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Soldier In Bloody Niger Mission Had Warned Of Gaps, Defense Officials Say

March 20, 2018 · by · in Africa, Air Force, Al Qaeda, Army, CIA, Department Of Defense, DIA, Drones, espionage, spying, Hybrid War, Intelligence Community, ISIS in Iraq, Mali, Marines, military history, national security, Navy, niger, NSA, POTUS, Special Operations, Syria, targeted killing, terrorism, US Military · Leave a comment

Soldier in Bloody Niger Mission Had Warned of Gaps, Defense Officials Say By Eric Schmitt, Helene Cooper, Thomas Gibbons-neff, www.nytimes.com View Original March 19th, 2018 WASHINGTON — The leader of an ill-fated team of American soldiers in Niger last fall warned before the mission that his troops did not have the equipment or intelligence necessary to carry out a kill-or-capture raid […]

U.S. Kept Silent About Its Role in Another Firefight in Niger

March 15, 2018 · by · in Africa, Air Force, Al Qaeda, Army, CIA, Department Of Defense, DIA, Hybrid War, Intelligence Community, Mali, Marines, military history, national security, niger, North Africa, Special Operations, terrorism, US Military · Leave a comment

Excerpts: The Pentagon appears ready to scale back military operations in West Africa even further. A draft of the investigation, parts of which were described to The Times in February, called for the military to reduce the number of ground missions, and to strip commanders in the field of some authority to send troops on […]

Militants Release Propaganda Video Of Deadly Niger Ambush

March 6, 2018 · by · in Africa, Air Force, Al Qaeda, Army, CIA, Department Of Defense, DIA, Intelligence Community, ISIS in Iraq, Mali, Marines, military history, national security, niger, Special Operations, targeted killing, terrorism, US Military · Leave a comment

Excerpts: “We don’t know exactly where we’re at in the world militarily and what we’re doing,” Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham said on NBC’s “Meet the Press” after the attack. There are about 800 American troops in Niger.   AFRICOM, expected to wrap up its investigation in the coming weeks, condemned the video.   “The release […]

Threat Assessment #Fail: al-Qaeda Quietly Growing, By Design

February 15, 2018 · by · in Afghanistan, Africa, Al Qaeda, CIA, counterinsurgency, Denial & Deception, DIA, espionage, spying, Europe, FBI, foreign policy, Hybrid War, Intelligence Community, Iran, ISIS in Iraq, Mali, military history, national security, niger, North Africa, Pakistan, POTUS, Saudi Arabia, Special Operations, Syria, Taliban, targeted killing, terrorism, US Military · Leave a comment

Conclusion: A critical concern for the coming year is that terrorists could export battlefield tactics to populated urban centers far from war zones. Examples of this include ISIS’s use of drones for attacks and the potential for chemical weapons attacks. So when I look at the threat picture over the next year, I see one […]

Inside France’s Secret War Against Jihadists Of Mali

February 14, 2018 · by · in Al Qaeda, CIA, DIA, Europe, France, Intelligence Community, ISIS in Iraq, Mali, national security, niger, Special Operations, Syria, terrorism, US Military, Yemen · Leave a comment

Inside France’s Secret War Against Jihadists Of Mali By Alidad Vassigh, www.worldcrunch.com View Original February 12th, 2018 BANDIAGARA — The Twin Otter plane flies full speed over the battlefield, though low enough to almost scrape the tops of acacia trees. At one point its wingtips seem dangerously close to smashing into the jagged cliffs. But there’s a reason […]

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 […]

Project Maven Brings AI To The Fight Against ISIS

December 23, 2017 · by · in Al Qaeda, artificial intelligence, big data, CIA, Department Of Defense, DIA, espionage, spying, Information Operations, Intelligence Community, ISIS in Iraq, Mali, military history, national security, niger, NSA, quantum computing, social media, Special Operations, Syria, targeted killing, terrorism, U.S. Cyber Command, US Military, Yemen · Leave a comment

Project Maven brings AI to the fight against ISIS thebulletin.org · by Gregory C. Allen · December 21, 2017 Maven is designed to be that pilot project, that pathfinder, that spark that kindles the flame front of artificial intelligence across the rest of the [Defense] Department. Air Force Lt. Gen. Jack Shanahan, November 2017 For years, the Defense Department’s most […]

How ISIS Members Fled The Caliphate, Perhaps To Fight Another Day

December 22, 2017 · by · in Afghanistan, Africa, Al Qaeda, CIA, counterinsurgency, Department Of Defense, DIA, Intelligence Community, Iran, Iraq, ISIS in Iraq, Islam, Libya, Mali, national security, niger, North Africa, POTUS, Special Operations, Syria, targeted killing, terrorism, US Military · Leave a comment

How ISIS Members Fled The Caliphate, Perhaps To Fight Another Day By Yusuf Sayman, www.buzzfeed.com View Original December 19th, 2017 SANLIURFA, Turkey — A notorious Australian jihadi left the ISIS caliphate this summer and crossed the Syrian border into Turkey. With him was a well-connected Syrian doctor who’d overseen medical facilities in the ISIS capital of Raqqa. […]

U.S. Gen. Reins In Special Operations Forces In Africa After Niger Deaths And Daily Beast Investigations

December 16, 2017 · by · in Africa, Al Qaeda, Army, CIA, Covert OIperations, Department Of Defense, DIA, espionage, spying, foreign policy, Intelligence Community, ISIS in Iraq, Islam, Mali, military history, national security, niger, Special Operations, Syria, targeted killing, terrorism, US Military · Leave a comment

Excerpt: For the time being, the SOCAFRICA-wide letter sent by Maj. Gen. Hicks suggests that across the continent U.S. forces under his command will be dialing back special operations in countries like Somalia. “I have and will always backed you up [sic], but I cannot afford to be wrong about how well we conduct operations,” […]

Inside The Botched Raid That Left Four U.S. Soldiers Dead In Niger

December 10, 2017 · by · in Africa, Al Qaeda, Army, CIA, Department Of Defense, DIA, espionage, spying, France, Intelligence Community, ISIS in Iraq, Islam, Libya, Mali, military history, national security, Navy, niger, NSA, POTUS, Special Operations, targeted killing, terrorism, US Military · Leave a comment

The comments highlighted in blue below are by/from Col. (Ret.) David Maxwell, and his contact info is at the bottom of this page.  RCP, fortunascorner.com David Maxwell’s Comments:  From Buzzfeed.   “A lot of speculation in this to include from sources that may not really be able to offer credible assessments.  But I would really […]

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