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Yevgeny Prigozhin Killed in Plane Crash, Moscow Says

Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin is among those killed in a plane crash from Moscow to St. Petersburg, Russian officials said on Wednesday. Prigozhin’s group launched what appeared to be an aborted coup against president Vladimir Putin in June. A private jet carrying Prigozhin crashed on Wednesday in Russia’s Tver …

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Police Raid on Kansas Newspaper Wasn’t Meant to Uncover a Crime, Publisher Says: ‘They Wanted to Intimidate Us’

by Susan Katz Keating Police who raided a small town Kansas newspaper this month were focused more on intimidation than on investigating an alleged crime, the publisher told Soldier of Fortune. “They didn’t really look for what they said they were looking for,” said Eric Meyer, the publisher and editor …

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Police Must Return Items Seized From Kansas Newspaper

A search warrant that set the stage for the controversial police raid of a Kansas newspaper last Friday was withdrawn on Wednesday and all of the items that were seized will now be returned. The withdrawal comes a few days after the Kansas Bureau of Investigation took over the investigation that led …

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Iran Will Have Full Use of Hostage Funds, Tehran Says, Contradicting State Department

by Susan Katz Keating Tehran will have unrestricted control of assets that are being unfrozen as part of a deal to release five American citizens who will remain captive until all assets are released, according to the Foreign Ministry of Iran. “Iran will determine how to use these assets, and …

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EXCLUSIVE: Secret Service Told Joe Biden Who Brought Cocaine Into White House, Sources Say

by Susan Katz Keating The Secret Service told President Joe Biden the name of the person who brought a packet of cocaine into the White House last month, according to three security sources with direct knowledge of the incident.  All three sources independently told Soldier of Fortune the same name, …

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Bergdahl Case a ‘Pattern of Whitewash’: Lawmakers Want New Trial, Soldiers Angry After Judge Tosses Desertion Conviction

by Susan Katz Keating “I don’t understand this,” said former Army Sergeant Jon Morita, whose Infantry team was attacked while trying to find Bergdahl. “I’m trying to read all this legal shit, and it doesn’t make sense.” Five lawmakers who served in the U.S. military have urged the departments of …

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US Government Surveillance Vehicles Staked Out My Locales: Key Security Source

by Susan Katz Keating A well-placed source with key information on current security events says that a U.S. government surveillance vehicle staked out his locale in Maryland on July 27. The source photographed the vehicle, which was the second time that he has logged in his locale a government scout …

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Wagner Boss Prigozhin Appears at Russia-Africa Summit in St. Petersburg

Yevgeny Prigozhin, the Wagner mercenary chief who led a short-lived run on Moscow last month, is reportedly in St. Petersburg where a Russia-Africa summit is taking place. READ MORE about Yevgeny Prigozhin Prigozhin associate Dmitry Syty, the head of the Russia House culture center in the Central African Republic (CAR), …

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Soldiers in Niger Announce Coup on National TV

A group of soldiers claimed on national television in Niger on Wednesday that the country’s President Mohamed Bazoum has been removed from power. “We, the defense and security forces … decided to put an end to the regime,” said Colonel Amadou Abdramane, shown seated and flanked by nine other officers …

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Bowe Bergdahl’s Court-Martial Conviction Tossed Out by Federal Judge

A federal judge on Tuesday vacated the military conviction of Bowe Bergdahl, the former U.S. Army soldier who pleaded guilty to desertion after he left his post and was captured in Afghanistan. The ruling from Senior Judge Reggie Walton, of the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., says that the …

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