As the international community (the UN, ECOWAS, the U.S., France, and NATO), slowly decide how to address the growing problem of the Jihadist takeover of northern Mali, the aforementioned Jihadists are not waiting around. The combined Jihadist coalition of al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), Ansar al-Din and the Movement for Tawhid and Jihad in…
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The End of the Iraq War? Was it Worth It?
Was the Iraq War worth it? With nearly 5,000 American dead, hundreds of thousands (at least) Iraqi dead, a Shiite regime in power in Baghdad, increasing tensions between the Arab Iraqis and the Kurdish Iraqis, and a plethora of other issues, was the war worth it from the American Perspective? For more resources on the…
NATO Hits Pakistan Border Again, Killing 24 Pakistan Troops
Pakistan is once again coming under fire, literally, for serving as a safe haven for Afghan Taliban forces using the ill-defined border region as a base from which they launch attacks on NATO/ISAF/Afghan forces inside Afghanistan. Below are incidents and conflicts involving the NATO/ISAF mission in Afghanistan and Pakistan. See also http://www.historyguy.com/wars_of_pakistan.htm Video of…
Kenya Invasion of Somalia Update 10.18.11
al-Shabab War in Somalia Update: After the disintigration of the Islamic Courts Union (ICU) after the U.S.-aided Ethiopian Invasion of 2006, the al-Shabab militia became the leading Islamist military group. In 2007, Shabab publicly aligned itself with al-Qaida, and has waged a bloody guerrilla war against the TFG government forces and the African Union troops…
Kenya Intervenes in Somalia. Is This At America’s Bidding?
Kenyan forces intervene in southern Somalia to battle the al-Shabab Islamist militia. Shabab has engaged in terrorist activities in Somalia, Uganda, and Kenya, and is allied with al-Qaida. Kenya and the Transitional Somali government are supported by the United States. And, can it be a coincidence that this intevention by an American-allied African nation takes…
Islamist Guerrillas Bedevil Both Israel and Egypt in Sinai
On August 18, 2011, squads of heavily-armed Popular Resistance Committee (PRC) guerrillas from Gaza travelled about 120 miles through Egyptian Sinai to attack Israeli citizens near the southern Israeli city of Eilat, killing eight Israelis. Israel retaliated with airstrikes on targets inside Gaza. The PRC is a relatively small Palestinian resistance group that has at…
Drone War in Somalia against al-Qaida escalates
New York Times Article on the escalating drone war against al-Qaida and Shahab in Somalia at http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/02/world/africa/02somalia.html
Bahrain Violence Growing Concern for U.S. and Potential Gain for Iran
Apparantly learning from the fall of long-ruling regimes in Tunisia and Egypt, Bahrain’s military took control of the capital Thursday, February 17, 2011, only hours after riot police firing birdshot, rubber bullets and teargas stormed an anti-government protest camp, killing at least five people and wounding more than 230. The Bahrain government, dominated by the…
Iran Reactor: Will Israel Attack the Bushehr Reactor?
Russian sources associated with that nation’s assistance program with Iran’s nuclear program announced that by August 21, 2010, the fuel rods necessary to power the Bushehr nuclear reactor will be installed. Some analysts, such as John Bolton, former U.S. ambassador to the U.N., believe that announcement creates a deadline by which Israel will attack the…
Attempt to Bomb Northwest Airlines Flight 253 on Christmas Day 2009
Attempt to Bomb Northwest Airlines Flight 253 on Christmas Day, 2009 The Islamist terror network al-Qaida apparantly made an attempt to attack the United States on Christmas Day, 2009. A Nigerian man named Abdul Mudallab attempted to ignite an explosive device onboard Northwest Airlines Flight 253 as it neared the airport in Detroit, Michigan on…