American School In Tunisia Torched
The protests that started in Cairo have spread across the world raising havoc in more than a dozen countries in the Muslim world. The news today is one of massive chaos: Lots of protests, fires, and...
View ArticleAn Incredible Map Of Today's Global Islamic Protests
If you can't keep track of all the Muslim protests erupting across the globe, you're not alone. The uproar over a 14-minute anti-Islam YouTube video has sparked furious protests from Somalia to Egypt...
View ArticleWATCH: The Anti-American Protests Happening In The Middle East Right Now
The protests against the anti-Islamic film that started earlier in the week in Cairo have spread to cities throughout the Middle East. Below is video footage from protests in the region. The uprisings...
View ArticleTunisian Embassy Protesters Chanted: 'Obama, Obama, We Are All Osamas'
A chilling detail in this Reuters report on yesterday's protests at the US embassy in Tunisia from reporter Tarek Amara: "Obama, Obama, we are all Osamas," they chanted, in reference to the slain al...
View ArticleThe Most Unsettling Electronic Weapons In America
Controlling the electromagnetic (EM) spectrum is a major asset in military operations. The Marines recently demonstrated their painful "heat ray," a weapon that blasts intruders with a wave beam that...
View ArticleThe Federal Government Gives Local Law Enforcement So Much Stuff
Troops officially came home from Iraq on Dec. 31, 2011, but they were coming back in a steady stream since 2010, and they were bringing their equipment with them. The website Public Intelligence...
View ArticleObama Doesn't Need To Send A Letter To Congress About Libya And Yemen
Obama's letter to Congress about deployment of Marines to Libya and Yemen is awfully nice, but let's be honest: It's not a legal requirement. As well it shouldn't be; the president can't be expected...
View ArticleCentral Asia Could Go To War Over Water
Earlier this week, President Islam Karimov of Uzbekistan indicated that efforts by Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan to build hydroelectric power stations on rivers that flowed into Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan...
View ArticleWe're Headed To The Persian Gulf Tomorrow For A Huge Military Mine Clearing...
Underwater mines may be one of the most effective ways of disabling an opposing force in the history of warfare, and if Iran feels it has little left to lose it could mine the Strait of Hormuz and...
View ArticleSeven Men Went Through Hell To Be The First Americans In Space
In 1959, just six months after NASA was established, seven men were selected as the first American astronauts: Alan Shepard, John Glenn, Wally Schirra, Gus Grissom, Deke Slayton, Scott Carpenter and...
View ArticleThe Taliban Attack On Camp Bastion Sends An Unmistakable Signal
The implications of the recent attack on the biggest bases in Helmand, Afghanistan, are bigger than a stab at Harry or two dead Marines. As many as 20 Taliban fighters, armed with small-arms,...
View ArticleHow One Man Helped Prevent A Christian Massacre In The Face Of Overwhelming Odds
I took a few classes at the University of South Florida to wrap up a B.A. after leaving the Army and one of my professors was Georgetown Alumnus Richard O'Brien. He taught Conflict in the World and...
View ArticleCheck Out This Crazy Video From Prior Attacks On Kabul's Embassy
This crazy Kabul video shows attacks that happened a year ago to date on the embassy and the International Security Assistance Forces headquarters. Here we see Marines, airmen, sailors, and Afghan...
View ArticleMassive Protests Continue In Beijing — Demonstrators Chant 'Declare War On...
Huge anti-Japan protests in China continue to rage. The source of tension: A small chain of uninhabited islands claimed by both countries. According to Mark Mackinnon, reporter with Canada's Globe...
View ArticleUS And Britain Send Warships To The Persian Gulf To Prepare For An Israel...
An armada of U.S. and British naval power is amassing in the Persian Gulf in the belief that Israel is considering a pre-emptive strike against Iran’s covert nuclear weapons program. Warships,...
View ArticleThis Heavily-Armed Drone Is Changing The Way America Wages War
The Predator drone is a key tool in the Pentagon's War on Terror, logging more than 1 million miles over scores of countries since its 1995 introduction. The drone went from helpful to deadly when it...
View Article1000 Chinese Boats Set Sail Towards The Disputed Islands
More evidence that the Japanese-Chinese tension isn't easing soon. One thousand Chinese ships are setting sail towards the disputed islands. From Japan Today: If a large number of Chinese vessels...
View ArticleWhite House Says It's Unconstitutional To Strike Down The NDAA
The Obama administration had some harsh words Friday after a federal judge appointed by Obama said the government doesn't have a right to indefinitely detain anyone even remotely associated with...
View ArticleUS Government Linked To Three New Computer Viruses
Researchers have found evidence suggesting that the United States may have developed three previously unknown computer viruses for use in espionage operations or cyber warfare. The findings are likely...
View ArticleUS Teenager Charged With Trying To Bomb Chicago Bar
A US teenager hoping to engage in "violent jihad" after he tried to detonate a would-be car bomb outside a bar in downtown Chicago, has been arrested and charged. Friday night's arrest of Adel Daoud,...
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