On 29 October 2019, reports began filtering in of a potential chemical weapons incident in Karbala, Iraq. Karbala had been the site of major anti-government protests for several days, with Iranian-backed security forces deploying tear gas (CS) in a lethal manner; direct shots to the unprotected heads of protesters. By employing less-lethal munitions in a […]
In late 2016, the focus of the war in Syria turned to the nation’s largest city, Aleppo. Aleppo was seen as the turning point in the war, and if it had fallen to the opposition it is likely the Bashar al-Assad regime would have fallen with it. Thus, it was seen as a key location […]
On 15 October 2019, Representative Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) made several comments during a Democratic presidential candidate debate, comments which called for an end to “US-led regime change wars in the Middle East”. A tacky attempt to weasel her way out of opposing wars in general, designating the war in Syria a “US regime change war” […]
On 1 October 2019, protesters in the Iraqi capital city of Baghdad took to the streets to demonstrate against government corruption, high unemployment, and lack of basic services. Less than one week later, over 100 young Iraqis lay dead and many thousands more have been wounded. With tensions between Iran and Saudi Arabia sky-high, America […]
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 […]
As climate change dictates the need for wildland fire awareness in the western United States, it will be increasingly important to gather and disseminate critical, life-saving information as quickly and competently as possible. By learning to utilize a few free resources, you not only gain a greater situational awareness, but the ability to act based […]
In June 2001 Google launched Google Earth, a free-to-use, publicly-accessible satellite imagery browser (although many early images were actually aerial images, not satellite images). The program was the first of its kind that much of the general public was able to use, but since then the idea of free/public satellite data has proliferated. There are […]
On 13 June 2019, sometime around 6:00 AM local time, an explosion rocked the 600-foot tanker M/T Altair in the Gulf of Oman, sending debris and a massive fireball high into the sky. Fearing additional explosions and unsure if their vessel was under attack from missiles, the crew abandoned ship after sending out multiple distress […]
Venezuelan National Bolivarian Military Aviation Aviación Militar Nacional Bolivariana de Venezuela GENERALÍSIMO FRANCISCO DE MIRANDA AIR BASE Presidential Air Group No. 4 VIP/Presidential flight wing of the Venezuelan military and government. Flight Squadron No. 41 Airbus A319CJ | VIP Transport Embraer ERJ-190BJ | VIP Transport Boeing 737-200 | VIP Transport Dassault Falcon 50 | VIP Transport Dassault Falcon 900EX | VIP […]
