We live in a high threat world – a global battlefield against enemies who will stop at nothing to inflict terror. Battles are fought with sophisticated technology, but the most effective weapons are flesh and blood – elite warriors who are trained to defeat any enemy at any time or place. The military calls them…
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By Buzzle.com The rather vague increase in the terror alert level is intended to provide a blanket reference to the fact that recent intelligence suggests heightened activity among extremists and radicals working with al Qaeda and other terrorist groups. Unfortunately for everyone involved, there is not any indication of when or where terrorists may plan…
Read MoreBy Buzzle.com Taliban forces are stepping up attacks on NATO forces and their support personnel as coalition forces prepare for a major offensive intended to secure the southern region of Afghanistan. Following a suicide attack on a NATO convoy on Tuesday, Taliban forces launched a pre-dawn raid on the U.S. base at Bagram, about 30…
Read MoreBy Buzzle.com 2014 is an interesting date to use as the benchmark for when we can expect Afghan security forces to be capable of managing their own country. Considering that U.S. forces have already been on the ground in Afghanistan for nearly 10 years, that would push a major U.S. presence in Afghanistan to at…
Read MoreBy Buzzle.com Christmas Eve Masses, New Year’s celebrations, funerals…apparently nothing is sacred to those who have been perpetrating bombings throughout Iraq and the Middle East in recent months. Yesterday, a car bomb exploded just outside a funeral tent in Baghdad and killed at least 48 people, shedding further light on the Iraqi government’s inability to…
Read MoreBy Buzzle.com by Ned Temko Facing warnings of a “Gurkha-scale” policy misjudgment, Gordon Brown has set aside a cabinet decision to deny financial help to dozens of British victims of terrorist attacks overseas. Overruling his senior ministers, the prime minister was said last night to be considering the possibility of a “retrospective” scheme to cover…
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