Special to WorldTribune.com By Billy and Karen Vaughn Once again, U.S. forces have been subjected to the cruelest form of betrayal in war: an insider attack. Taliban insurgents posing as Afghan soldiers opened fire on Wednesday, Feb. 12, killing two Americans and injuring four more. [See also: By waiting until now to tell his story, […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The United States, in what was seen as a gesture to Iran, has kept its aircraft carrier group out of the Gulf. U.S. Navy records showed that the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier group was kept away from the Gulf for most of the last six months. The aircraft […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk, East-Asia-Intel.com The visit of Donald Gregg, former U.S. ambassador to South Korea, to Pyongyang has got to be a sign of hope for improving relations between North Korea and its two arch foes, the U.S. and South Korea. As head of a delegation from a little known organization called […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Yossef Bodansky, Senior Editor, Global Information System / Defense & Foreign Affairs Iranian Supreme Leader “Ayatollah” Sayyed Ali Khamenei decided on a major and profound change in Iran’s national security policy in a series of secret meetings on Feb. 6 and 7. Khamenei resolved that alluring as U.S. President Barack Obama’s quest […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Grace Vuoto The pieces of the Benghazi puzzle are falling into place and the conclusions are damning: America’s intelligence community, our leading military commanders and then-Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta knew within fifteen minutes of the commencement of hostilities on Sept. 11, 2012 that the American compound in Libya was attacked […]
President Barack Obama and two senior aides are being urged to suspend all use of the Obamacare computer network until recent U.S. intelligence warnings of potential cyber attacks from Belarus are resolved. Michele Bachmann (R., Minn.), a member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, called for the suspension in letters to the president, […]
Special to WorldTribune.com by Billy and Karen Vaughn We are all familiar with the U.S. Marine Corps slogan “Looking for a Few Good Men.” America’s military has plenty of “good men.” Yet, what it lacks in spades are good leaders. Recently we met former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates on the set of Hannity. We […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Lee Jong-Heon, East-Asia-Intel.com SEOUL — North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un has continued a bloody drive to eliminate followers of his executed uncle, killing and isolating his relatives and associates, according to sources and news reports here. Meanwhile, the future of Kim’s other potential rival, his elder half-brother, is also in question. Relatives of […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Fariborz Saremi In these strange and unstable times in the Middle East one surprising and superficially positive event is ironically also a new major cause for concern. Iran and the United States of America, longstanding enemies, would appear to be close to lasting rapprochement. Rather than producing greater feelings of security […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Loredana Vuoto Hollywood has mastered Joseph Goebbels’ famous propaganda strategy, “If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it.” The lie: same-sex couples are ‘the new normal’ and can provide a loving family for children. This was recently depicted at the 56th […]