to flee the country. “The families had […]

Suicide attack at coalition base in Iraq is foiled

An Islamic State suicide attack on a coalition base in northern Iraq was foiled Saturday without Iraqi or coalition casualties, officials said. U.S. Army Col. Ryan Dillon, the coalition spokesman, said on Twitter that one attacker prematurely detonated a suicide vest and two others were shot dead. The U.S.-led coalition said in a statement that […]

Why did the US allow a convoy of ISIS fighters to go free?

Needing to relieve himself, the man stepped out of a bus into the night air of the Syrian desert. The bus was part of a convoy carrying 300 Islamic State fighters that had been stuck there for days, prevented by American bombers from moving forward and prevented by the presence of women and children from being bombed. […]

Watch: American who fought for ISIS captured by SDF

An American citizen who fought for the Islamic State in Syria and surrendered to the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) was turned over to U.S. forces according to the U.S. Department of Defense. In a released statement, U.S. military officials said earlier that an American citizen who was fighting with ISIS and surrendered on September 12 […]

Suicide attacks on restaurants, checkpoint, kill 60 in southern Iraq

Three suicide attacks claimed by Islamic State killed at least 60 people in southern Iraq on Thursday, a health official and police sources said, suggesting a shift in the ultra-hardline group’s tactics since it lost control of its stronghold in Mosul. Iraqi and Kurdish security officials say the Sunni militants are likely to wage a […]

American Who Fought for ISIS Will Be Treated as ‘Enemy Combatant’

An American citizen who fought for the Islamic State in Syria and surrendered to the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) was turned over to US forces according to the U.S. Department of Defense. In a released statement, U.S. military officials said earlier that an American citizen who was fighting with ISIS and surrendered on September 12 […]

ISIS Recruiting Fighters for the Philippines, Not Syria

With the pressure on the Islamic State growing in the Middle East, and the beating they’re taking in Syria and Iraq, ISIS is changing its recruiting tactics to gather fighters for the fighting in the Philippines. Foreign fighters are defecting by the hundreds in Syria and Iraq, so ISIS is putting the Philippines as their […]