Military and Police Aid
Thursday, December 3, 2015 - 05:39
During a U.S. military training exercise at Iraq’s Habbaniyah air base a few months ago, Sheik Taher al-Jassem said some of his fellow tribesmen wondered aloud how they could sit beside the same American soldiers they would have tried to kill only a few years ago.
Wednesday, December 2, 2015 - 06:21
Some 800 retired special-forces veterans of the Colombian army will be fighting in Yemen soon as mercenary soldiers. It’s no surprise: Colombia is a star contributor to the U. S. project of orchestrating proxy warriors to enforce its global plan.
Tuesday, December 1, 2015 - 06:40
The course, which brought together 23 participants from Uganda, Somalia, Sudan and Rwanda, seeks to espouse better understanding of how to collaborate with civilians and stabilise communities in conflict situations.
Tuesday, December 1, 2015 - 06:27
In the shadows of what was once called the “dark continent,” a scramble has come and gone. If you heard nothing about it, that was by design. But look hard enough and — north to south, east to west — you’ll find the fruits of that effort: a network of bases, compounds, and other sites whose sum total exceeds the number of nations on the continent.
Monday, November 30, 2015 - 07:31
U.S. soldiers have reportedly arrived in northern Syria - the first official deployment of U.S. ground troops in the country. The troops are tasked with training Kurdish and Syrian opposition forces battling "Islamic State."
Monday, November 30, 2015 - 06:31
ISIS fighters taken with the help of U.S. special forces are allegedly being tortured by America’s Kurdish allies. But don’t expect the U.S. to look too hard into the allegations.
Monday, November 30, 2015 - 06:17
As part of the annual multinational exercise UNITAS Amphibious 2015, Marines from eight countries (Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, United States, Mexico, Paraguay, and Peru) participated in training workshops from November 15 - 18, at the Brazilian Navy’s Marine Corps Training Center at Ilha do Governador in Rio de Janeiro.
Monday, November 30, 2015 - 05:38
With Washington set to send billions of dollars in fresh aid to Afghanistan despite the military drawdown, the U.S. official in charge of auditing assistance programs says “it’s not too late” to address the fraud and mismanagement that has bedeviled the 14-year effort to rebuild the country.
Monday, November 30, 2015 - 05:35
The U.S. defense budget law authorizes USD 300 million assistance for Ukraine to fight Russian-backed militants. USD 50 million of that could fund lethal aid and counter-artillery radars.
Wednesday, November 25, 2015 - 06:53
Moscow will continue supplying free weapons to the Afghan military to help fight the Islamic State (ISIL) jihadist group, Russia's upper house speaker Valentina Matvienko said on Tuesday.