National Security

9th/12th Royal Lancers, Leicester, 2009 — RTT News reports: A NATO soldier, shot dead while on patrol in southern Afghanistan on Saturday, has been identified as British. “An individual wearing an Afghan National Army uniform turned his weapon against International

Events in Syria are moving at an increasingly rapid pace, perhaps reaching critical mass. But you have to wonder whether Obama & Co. has been caught napping. If there is a country in the Arab world where trying to shape

From the UK’s Daily Mail: Quiet! We can’t wake the locals Soldiers were ordered not to open fire on Taliban fighters planting mines in case they disturb local people, it has been claimed. U.S. military chiefs ordered troops to exercise

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. U.S. and Vietnam launch joint naval exercises amid tensions with China Col. Nguyen Van Lam, center, greets U.S. Rear Admiral Tom Carney with flowers on Friday (Reuters) The U.S. and Vietnam launched a series

David “What have you done to win Iraqi hearts and minds today?” Petraeus’s Legacy of Post-Surge “Success” General David Petraeus continues to receive plaudits for the “successful surge” in Iraq–based upon his credo, “What have you done to win Iraqi

From the Associated Press: SAN DIEGO — About 200 active-duty troops and veterans wearing T-shirts advertising their branch of service marched Saturday in San Diego’s gay pride parade with American flags and rainbow banners, marking what is believed to be

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The “National Salvation Congress,” a Saturday meeting of representatives of the opposition to the regime of Syria’s president Bashar al-Assad, failed to form a shadow government, because of factional differences. Unidentified Syrian opposition activists chatting in Istanbul on Saturday Friday

Part of Adonis G.B.’s body hanging from the landing gear Last week an Iberia Airliner left Havana, landed in Madrid and found an obviously desperate Cuban stowaway. The 23 year old Cuban man named Adonis G.B. was curled in the

As was reported in the news last week, Otto, the “last of the Habsburgs”, the son of the last emperor of Austria-Hungary, died recently at the age of 98. Our Austrian correspondent AMT sends this reflection on the ecumenical sentiments

I went to the ISAF website this a.m. to see if there was any further information on yet another NATO soldier’s murder at the hands of yet another Afghan army member, this one not to be confused with last Saturday’s

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. China slams Obama’s meeting with the Dalai Lama Dalai Lama says to President Obama: ‘My Nobel Peace Prize is bigger than your Nobel Peace Prize!’ China accused the United States on Sunday of “grossly”

This is the most recent installment of exclusive interviews with Dr. Paul Kengor, professor of political science at Grove City College in Grove City, Pennsylvania, as he continues to share snippets from his latest book revealing how communists, from Moscow

Does this Baer posit the truth from his neck of the woods? Veteran CIA officer Robert Baer, who spent more than two decades years in the Middle East, including stints in Lebanon and Syria, predicted on the KPFK Los Angeles

This Washington Times editorial highlights some tough words from new defense chief Leon Paneta regarding Iran’s material support for terrorists in Iraq. “We are very concerned about Iran and the weapons they are providing to extremists here in Iraq… We’re

From the Army Times: The Pentagon is considering massive changes to the force — including a draft — amid fears that new and far deeper budget cuts are looming just over the horizon, a top military official said Thursday. Marine

Former PLO member Walid Shoebat spoke at a forum a couple of months ago in Rapid City, SD and was met by CNN reporter Drew Griffin, who seemed curiously interested in Shoebat exclusively. Shoebat had been invited by the state

Our Norwegian correspondent The Observer sends this translation from a Norwegian paper about the controversy over a proposed interfaith center at a site that is important to the history of Christianity in Norway. He includes this introduction: The article concerns

Today on Frank Gaffney’s Secure Freedom Radio, Fox News Foreign Correspondent Catherine Herridge, author of the new book, The Next Wave: On the Hunt for Al Qaeda’s American Recruits, joins Frank to bring us up to date on the war

From a Hamas poster glorifying the martyr who drowns the Zionists in blood (used as part of the cover art for Raphael Israeli’s seminal “Islamikaze Data have just been released from a survey completed this week which confirm the implacable,

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. EU president calls emergency summit for Thursday Greece 2yr (33.1%), Italy 10yr (5.8%), 7/15/2011 It’s been another chaotic week for the European Union finance ministers, as the debt crisis has measurably worsened every day.

The government in Tehran insists it won’t be inflationary. But seriously, how can this not undermine faith in Iran’s currency? A good sign for those of us concerned about the Iranian threat. From the Tehran Times: C’mon, what do a

Just when you thought it was not possible for the Holder Justice Department to become any more hostile to the national and homeland security interests of the American people, along comes yet another travesty. This one threatens both, as it

The most recent devastating terrorist attack this week in Mumbai is likely linked to a banned organization known as the Student Islamic Movement of India (SIMI). SIMI, formed in the late 1970’s, lasted approximately thirty years before it was officially

Eureka! COIN has “borne fruit” in Afghanistan! Who cares what it means. So says Petraeus Maximus in yet another exit interview, this one with American Forces Press Services and posted at the Pentagon website: During his last full week commanding