Man Blamed For Bhutto Killing Is Dead

Mr Mehsud (back to the camera) does not like being photographed. He recently announced a ceasefire, but has warned that it will be jeopardis...

Iraqi Leaders Closely Watching U.S. Elections

A U.S. Air Force MH-53 Pave Low helicopter from the 20th Expeditionary Special Operations Squadron sits on the tarmac prior to a final comba...

The ‘Talibanization Of Pakistan's Biggest City

Karachi At Night From World Blog/MSNBC: KARACHI, Pakistan – In the back of a jeep driving through Karachi, a sign on the wall of the city’s ...

Africans Wary On New US Command For Continent

From International Herald Tribune: DAKAR, Senegal: A new command takes over all U.S. military operations in Africa on Wednesday, a program t...

Mysterious Cargo Aboard Iranian Ship Seized By Pirates Raises WMD Concerns

The cargo ship MV Iran Deyanat, that was taken by Somali pirates last month. From FOX News: As Somali pirates brazenly maintain their stand...

More Peace Feelers From The Taliban

(Click To Enlarge) Or We Shall Taunt You A Second Time -- Threatswatch While stopping short of making light of an un-light situation in Afgh...

No Protection From Pirates Who Know the Seas

Members of a U.S. Navy rescue and assistance team provide humanitarian and medical assistance to the crew of the Taiwanese-flagged fishing t...

Army And Rebel Militia Clash In Eastern Democratic Republic Of Congo

The numerous ethic groups in The Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire) From Somalinet: (SomaliNet) A spokesperson for renegade officer Lauren...

The Long Road To Chaos In Pakistan

The Benazir Bhutto assassination From The International Herald Tribune: Hours after a truck bomber slew 53 people last weekend at the Marrio...

For Sale: Used Spy Camera With Top Secret Terror Records

From FOX News: LONDON — A second-hand camera sold on eBay by a top MI6 agent held secret records used in the fight against Al Qaeda terrori...

Small Wars Journal Recaps U.S. Defense Secretary Gates At The National University

Secretary of Defense Robert Gates speaks to students at the National Defense University on 29 September 2008. A summation of news reports on...

Bush Had No Plan To Catch Bin Laden

From The Asia Times: WASHINGTON - New evidence from former United States officials reveals that Osama bin Laden and other al-Qaeda leaders w...

The U.S. Navy In The 21st Century: Fighting Pirates

GULF OF ADEN - Merchant vessel Golden Nori transits under the escort of the dock landing ship USS Whidbey Island (LSD 41) following its rel...

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The Belly Of the Beast (A-10 Aircraft)

Freed Hostages Released In The Sahara Contradict Official Government Reports

Released German hostages, of whom no names were made public, leave an airplane at the airport Tegel in Berlin, Germany, Sept. 30, 2008. Five...

An Excellent Post Last Month On Sea Piracy From The Profit Is Knowledge Blog

United Nations Authorizes “Any Means Necessary” to Halt High Sea’s Treachery. As modern day Pirates wreak havoc in the worlds most commerce ...

DARPA Developing Super Scope

(Click to Enlarge) From the Future Of Things: Researchers at the Strategic Technology Office of the Defense Advanced Projects Research Agenc...

Fragile Muslim-Christian Peace Crumbles In Egypt

Coptic Church, Egypt From the Scotsman: N THE shadows of the Moqattam cliffs that tower over Cairo's eastern fringes, Safwat Nazeem is p...

Afghanistan Pakistan Border Outpost - Taliban fighters man an outpost overlooking the mountain-fringed tribal region of the Northwest Fronti...

Iraqi Sunni, Shiite, And U.S. Relations

(Click To Enlarge) For U.S. and Sunni Allies, a Turning Point -- Washington Post Sons of Iraq Despair At Imminent Takeover By Shiite Govern...

At Least They Are Honest On What They Want

Somali Pirates Somali Pirates Tell All: They’re in It for the Money -- Washington Post NAIROBI, Kenya -- The Somali pirates who hijacked a ...

General David Petraeus Making The Rounds For More Troops

General David Petraeus departs 10 Downing Street after holding talks with Gordon Brown. The general was behind the successful 'surge...

The Rise Of The Counterinsurgents -- A Series From The Washington Independent

Scouts from 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment (Airborne), pull overwatch during Operation Destined Strike while 2nd Platoon, Able Compa...

Majority Rule

Wilkinson said elected officials are in a better position to determine gun laws than the courts. Yeah, leave it up to Carolyn McCarthy and ...

