The FBI Director James Comey appearing today before a U.S. Senate appropriations subcommittee stated unequivocally that “preventing terrorist attacks continues to be the FBI’s top priority.” “The terrorist threat against the United States remains persistent and acute,” he explained, especially threats posed by homegrown violent extremists and by foreign fighters—including those recruited from the U.S.—traveling […]
US releases Akham Abdul Qadir – a former member of al-Qaeda’s elite 55th Arab Brigade
The Department of Defense announced today the transfer of one “Akhmed Abdul Qadir” from the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay to Estonia on Jan. 15, 2015. According to top secret NOFORM file this detainee was identified as an al-Qaeda fighter , resided in an al-Qaeda safehouse and was once assigned to an elite unit within […]
State Department issues warning for US citizens traveling abroad
According to the US State Department credible information exists “indicates terrorist groups also seek to continue attacks against U.S. interests in the Middle East and North Africa. The U.S. government remains highly concerned about possible attacks against U.S. citizens, facilities, businesses, and perceived U.S. and Western interests.” Syria No part of Syria should be considered immune […]
US lacks a comprehensive “Counter Unconventional Warfare” strategy according to report
The U.S. Army Special Operations Command (USASOC) released a white paper report recently, titled “Counter-Unconventional Warfare (Counter-UW).” This white paper argues that the United States requires, a credible strategic-level ability to interdict and counter external sponsorships of insurgent and separatist movements. Examples of Counter -UW include that used in the Ukraine by Russia using thousands of […]
Unconfirmed reports suggest hundreds of ISIL terrorists killed or wounded during 10 targeted airstrikes over two days in Syria
I received the following email update on the war against ISIL from U.S. Central Command, which surprised me a bit. In one day the US and its coalition partners conducted 10 targeted airstrikes against ISIL using a combination of attack and fighter aircraft in just a two day period! Wow! For those who doubt the […]
Putin seeks to consolidate Russia’s position on the global arms market by selling billions of dollars worth of weapons
On November 5, 2014 President Vladimir Putin held a meeting of the Commission for Military Technology Cooperation with Foreign States. A partial transcript of the meeting is as follows: PRESIDENT OF RUSSIA VLADIMIR PUTIN: Good afternoon, colleagues. Today, we will examine a number of issues related to making our military technology cooperation with foreign countries […]
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