Targeted Killings

Israel has a powerful air force — and it's not afraid to strike neighbors it perceives as a national security threat. AP Photo/Ariel Schalit Iran shot down a U.S. drone on June 19, further escalating tensions between Iran and its adversaries. Relations with I…

Israel has a powerful air force — and it's not afraid to strike neighbors it perceives as a national security threat. AP Photo/Ariel Schalit Iran shot down a U.S. drone on June 19, further escalating tensions between Iran and its adversaries. Relations with I…

What are the key military counter terrorism techniques and strategies? From use of Special Forces to targeted killings and covert intelligence – what works, when and why? By Eur Ing Steve Nimmons FBCS CITP FIET CEng FRSANimmons Consulting Ltd, London, March …

Israel may have denied it, but the Eurovision Song Contest factored into the decision to end the fighting against Hamas earlier this month after a bloody three-day round of hostilities, in order to ensure that the event will take place in Tel Aviv as planned.…

The U.S. government has a new, unusual tool in its toolbox of death: a missile designed to kill people not with high explosives but with large, sword-like blades that kill by literally slicing them to pieces. The weapon, nicknamed The Flying Ginsu after a bra…

Under the cover of darkness, the pair of Sikorsky CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopters flew low to evade radar detection. Inside, the commandos – disguised as Syrian soldiers and armed with AK-47s instead of their usual M-16s were doing one last review of their equ…

Because our government enjoys punishing people far more than it enjoys accountability, the DOJ is prosecuting another whistleblower. A former language analyst for the Air Force and NSA has been charged with espionage for leaking documents detailing the govern…

from the criminalizing-government-accountability dept Because our government enjoys punishing people far more than it enjoys accountability, the DOJ is prosecuting another whistleblower. A former language analyst for the Air Force and NSA has been charged wi…

As in so many conflicts with no clear winner, Hamas and Israel both declared victory in the latest round of fighting over the weekend.Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) boasted on Monday that they were able to overcome the Iron Dome air defense system …

The final note, for now at least, in the latest round of fighting between Israel and Gaza sounded on Monday night and came from Qatar. The United Arab Emirates’ Foreign Ministry announced $480 million in emergency aid for the two rival Palestinian entities, t…