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The Pentagon could save billions by closing military bases
US ArmyThe Defense Department’s top money man on Monday repeated the agency’s plea to Congress for a new base closure review. Unlike previous years, current budget conditions and new data give the idea a fighting chance of becoming reality. The Pentagon’s fiscal 2017 budget request marks the fifth year in a row defense officials...
A top US general wants to resurrect a smaller version of a disastrous Syrian rebel program
Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP PhotoA top U.S. general has asked for permission to resurrect an effort to train Syrian opposition fighters for battles against Islamic State militants, but on a smaller scale than a previous program that failed and was scrapped last year. General Lloyd Austin, the head of Central Command, which oversees U.S. forces in...
STRATFOR founder George Friedman: ‘Be ready for war’
YouTube/ConsciousInterstate warfare is a thankfully unusual occurrence in the present day. State-assisted nonstate groups frequently fight governments, a scenario currently unfolding in Syria, Eastern Ukraine, and a host of other places. But you’d have to go back to the US-led invasion of Saddam Hussein’s Iraq in 2003, or the...
STRATFOR founder George Friedman: ‘Be ready for war’
YouTube/ConsciousInterstate warfare is a thankfully unusual occurrence in the present day. State-assisted nonstate groups frequently fight governments, a scenario currently unfolding in Syria, Eastern Ukraine, and a host of other places. But you’d have to go back to the US-led invasion of Saddam Hussein’s Iraq in 2003, or the...
China says it should control the South China Sea because it ‘discovered’ it first
Thomson ReutersBEIJING (Reuters) – The South China Sea is one of the world’s freest and safest shipping lanes, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Tuesday, arguing that Beijing’s control over the disputed waters was justified because it was the first to “discover” them. China has come under fire from the United...
STRATFOR founder George Friedman: ‘Be ready for war’
YouTube/ConsciousInterstate warfare is a thankfully unusual occurrence in the present day. State-assisted nonstate groups frequently fight governments, a scenario currently unfolding in Syria, Eastern Ukraine, and a host of other places. But you’d have to go back to the US-led invasion of Saddam Hussein’s Iraq in 2003, or the...
Peru is turning into Latin America’s newest ‘narco’-state
Reuters/Enrique Castro-MendivilPeru has long vied with Colombia as the world’s top producer of cocaine, but has only periodically produced high profile drug lords. Gerson Gálvez Calle — alias “Caracol” or Snail — is one of these. Caracol sprung to the nation’s attention late last year after news emerged that he was heading...
The US Air Force is willing to spend $738 million to solve one of America’s biggest rocket problems
Win McNamee/Getty ImagesFor the last decade, Russian-made engines have been propelling US national security satellites into space. While this has proven to be a good approach in the past, the time has come for a new breed of rocket engine that’s American-made. On Feb. 29, the US Air Force — who runs the national security launch missions —...
At least 10 shot and killed by men dressed in police uniforms in Honduras
REUTERS/Jorge CabreraTEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) – At least 10 people were shot dead by men dressed in police uniforms in an attack in the Honduran capital of Tegucigalpa on Saturday, security and hospital forces said. Five men arrived in a vehicle at a billiards hall in the violent northeastern December 1 neighborhood and opened fire with AK-47...
There’s a reason why you keep seeing El Chapo’s face in the news
Getty ImagesMEXICO CITY (AP) — The once-secretive Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman has launched a public relations blitz, calling on his lawyers and even his common-law wife to keep his name in the news. Emma Coronel, mother of Guzman’s twin 4-year-old daughters, has given unprecedented media interviews, issuing dire...
