Category Archives: War

US-Egyptian relations on the rocks. El-Sisi wouldn’t accept Obama’s phone call

When the clashes between Egyptian security forces and pro-Morsi protesters were at their peak in Cairo Wednesday, Aug. 14 – 525 dead and 3,700 wounded to date – President Barack Obama put in a call to Egypt’s strongman, Defense Minister … Continue reading

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Dempsey in Israel, Jordan, to tie last ends before Obama decides finally on US military action in Syria

Chairman of the US Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Martin Dempsey arrived in Israel Monday, Aug. 12 for critical talks with Israel’s Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, Defense minister Moshe Ya’alon and Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz, followed by parallel … Continue reading

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Ron Paul: Why Are We At War in Yemen?

Most Americans are probably unaware that over the past two weeks the US has launched at least eight drone attacks in Yemen, in which dozens have been killed. It is the largest US escalation of attacks on Yemen in more … Continue reading

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India, Pakistan exchange more gunfire, ceasefire under strain

India and Pakistan exchanged more gunfire across the disputed border in Kashmir on Sunday, Indian border guards said, as a 10-year ceasefire frays over accusations of killings of soldiers deployed on the frontline. One Indian border guard was wounded after Pakistan Rangers opened fire … Continue reading

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Hamas supplied Sinai terrorists with Iran-made Fajr-5 missiles for foiled attack on Eilat

The missile launcher destroyed by two rockets fired by an Israeli drone at Ajarah in North Sinai Friday, Aug. 9 was capable of firing 4 heavy Iranian-made M-75 missiles known as Fajr-5, which Hamas possesses, but not Sinai Salafists Its 75-kilometer … Continue reading

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Riyadh, Ankara Call on Al-Qaeda to Declare War on Syrian Kurds

Saudi Arabia and Turkey aligning with al Qaeda? Obama will like that. But then this is probably just Iranian propaganda. David DeGerolamo From Fars News: The al-Qaeda-linked terrorist groups, the al-Nusra Front and the Sham and Iraq Islamic Emirate, have … Continue reading

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Al Qaeda’s Sinai commander was Bin Laden’s physician Dr. Ramzi Mowafi, a chemical arms expert

For more than two and a half years, Dr. Ramzi Mowafi, once Osama bin Laden’s personal physician, has led the most dangerous terrorist group in Sinai, Ansar al Jihad in the Sinai Peninsula, DEBKAfile’s counterterrorism sources reveal. A charismatic figure … Continue reading

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Egypt set for Fattah 2 offensive on Sinai Islamist terror. Gaza sealed. US and Israeli forces on alert

The Egyptian army has set Friday, July 19, as D-Day for launching a major offensive, dubbed Fattah 2 (Conquest 2), against a coalition of aggressive Salafists, Muslim Brotherhood operatives, Hamas and Jihad Islami groups terrorizing Sinai. The commanders of Egypt’s … Continue reading

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US Prepares For “Kinetic Strikes” Against Syria

The chart below will likely come as a surprise to most. It shows total nominal US defense spending, more importantly it shows that such spending has been rapidly declining since 2010. And while on the surface it is great news … Continue reading

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Defense Minister Yaalon denies Israel attacked Syria’s Latakia arms depot. Twenty-five Syrian shells on Golan

Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon Tuesday, July 16, contradicted US claims that Israeli air strikes of July 5 were responsible for destroying Russian-made Yakhont SS-N-26 anti-ship missiles stored at the Syrian port town of Latakia..  Wiped out too were the system’s … Continue reading

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Israeli Strike on Syria Launched from Turkey

Anyone reading the report on this level of cooperation between the Turkish and Israel has to be thinking about their cooperation against Iran. Israel used a Turkish military base to launch one of its recent airstrikes against Syria from the … Continue reading

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Republicans Blame Obama Funding Cuts for 3rd Failure of U.S. Missile Defense Test

As the array of foreign missiles capable of reaching the United States grows, four Republican lawmakers are pressing Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel for assurances after a third consecutive failed test of “the only national missile defense system in place to … Continue reading

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Update on the Latakia Attack

Submarine attack or air strike? The bottom line is that 50 Russian-made Yakhont P-800 anti-ship missiles were destroyed on July 5th by Israel and Russian military forces are on high alert. Why did the media not report what may be the … Continue reading

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Obama Punishes Israel and Egypt, Sends US Troops to Support the Muslim Brotherhood

The Obama administration outed Israel to Russia as the country which bombed Latakia in Syria on July 5th. Obama’s continued support of the Muslim Brotherhood in the formation of the new Egyptian government has now been expanded into a show … Continue reading

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Remind Me Why Obama Is Funding al Qaeda

Syria: New Terrorist Training Ground Up to 6,000 jihadists now fighting with al Qaeda groups Thousands of foreign terrorists traveled to Syria over the past several months to wage jihad, or holy war, in what U.S. officials say is fast … Continue reading

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