by Piper Bayard | Sep 29, 2014 | Foreign Affairs, News
By Jay Holmes This week, ISIS remains a major news item. For the sake of continuity, we will continue referring to them as ISIS, but be aware that, in recent weeks, they have acquired more aliases than the average Brooklyn mob goon. Since their defeat at...
by Piper Bayard | Feb 17, 2014 | Current Affairs, Foreign Affairs, News
By Jay Holmes The United Nations News Center released a report on February 8, 2014, stating that civilian casualties in Afghanistan rose by 14% last year. It also indicates that 2014 was the worst year since 2009 in terms of the number of women and children killed or...
by Piper Bayard | Sep 11, 2013 | Apocalypse
image from US Navy I woke up to hear a voice on the radio saying that two planes had crashed into the twin towers. I knew instantly it was no accident, but I had no way to compute the information with my pre-9/11 mindset. Then I turned on the TV, and I knew our world...
by Piper Bayard | Mar 18, 2013 | Current Affairs, Foreign Affairs, History
By Jay Holmes As we looked at last Wednesday, US Secretary of State John Kerry’s recent visit to Turkey highlights the tensions between our two countries. (See Turkey–America’s Special Frenemy) In the long history of our “frenemy” relationship, the Kurds...
by Piper Bayard | Sep 26, 2012 | Current Affairs, Foreign Affairs
By Intelligence Operative Jay Holmes* On September 14, 15 Taliban fighters dressed in US Army style uniforms attacked the UK’s Camp Bastion in Helmand Provence, Afghanistan. The attackers were armed with PKM machine guns, AK-47 assault rifles, rocket propelled...
by Piper Bayard | Sep 11, 2012 | Apocalypse
image from US Navy I woke up to hear a voice on the radio saying that two planes had crashed into the twin towers. I knew instantly it was no accident, but I had no way to compute the information with my pre-9/11 mindset. Then I turned on the TV, and I knew our world...
by Piper Bayard | Nov 20, 2011 | Current Affairs, Foreign Affairs
By HOLMES This past Wednesday, November 16, the rebellion in Syria escalated significantly.* A team of rebel commandos lead by, and possibly completely manned by, deserters from the Syrian military attacked an important intelligence center that Syria’s secret...
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