Rockets hit Kabul Airport as insurgents target Defense Secretary Mattis

Insurgents fired a barrage of rockets at the Kabul International Airport on Wednesday that they claimed was targeting the plane of US Defense Secretary James Mattis. Both the Taliban and the Islamic State (ISIS) rushed to claim responsibility for the attack. The US then responded with an airstrike at the suspected launch sites. One of […]

Rockets Hit Kabul Airport as Insurgents Target Defense Secretary Mattis

Insurgents fired a barrage of rockets at the Kabul International Airport on Wednesday that they claimed was targeting the plane of US Defense Secretary James Mattis. Both the Taliban and the Islamic State (ISIS) rushed to claim responsibility for the attack. The US then responded with an airstrike at the suspected launch sites. One of […]

Trump Urges Afghan President to Close Taliban Office in Qatar

President Donald Trump is urging that a Taliban diplomatic mission in Qatar be closed. He’s reported to be in talks with Afghanistan president Ashraf Ghani to formally ask the government of Qatar to close the office. The Taliban office, in Qatar, has been used as a hub for dialogue for more than six years but […]

Why European Islam’s current problems might reflect a 100-year-old mistake

EVERY time a European city is shaken by an act of mass violence, the continent’s heavy-weight newspapers host agonised debates over what has gone wrong. In particular, debaters often ask, should European states have responded differently to the emergence of large, discontented Muslim minorities, either by accommodating cultural difference more generously or (as some advocate) by suppressing it? Even when it becomes clear that Islam was not […]

US Bombs ISIS Camp in Libya, 17 Terrorists Dead

The United States conducted six airstrikes on an ISIS camp on Friday that killed 17 terrorists and destroyed three vehicles. The US Africa Command said in a statement that the strikes targeted an ISIS site about 240 km (170 miles) southeast of Sirte, once a stronghold of ISIS in the country. “The camp was used […]

Afghan President says Trump’s plan is better than Obama’s

Well, at least one Afghan President is behind President Trump’s plan. Current Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani said on Wednesday that he believes that U.S. President Donald Trump’s strategy to win the war in Afghanistan will work where his predecessor’s failed. That stands in sharp contrast to what former President Hamid Karzai said about Trump’s plan. […]

Report: North Korea’s other Kim wanted Jean-Claude Van Damme to solve terrorism

Before Kim Jong Un took over leadership in North Korea, his older brother Jong Chul was considered to inherit the position, and he had a brilliant plan to fight terrorism around the world. Namely: 1990s martial arts movie star Jean-Claude Van Damme. According to a new report from The New Yorker, Jong Chul once penned poem called […]

It is Time to Prepare for our Next Round of Terrorist Incidents

With the summer of 2017 over and the fall arriving today, our National Preparedness Month is nearly over. And in that vein, let’s forget about the idiot White Supremacists and the equally vile Antifa dolts for a minute and talk about some issues that are bound to crop up and soon here in the United […]

Afghan President Says Trump’s Plan is Better than Obama’s

Well, at least one Afghan President is behind President Trump’s plan. Current Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani said on Wednesday that he believes that U.S. President Donald Trump’s strategy to win the war in Afghanistan will work where his predecessor’s failed. That stands in sharp contrast to what former President Hamid Karzai said about Trump’s plan. […]

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, […]