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 | Jul 28, 2012 | Current Affairs, Foreign Affairs, The Cold War
By Intelligence Operative Jay Holmes On Thursday, July 26, news outlets reported that Russia announced intentions to build military bases in Vietnam, the Seychelles, and Cuba. The source of the news was an interview given by Russian Vice Admiral Victor Chirkov to the...
by Piper Bayard | Jan 26, 2012 | Current Affairs, Foreign Affairs, News
By HOLMES Yesterday, we received the pleasant news that a Navy SEAL team freed two kidnapping victims in Somalia, Poul Hagen Thisted and Jessica Buchanan. I wish to express my gratitude to all of the members of the rescue team and to the many supporting units that...
by Piper Bayard | Jan 25, 2012 | Current Affairs, Foreign Affairs
To hear my spy novel writing partner, Holmes, tell it, I have spent the past few days in Italy teaching the maritime safety class, Don’t Put the Big Floating Thing In the Rocks. I’m happy to report that only one bozo in the whole of Italy actually needed the class....
by Piper Bayard | Jan 8, 2012 | Current Affairs, Foreign Affairs
By Jay Holmes Since I published my last update on Syria in late November, the conflict remains in overtime, waiting for a tie breaker. It’s easy enough to watch the events play out from this safe distance, but for the 22.5 million people living in Syria, things...
by Piper Bayard | Dec 22, 2011 | Foreign Affairs
By HOLMES This week, we have been treated to odd bits of news from the North Korean state media machine. According them, Kim Jong Il died of a heart attack on Saturday, December 17, 2011. The “news” that has been broadcast from North Korea has been rather...
by Piper Bayard | Dec 1, 2011 | Current Affairs, Foreign Affairs
By Jay Holmes On Saturday, November 26, 2011, NATO conducted airstrikes against what later proved to be two Pakistani border observation posts. Twenty-four Pakistani soldiers were killed in the two air attacks, and NATO’s always tenuous relationship with...
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