German police recently arrested a Pakistani man and accused him of spying for Iran and seeking to gather information on pro-Israel Germans targeted for assassination by Iranian agents. German intelligence analysts believe this is part of a larger program to go after pro-Israel locals in several European countries. Iran is apparently preparing for the possibility… Read More Counter-Terrorism: Iran Gets Caught In Germany
The UN continues to push for peace talks but the Iran backed Shia rebels are apparently not interested, at least not yet. Iran senses victory in Syria this year and everyone is waiting to see what the new U.S. government will do about Iranian support for the Shia rebels in Yemen. The previous American government… Read More Yemen: Victory Is Nothing To Look Forward To
Israel is, for the first time, openly recruiting women to be field agents for overseas espionage and whatever needs to be done. It has long been known that some 40 percent of Mossad personnel were women, including over 20 percent of senior technical and management jobs. It was also no secret that some women were… Read More Intelligence: Mossad Seeks Jane Bond
Argentina has finally decided to replace its Cold War era FN FAL 7.62x51mm automatic rifles with the recently developed Beretta ARX-200. The FAL was one of the most widely used rifles used during the Cold War, with over two million of them built since 1953 for use by military and police forces in 90 countries.… Read More Weapons: FN FAL Meets Its Match
In 2016 Lithuania, having already received some of its 2014 order for U.S. 220 Javelin anti-tank guided missiles (ATGM) and 74 launchers (CLU) and worked with American and Canadian troops on how to most effectively used them sought additional ways to use these missiles with older (pre-ATGM) techniques to stop or delay advancing armor. Lithuania… Read More Armor: Roadblocks For The 21st Century
Government boasts of victories in Syria, Yemen and Iraq, alliances with Turkey, China and Russia to oppose the West plus the end of sanctions has not had the desired effect on most Iranians. Opinion surveys showed that 90 percent of Iranians backed the Syrian operations in 2015 but that dropped to 73 percent in 2016… Read More Iran: The Stupid Shah Syndrome Resurfaces
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump formally withdrew the United States from the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal, distancing America from its Asian allies as China’s influence in the region rises.
By Josh Smith | KABUL Afghan chief executive Abdullah Abdullah on Saturday expressed hope that the United States would continue its support for the Afghan government after American President Donald Trump publicly spoke with U.S. troops stationed in Afghanistan after his inauguration on Friday. “I want to congratulate the U.S president on behalf of myself,… Read More Afghanistan’s Abdullah welcomes Trump commitment to troops
Russian President Vladimir Putin is expected to call U.S. President Donald Trump is coming days to congratulate him on taking office, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov was quoted as saying by RIA news agency. TASS quoted Peskov separately as saying that it was impossible to resolve Syria crisis in a constructive way without U.S. involvement. (Reporting… Read More Russia’s Putin to call Trump in coming days: RIA
By James Oliphant | WASHINGTON Donald Trump took over as U.S. president on Friday in the same way he conducted his upstart campaign, with a mixture of blustery salesmanship and naked contempt for the established political order. In doing so, he sent a clear signal to the country and the world: He plans to govern… Read More Trump is now president, but he still sees himself as leading an insurgency
