First U.S.-Japan-S. Korea anti-submarine exercise conducted amid showdown

First U.S.-Japan-S. Korea anti-submarine exercise conducted amid showdown

by WorldTribune Staff, April 14, 2017 The United States, Japan and South Korea conducted their first joint anti-submarine warfare (ASW) exercises this week. The three-day drill, which started on April 10, was held in waters between Japan and South Korea and was intended to be an “effective response” by the three allies to North Korea’s […]

As cancer-stricken Khamenei fades, Iran’s IRGC may fill the void

As cancer-stricken Khamenei fades, Iran’s IRGC may fill the void

Special to WorldTribune.com By GIS/Defense & Foreign Affairs sources in Teheran and the region Well-informed sources close to Iranian leadership circles have indicated that Iranian “Supreme Leader” Ayatollah Ali Hoseini-Khamenei, 77, was no longer responding to treatment for the cancer which spread from the prostate cancer which was detected as early as 2008; he may also have […]

Turns out there was a FISA warrant which ‘opened every door there was’ to spy on the Trump campaign

Turns out there was a FISA warrant which ‘opened every door there was’ to spy on the Trump campaign

Excerpts from the Rush Limbaugh show, April 12, 2017. Well, if this were a sane world and if this were a normal day, do you know what the big news of the day would be? That Donald Trump nailed it, that Donald Trump was exactly right, that the Obama administration was in fact spying on […]

Exactly what is the MOAB?

Exactly what is the MOAB?

by WorldTribune Staff, April 14, 2017 The Massive Ordnance Air Blast – MOAB – that was dropped by the U.S. on Islamic State (ISIS) targets in Afghanistan on April 13 weighs 21,700 pounds, is GPS-guided and is ideal for destroying cave complexes like those ISIS jihadists hide out in on the Afghan-Pakistan border. The GBU-43/B […]

Letter: Billionaires are running our lives and telling us what to think

Letter: Billionaires are running our lives and telling us what to think

Special to WorldTribune.com Letter to the Editor, Fairfax Free Citizen Dear Editor, The United States, along with other first world countries, has adopted war as an essential element of the world economic structure, limited war for sure, but permanent nonetheless. The providers of the weapons and other war materiel are obvious beneficiaries. The day after […]

Pence heads for Seoul on North Korea’s ‘Day of the Sun’

Pence heads for Seoul on North Korea’s ‘Day of the Sun’

by WorldTribune Staff, April 14, 2017 U.S. Vice President Mike Pence is set to travel to South Korea as North Korea celebrates its founding, or “Day of the Sun”, possibly by conducting another nuclear test. Pence expects to discuss the “belligerence” of North Korea at subsequent stops in Tokyo, Jakarta and Sydney, during his 10-day […]

Fight for control of the Trump’s NSC? Warring narratives rage in DC media

Fight for control of the Trump’s NSC? Warring narratives rage in DC media

by WorldTribune Staff, April 13, 2017 The centrist and nationalist wings within President Donald Trump’s National Security Council (NSC) are battling for ultimate control of the most pressing foreign policy decisions, according to D.C. media outlets. But is the fight for real or is it media factions outside the White House that is obsessed with […]

Russia vetoes UN resolution on Syria; Assad calls chemical attack a U.S. ‘fabrication’

Russia vetoes UN resolution on Syria; Assad calls chemical attack a U.S. ‘fabrication’

by WorldTribune Staff, April 13, 2017 In vetoing a draft resolution condemning Syria for the April 4 chemical weapons attack in Khan Sheikhoun, Russia “said no” to resolving the Syrian conflict, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said. “Today’s vote could have been a turning point,” Haley said on April 12. “Once more, […]

This is not Syria: Tens of millions could die in Korean War II

This is not Syria: Tens of millions could die in Korean War II

Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk POHANG – An array of heavy-duty, sophisticated gear spread over the beaches here shows the incredible military might of the U.S. and South Korea. Far offshore, way beyond the horizon, the aircraft carrier Carl Vinson leads a “strike force” of warships. Watching the display of U.S. strength on the […]

Meet the (liberal) press: (They are everywhere)

Meet the (liberal) press: (They are everywhere)

by WorldTribune Staff, April 12, 2017 “Members of the media can profess all they want …  pretend independence and ‘no affiliation’ all they want … In the end, actions speak louder than bumper stickers,” Cheryl K. Chumley wrote for The Washington Times on April 11. “One need only look at the dollars and donations, skim […]