The U.S. Army will make public the results of its investigation into Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl’s alleged desertion of a base in Afghanistan and subsequent capture by Taliban militants in 2009. A Pentagon spokesperson clarified that, contrary to various media reports,
Breitbart News spoke with Captain Jim Palmersheim, the Managing Director of Veterans Initiatives at American Airlines, about the altercation that took place on Thursday morning when a U.S. Airways flight attendant reportedly refused to hang Sgt. Albert Marle’s dress blue jacket because
President Obama’s strategy to transition security responsibilities and rush the United States out of Afghanistan is a recipe for failure, revealed a scathing report from the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). Anthony Cordesman, former intelligence director at the
Note from Senior Management: Blackwater’s founder knows from where he speaks about fighting wars in bad neighborhoods. This note on his company’s website we reprint. As someone who spent many years operating in Iraq, Afghanistan, and other underdeveloped countries facing
Americans disapprove of President Barack Obama’s handling of immigration more than any other issue, according to the most recent Economist/YouGov survey. In the poll, which was conducted October 4-6 and has a margin of error of +/- 4.4 percentage points, 53% of
Columnist Charles Krauthammer argued that remarks made by former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta in multiple interviews were “utterly devastating” to President Obama on Tuesday’s broadcast of “The O’Reilly Factor” on the Fox News Channel. “What he [Panetta] said, the content
At least 17,316 American soldiers have been wounded in the Afghanistan war theater since Obama was inaugurated for his first term, according to a count maintained by the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD). Overall, according to the Pentagon, 20,017 United
Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid sent a series of tweets on October 2, unintentionally giving away his location in Sindh, Pakistan. Quartz reported that “Mujahid quickly denied that he was in Pakistan” once the location was pinpointed. BBC News reported
Jack Treese, 68, passed away on Oct 1, 2014 in Santa Rosa Valley. After battling lung cancer for six months, Jack passed peacefully, surrounded by his family. Jack was born on October 5, 1945 and grew up in Titusville, Florida.
David Cameron’s pledge to lead the investigation into how a convicted murderer entered the country has been revealed as nothing more than a discussion point at an EU committee. Speaking in Afghanistan after the body of teenager Alice Gross was
U.S. military deaths in the 13-year Afghanistan war increased nearly fourfold under President Barack Obama, from an estimated 558 at the end of the previous administration to at least 2,207 now. Breitbart News’ count is gleaned from AP’s database of
Was Moazzam Begg detained as a part of Britain’s strategy to find the most recent beheading victim Alan Henning, as well as other hostages of the Islamic State and their would-be murderer Jihadi John? It was always questionable, even to hawks
Police have raided an Islamic tuition centre in London as part of a counter-terrorism investigation. The centre’s manager, Mizanur Rahman, was previously jailed for six years in 2007 after calling for the death of British soldiers serving in Afghanistan. The
The Pakistani Taliban has pledged support for Islamic State jihadists in Syria and Iraq. On October 4, BBC reported that Maulana Fazlullah, the leader of Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP), directly addressed the Islamic State (IS, also known as ISIS
The world’s supply of experimental Ebola drug runs dry just as U.S. troops are deployed to West Africa by a commander-in-chief who has never appeared to have much use for the military as an actual military force. He has deployed
Friday on Fox News Channel’s “Special Report with Bret Baier,” Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson was quizzed by host Bret Baier, who questioned the administration for continuing to claim core al-Qaeda has been decimated while going after the Khorasan group
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — An Afghan army desperate for more advanced military equipment is suffering death rates 30 percent higher in the 2014 fighting season, the army’s first against the Taliban without large-scale assistance from the U.S.-led international military force,
In a surprise visit to Afghanistan this morning, British Prime Minister David Cameron conceded that terrorist plots against the UK are still be planned in the country, and that Britain had paid a “very high price” for the war there.
The United States became the world’s largest natural gas producer in 2010 and is streaking past Saudi Arabia to become the world’s largest producer of petroleum liquids, according to the International Energy Agency. Despite scare tactics by the Left that
Retired four-star Marine Corps General John Allen, former commander of the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan, and current envoy to the Obama administration for the global coalition against ISIS admitted “it could take years” to train the Syrian rebels
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Taliban suicide bombers struck two buses carrying Afghan soldiers in Kabul early Wednesday, killing seven people and wounding 21, just a day after the signing of a key U.S.-Afghan security pact. The long-awaited deal allows U.S.
On September 30, American and Afghan officials signed a pact to leave US troops in Afghanistan beyond the 2014 deadline. Nine thousand eight hundred US troops will now remain past 2014, and “the US has the right to keep bases
Editor Note: Historian Diana West delivered these remarks at National Security Action Summit II on Monday, September 29. The event was hosted by EMPact America, in partnership with Breitbart News Network and the Center for Security Policy. For anyone still puzzled as
Kabul, September 30 (QNA) – At least 47 Taliban militants were killed and 26 others were injured following counter-terrorism operations in the past 24 hours. The Afghan Ministry of Interior said in a statement “In past 24 hours, Afghan National
Afghani naturalized U.S. citizen Sohiel Omar Kabir and Philipine citizen and “green card” holder Ralph Deleon were convicted this week of conspiring to kill officers and employees of the United States Government and providing material support to terrorists. “This case
