by Martin Kufus Editor’s note: This is an excerpt from Plow the Dirt but Watch the Sky, a memoir by Martin Kufus, a former editor at Soldier of Fortune. This chapter shows Martin’s experience at the Special Forces SERE Instructor Qualification Course, where he encountered the legendary Col. Nick Rowe – …
Read More »WATCH: Army PsyOps Ghost Characters Go Dancing
A previous Army PsyOps ghost-clown recruiting vid, Ghosts in the Machine, was so offbeat and effective, it tore up the ‘net. The 4th Psychological Operations Group (Airborne) got high props for creeping people out at a whole new level. Now, some of the video’s same characters are back, dancing through …
Read More »Was Russia’s Makeshift ‘Turtle Tank’ Destroyed in Ukraine?
What is hiding beneath the protective shell of Russia’s so-called “turtle tank?” Perhaps only scrap metal, if Ukraine has destroyed it along with other armor at war in Crimea. Russian forces have modified one of their main battle tanks with some less than cutting-edge protection by covering it with a …
Read More »Inside Iran’s ‘Axis of Resistance’ Against Israel
As fighting intensifies between Palestinian terrorist group Hamas and Israel, Iran has been increasingly vocal about the prospect of additional firepower entering the fray to score a victory for what Tehran calls the “axis of resistance” against Israel. The axis, refined by the Islamic republic over the last four decades, …
Read More »Wagner Parody Vid Makes the Rounds, Gets Us Dinged for Posting on Big Social
COMMENTARY by Susan Katz Keating Now that all the militias and terrorist groups are getting into the music video game, the parodies aren’t too far behind. One hilarious example shows the joys and pleasures of fighting alongside the Wagner Group. The vid is making the rounds privately, but Big Social won’t …
Read More »Putin Must Not Be Insulted: Inside the Mysterious Agency That Controls Russia’s Internet
by Mike Eckel, Daniil Belovodyev, and Anton Bayev In the first half of October 2022, employees of an obscure Russian government department working out of a small business center in northeast Moscow were worried about the weather. Not Moscow’s weather, but rather weather in four regions of Ukraine that President …
Read More »A Swedish Mercenary in Iraq: A Ghostwriter’s Ode to Axel Stal
by Jonas Vesterberg It was back in 2016. I was at home in Los Angeles when I got a call from my agent in Stockholm. “I have a project but nobody here in Sweden wants to touch it. Maybe you could take a look?” I suppose I was known as …
Read More »What Is the Russian Hit Squad Linked to Havana Syndrome?
Known as Unit 29155 of the GRU, the squad has been connected with extreme subterfuge. by Susan Katz Keating A new investigation claims that the mysterious Havana Syndrome, which has afflicted U.S. diplomats and intelligence agents, and at least one Pentagon official, may be the work of a Russian military …
Read More »Police on Horseback Chase Alleged Shoplifter in Albuquerque
Captured on Horsecam… A mounted police unit in New Mexico detained an alleged shoplifter after the suspect tried to outrun a horse. Police were called in when a Walgreens outlet reported that a man had stolen from the store. The man fled on foot from a mounted officer who ordered …
Read More »Did the Execution of Jesus Spark the Beginning of the End of the Roman Empire?
COMMENTARY by Susan Katz Keating On Easter weekend, I tend to think secular thoughts to go with the religious holiday. The purely secular portion is this: Jesus of Nazareth was arrested and executed for treason against Rome on this weekend, around 33 AD, according to the Gospel accounts. Was this the …
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