A First-Hand Account Of The Beginning Of A Military Coup In Mali
I summoned courage to finally draw back the curtains and leaned cautiously through my open window into the warm night. The dark horizon was backlit by flickers of red, yellow and orange. The sounds...
View ArticleAmmo Suppliers Everywhere Are Reporting Shortages From A Huge Surge In Demand
The threat of the possibility of new regulation and gun control laws has sent customers scrambling for guns, ammunition and accessories in the wake of the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in...
View Article33 War Strategies That Will Help You Achieve All Your Goals In 2013
Best-selling author Robert Greene brought us the book The 33 Strategies of War, and so 33 clearer ways to accomplish your goals in 2013.In the book, Greene writes "the problem for us is that we are...
View ArticleTunisia Raises Money By Selling Former Dictator's Sweet Cars
Tunisia has begun selling the personal assets of deposed President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali and other former regime officials, including luxury and performance cars, to boost its struggling...
View ArticleHow Americans Really Feel About Gun Control
In the wake of the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., President Barack Obama, various lawmakers and the National Rifle Association have been the driving forces on an...
View ArticleThe Intelligence Community Is Glad It Can Keep 'Leaking' To The Press
Former CIA operative Wayne Simmons sat down on Fox and Friends Wednesday to lambast the movie "Zero Dark Thirty," despite the movie being subsidized with inside information from the Agency itself.This...
View ArticleThe Sad Reason Why A Hijacked Ship Was Ignored For Nearly Three Years
How's this for a seasonal tale to warm the hearts? After almost three years in captivity, the crew of the Iceberg 1, a cargo ship hijacked by Somali pirates, are home after finally being rescued.For...
View ArticleMass Shootings Got Deadlier After The Assault Weapons Ban Expired [CHART]
After the deadly shooting in Newtown, Conn., Dr. Charles Catania sent The Rachel Maddow Show a graph revealing the number of people killed in the 12 deadliest mass shootings in the United States.The...
View ArticleNo Foul Play Involved With British Agent Found Nude In Duffel Bag
MI6 codebreaker Gareth Williams probably locked himself into the sports bag where his naked body was found and was not the victim of a hit by the security services, Scotland Yard has found after...
View ArticleThe Super Obvious Fiscal Cliff Defense Bet Ended Up Being Totally Wrong
So much for that idea. One theory we'd heard a few times was that the defense stocks would get slammed if there were no Fiscal Cliff deal, since the spending "sequestration" caps defense spending below...
View ArticleThe Number Of Syrian Refugees Is About To Explode
The United Nations on Wednesday predicted the number of Syrian refugees in neighboring countries will double to 1.1 million by June next year if the country's war is not ended.There are now more than...
View ArticleRussia Warns World That Syria May Turn Into 'Bloody Chaos'
Russia has warned that Syria would descend into "bloody chaos" should a proposal from Lakhdar Brahimi, the international envoy, to set up a transitional government fail.Mr Brahimi, the international...
View ArticleRetired General Norman Schwarzkopf Has Died At 78
Retired U.S. Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf, who led the international coalition that ousted Saddam Hussein from Kuwait in 1991, has died at age 78, according to The Associated Press.Schwarzkopf died...
View ArticleUS Closes Embassy In The Central African Republic As Rebels Take Over The...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department has closed its embassy in the Central African Republic and ordered the ambassador and his diplomatic team to leave the country as rebels there continue to advance...
View ArticleRussia Quietly Announces A Major Shift On Syria
Russia has invited the head of the main Syrian opposition for talks. The Associated Press reports that foreign minister Sergey Lavrov told reporters today that he has officially contacted the Syrian...
View ArticleLAPD Gets Not One But Two Rocket Launchers During Gun Buyback
In addition to receiving 75 assault weapons during its gun buyback Wednesday, the Los Angeles Police Department collected two rocket launchers.The department hosted Wednesday the no-questions-asked...
View ArticleThe Most Powerful Rebel Group In Syria Is Accusing The US Of Supporting Assad
Syrian jihadist group the Al-Nusra Front, blacklisted by Washington as a terror outfit, has accused the United States of seeking to keep President Bashar al-Assad in power."The continued US and...
View ArticleDevastating Loss Spurs Vet Group To Create New Social Networking App
“Inspiration is important with every startup,” Anthony Allman tells me about his POS-REP mobile application, which is currently in the final stages of Apple approval. The inspiration, in the former...
View ArticleCheck Out The New Addition To Obama's Personal Fleet Of Marine Helicopters
The move has been in the works for a few years now, but come the turn of 2013, Barack Obama's presidential fleet of Marine helicopters, "Marine One," is due to add 14 V-22 Ospreys.Now, manufacturers...
View ArticleHumor Can Be The Best Battlefield Weapon A Marine Ever Had
Happy Marines could be found throughout the Battle of Fallujah.They would usually start at it early in the morning when their dirty faces could get away with it, a smile and a laugh, usually at some...
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