By David Nainggolan Saturday, January 31, 2009 U.S. navy Goals And Force Requirements For A Future U.S. Navy Photo from Canna Zine Heritage Foundation Builds a Fleet -- Information Dissemination The Heritage Foundation has released a report titled ...
By David Nainggolan 11:00 PM sri lanka A Riveting Eyewitness Report On The War In Sri Lanka Photo from Tamil Sangam Tamil Refugees Shelled As Army Closes In -- Times Online Sri Lanka’s civil war is nearing its endgame, says the repo...
By David Nainggolan 10:00 PM Terrorism Surface Transportation Remains Favorite Terrorist Target From Homeland Security: Terrorists seek max carnage with low-tech weapons, analyst tells Senate. The Mumbai attacks demonstrate that terrori...
By David Nainggolan 8:59 PM u.s. iran relations Revealed: Recent U.S.-Iran Nuclear Talks Involved Key Officials (UPDATED) From Foreign Policy (The Cable) : As Barack Obama settles into the Oval Office and begins his stated mission of reorienting U.S. foreign pol...
By David Nainggolan 8:00 PM this day in history Chemical Warfare – Ancient Persian-Style Persian siege tactics, depicted here at the Chehel Sotun Pavillion in Iran, overpowered the Romans at Dura-Europos. Corbis From The Independ...
By David Nainggolan 7:00 PM Terrorism The U.S. Is Now The #1 Target According To Jihadist Communications Traffic Since The Israeli-Hamas War Photo from Granitegrok From Rantburg: The US and Europe are among the most threatened by jihadists following Israel's recent operations...
By David Nainggolan 6:00 PM israel turkey relations Turkey Is No Longer An Honest Broker In The Missle East Photo : Syrian President Bashar Assad (right) shakes hands with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Damascus, Syria. Photo: AP ...
By David Nainggolan 5:00 PM Afghanistan Nato Figures Show Surge In Afghanistan Violence Photo: U.S. Army soldiers rest during a mission to check security efforts at Salang tunnel in the Hindu Kush mountain range in the Parwan p...
By David Nainggolan 4:00 PM russia A Threat To Putin’s Big Plans Opposition groups led by Communists protested the economic policies of the Russian government in the eastern city of Vladivostok on Saturday...
By David Nainggolan 3:00 PM President Obama After Campaign Push, Obama Cultivates Military In Iraq in July, Senators Barack Obama and Chuck Hagel, right, talked to Gen. David H. Petraeus, the commander there. Lorie Jewell/U.S. Army...
By David Nainggolan 2:00 PM u.s. europe relations With Subtly Changed Goals And Tactics, Barack Obama Woos A Reluctant Europe Barack Obama gave a speech in Berlin in front of 200,000 cheering Europeans as part of a trip intended to prove he's a man of the world ...
By David Nainggolan 1:00 PM u.s. military budget Defense Official: Obama Calling For Defense Budget Cuts From FOX News: Some overall budget figures are expected to be announced Monday. The Obama administration has asked the military's Joint ...
By David Nainggolan 12:00 PM guantanamo Inside Guantanamo Bay, A Study In Contrasts Camp Delta military-run prison at the Guantanamo Bay US naval base. Photograph: Brennan Linsley/PA/ The Guardian From FOX News: Assaults, ca...
By David Nainggolan 11:00 AM Afghanistan General Says Shoot Dealers in Afghanistan A U.S. soldier surveys a poppy field as smoke rises in the distance near Spin Boldak in southern Afghanistan. Poppy seedpods produce opium, ...
By David Nainggolan 10:00 AM sri lanka The End Game Begins In Sri Lanka A Sri Lankan soldier stands guard in Mullaittivu, the former military headquarters of the Tamil Tiger rebels, on January 27. Red Cross offic...
By David Nainggolan 8:59 AM north korea Is North Korea Preparing For War? North and South Korea stand on the 'brink of war' as Kim Jong-il's tears up the non-aggression pact Photo: REUTERS North And S...
By David Nainggolan 8:00 AM Iraq Iraq War News And Election Update -- January 31, 2009 A police officer stands guard outside a polling centre as election officials carry in voting booths in Mosul, Iraq. Photograph: AP ( The Gua...
By David Nainggolan 7:00 AM future of uavs Analysis: UAVs Protect U.S. Troops In Iraq Predator B can conduct multiple missions simultaneously due to its large internal and external payload capacity. Photo from Airforce Technol...
By David Nainggolan 6:00 AM u.s. military budget Chairman Senate Armed Services Committee -- No More New Programs For The Pentagon Reset Wins Over Modernization: Sen. Levin -- Military.com In a policy declaration that will reverberate through the Pentagon and defense ind...
