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China Already Has A Plan To Sink The US Fleet In Any Upcoming Battles
As the U.S. makes clear it will defend Japan should China try and lay claim to the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, this Chinese announcement from mid-2012 offers additional perspective.Once the...
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Iraq Just Discovered Another Billion Barrels Of Oil
Iraq said on Sunday it has discovered deposits of crude equivalent to one billion barrels of oil after the first exploration work by state-owned firms in almost 30 years.The deposits were found after...
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What Western Powers Are Up Against In Mali And Algeria
Bamako, MaliToday in Algeria, authorities are scouring a Saharan gas plant for bodies in the wake of a hostage crisis that ended in a shootout between the Army and Islamist kidnappers. Around the...
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MLK's Vehement Condemnations Of US Militarism Are More Relevant Than Ever
The civil right achievements of Martin Luther King are quite justly the focus of the annual birthday commemoration of his legacy. But it is remarkable, as I've noted before on this holiday, how...
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Inside 'The Beast' Limousine That Carried Obama To The Inauguration
At a cost of over $300,000 and enough armor to stop an RPG, the President's ground vehicle is a very resilient ride.It looks like a Caddy STS on the outside, but on the inside it has everything the...
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Japan Threatens To Fire On Chinese Fighters — China Says 'There Will Be No...
When Chinese and Japanese fighters met for the first time over disputed islands in the East China Sea earlier this month, Japan promptly declared its right to fire tracers at China's jets.Though met...
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The Air Force Is Turning Combat Planes Into Airborne Wireless Routers
The U.S. Air Force is trying to turn the targeting pods carried by some of its legacy fighters and the B-1 Lancer bomber, into flying wireless routers that would allow ground troops to communicate each...
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Prince Harry Returns From Afghanistan Seemingly Battle-Hardened
Prince Harry says he did not come to Afghanistan to kill the Taliban, but says he will "take a life to save a life" and if insurgents attack British forces then he will "take them out of the...
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Algeria Hostage-Takers 'Aided By Libyan Islamists'
Libyan Islamists provided logistical support to the militants who seized an Algeria gas plant before they were killed in a bloodbath which also left 37 foreigners dead, well-informed sources...
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5-Year-Old Girl Labeled A ‘Terrorist Threat’ For Talking About Hello Kitty...
Last week in the Land of the Free, a five-year-old girl in Pennsylvania was labeled a terrorist threat.Fortunately for the citizens of Northumberland County, local authorities managed to detain this...
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Japan And Philippines Try More Creative Diplomacy To Deal With China
Both Japan and the Philippines are attempting to engage China in new ways to settle sovereignty disputes in the South China Sea.The Associated Press reports a Japanese envoy has arrived in China to...
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Taliban Sends A Message With Second Coordinated Attack In Five Days
A nine-hour gun battle raged through the heart of Kabul on Monday, leaving at least seven dead and eight wounded. The latest attack, claimed by the Taliban, shows a defiant insurgency that may not be...
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ASSAD: ‘I Will Win, Even If Damascus Is Destroyed’
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad remains as defiant as ever, even as rebels assault the last major government military installation in the country's north.Ivan Watson and Raja Razek CNN report that...
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Former Obama Intel Chief: The CIA Should Not Be Allowed To Control Drone Strikes
One of President Obama's former intelligence chiefs believes that the Pentagon — and not the CIA — should run the U.S. drone program so that it operates within the laws of war, Carlo Muñoz of The Hill...
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Conservatives Have A New Plan To Thwart Chuck Hagel's Confirmation
A newly formed non-profit organization is targeting Senate Democrats up for re-election in 2014 to build pressure on them to oppose former Sen. Chuck Hagel's confirmation as Secretary of Defense. The...
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Emails Between General Allen And Kelley 'Inappropriate' But Not Career Ending
General John Allen, the commander of International Security Assistance Force-Afghanistan (ISAF), has been cleared of any wrongdoing, according to the Pentagon Inspector General.Allen was under...
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Russians Fleeing Syria Describe A Bleak Situation In Damascus
Russians fleeing the civil war in Syria described miserable conditions on the ground, Thomas Grove of Reuters reports."The Free Syrian Army is getting closer. We've been left without money, without...
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FOX NEWS: 'Not A Lot Of Questions Answered' At Benghazi Hearing
Hillary Clinton's testimony before Congress so far has been largely as expected — a reptition of all the tired punchlines we've heard before. As the first session came to a close, Fox News anchor Bill...
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The Dark Side Of The Arab Spring Is Increasingly Apparent
Several Egyptians who helped seize an Algerian oil field last week also took part in the September attack on the U.S. mission in Benghazi, according to a senior Algerian official as reported by Adam...
View ArticleMarine Security Guards Protect Classified Documents First, Then Personnel
The Benghazi attacks last year touched off a firestorm of debate around diplomatic security.While some suggested that Marine Embassy Security Guards (MSGs) could have prevented the attack, the reality...
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