As war widens, US assets become easy targets
• https://thecradle.co, Mohamad Hasan SweidanUS economic and military interests across West Asia could come under direct fire as Israel's aggressions drag Washington into a region-wide escalation.
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US, UAE, Bahrain, and Israel Hold First Joint Military Drills in Message to Iran
• https://news.antiwar.com by Dave DeCampThe drill come after Israel was moved under US Central Command
Lt. Colonel FREED From Confinement After TREMENDOUS Public Outcry
• https://www.youtube.com by TimcastTim, Ian, and Lydia host friend and fellow YouTuber Luke Rudkowski and Timcast.com editor Chris Karr to applaud the Lieutenant Colonel who was freed from prison due to popular outcry.
Hold the Generals Accountable This Time
• https://original.antiwar.com by Ray McGovernIf, after the horrors of this week in Afghanistan, the 4-Starry-eyed generals responsible for this 20-year March of Folly are not held accountable, there will be still worse to come.
Pentagon Draws Down Officers From Middle East and African Embassies
• https://news.antiwar.com, Dave DeCampUS military is repositioning resources to face China and Russia
ISIS video shows deadly ambush on American soldiers in Niger
• http://www.nydailynews.com, BY Christopher BrennanA propaganda video released by the Islamic State terrorist group shows part of what happened in the 2017 attack that killed four American soldiers in Niger.
Marines sent to Syria in fight with Islamic State for Raqqa
• https://www.libertarianinstitute.orgMarines from an amphibious task force have left their ships in the Middle East and deployed to Syria, establishing an outpost from which they can fire artillery guns in support of the fight to take back the city of Raqqa from the Islamic State, defen
What Are U.S. Forces Doing in Yemen in the First Place?
• https://www.theatlantic.com, Andrew J. BacevichLast week's raid was an embarrassing and costly failure--in the context of a much larger one.
Official: US Navy ship fires warning shots at Iranian boats
• cnn.com, By Barbara Starr and Joe SterlingA US Navy ship fired warning shots at Iranian boats on Sunday near the Strait of Hormuz, US Defense officials said Monday.
Assad Must Stay: US Policy Shift In Syria?
• https://www.youtube.comThe White House announced last week that it was shifting its approach on Syria. From now on it would target al-Qaeda in Syria instead of backing them to overthrow Assad.
Jordan Troops Kill Three US Military Trainers at Air Base
• AntiWar.com by Jason DitzJordan Claims US Vehicle 'Failed to Stop' at Gate
TOP GENERAL WARNS NATO COULD TURN RUSSIAN ALLIES INTO ANOTHER SYRIA
• http://nextnewsnetwork.comSputnik reports A top Russian general has voiced his frustration over NATO's lack of cooperation with a Russian-led alliance involving countries from the former Soviet space, saying that the Western alliance doesn't seem to want countries in the
US Moves Nuclear Weapons From Turkey to Romania
• AntiWar.com by Jason DitzRomanian Foreign Ministry 'Strongly Denies' Report
UKRAINIAN-US MILITARY DRILLS TO BEGIN IN BLACK SEA
• nextnewsnetwork.comThe Russian News Agency Reports The Sea Breeze – 2016 military exercises that involve warships from the United States and other countries are beginning in the northwestern part of the Black Sea, in the Odessa and Nikolayev regions of Ukraine on Mon
World War III? Pentagon Sends Troops to Libya
• http://www.thedailybell.comU.S. military upping anti-ISIS activity in Libya … The Pentagon is slightly expanding its efforts to counter ISIS activity in Libya, sending in small teams of troops to try to establish relationships with groups that may be able to form a new nati
Pentagon Confirms US Ground Troops in Yemen
• http://news.antiwar.com, by Jason DitzTroops Were Deployed Two Weeks Ago, Officials Say
US Drone Strike Kills Six in South Yemen
• AntiWar.comOfficials Claim Slain Are 'al-Qaeda Leaders'
Pentagon: US May Open More Bases in Iraq
• http://news.antiwar.com, by Jason DitzSays Smaller Outposts May Provide Artillery Support
US BUILDING TWO AIR BASES IN SYRIA
• http://nextnewsnetwork.comSputnik reports The United States is allegedly nearing completion of constructing two air bases in Kurdish-held territory on the northeastern and northern edges of Syria, Kurdish media cited military sources as saying.
Kurdish Report: US Building Two Air Bases in Northeast Syria
• http://news.antiwar.com, by Jason DitzRmelian Airfield Nearly Completed, Second Started Near Kobani
US Airstrikes Kill at Least 49 in Attack on Libya ISIS Base
• http://news.antiwar.com, by Jason DitzPentagon: Tunisia Commander 'Likely Killed'
Israeli Defense Company Unveils Robot Warship
• http://www.popsci.comA minefield is the last place where a human should be. Unfortunately, for as long as humans have built explosives and floated them underwater, it's been up to human-crewed boats to get close and do the work of disarming the deadly weapons.
US weighs options as IS presence soars in Libya
• http://news.yahoo.comWashington (AFP) - Islamic State fighters have streamed into Libya in recent months, a US official said Thursday, heightening fears the extremists are gaining ground and influence in the north African country.
What Were The U.S. Boats That Iran Captured?
• popsci.comLike "sea humvees," but better
10 U.S. sailors in Iranian custody
• By Barbara Starr, Jim Sciutto, Jim Acosta, StephenDespite 10 American sailors being in Iranian custody, President Barack Obama stuck to his State of the Union script Tuesday night and made no mention of the incident, instead touting his nuclear deal with Tehran.
US Military Leadership Resisted Obama's Bid for Regime Change in Syria, Libya
• ronpaulinstitute.orgSeymour Hersh's recent revelations about an effort by the US military leadership in 2013 to bolster the Syrian army against jihadist forces in Syria shed important new light on the internal bureaucratic politics surrounding regime change in US Midd
US refuses to bomb Islamic State's 'media centers' over possible civilian casualties
• http://www.prisonplanet.comUS intelligence services have mapped Islamic State's media installations producing terrorist propaganda for the internet, yet none of them have been bombed out for fear of collateral damage and the need for intelligence to monitor the jihadists'
Putin Threatens Turkish Jets in Syria as Spat Escalates
• http://www.bloomberg.comVladimir Putin escalated his confrontation with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan over the downing of a Russian bomber, saying relations are beyond repair while declaring Syria a no-fly zone for Turkish military aircraft.
Iraq and American Sniper
• fff.orgLast January the movie American Sniper was breaking box-office records and generating a national debate over the nature of war and how the movie depicts war. The movie revolved around Chris Kyle, a real-life U.S. soldier who had four tours in Iraq as
Why the US military is suddenly so secretive about Afghanistan
• http://www.businessinsider.com, Gary OwenLast week, the New York Times broke a three-month old story on the classification by the American military of previously unclassified Afghan National Security Forces data.
