This is Part 2 in TFG’s coverage of DHS/CBP aircraft likely to be used within the context of the current United States administration’s crackdown on nationwide protests. The focus of Part 1 (click here) was fixed wing aircraft, while this edition will be on rotary-wing aircraft used for aerial patrol and surveillance. Part 3 will […]
A recent spate of anti-foreigner attacks in South Africa have left 10 dead and nearly 400 arrests made, South African police confirmed on Sept. 5. South Africa’s president condemned days of widespread looting and arson attacks on foreign-owned businesses across Johannesburg and the capital Pretoria, calling the violence “totally unacceptable.” “We are a country that […]
Thursday morning at 11 AM EST, an address at the Pentagon unveiling the US’s new missile defense strategy was given by President Trump, preceded by Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan and Vice President Pence. Overall, the Missile Defense Review (MDR) summarizes the goals in developing missile defense technology and the policy that rules the […]
Yesterday in British Parliament Shadow Foreign Secretary Emily Thornberry’s address urging a unbiased and transparent investigation into the events in Gaza on May 14 went viral. In an opening statement prefacing Thornberry by the Minister of State Alistair Burt, Hamas’s role in inciting violence at the protests is to be taken into account, “…but the […]
IT IS 2 MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT 2018: The failure of world leaders to address the largest threats to humanity’s future is lamentable—but that failure can be reversed. It is two minutes to midnight, but the Doomsday Clock has ticked away from midnight in the past, and during the next year, the world can again move […]
This is current as of 1:00AM UTC on Jan. 22, 2018. More to come. Saturday January 20th saw the revamped Turkish offensive in NW Syria, targeting the Kurdish-held Afrin canton, starting with 72 aircraft spilling out ordinance. The new offensive goes by the name Operation Olive Branch (OOB), supposedly a slight at the Kurds’ prevalent olive […]
Friday, Nov. 24, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu made an announcement to the press that Washington had promised to no longer arm the mainly Kurdish SDF (Syrian Democratic Forces aka YPG/YPJ) in Syria against ISIS/Daesh. On the same day, the White House and the US Embassy in Turkey released the Readout of Donald Trump’s Call […]
A non-binding referendum is being held in the Kurdish region of northern Iraq on September 25. The referendum will decide if the semi-autonomous region will start a process leading to eventual Kurdish independence in what is now northern Iraq. Many are anticipating the outcome around the world, particularly Western supporters of the Kurdish project in […]
On Friday night, hundreds of tiki-torch-wielding members of the neo-Nazi/white supremacist ‘Unite the Right’ group assembled and marched around the University of Virginia campus in Charlottesville, VA. Mirroring demonstrations earlier this year, those attending chanted slogans such as “You will not replace us” and “Blood and soil” protesting against the dismantling of a statue of […]
One year ago on July 15 we saw pictures and videos of military personnel and civilians engaging on the Bosphorous Bridge, in the streets of Istanbul and the greater Anatolia region. 300 died and over 2100 people were injured in the span just 24 hours. President Erdogan of Turkey was on vacation when he got […]