By David Nainggolan 5:30 AM Afghanistan Obama’s Afghanistan Strategy Likely To Ditch Karzai, Focus On Local Governance SNOW TUNNEL - U.S. Army soldiers drive toward Afghanistan's Salang tunnel in the Hindu Kush Mountain range to check on security, Jan. 30...
By David Nainggolan 5:00 AM Afghanistan Afghanistan War News Updates -- January 31. 2009 Afghan President Hamid Karzai. Shah Marai/AFP/Getty ( Time Magazine ) 'Incompetent' Hamid Karzai's Political Future In Doubt -- ...
By David Nainggolan 4:00 AM gaza What Is Happening In Gaza Today US Middle East envoy George Mitchell arrived in the region this week to shore up the cease-fire between Israel and Hamas and try to get the ...
By David Nainggolan 3:00 AM unmanned warfare Trends In Unmanned Warfare ST. LOUIS, April 18, 2004 -- A Boeing Joint Unmanned Combat Air System (J-UCAS) X-45 aircraft releases an inert Global Positioning System-gu...
By David Nainggolan 2:00 AM cia Promoting The Worse In The CIA -- Change We Can Believe In Controversial CIA Official Tapped for Counterterrorism Center, Sources Say -- CQ Politics/Spy Talk Disenchanted CIA employees have long comp...
By MANGALINDAK NAINGGOLAN 1:50 AM An appealing development Attorney Alan Gura has filed an opening brief in the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals. [ More ] Today's Gun Rights Examiner column. ...
By David Nainggolan 1:00 AM desertion U.S. Deserter 'Having Time of My Life' as He Seeks Asylum in Germany Photo : U.S. Army deserter André Shepherd, left, is seeking asylum in Germany with the help of peace activist Ulli Thiel, right. His hearing...
By David Nainggolan Friday, January 30, 2009 commentary -- security court National Security Court? We Already Have One -- A Commentary From The Investigative Project On Terrorism: Last week, the Wall Street Journal offered an op-ed article detailing the difficulties facing t...
By David Nainggolan 11:00 PM nuclear weapons Planning For The "Unthinkable" Hiroshima Memorial From The Armchair Generalist: I'll bet that you were just wondering if your state and city emergency planners were pr...
By David Nainggolan 10:00 PM al qaeda Was Candidate Obama Working With Arab Intermediaries To Establish An Unofficial Dialogue With Al Qaeda? Strong views: National security adviser nominee Jim Jones shakes hands with President-elect Obama. Secretary of State nominee Hillary Clinto...
By David Nainggolan 8:59 PM u.s. syria relations U.S. May Forge New Ties With Syria Image from As In The Days Of Noah From CBS News: A U.S. Congressional delegation was to arrive in Damascus Friday night in what could be the...
By David Nainggolan 8:00 PM u.s. iran relations U.S. And Iranian Discussions Have Been Ongoing Since Last Year Photo: Former Defense Secretary William J. Perry Ex-Defense Chief Met With Tehran Aide -- Washington Times Perry talks reach highest level ...
By David Nainggolan 7:00 PM this day in history This Day In History -- Raid At Cabanatuan January 30, 1945 Photo: Former Cabanatuan POWs in celebration, 30 January 1945 U.S. National Archives From Wikipedia: The Raid at Cabanatuan in the Philippi...
By David Nainggolan 6:00 PM sri lanka Sri Lanka War News Updates -- January 30 - 31, 2009 The area controlled by the Tamil Tigers has been squeezed by a government offensive launched in January 2008. Image from AFP Sri Lanka Rejec...
By David Nainggolan 5:00 PM usa crime Gangs Responsible For 80% Of US Crime FBI: Burgeoning Gangs Behind Up To 80% Of U.S. Crime -- USA Today Criminal gangs in the USA have swelled to an estimated 1 million members r...
By David Nainggolan 4:00 PM war on terror Obama Redefines War On Terror Change of command: President Obama met members of the US Armed Forces on a visit to the Pentagon Wednesday. Obama is shifting the focus of t...
By David Nainggolan 3:00 PM news briefs News Briefs For January 30, 2009 PROOF - Iraqi National Police officers show their purple index fingers as proof of having voted outside the Abu Ghraib Boys High School, Jan...
By David Nainggolan 2:00 PM future weapons Doctors Spooked by Israel's Mystery Weapon Image from Global Security From The Danger Room: Critics continue to press the case that Israel committed "war crimes" in its war ...
By David Nainggolan 1:30 PM guantanamo USS Cole Former USS Cole Commander Slams Obama On Guantanamo -- A Commentary The USS Cole In the Middle East Shortly After The Bombing. The Main Blast Damage is in Center (Photo from Lockportians At Large ) From McCla...