WASHINGTON: A miniature “kamikaze” drone designed to quietly hover in the sky before dive-bombing and slamming into a human target will soon be part of the US Army’s arsenal, officials say. Dubbed the “Switchblade,” the robotic aircraft represents the latest
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Hopes for a euro solution next weekend fade as the hours pass Moody’s warns France about its AAA debt rating Kenya’s army prepares to fight the ‘Mother of all Battles’ Use of heavy weapons
This lucky image was captured two days ago in the Dasht-e-Margo (Desert of Death). The Baloch tribesman is a member of the Afghan National Police and was part of an Afghan security escort to a very remote dam. I was
After federal prosecutors charged that Iranian officials were behind a plot to pay a gang of Mexican drug dealers $1.5 million to assassinate the Saudi Arabian Ambassador in Washington D.C., American officials expressed incredulity that the Iranian government would “cross
As I predicted the day after his election, Obama and his radical clique are hell-bent on destroying the traditional USA. Stymied in their overt attempts–ObamaCare, trillion-dollar stimulus deficit spending, financial reforms–they’ve resorted to covert actions. This is their comfort zone–lie,
From the UK’s Daily Mail: A 12-year-old Christian girl was kidnapped and repeatedly raped for eight months in Pakistan by a man who then falsified marriage documents with her, it was claimed today. The girl was lured on a shopping
This week on Frank Gaffney’s Secure Freedom Radio: US Congressman for the 40th district of California and the Chairman of the Sub-committee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade, Rep. Ed Royce discusses the prosecution of a man in Pakistan accused of
British intelligence officials say there could be 200 potential suicide bombers in the country, many waiting to strike during the 2012 Olympic Games in London. Senior intelligence officials called the figure a “conservative estimate” and that the network behind them
Consistent with the US military’s willful blindness to the Islamic enemy doctrine of jihad, as described elegantly by Major Steven Coughlin (in his 333 pp. 2007/2008 thesis, To Our Great Detriment: Ignoring What Extremists Say About Jihad), security expert Praveen
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. * Alan Greenspan: All econometric models have failed * Italy and Spain debt downgraded, Belgium is next * Paramilitaries may be joining drug wars in Mexico * Karzai: Taliban can’t move a finger without
I told myself not to write an article about Afghanistan’s 10 year war anniversary. As the saying goes, “Momma always said that if you have nothing nice to say–say nothing.” Well, I have found that after serving in and out
From the UK’s Daily Mail: Dr. Shakeel Afridi A Pakistani doctor accused of running a vaccination programme for the CIA to help track down Osama Bin Laden should be put on trial for high treason, a government commission in Pakistan
Poor Elliott Abrams, he must be the loneliest guy at the CFR. If anyone over there can be dubbed a “friend of Israel” it’s him. But that alone doesn’t qualify Abrams to be the only one sitting by himself in
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. * Turkey prepares to invade Iraq, targeting PKK Kurds * Bad news for Dexia is good news for investors * Dexia’s problems make fools of European regulators * Pakistan raises concerns about Afghanistan-India strategic
The Obama administration has responded in court regarding Judicial Watch’s pursuit of the CIA’s bin Laden death photos. Given the administration’s open hostility to government transparency, it probably does not come as a surprise that the CIA is fighting tooth-and-nail
The State Department’s authorization of a $5.3 billion Taiwanese bid to upgrade their 145 F-16A/B Block 25 fighters, instead of adding 66 new F-16C/D Block 52 planes as the ROC had originally requested, is the big defense news of the
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. * Greece misses requirements for next bailout payment * Greece’s banks face nationalization * Terrorist groups in Pakistan are splintering into smaller groups * US aids Uzbekistan despite human rights record * Defense Secretary
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. * Nato captures Haji Mali Khan, senior Haqqani network commander in Afghanistan * Afghan leader Karzai gives up talking to the Taliban * Al-Awlaki killing solidifies Obama strategy on targeting terrorists * U.S. warns
The coup d’etat as a method for changing government is, to me, fascinating. Libraries have been written about revolutions, but the much more often utilized coup d’etat is misunderstood; a secretive, often lethal, highly violent, and brutally efficient military-led format
In the war of ideologies, there is no more frustrating battle than the battle for truth. In the battle for truth, there is no more frustrating effort than trying to enlighten the hard-headed. Our enemy has been telling us for
