CIA OFFICER: We Had No Idea Militants Would Seize Iraqi Cities
WASHINGTON (AP) — When John Maguire was a CIA officer in Beirut in the late 1980s during that country's bloody civil war, he spent weeks living in safe houses far from the U.S. Embassy, dodging...
View ArticleThe Air Force Has A Secret Facility Built Into This Beachside Florida Hotel
FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla. (AP) — To the tourists who frolic in the crystal-blue surf of this picturesque, white-sand beach, the Fort Walton Beach Holiday Inn Resort looks like, well, a Holiday Inn with a...
View ArticleIraqi Officials: We Have Essentially Given Up The North Of The Country
BAGHDAD (AP) — Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is ready to concede, at least temporarily, the loss of much of Iraq to Sunni insurgents and is instead deploying the military's best-trained and equipped...
View ArticleISIS Militants Held A Massive Military Parade In Mosul
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham's Ninewa Division continues to crank out images of its conquest of Mosul and the surrounding province. Earlier today, the Ninewa Division released photographs of...
View ArticleKey US Liaison To Iraq: Here's Why The Country Is Burning
The American military official best acquainted with the social fabric of northern and central Iraq says that the disintegration of the country was entirely preventable.Col. Rick Welch spent just under...
View ArticleThere Is One Man Most Responsible For The Rise Of ISIS Extremists
In the week since Al-Qaeda spinoff the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) brought Iraq back into international headlines by seizing around a third of the country in a matter of hours, there has...
View ArticleAs Iran's Military Enters Iraq, Here's A Look At What They Have In Their Arsenal
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant has blitzed across Iraq over the past couple of weeks. The Sunni extremist group threatens the government of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, a Shi'ite and...
View ArticleExtremist ISIS Militants Are Duping The World's Journalists — Here's How
“Just don’t make us out as if we’re beasts and terrorists, you know? We’ve got families like you, we’ve got sisters like you, and you’ve probably got brothers like me.”Despite his earnest tone, there...
View ArticleAn Al Qaeda Leader In Syria Has Sworn Allegiance To ISIS
An Egyptian commander of an Al Nusrah Front faction in the border town of Albu Kamal in Syria's Deir al Zour province has recently sworn allegiance to the rival Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant...
View ArticleIndia And Russia Are Trying To Build A Next-Generation Fighter Jet Together,...
India's co-development of a fifth-generation fighter with Russia has not progressed quite as smoothly as the top brass in the Indian Air Force (IAF) had hoped.The Sukhoi/HAL Fifth Generation Fighter...
View ArticleThis Site Shows Who Is Hacking Whom Right Now — And The US Is Getting Hammered
U.S.-based computer security firm Norse has released a real-time animated map that illustrates ongoing cyberattacks around the world. Without a doubt, the U.S. is getting constantly hammered by...
View ArticleAn Old US Enemy Could Plunge Iraq Into Civil War
Muqtada al-Ṣadr and his Shia militia engaged in ferocious fighting with American forces during the Iraq War. Now, the Shiite strong man is back in the spotlight and threatening to escalate tensions...
View ArticleHere's Why Iraq's Other Sunni Militants Are Probably About To Turn On ISIS
BAGHDAD/DUBAI (Reuters) - The militants dismantling Iraq's borders and threatening regional war are far from united. Theirs is a marriage of convenience between ultra-hardline religious zealots and...
View ArticleUS Air Force Suspends All F-35A Flights After Fighter Jet Catches On Fire
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Air Force widened a ban on flights of Lockheed Martin Corp's F-35 A-model fighter jets on Thursday as authorities continue to investigate a fire on one of the jets this...
View ArticleThis Is What The World's Most Dangerous Explosives Look Like When They Ignite
While the world's most powerful explosives all have a similar deadly effect, the explosions produced by such compounds are vastly different.French photographer Alain Declercq, who often photographs...
View ArticleIsrael Has Named Hamas Suspects In The Kidnapping Of Three Teens In The West...
Israeli authorities on Thursday named two West Bank Palestinians as prime suspects in the kidnapping of three Israeli teenagers in the West Bank two weeks ago.The two alleged abductors, Amer Abu Aysha...
View ArticleSome Of The Bravest People I've Ever Known Are Being Abandoned In Iraq And...
I've been thinking about my friend Jamal quite frequently now that we've seen Iraq slip into chaos.As our terp — short for interpreter — Jamal translated Pashto to English and back again for my small...
View ArticleToday Is PTSD Awareness Day — Here's How I Deal With The Effects
I have PTSD. We all know what it is, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. I am one of millions who are affected by it each and every day. Millions of men and women who have varying symptoms yet manage to...
View ArticleHere's A Glimpse Of The Navy's Amazing New Autonomous Helicopter
An MQ-8C Fire Scout was spotted on a trailer on I-405 Northbound at Newport Beach, California.The MQ-8C Fire Scout is a Bell 407 helicopter modified with autonomous controls from the MQ-8B drone...
View ArticleThailand's Military Rulers Criminalize These 4 Harmless Acts
One month ago, after Thailand’s army seized control of the nation, the instructions were quite clear: Praise us or keep your mouth shut.Dissent is now punishable by detention in military-run Thailand....
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