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Susan Katz Keating

‘Targeted: Beirut’, A Conversation With Authors Jack Carr and James M. Scott

by Susan Katz Keating Jack Carr and James M. Scott have produced a master class in how to write contemporary history. Morning reveille had not yet sounded on Oct 23, 1983, when a terrorist drove a bomb-laden truck into the headquarters and barracks building of the U.S. Marine Corps peacekeeping …

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Chechen Warlord Has to Tow His Disabled Cybertruck; Blames Elon Musk

COMMENTARY by Susan Katz Keating “We had to tow the iron horse,” Ramzan Kadyrov said. Chechen warlord Ramzan Kadyrov said he had to tow his broken down Tesla Cybertruck from the combat zone in Ukraine, blaming Elon Musk for disabling the vehicle remotely. “We had to tow the iron horse,” Kadyrov …

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Companies Deny Making Pagers Used in Lebanon Explosions

by Susan Katz Keating The two companies issued denials as questions center on how the explosions were triggered, and by whom. A Taiwan company whose pagers have been tied to the deadly attacks on Hezbollah in Lebanon says the pagers were produced and sold by a Budapest-based partner company that …

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Hezbollah Doesn’t Know Why Pagers Exploded Across Lebanon; Blames Israel

The government of Lebanon told citizens to discard their pagers in wake of explosions that killed or wounded The Hezbollah terror group says it does not know what caused its members’ pager devices to explode September 17 in Lebanon, but it blames Israel for sparking the detonations. At least eight …

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Exposing Cartel Smuggling Routes Along the US Southern Border

by Heath Hansen Tim Foley is the founder and leader of Arizona Border Recon (AZBR), a private group that patrols the U.S. Southern border. Members gather intelligence about activity there, and share their findings with federal and local officials. Most of what they encounter involves human trafficking and drug smuggling. …

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Men Were Trapped Inside a Burning ‘Punishment Hunt’ in WWI Germany: A Prisoner’s Story

Here at Soldier of Fortune, we uncovered a long-ago story of an atrocity during World War I, when eight prisoners met a horrific fate while captive in Germany. Here is the tale, as told by a fellow prisoner,  “Pedro.”  ~SKK Pedro’s Tale I was sailing on an English ship. She …

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Vietnam, Afghanistan, and the Damning Truth About ‘Willful Blindness’

COMMENTARY by Susan Katz Keating After Vietnam, the U.S. government should have learned a powerful lesson that it never must abandon its allies. Clearly, the lesson was ignored. Several years ago at a conference in Tampa, I asked Gen. Kenneth Tovo a question that was pegged to the Vietnam War, but …

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Mysterious ‘Red Mercury’ Scam Was the Shadow World’s Answer to a Mad Scientist’s Dream

by Susan Katz Keating The promise of Red Mercury infiltrated the underworld of gullible would-be tyrants, despots, and autocrats, sparking imaginations and a frenzy of deal-making. But what was this mysterious substance? It was the ultimate black market sensation. A substance so powerful it could transform even a lone terrorist …

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When ‘Concrete Bob’ Kicked the Ghouls Off the Front Gate at Walter Reed Hospital

by Susan Katz Keating 2006 The traffic along Georgia Avenue going south was sparse throughout the stretch of Maryland road. The bus proceeded unhindered, ferrying wounded warriors strapped into gurneys or propped up with i.v. lines attached, and belted into seats. Many were profoundly changed men and women with missing …

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