Tag: military

The leaders of the Hashd al-Shaabi, an Iraqi paramilitary force with heavy Shiite ties and Iranian influence, is calling for action in the wake of an airstrike that killed 22 militiamen in Syria. Hashd al-Shaabi spokesman and Fatiah Alliance leader Karim al-Nouri declared, The airstrikes that targeted some of Hashd al-Shaabi forces is frankly a very dangerous affair […]

The fighting in Burma/Myanmar continues. The Rohingya are still in danger, as almost 700,000 of them have fled from their homes into refugee camps along the border of Bangladesh. However, now the Burmese military has shifted many of their efforts back to the Kachin, another ethnic minority that resides in the northern parts of the […]

This week CCTV footage was released of a Turkish military Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicle crushing an elderly female who was on her way to the post office in the province of Diyarbakir Lice, a Kurdish populated area. The victim has been identified as 85-year-old Pakize Hazar who was going to collect her senior citizen […]

This week the Iraqi Security Forces launched a major anti-terror operation in the city of Mosul, located in northern Iraq. The operation was largely successful with the ISF capturing a total of 22 Islamic State militants. They also recovered large caches of explosives used to construct improvised explosive devices (IEDs). Since the collapse of the […]

The 2019 U.S. defense budget was approved on Thursday by the U.S. House of Representatives, $290 million of which will be allocated to Kurdistan’s Peshmerga military forces — under the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The U.S. budget for Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) is $560 out of $850 million, the rest will be allocated to […]

A lot of speculation, hearsay, and high hopes have been put towards the reintegration of Kurdish Peshmerga military forces into providing security in Kirkuk alongside Iraqi forces. Now Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi will be make good on his promise during elections, that a solution would be found regarding Kirkuk and the desire to see an […]

Many were shocked and caught off guard the other day when retired General Thomas McInerney went on Fox News (where he is a paid contributor) and claimed that Senator John McCain betrayed his country while being tortured by Vietnamese communist forces during the war. He referred to McCain as Songbird John. I was not amongst […]

The Star model BM Spanish service pistol was an excellent firearm for its time. The pistol saw service with the Spanish military and police but also was used by the South African Defense Forces and found its way into the Rhodesian bush war. Although it looks strikingly similar to the 1911, the Star BM is […]

The Polish P-83 pistol is a refined handgun that came into military service after it became clear that the P-64 was incapable of meeting the requirements of a service pistol. The problem with the P-64 was in it being a bit on the small side, held a mere 6 rounds and had the most god awful […]

The Colt 1903 was the predecessor to the famous Colt 1911 that is still in use today in some small capacities. The 1903 was carried primarily by officers but also favored for concealed carry because of its small size and “hammerless” design; something that is not entirely accurate because it does have a hammer contained […]

The Polish P-64 is a unique pistol in that it probably draws more inspiration from the Walther PPK than other Eastern Bloc designs but the influence of the Makarov  remains obvious — it even uses the Russian 9x18mm round for the military variant. Developed in the late 1950s at Poland‘s Institute for Artillery Research, the P-64 was designed […]

Three United States senators, James Lankford, Jeanne Shaheen, and Thom Tillis, have introduced a bill that would halt an future transfers of U.S. produced fighter jets to Turkey. The bill was established because of the concern over Turkey acquiring high end military equipment, such as the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, while continuing to act recklessly as […]