Young Iraqi Girls Turned Into Perfect Weapon

From Times Online: The teenage girl, handcuffed to an iron railing, hangs her head as an Iraqi explosives expert cuts the trigger cords on a...

A Plan to Stop Cops from Harrassing Openly Carrying Gun Owners in Ohio

Get on the ground, an officer ordered, forcing the surprised group to set aside their drinks and hit the sidewalk belly-down. An officer beg...

We're the Only Ones In Pocket Enough

POCKET GUIDE TO OFFICER’S RIGHTS IN DENVER POLICE DEPARTMENT INTERNAL AFFAIRS INVESTIGATIONS AND CRITICAL INCIDENTS Hey, whaddya know? ...

Beholden to the uniforms to stay in power ... a policeman beats a lawyer during a protest in Islamabad. Photo: AP Pakistan's Main Intel ...

SWAT Deployed as Armed Student Sighting Prompts Lockdown at Bear Country School

When Ferdy the nerd gets paired with Too-Tall the jock in an assignment to study inventions, the one subject they can agree on is guns. Whi...

A Spark Yet Glows

There are now 2 options for self-defence in Britain - 1. Allow the police to protect you. You can call the police when attacked and pray tha...

A 'Gun-Demic'

Early Sunday, just hours after Mount Vernon's brand new gun checkpoints closed for the night, a teen-age father was shot to death while ...

The Process of Erosion

Finland has introduced stricter rules on gun permits, following a school shooting in which 11 people died. Handgun permits would no longer b...

Piracy Off The Coast Of Somalia -- Roundup Of News Reports

The MV Faina seen from the USS Vella Gulf off the coast of Somalia. Photograph: Jason Zalasky/US navy via Getty Images Three Shot Dead In Ro...

The Good Old Days are Gone

"Nobody's safe now," she said. "What happened to the good old days? We used to play cowboys and Indians and walk down the...

Healy Loses Another One: Refuses to Throw in Towel

"We will not rest until we have taken this step forward so we can make our city and our state as safe as we possibly can," Jersey ...

Desperate Measures

A new city law requiring gun owners to notify police when their weapon is lost or stolen will help police track down the "bad guy with ...

We're the Only Ones First Doing No Harm Enough

"Under a new government decree, the cabinet has directed that each doctor may carry one weapon for self defence," the government s...

Sticker Shock

Thomas H emailed this to me: Fellow in a 7 series BMW cut off my friend M*** this Saturday, stopping in front of him, crossing three lanes ...

Heavy Loses For The Taliban In Pakistan

Soldiers inside a helicopter prepare to land on a mountain in Ganjagal, Afghanistan Another Al Qaeda Last Stand -- Strategy Page September ...

Taliban's Omar Offers Deal To U.S. On Withdrawal

Mullah Muhammad Omar Taliban's Omar Offers Deal To U.S. On Withdrawal -- Reuters LONDON (Reuters) - Taliban leader Mullah Omar on Monday...

We're the Only Ones Who Get Up Early to Beat the Crowds Enough

To celebrate their attacks on protesters at the Democratic convention the head gang had a T-shirt printed up. The local CBS outlet describes...

Vanderboegh: M14 - The Three Hundred Meter War

Another chapter of " Absolved "...

This Day in History: September 30

I cannot but congratulate the Honorable Congress on the happy Temper of the Canadians and Indians, our Accounts of which are now fully confi...

U.S.And Iraq Security Pact Agreement Proceeding Slowly

Iraqi Prime Minister Al-Maliki Al-Maliki Says Security Pact In US, Iraqi Interest -- Yahoo News/AP BAGHDAD - Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki...

The Privatization Of Rocket Lauches And Its Military Implications

Private Rockets Could Boost Military, Too -- Danger Room/Wired Magazine Elon Musk's Space Exploration Technologies just put the first p...

The Coming Winter Campaign In Afghanistan

An Afghan soldier pulls security for a US lead patrol to Kamdesh, a village in the Nuristan province of Afghanistan. Winter 2006 -- National...

Pistols, Machine Guns, And RPGs ..... Africa's Weapons Of Mass Destruction

At UN, Nigeria Stresses Dangers Posed By African ‘Weapons Of Mass Destruction’ -- U.N. News Centre 29 September 2008 – Africa has been devas...

General Assembly’s Opening Debate Dampens Hope For UN Progress in Dealing With Terrorism and Nuclear Proliferation

From Counter Terrorism Blog: As the UN General Assembly ends its final day of principal level debate, the prognosis for its future work rema...