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The American Who Says He’s Been The Target Of Five Air Strikes

June 18, 2018 · by · in Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, CIA, counterinsurgency, Covert OIperations, Department Of Defense, DIA, Drones, foreign policy, Intelligence Community, Iran, ISIS in Iraq, military history, national security, North Africa, POTUS, Robots In War, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Special Operations, Syria, targeted killing, terrorism, unmanned, US Military, Yemen · Leave a comment

The American Who Says He’s Been the Target of Five Air Strikes By Conor Friedersdorf, www.theatlantic.com View Original June 18th, 2018 He was born Darrell Lamont Phelps. He grew up in Mount Vernon, New York, moved down to the city, tried his hand at comedy, and later converted to Islam, adopting the name of Bilal Abdul Kareem. […]

A Shadowy War’s Newest Front: A Drone Base Rising From Saharan Dust

April 22, 2018 · by · in Afghanistan, Africa, Air Force, Army, artificial intelligence, CIA, counterinsurgency, Covert OIperations, Cyber War, Cybersecurity, Department Of Defense, DIA, Drones, espionage, spying, foreign policy, France, Germany, Hybrid War, Intelligence Community, ISIS in Iraq, Islam, Marines, military history, national security, Navy, niger, North Africa, Pakistan, POTUS, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Special Operations, Syria, terrorism, Unmanned aerial systems, US Military, Yemen · Leave a comment

Excerpts: Later this summer, workers will lay five inches of asphalt atop the rock bed. In all, commanders say they will pave some 39 acres of airfield. While built mainly for the Reaper drones, the runway and adjoining taxiways and ramps must be able to handle much heavier C-17 cargo planes. Three huge hangars capped […]

Inquiry Of Soldiers’ Deaths Urges Curtailing West Africa Missions

February 10, 2018 · by · in Africa, Air Force, Al Qaeda, Army, CIA, Department Of Defense, DIA, Intelligence Community, Mali, Marines, military history, national security, Navy, North Africa, Somalia, Special Operations, terrorism, US Military · Leave a comment

Inquiry of Soldiers’ Deaths Urges Curtailing West Africa Missions By Thomas Gibbons-neff,  Helene Cooper, Eric Schmitt, www.nytimes.com View Original February 10th, 2018 Army soldiers carry the coffin of Staff Sgt. Dustin Wright of Lyons, Ga., who was killed by extremists in an Oct. 4 ambush in Niger. A Pentagon investigation has recommended scaling back West Africa missions like the […]

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 · 1 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 […]

Inside The New American Way Of War

November 30, 2017 · by · in Afghanistan, Air Force, Al Qaeda, Army, artificial intelligence, China, CIA, Cyber War, Cybersecurity, Defense Industrial Base, Denial & Deception, Department Of Defense, DIA, espionage, spying, Europe, foreign policy, Hybrid War, Information Operations, Intelligence Community, Internet, Iran, Iraq, ISIS in Iraq, Marines, military history, National Guard, national security, Navy, North Korea, Nuclear, POTUS, Robots In War, Russia, Science & Technology, Somalia, space, Special Operations, Syria, technology & innovation, terrorism, U.S. Cyber Command, US Military, Weapons Of Mass Destruction, Weapons of Mass Disruption · Leave a comment

David Maxwell Comment:  “Quite a critique.  In a 2015 OpEd Anthony Cordesman called the use of SOF “strategic tokensim.” Seems like things have not changed. https://www.csis.org/analysis/more-special-forces-iraq-and-syria-tactical-asset-or-strategic-tokenism”   Excerpts: Over the past 16 years, Special Operations have become the new American way of war. Once mainly used to supplement the work of conventional troops, the elite units […]

After Niger, Is America’s ‘Light Footprint’ Counterterrorism Strategy Sustainable?

