Terrorism

Afghan Special Forces Free Captives in Raid in Helmand Province

Afghan Commandos from the 7th Special Operation Kandak liberated more than 15 people from a Taliban prison in Now Zad village, Now Zad district, Helmand province. The nighttime raid also led to the detention of several Taliban and the removal of IED making materials. The Afghan SF also had support from NATO during the raid. […]

ICC Wants to Investigate US Military, CIA for War Crimes

United States forces are being investigated by the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague as prosecutors there believe that there are sufficient grounds to believe that the US committed war crimes in Afghanistan in 2003-2004. Prosecutors believe there was a “reasonable basis” that U.S. forces had tortured prisoners in Afghanistan and at Central Intelligence […]

Kabul Investigating Taliban Use of Russian-made Night Vision Goggles

Defense officials in the Afghan government have admitted this week that Taliban militants have obtained night-vision equipment but would not confirm suspicions that the Russians are furnishing the Taliban with the equipment. The officials said that an investigation is continuing on the matter of the potential game-changer of high-tech equipment being introduced to Taliban forces […]

Taliban “Special Forces” Another Issue Coalition Forces Must Deal With

The Taliban has been touting their “Special Forces” unit for quite some time, however with recent attacks on Afghan government police and conventional military units, they’ve been pushed to the forefront in the news. Reports of the Taliban using night vision equipment and laser aiming devices have the Afghans worrying. On November 13, Taliban units […]

Germany Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia and Egypt Increases Five Fold

German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s administration has been increasing its arms sales to the Middle East. And particularly to what was characterized as “dictatorships” in both Egypt and Saudi Arabia. This has brought a wave of criticism leveled at Merkel from the left with one opposition lawmaker calling the practice “reprehensible.” The German government’s arms sales […]

Two-year anniversary of Paris terrorist attacks

Paris, France—President Macron attended a memorial to the victims of the 2015 terrorist attacks. This last November 13th marked the second-year anniversary of the coordinated attacks that killed 130 people and injured hundreds more.  That night, Jihadist suicide bombers struck at six locations in downtown Paris: four cafeterias, a soccer stadium and a packed nightclub. […]

Russians “Irrefutable Proof” US Support of ISIS is a Video Game Shot

Russia’s Ministry of Defense has egg on their face when they were caught lying about a serious charge that the US isn’t trying to defeat ISIS but actually is helping the Islamic State. Russia’s claims to have “irrefutable evidence” that US forces are in league with ISIS was actually footage from a video game. Russia, […]

Russia, U.S. In a Stalemate Over Syria Chemical Weapons Probe

Russia was playing double speak on Monday, on one hand stating that it was still in talks with the United States about the ongoing inquiry by the U.N. Security Council into the Syrian governments use of chemical weapons on their own people, but the US countered that the Russians have refused to engage on the […]

Raqqa’s Dirty Secret, Thousands of ISIS Fighters, Families Allowed to Flee

After months of bloody, hard fighting, the Syrians trying to take back their territory from the Islamic State wanted the fighting to be over. Especially so in the self-styled “caliphate” of Raqqa. The Syrians entered into a deal with ISIS to allow their fighters and families to escape Raqqa. The agreement was supposed to forbid […]

McCain sole Republican to vote against Trump DoJ nominee for involvement with ‘enhanced interrogation techniques’ memo

Senator John McCain was the only Republican Senator to vote against the confirmation of President Trump’s nominee for the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel earlier this week, citing Steven Engel’s previous work on “enhanced interrogation techniques” under the George W. Bush administration. McCain, in a statement to Politico, said that “I cannot in good […]

Hamza bin Laden releases message encouraging violence, revenge for his father

Hamza bin Laden, son of former Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, released an audio message through the terror network’s media arm on Tuesday, encouraging violence against the United States and their allies. Hamza reportedly urged followers to “rise in rebellion… against the agents of the Americans,” and to “incite the masses… until the preparations […]