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Special Forces Officer speaks out about Bales’ rampage in Afghanistan The U.S. military’s biggest mass murder in decades happened under the watch of Dan Fields. For the first time, he opens up about the war crime—and the soldier who did it. – The Daily Beast Syrian Arab-Kurdish alliance is a farce EIN EISSA, Syria — […]

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More on Hillary Clinton’s private intelligence network. Was it operationalized? After the media inexplicably dubbed Hillary Rodham Clinton the “winner” of the Benghazi hearings, her apologists dismissed a line of questioning into her unofficial adviser, Sidney Blumenthal. So he was sending her e-mail offering advice on Libya and other matters of state. In the immortal […]

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Qatar backing Syria? As the conflict in Syria rages on, some critics say gulf countries, including Qatar, are making things worse by backing certain violent and intolerant groups, accusations the government rejects. We discuss this, in addition to Syrian refugees, relations with Iran and the controversy surrounding the 2022 World Cup. In this week’s Headliner […]

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Colombian mercs participate in war in Yemen Some 800 former Colombian military troops will enter the city port of Aden in Yemen, switching the jungle terrain of their home country for the deserts of Arabia. The former Colombian army troops will join a coalition of allied international troops fighting Shiite rebels. They will operate under […]

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Russia gets a free pass on war crimes, but America is imperialist? The global left vocally condemned the U.S. bombing of a hospital in Kunduz. But Russia bombing hospitals in Syria? Silence. Earlier this month in the Afghan city of Kunduz, the U.S. committed an apparent war crime. At some point in the early hours […]

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Hostages freed from Hawija recount gruesome torture, mock executions ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – Some of the 69 hostages rescued in a joint US-Kurdish operation from a prison near Hawija in Iraq last week recounted tales of torture and mock executions at the hands of the Islamic State group (ISIS), saying they faced imminent death had […]

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Ranger recalls the invasion of Grenada Stephen Trujillo was a combat medic with the 2d Ranger Battalion during the invasion of Grenada. He was decorated with the Silver Star for gallantry in action, and was cited by President Reagan during the 1984 State of the Union Address. Trujillo later served in Special Forces, and with […]

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Russian subs and spy ships cruising around undersea data cables WASHINGTON — Russian submarines and spy ships are aggressively operating near the vital undersea cables that carry almost all global Internet communications, raising concerns among some American military and intelligence officials that the Russians might be planning to attack those lines in times of tension […]

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Russian mom faces years in prison for sharing posts about Ukraine YEKATERINBURG, Russia — In Yekaterina Vologzheninova’s opinion, the only things she might be guilty of are her daughter’s messy bedroom and unwashed dishes. Authorities in Russia, however, believe otherwise, and have charged the single mom with inciting ethnic hatred for sharing links related to […]

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Senate staffer accidentally publish name of CIA asset suspected to be behind the bombing of Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland The State Department inadvertently released the name of a CIA source who is suspected of being the main plotter behind the 1988 Lockerbie, Scotland airline bombing, and the House Select Committee on Benghazi republished the […]

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YPG Commanding General confirms US ammunition airdrops After the Russian intervention the balance of power has changed, actors have changed. This happened a bit quickly. The change is also reflected on the ground. Large assaults and fierce battles are now taking place around Hama and Idlib. Regime forces are being air covered by Russian warplanes. […]

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Obama delays troop withdrawal from Afghanistan Washington (CNN)President Barack Obama announced Thursday that U.S. forces will remain in Afghanistan at their current levels throughout much of 2016, yet another delay in their scheduled withdrawal and an acknowledgment that America’s longest war won’t be concluded on his watch. Obama campaigned as the president who would end […]