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Actually, The US Has A Strategy In Syria — And It's Starting To Work
One of the primary criticisms of U.S. President Barack Obama's plan for a limited attack on Syria is that there is no long-term strategy in place for what happens after bombs fall on Damascus.But...
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Mysterious Chinese Helicopter Emerges That Resembles The One Used In Bin...
An interesting image has emerged from the prolific Chinese Internet.It depicts a mysterious helicopter being moved on a truck in China. Even if the aircraft is hidden below a protective covering, its...
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As Tensions Rise In Middle East, Iran Claims To Have Overhauled A Warship
On the cusp of foreign intervention in Syria, the Iranian government claims to have affixed state-of-the-art radar and weapons systems on one of its warships.The purported upgrades include domestically...
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Crook Learns The Hard Way Not To Pull A Gun On 30-Year Army Vet
Bad idea: holding up a store clerk who happens to be proficient in firearms.Worse idea: holding up a store clerk who is not only proficient in firearms, but who also happens to be an Iraq war veteran...
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West Faces 'Sisyphean Task' To Stop Online Recruitment Of Terrorists
PARIS (Reuters) - "I am French," explains the young man in the YouTube video carrying a Kalashnikov and wearing a kufiya cotton headdress as he sits in front of a waving black-and-white flag of al...
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Newest Snowden Leak Details CIA's PR Strategy For The Drone War
The latest in the Snowden leak saga comes from the Washington Post about the NSA spying on Al Qaeda and the CIA's use of drones.In it, there's a portion tucked at the end which shows the battle of...
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Al Qaeda Warns Its Syria Affiliates: Drop The Cell Phones, Bombs Are Coming
Bashar Al Assad isn't the only one making moves based on the probability of U.S. bombs, Al Qaeda is in the mix too.The extremist militant group figures that they will also be targets of a torrent of...
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Obama's Decision To Wait On Syria Reportedly Shocked US Forces
Those tasked with executing the strike on Bashar al Assad's regime in Syria were reportedly shocked when U.S. President Barack Obama announced Saturday that he wanted to seek Congressional approval...
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Iranian Military Chief: 'We Will Support Syria To The End'
Iran will support Syria "until the end" in the face of possible US-led military strikes, the chief of Iran's elite Quds Force unit was quoted Thursday by the media as saying.Iran is Syria's main...
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ARMY OFFICER: If We Ever Put Boots On The Ground In Syria, At Least I'll Know...
Ever since President Obama said the U.S. "should" strike against the Assad regime following a deadly chemical weapons attack on Aug. 21, I've been hearing from military members who have shared their...
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'Boots On The Ground' In Syria Just Became A Lot More Likely
Yesterday's Senate panel resolution for a limited strike on Syria included a few key lines that could foreshadow the involvement of ground forces.Julian Barnes of the WSJ reports [emphasis ours]:The...
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PATRIOT Act Author: The NSA Is Actively Violating The Law
The U.S. government contends that the bulk collection of U.S. phone records is authorized by section 215 of the PATRIOT Act. Jim Sensenbrenner (R-WI), the author of the original USA PATRIOT Act,...
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The NSA Has A Devastating Backdoor Around Lots Of Web Encryption
The New York Times has published a report, drawing on documents leaked by Edward Snowden, that reveals the National Security Agency is able to circumvent the encryption, or digital scrambling, that...
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Here's How Much A Military Strike Against Syria Would Probably Cost
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel told lawmakers a limited military strike to deter Syria from using chemical weapons would likely cost tens of millions of dollars, but if past...
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New Snowden Documents Detail How NSA Can Bypass Common Internet Encryption
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The U.S. National Security Agency has secretly developed the ability to crack or circumvent commonplace Internetencryption used to protect everything from email to financial...
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US Intercepts Iranian Order For Attack On American Interests In Iraq
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has intercepted an order from an Iranian official instructing militants inIraq to attack U.S. interestsin Baghdad in the event the Obama administration launches...
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Russia Sends Warship With 'Special Cargo' To Syria
A Russian warship carrying "special cargo" will be dispatched toward Syria, a navy source said on Friday, as the Kremlin beefs up its presence in the region ahead of possible US strikes against the...
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US Law Enforcement Brothers Arrested For Allegedly Trafficking Extremely...
Federal agents have arrested a New York City police officer and his brother, a Customs and Border Protection (ICE) officer, on charges of exporting high-powered weapons from the U.S. to the Philippines...
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Obama's Go-To Weapon Is Worthless In Syrian Strike
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Prowling the skies of Pakistan and Yemen, armed drones are America's weapon of choice in its war against al Qaeda, but they are unlikely to play a major role in any U.S. strike...
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Free Syrian Army Leader Calls Putin A 'Terrorist' On Fox News
General Salmin Idris, the leader of the Free Syria Army, called Vladimir Putin a terrorist today after the Russian president said that allegations of a August 21 chemical weapons attack in the suburbs...
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