Navy SEAL Chris Kyle Had A Funeral Procession Fit For A Head Of State [VIDEO]
Navy SEAL sniper Chris Kyle had a procession Feb. 12 fit for a head of state.The procession stretched along the heart of Texas, 200 miles, traveling from Midlothian to Austin, and included police...
View ArticleSyria Is Heading For The Worst Possible Scenario
After 23 months the Syrian civil war has become an increasingly volatile stalemate with no end in sight."Just as loyalist forces seem unable to regain control of the country, there looks to be little...
View ArticleSurprise Appearence Of Submarine Scares Pants Off Local Canadians
A submarine which surfaced in Howe Sound off the coast of West Vancouver has been "identified:" Canada's newly fielded Hunter Killer Class Submarine Victoria.Brent Richter, of The Province, reports...
View ArticleIranian Revolutionary Guards Commander Shot Dead In Syria
Assailants shot dead a senior Iranian official in Syria while he was travel ling by road towards the Lebanese capital overnight, the Iranian authorities said on Thursday.The Iranian embassy in Beirut...
View ArticleFBI Hid Microphones At Guantánamo, But No One Listened, Prison Commander...
GUANTANAMO BAY NAVY BASE, Cuba -- The Army officer in charge of the prison for war on terror captives testified Wednesday that he was unaware that the FBI had hidden microphones inside his compound...
View ArticleNature Of North Korea Nuclear Test Still A Mystery Without Radioactive Signature
Urgent efforts to find out the type of device detonated in North Korea's latest nuclear test appeared to be getting nowhere Thursday, with South Korean experts unable to detect any radioactive...
View ArticleUS And South Korean Military Send A Clear Message To Pyongyang
North Korea's recent nuclear test incurred the standard international handwringing that follows most of what Pyongyang pulls off in that corner of the world. But once international leaders stepped from...
View Article'Prisoner X' May Have Planned To Expose Mossad Use Of Australian Passports
When the Australian Broadcasting Company published an investigative story about an Australian citizen and Israeli spy who died while being secretly detained in Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin...
View ArticleJon Stewart: Facebook Privacy And Drone Strikes Have Something In Common
Obama briefly touched on the legal framework for drone strikes during the State of the Union: "We have kept Congress fully informed of our efforts."Jon Stewart: "Actually, I think, no."Stewart then...
View ArticleHere's What Really Happened In The Final Moments Before Jeff Haney's Fatal...
Captain Jeff Haney was one of the Air Force's best pilots; so when he crashed his F-22 Raptor into the Alaskan countryside in November 2010 it was difficult to believe he was at fault.At least it was...
View ArticleNovelist Who Finds Obama 'Elegant' Can't Understand How He Could Lead Such A...
In the most recent issue of The New Yorker, photographer and writer Teju Cole describes President Barack Obama as "an elegant and literate man with a cosmopolitan sense of the world" who is "in the...
View ArticleThe Absurdity Of The War On Terror Is Becoming Clear
As France realizes the difficulty of a "short" campaign in Mali, one can't ignore the pattern of impotence and unintended consequences at the heart of the war on terror.In the days following French...
View ArticleMexican Drug Kingpin Named Chicago's First Public Enemy No. 1 Since Al Capone
On Thursday the Chicago Crime Commission designatedSinaloa drug cartel kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman as Public Enemy No. 1.Guzman became the first to hold the classification since gangster Al...
View ArticleSoviet Russia Had The Most Intense Propaganda Posters
Propaganda hit a fevered pitch in the years following the end of World War II with the help of radio and television.In the U.S. there was a lot of red scare and nuclear holocaust propaganda — how could...
View ArticleAmerican Appears To Be Fighting Alongside The Syrian Rebels
Two unconfirmed amateur videos posted to YouTube appear to show an American fighting alongside rebel forces in Syria against Bashar al-Assad.The first, posted by Abu Adam Hourani on Jan. 15, identifies...
View ArticleThe Best Pilot-Shot F-18 Fighter Video You'll Ever See
Our apologies: We had some trouble with the video, but now it's up and running again. Rest assured, watching this American hotshot is the perfect way to end your week.I spent three days last fall on...
View Article12 Of The Most Epic Videos Of Troops Doing The 'Harlem Shake'
What started as one video of costumed performers dancing (strangely) to techno music has practically taken over YouTube.Now there are hundreds of Harlem Shake videos, featuring the electronic musician...
View ArticleViral Photo Sums Up Military's Feeling About Drone Medals
There's been a near unanimous outcry from the military "underground" since the Pentagon announced new medals for drone pilots.In particular, servicemembers find it unjustifiable that the medal would...
View ArticleUS Marines Launch A 'Tosh.0' Style YouTube Show
For those Americans who are deployed or working out of foreign duty stations, the Armed Forces Network television can get pretty ... let's be nice and say, "dry.""I'm coming from AFN in Japan and once...
View ArticleIsraelis And Australians Raise Doubts About Alleged Suicide Of Prisoner X
Australians and Israelis are questioning the official story that the Australian man and Mossad spy who died in an Israel prison in December 2010 committed suicide.A family friend of Ben Zygier told the...
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