Is America's Covert War Against Islamic Extremists About To Increase?

Yemen Covert Role Pushed -- Wall Street Journal Foiled Bomb Plot Heightens Talk of Putting Elite U.S. Squads in CIA Hands. WASHINGTON—The fo...

Cargo Terror Bomb Plot -- News Updates

Bomb Plot Shows Key Role Played by Intelligence -- New York Times In the middle of last week, a woman who claimed her name was Hanan al-Sama...

The Growing Alliance Against China

Prime Minister Wen Jiabao of China, left, with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of India on Friday in Hanoi, Vietnam. India is promoting itself...

White House Threat Of Legal Actions Against CIA Officers Is To Be Investigated By A New Republican Congress

GOP Would Review Probe Into CIA Actions -- Washington Times Terrorist interrogations issue said to cause morale problem. If Republicans on T...

Brazil Elects A Former Marxist Guerilla As President

Dilma Rousseff. © REUTERS/ Bruno Domingos Dilma Rousseff: From Fugitive Guerrilla To Brazil's New President -- CNN (CNN) -- Dilma Rousse...

Another Dispute Over Jurisdiction Of Islands In Asia.

Medvedev Visit To Kuril Islands Stokes Japan Row -- BBC News Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has arrived in the Kurils, defying Japan'...

Suicide Bombing In Istanbul Injures 32

Police officers console each other Sunday after a suicide bombing at Taksim Square in central Istanbul. The bomber struck near a police subs...

Child Soldier Omar Khadr Sentenced To 8 More Years In Jail

Khadr, a former child soldier, is expected to serve another eight years of a forty year sentence [ Reuters ] Jury Sentences `Child Soldier...

Bloodbath At A Baghdad Church

An Iraqi policeman conducting a security check inside a church where 10 hostages were killed. Photo from The Guardian Baghdad Church Hostage...

NYC gun proposal gets mixed response from store owners

Bloomberg's gotta love this guy. The good thing about freedom, Mr. Elfaki , is you have the right to do as you please here. No one is ...

Editor's Note

Regular readers of this blog know that I have been working on a contract that has taken most of my free time in the past 6 weeks. Today is m...

Is The "American Century" At An End? -- A Commentary

Pax Americana Is Winding Down -- Arnaud De Borchgrave, Washington Times Is the world's balance of power shifting away from the West and ...

One Time Ally Turkey Now Regards Israel As The "Central Threat"

Turkey's prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, called the Israeli raid on the Mava Marmaris "murder conducted by a state". Pho...

Meet The Real Hurt Locker

Photo : Kate Holt photographed British bomb experts clearing the path for British troops in Helmand The Real Hurt Locker: The Heroism Of Bri...

Top 10 Bizarre Weapons Of The Allies

From Listverse: Oh war! This is a deadly game that our world loves to play so much. Omar Bradley once quipped that, “We know more about war ...

Video: Inside An AC-130 While Shooting

Hat Tip: Theo Spark

Yemen Is Now A Home For Al Qaeda

Yemen, The New Crucible Of Global Terrorism -- The Independent Al-Qa'ida has taken firm root in the poverty-stricken nation. The axis of...

French Carrier Charles De Gaulle Is No Longer Seaworthy

May 16, 2001: The USS Enterprise CVN-65 and the Charles de Gaulle R-91 in the Mediterranean Sea. Photo from Maritime Quest Sinking Fast: Fre...

Will Saudi Intervention Break Iraq's Political Deadlock

Saudi King Offers Talks To Break Iraq Deadlock -- BBC Saudi Arabia's king has invited the leaders of Iraq's political blocs for talk...

White House Offer To Station A U.S. Aircraft Carrier Off The British Coast During The London Olympics Has Been Rejected

( Click Image to Enlarge ) Offer: The White House Wants To Send A U.S. Aircraft Carrier To Be Stationed Off The British Coast And Boost Secu...

The Many Mistakes Of The CIA

Memoirs, Mistakes Converge As CIA Promises Reform -- L.A. Times Spies-turned-authors say the agency's admitted 'systemic failures...

China And Thailand In Joint Military Exercises

Chinese Train With Thai Forces For First Time -- Washington Times BANGKOK | China is expanding its military reach by sending, for the first ...

Pakistan Will Not Heed U.S. Requests To Attack Insurgent Strongholds On The Afghan/Pakistan Border

Despite U.S. Aid Pledge, Pakistan Plans No New Offensives LAHORE, Pakistan — Despite the Obama administration's pleas last week at a top...

Are Returning Soldiers Naturally Inclined To Be Thrill Seekers?

Army Studies Thrill-Seeking Behavior -- New York Times WASHINGTON — Senior Airman Michael Kearns had been back from Iraq for only two months...

Is Cyber Warfare A Concern That We Should All Share?

Cyberwar games at West Point with Lt. Col. Robert Fanelli, left, Cadets Nathan Larsen, Mark Evinger, seated, and Marc Abbott. Michael Falco ...

All Eyes Will Be On China

Obama, Clinton Visit India With Wary Eye On Rising China -- Christian Science Monitor President Obama and Secretary of State Clinton are mak...

BBC Interview With David Kilcullen

Hat Tip: Small Wars Journal

U.S. Tries To Diffuse China - Japan Tensions

The United States has called on China and Japan to hold talks to ease tensions [ AFP ] Clinton Proposes China, Japan Join 3-Way Talks With U...

Countries That Use Child Soldiers Get A Pass From The U.S.

Rebel groups like Sudan's Justice and Equality Movement, shown in this video frame, use child soldiers. The United States will exempt fo...

Is An Israeli Pilot's Gun Worth 52 Palestinian And Lebanese Prisoners?

Israeli air force pilot Ron Arad Israel 'Traded 52 Prisoners For Air Force Pilot's Gun' -- The Telegraph Israel traded 52 Palest...

Explosives Found In Two U.S.-Bound Packages, Thwarting Terrorist Attack -- L.A. Times The two packages and other suspicious parcels aboard c...

Afghanistan War News Updates -- October 30, 2010

Petraeus: NATO Pressure Forcing Taliban to Seek Peace -- Voice of America General David Petraeus made the comments in an interview in Kabul ...

Interview with GOA's Larry Pratt

Because GOA takes a somewhat different approach that can yield different performance assessments, tensions sometimes arise between its sup...

Hotlinks

I hadn't intended to WoGblog today, but got sent some links I want to call your attention to: Western Rifle Shooters Association calls o...

World News Briefs -- October 30, 2010

Plot Said to Have ‘Hallmarks of Al Qaeda’ -- New York Times WASHINGTON — Two packages containing explosives, shipped from Yemen and addresse...

Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- October 30, 2010

Bulava submarine-launched ballistic missile. © Сollage by RIA Novosti Russia Successfully Tests Ballistic Missiles -- The Telegraph Russia...

Is Yemen Becoming The New Front In The War On Terror?

Yemen: The New Front In The War On Terror? -- The Telegraph The discovery of a suspicious package in Britain on a plane going from Yemen to ...