November 18, 2017 · by · in Air Force, Al Qaeda, Army, CIA, counterinsurgency, Department Of Defense, DIA, espionage, spying, Europe, foreign policy, Intelligence Community, Iraq, ISIS in Iraq, Mali, military history, national security, niger, POTUS, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Special Operations, Syria, targeted killing, terrorism, US Military, Yemen · Leave a comment

Excerpt: The question is whether the United States can tolerate this dissonance between what the public wants and the costs it is willing to bear to get it. How many shocks like Niger will it take for Congress and the public to become fully disillusioned with the light footprint? Right now, that approach seems to […]

North Korea Machine Guns Captured In Smuggling Ships On Way To Somalia

November 15, 2017 · by · in China, CIA, Covert OIperations, Denial & Deception, Department Of Defense, espionage, spying, Intelligence Community, military history, national security, North Korea, POTUS, Somalia, South Korea, Special Operations, terrorism, US Military · 6 Comments

http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/northkorea/2017/11/14/0401000000AEN20171114008800315.html NK machine guns captured in smuggling ships in Arabian Sea 2017/11/14 13:52 SEOUL, Nov. 14 (Yonhap) — North Korean-manufactured machines guns were seized by a French frigate in an inspection of small Iranian ships on their way to Somalia in the Arabian Sea in March, a U.S. broadcaster reported Tuesday, citing a U.N. report. […]

Fox News Is Reporting That A Squad Of U.S. Special Forces Have Come Under Fire & Were Ambushed In The Country Of Niger — Along The Border With Mali — It Is Unknown At This Time If There Were Any Casualties

October 4, 2017 · by · in Al Qaeda, CIA, Department Of Defense, DIA, Hybrid War, Intelligence Community, ISIS in Iraq, Islam, military history, national security, niger, POTUS, Somalia, Special Operations, targeted killing, terrorism, US Military · Leave a comment

Fox News Is Reporting That A Squad Of U.S. Special Forces Have Come Under Fire & Were Ambushed In The Country Of Niger — Along The Border With Mali — It Is Unknown At This Time If There Were Any Casualties https://fortunascorner.com     Fox News is reporting this evening (Wed./Oct. 4, 2017) that a […]

The Middle East: Terrorism Forever? By Bing West

July 27, 2017 · by · in Al Qaeda, CIA, Department Of Defense, DIA, Egypt, foreign policy, Hezbollah, Hybrid War, IED's, Intelligence Community, Iran, Iraq, ISIS in Iraq, Islam, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, military history, national security, Pakistan, Palestinians/Occupied Territories, POTUS, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Syria, terrorism, UAE, US Military, Yemen · 2 Comments

Bing West is always worth reading.  RCP, fortunascorner The Middle East: Terrorism Forever? By Bing West, www.hoover.org View Original July 26th, 2017 Image credit: Poster Collection, US3425, Hoover Institution Archives. The short response is yes. Crime forever? Also, yes. Turbulence, terror, pestilence, famine, love, procreation, taxes, families, sunsets, rain, shine, etc.—all are components of the human condition. […]

CENTCOM Commander Votel Steels For Next Chapter In World’s Most Dangerous Region

July 16, 2017 · by · in Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, Britain, Canada, CIA, counterinsurgency, Department Of Defense, DIA, Djibouti, Drones, Egypt, Europe, foreign policy, France, Germany, Hybrid War, Intelligence Community, Iran, Iraq, ISIS in Iraq, Islam, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Libya, military history, national security, NATO, Navy, North Africa, Nuclear, oil, Oman, OPEC, Pakistan, Palestinians/Occupied Territories, POTUS, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Special Operations, Syria, Taliban, targeted killing, terrorism, UAE, US Military · 3 Comments

CENTCOM Commander Votel Steels For Next Chapter In World’s Most Dangerous Region Howard Altman, Times Staff Writer Friday, July 14, 2017 1:34pm www.tampabay.com View Original July 14th, 2017 Army Gen. Joseph Votel, commander of the U.S. Central Command, sat down for an interview Wednesday with the Tampa Bay Times in his office at MacDill Air […]

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