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Former Head Of Intelligence For The Israeli Defense Force: ‘This Will Be Israel’s Most Dangerous May Since 1967’

April 24, 2018 · by · in CIA, Department Of Defense, DIA, Egypt, Europe, foreign policy, France, Germany, Hezbollah, Hybrid War, Intelligence Community, Iran, Iraq, ISIS in Iraq, Islam, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, military history, national security, OPEC, POTUS, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Syria, terrorism, US Military · Leave a comment

Former Head Of Intelligence For The Israeli Defense Force: ‘This Will Be Israel’s Most Dangerous May Since The 1967 War’ http://www.fortunascorner.com      The title above is from Benjamin Kerstein’s April 24, 2018 article in the Jewish publication, Algemeiner.  “When I look at the month of May, I say there wasn’t a month of May so […]

Israel Pulls Fighter Jets From Joint Military Exercise With U.S. In Alaska — As Tensions With Iran Escalate

April 22, 2018 · by · in Air Force, CIA, Department Of Defense, DIA, foreign policy, Hezbollah, Intelligence Community, Iran, ISIS in Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, military history, national security, POTUS, Russia, Syria, terrorism, US Military · Leave a comment

Israel Pulls Fighter Jets From Joint Military Exercise With U.S. In Alaska — As Tensions With Iran Escalate http://www.fortunascorner.com      The Jerusalem Post is reporting today (April 22, 2018) that Israel has decided not to send its F-15 fighter jets to Alaska – April 26 – May 11 – to participate in the joint […]

The Syria Quagmire

April 19, 2018 · by · in CIA, counterinsurgency, Covert OIperations, Department Of Defense, DIA, espionage, spying, Europe, foreign policy, France, Germany, Hezbollah, Hybrid War, Intelligence Community, Iran, ISIS in Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, military history, national security, POTUS, Russia, Special Operations, Syria, terrorism, US Military · Leave a comment

Excerpts: What does history’s long record about this geostrategic place suggest about how to manage it, if it can be managed at all? There are three possible ways of approach, each one full of risk and difficult to achieve.   One is to let the roundabout do its work, centrifugally and centripetally spinning the on-the-ground […]

U.S. Lawmakers Jolted By Syria Briefing, Pentagon Warns Of IS Resurgence

April 18, 2018 · by · in Al Qaeda, CIA, Congress, Covert OIperations, Department Of Defense, DIA, foreign policy, Hezbollah, Hybrid War, Intelligence Community, Iran, Iraq, ISIS in Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, military history, national security, POTUS, Russia, Special Operations, Syria, terrorism, US Military · Leave a comment

US lawmakers jolted by Syria briefing, Pentagon warns of IS resurgence www.yahoo.com View Original April 18th, 2018 A Syrian pro-government militia member holds a captured Islamic State group flag in June 2017 outside the city of Raqa, which later fell to the Syrian Democratic Forces in October 2017Photo by: AFP Photo/George OURFALIAN Washington (AFP) – […]

U.S. Seeks Arab Force And Funding For Syria – An ‘Arab NATO’

April 17, 2018 · by · in Britain, CIA, counterinsurgency, Department Of Defense, DIA, Egypt, espionage, spying, Europe, foreign policy, France, Greece, Hezbollah, Hybrid War, Intelligence Community, Iran, Iraq, ISIS in Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, military history, national security, NATO, POTUS, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Taliban, terrorism, Turkey, UAE, US Military, Yemen · Leave a comment

U.S. Seeks Arab Force and Funding for Syria Under plan, troops would replace American military contingent after ISIS defeat and help secure country’s north; proposal faces challenges https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-seeks-arab-force-and-funding-for-syria-1523927888 American troops looked out toward the border with Turkey from a small outpost near the town of Manbij, northern Syria, in February. PHOTO: SUSANNAH GEORGE/ASSOCIATED PRESS By Michael R. […]

Operational-Level Strikes Finally Enforce Obama’s Red Line | National Review

April 17, 2018 · by · in Air Force, Al Qaeda, Army, CIA, counterinsurgency, Department Of Defense, DIA, Europe, foreign policy, France, Hybrid War, Intelligence Community, Iran, ISIS in Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Marines, military history, national security, Navy, POTUS, Russia, Special Operations, Syria, terrorism, US Military · Leave a comment