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. * Germany expected to approve more bailouts on Thursday * Greece’s Papandreou promises to “fight our way back to prosperity” * Israel’s Netanyahu approves peace talks while new settlements are announced * Syria’s regime
We all know about Iran’s nuclear desires. To what extent, some may still question–do they want a nuclear weapon or are they simply seeking nuclear power to support their energy complex? GOP candidates have debated the Iranian nuclear topic yet
Watching all the network specials and tributes to 9/11 proved something very powerful to me: I’ll never be “over it.” I thought I was. I thought I could look back on the event more objectively and easily critique the errors
Written with John Cassara. As the Obama administration reviews its Afghanistan and Pakistan policy, looking for creative means to challenge extremist funding, the drug trade is increasingly coming into focus. Afghanistan’s booming narcotics industry generates much of the money that
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. * Abbas asks U.N. to admit Palestine as a full member * Abbas submits application to U.N. Security Council * President Saleh makes surprise return to Yemen * Mullen’s accusations send U.S.-Pakistan relations down
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. * Admiral Mullen accuses Pakistan of terrorism in Afghanistan * Pakistan will not tolerate American ‘boots on the ground’ * World Bank warns of spreading financial crisis Admiral Mullen accuses Pakistan of terrorism in
The State Department’s authorization of a $5.3 billion Taiwanese bid to upgrade their 145 F-16A/B Block 25 fighters, instead of adding 66 new F-16C/D Block 52 planes as the ROC had originally requested, is the big defense news of the
There is barely a day that passes without the drone-like reminder that the world we now live in is riddled with the carnage left by the blood lusting and demonically influenced hordes in our midst. One would think that after
From the BBC: “A global poll conducted by the BBC shows that more people support United Nations recognition of an independent Palestinian state than oppose it. According to the poll, which surveyed 20,446 people across 19 nations, 49% were in
Tonight on Secure Freedom Radio: The Honorable Representative Sue Myrick of North Carolina’s 9th district spends a little time with Secure Freedom Radio to talk about the recent intelligence hearings on the situation of al Qaeda ten years after the
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. * Greece’s Papandreou cancels U.S. visit, but fails to take new austerity decisions Merkel’s ‘euro-skepticism’ defeated in German election Pakistan seeks to improve relations with the U.S. Fears of Yemen civil war rise as
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. * World View — Fed bails out Europeans with dollars * Cameron and Sarkozy, in Libya, promise to keep on fighting * Fed bails out Europeans with dollars * Israel prepares for West Bank
13 September 2011 Zhari District, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan Today there were some attacks far away in Kabul. The attacks meant practically nothing from a military perspective but they garnered much press. We’ve seen this unfold many times in many places.
4-4 Cav Soldiers firing a 40mm mortar on the evening of 20 August 2011. 12 September 2011 Note: This rough dispatch was written over many days during slivers of time between prepping gear and going on missions. Different sentences were
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. * Investors bet that Greece’s default is now certain * Latest crisis blamed on resignation of Jürgen Stark from ECB * Italy turns to China for help in debt crisis * Many Palestinians are
The following was provided by a friend who travels extensively to the region and for that reason wishes to remain anonymous: I stumbled upon this today and decided to share it, not because of its intrinsic news value, but because
In liberals’ frenzy to elect Barack Obama in 2008, no one was quite as far out to sea as Andrew Sullivan, a respected columnist for the Atlantic website. He served up his “Daily Dish” by the plateful. Here’s perhaps the
Many Muslims don’t believe that Arabs were responsible for 9/11 Many Americans believe that ordinary Muslims are out to kill Americans. Muslims return the favor by overwhelmingly believing that Muslims were NOT responsible for the 9/11 terror acts. This is
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. * Political crises in Turkey, Egypt and Israel * Netanyahu pledges allegiance to treaty with Egypt * Avigdor Lieberman threatens to aid Turkey’s PKK terrorists * Turkey’s Erdogan forced to soften military threat to
A decade after the jihadi strikes against America’s military and financial centers at the hands of al-Qaida, the question remains: Have we won the war? In the ongoing, debate, we see two camps. One stating that we were defeating the