Bargain: Israel refurbishing U.S. Army surplus vehicles from Iraq, Afghanistan

Bargain: Israel refurbishing U.S. Army surplus vehicles from Iraq, Afghanistan

Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — Israel has been overhauling U.S. military surplus. The military’s Technological and Logistics Directorate has been assigned responsibility to refurbish thousands of combat vehicles and weapons acquired from U.S. surplus. The administration of President Barack Obama approved the transfer of U.S. military surplus, most of it deployed in the wars […]

Sinai insurgents holed up in 15 strongholds; veterans of wars in Iraq, Afghanistan

Sinai insurgents holed up in 15 strongholds; veterans of wars in Iraq, Afghanistan

Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — While Egypt’s military has ended operations in the mountains of Sinai Peninsula, security sources said insurgents were scattered throughout the peninsula. “There are other areas where we believe the terrorists are located,” a source said. The sources said the military also reduced ground operations in Sinai in an effort to […]

West: America is waiting for an Afghan apology

West: America is waiting for an Afghan apology

Times247 Rep. Allen West: If we had resolute leadership in the White House, we would have explained that these Islamic terrorist enemy combatants detained at the Parwan facility used the Koran to write jihadist messages to pass to others. In doing so, they violated their own cultural practice and defiled the Koran and turned the […]

Re-thinking war-fighting doctrines after the failure of ‘overwhelming wealth’

Re-thinking war-fighting doctrines after the failure of ‘overwhelming wealth’

Special to WorldTribune.com Gregory Copley, Global Information System Most strategic allies of the United States are waking up after the long Cold War and post-Cold War party with the realization that their efforts to integrate their military doctrine with that of the U.S. have led them to evolve force structures which require enormous capital investment […]

2012: What a year and it’s just starting!

2012: What a year and it’s just starting!

John J. Metzler NEW YORK — It’s once again time to peer into the foggy crystal ball and try to decipher the future political trends and events. Indeed, after the roller-coaster year of 2011, it’s hard to imagine that 2012 could hold some equally disquieting social, political and economic turmoil. But few predicted the sweeping […]

Threat perceptions for S. Asia in 2012: Is Iran really a threat?

Threat perceptions for S. Asia in 2012: Is Iran really a threat?

Special to WorldTribune.com By Sumantra Maitra, FreePressers.com Reading Daniel Drezner is a delight. The good professor brings a sense of humor in his articles which is quite a rarity considering the drab subjects we have to study in the field of International Relations. (I haven’t got an opportunity to study under him or meet him […]

Out of options: Report says U.S. must prepare to strike Iran before 2013

Out of options: Report says U.S. must prepare to strike Iran before 2013

Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The United States must plan for a campaign to destroy Iran’s nuclear weapons program, a leading think tank said. The American Enterprise Institute stated that the United States is unlikely to stop Iran’s nuclear program either through sanctions or deterrence. As a result, the Washington-based institute said in a report […]

Iran shares captured U.S. drones with Russia

Iran shares captured U.S. drones with Russia

Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — Iran has credited its new electronic warfare unit with downing an advanced U.S. unmanned aerial vehicle. Officials said the Iranian military’s electronic warfare unit deployed indigenous systems that intercepted a U.S. Air Force RQ-170 Sentinel UAV on Dec. 4. They said the Sentinel sustained minor damage and was being examined […]

Israel looks to shift some of U.S. aid for F-35s to buy surplus Humvees

Israel looks to shift some of U.S. aid for F-35s to buy surplus Humvees

Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — The Israeli Defense Ministry is weighing a change in the use U.S. aid to buy surplus equipment from the American military. “There are lots of platforms that we don’t have to buy new, and therefore save lots of money,” an official said. Israel has been receiving $3 billion in […]