Operational-Level Strikes Finally Enforce Obama’s Red Line | National Review National Review Online · by Lauren Fish · April 16, 2018 A Syrian firefighter is seen inside the destroyed Scientific Research Centre in Damascus, Syria, April 14, 2018. (Omar Sanadiki/Reuters)Plenty of future challenges remain, in Syria and elsewhere around the globe. But Friday’s strikes are victory worth celebrating.By all […]

Will The Protests In Iran Lead To Regime Change?  What Happens Next?  According To At Least One Notable Analysis — ‘The Iran Protests Are D-Day Landing On The War Against Radical Islam’

January 3, 2018 · by · in CIA, Department Of Defense, DIA, foreign policy, Hezbollah, Hybrid War, Information Operations, Intelligence Community, Internet, Iran, Iraq, ISIS in Iraq, Islam, Lebanon, national security, POTUS, Saudi Arabia, social mdeia, Syria, terrorism · Leave a comment

Will The Protests In Iran Lead To Regime Change?  What Happens Next?  According To At Least One Notable Analysis — ‘The Iran Protests Are D-Day Landing On The War Against Radical Islam’   www.fortunascorner.com          How serious are the protests and social uprising in Iran?  Is this the beginning of the end of […]

36 Black Swans, Gray Swans, And Pink Flamingoes To Watch In 2018

December 30, 2017 · by · in Afghanistan, Africa, Al Qaeda, Arctic, artificial intelligence, big data, Britain, China, CIA, counterinsurgency, Critical Infrastructure Protection, Cyber War, Cybersecurity, Department Of Defense, DIA, Drones, espionage, spying, foreign policy, France, Germany, Greece, Hezbollah, Hybrid War, hypersonic weapons, Improvised Explosive Device, Information Operations, Intelligence Community, Iran, Iraq, ISIS in Iraq, Islam, Israel, Japan, Lebanon, military history, national security, NATO, Navy, niger, North Africa, North Korea, NSA, Nuclear, OPEC, Pakistan, Palestinians/Occupied Territories, Philippines, POTUS, Qatar, quantum computing, Robots In War, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Science & Technology, social media, Somalia, South Korea, space, Special Operations, Syria, Taiwan, Taliban, targeted killing, technology & innovation, terrorism, threat of next pandemic, Turkey, U.S. Cyber Command, Ukraine, unmanned, US Military, Venezuela, Weapons Of Mass Destruction, Weapons of Mass Disruption, Yemen · Leave a comment

36 Black Swans, Gray Swans, and Pink Flamingoes to Watch in 2018 mwi.usma.edu View Original December 28th, 2017 While driving along the shore of Lake Wanaka on New Zealand’s South Island in September 2011, I saw them for the first time. Black Swans. My wife and I pulled over, jumped out, and spent a half […]

The U.S. & Israel Signed A Secret , Far-Reaching — Memorandum Of Understanding — On December 12, 2017 Aimed At Thwarting Iran’s Nuclear & Ballistic Missile Progress 

December 29, 2017 · by · in Al Qaeda, CIA, Department Of Defense, DIA, espionage, spying, foreign policy, Hezbollah, Intelligence Community, Iran, ISIS in Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, national security, NSA, Nuclear, POTUS, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Syria, terrorism, US Military · Leave a comment

The U.S. & Israel Signed A Secret , Far-Reaching — Memorandum Of Understanding — On December 12, 2017 Aimed At Thwarting Iran’s Nuclear & Ballistic Missile Progress    www.fortunascorner.com      The December 28, 2017 edition of the Times of Israel (ToI) is reporting that the U.S. and Israel concluded a Secret agreement aimed at thwarting, and […]

The KGB Playbook For Infiltrating The Middle East

December 28, 2017 · by · in CIA, Department Of Defense, DIA, espionage, spying, Europe, foreign policy, France, Germany, Greece, Hybrid War, Information Operations, Intelligence Community, Iran, Iraq, ISIS in Iraq, Islam, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, military history, national security, North Africa, Oman, OPEC, POTUS, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Syria, terrorism, Tusinia, UAE, US Military, Yemen · Leave a comment

The KGB Playbook for Infiltrating the Middle East By Michael Weiss, www.thedailybeast.com View Original December 28th, 2017 This is the second article in a three-part series based on never-before-published training manuals for the KGB, the Soviet intelligence organization that Vladimir Putin served as an operative, and that shaped his view of the world. As former Director of […]

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