The State Department’s Rewards for Justice Program has offered a $5 million bounty for leads and information resulting in the capture or death of Saleh Said al-Ghamdi, a member of … Continue reading Hamza Al-Ghamdi: US State Department Announces Reward For Veteran Yet Enigmatic Al-Qaida Majlis al-Shura Councilor
Predators of the Khorasan will be a series devoted to detailing the individual militants killed via Predator and later Reaper drones from 2004 – 2016 in the Khorasan. We commence … Continue reading SERIES: Predators Of The Khorasan: Nek Mohamed Wazir and The Battle of Wana
The following article discusses the Pakistani military airstrikes of March 18 against Pakistani Taliban targets within eastern Afghanistan and the complex political causes that precipitated them. This includes a surge in assaults on the Pakistani military by militant perpetrators. Specifically, the discussion is geared towards the rejuvenation and rise of Hafiz Gul Bahadur as a threat against Pakistan, after being driven from his home in North Waziristan, and despite a lengthy history acting as their preferred version of Taliban.
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In the wake of the fatal drone strike by Iranian proxies against American forces in Jordan, the Biden Administration unleashed extensive airstrikes in Iraq and Syria. The effectiveness of these … Continue reading SERIES: Red Sea Fray (Chapter 5 – Dragging Anchor)
To examine the results of the 2023-2024 Israeli-Gaza War a running count of Hamas leadership casualties will be maintained, with particular focus on the paramilitary infrastructure of the militant organization.
(more…)As a Demonstration of the significant cost of the 2023-2024 Israeli-Gaza War, a running count of casualties will be maintained. Here we examine the IDF losses. These numbers and names are readily available, but we will segment the casualties based on the portion of the conflict in which they occurred. IDF casualties in Operation Swords of Iron are extreme when compared to previous iterations of warfare against Hamas in Gaza or Hezbollah in Lebanon. This is because of the ferocity and surprise of the Oct 7 attacks and the full-scale invasion of Gaza in response.
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During the month between the announcement and the official implementation of the terrorist designation against the Houthis, the Iranian proxies only increased their attacks and threats. In this Chapter we … Continue reading SERIES: Red Sea Fray (Chapter 4 – The Deluge And The Witness)
In the previous installment of this series, we discussed the expanding Houthi threat to international shipping and observed a military coalition response in the initiating of Operation Prosperity Guardian. In this … Continue reading SERIES: Red Sea Fray (Chapter 3 – Poseidon Archer)
In the first portion of this series, a brief history of the pugnacious Houthis, within the Zaidi sect of Shia Islam, was provided. Afterwards, focus shifted to the current conflict involving … Continue reading SERIES: Red Sea Fray (Chapter 2 – Prosperity Guardian)
RED SEA FRAY: A series discussing facts around the current American experiences and friction with the Houthi rebels (known as Ansarallah) in Yemen and the Red Sea, in order to protect … Continue reading SERIES: Red Sea Fray (Chapter 1 – Ansarallah)
Chronicles in Zealotry 