One of the most beloved and hated weapons of World War II was the Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR). Another of John Browning’s classic designs, it was literally the first Squad Automatic Weapon. Though it lives on in weapon lore, like we said earlier, it had its detractors. World War II Marine William Manchester wrote in…
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Espionage Files: Surveillance For Hire In Africa
In July 2012, one year after the Arab Spring shook Arab regimes around the world, an email appeared in the inbox of Mamfakinch, a Moroccan online publication critical of the government. Under the subject line “dénonciation” — French for “denunciation” — was a single sentence. “Please don’t use my name or anything else, I don’t want any trouble.” And…
Modern War: Drone Choppers Help Hunt Top-Tier Terrorist in Africa
On Jan. 14, 2014, USS Elrod left her home port in Norfolk, Virginia for what, to outsiders, might have seemed like a routine six-month trip to the Mediterranean. Carrying a detachment of four MQ-8B Fire Scout drone helicopters, the nearly 30-year-old frigate would visit various ports and train with America’s allies, according to an official…
Modern War: Incendiary Munitions Appearing On Russian Jets In Syria
Earlier this week analysts found that RT, a government-funded Russian media company, edited out footage that initially showed Russian jets in Syria armed with incendiary munitions. The original clip was restored after RT said it had deleted the footage out of concerns for the pilot’s safety. The use of incendiary weapons in Syria is nothing new — they’ve been dropped by Syrian…
The Islam Invasion: Immigrant Related Mass-Killings
Before you get into this article, here is a great primer on another issue involving Immigration: ILLEGAL Immigration and Criminal Offenses and how ICE lied to Congress about just how bad the situation really is. The disturbing trend of immigrant-related mass killings being hidden by the media. When the Third World immigrants admitted under Sen….
More On The Holland Tunnel Vigilante, John Cramsey
A few days ago I re-posted a piece Heavy had done about John Cramsey, The Holland Tunnel Vigilante…and now more information is coming out about this incident and Cramsey himself. I feel it is very important that we as Patriots and Armed Citizens get the real scoop on this guy and not depend on liberal…
Guerilla Warfare History: The Ties That Bind… Chairman Mao, Che Guevera and Al-Qaeda
Mao Tse-tung borrowed the revolutionary vanguard from Vladimir Lenin, Ernesto “Che” Guevara liked Mao’s ideas about sanctuaries, and Al Qaeda valued Guevara’s focoist approach to global insurgency. At first glance, the revolutionary strategies of Mao, Guevara, and the intellectuals who devised Al Qaeda’s doctrine for jihad have much in common. They integrated violence into the…
RKBA News: After Orlando, The 80% AR-15 Market Surges
IN THE WAKE of the worst mass shooting in US history, many Americans want to ban civilians from buying the AR-15, that ultra-popular, all-American killing tool. But in basements and garages around the country, another group of Americans is collecting the machines and materials to make those firearms in the privacy of their own homes….
Surveillance State: Biometrics Coming To A Bank Near You Very Soon
The banking password may be about to expire — forever. Some of the nation’s largest banks, acknowledging that traditional passwords are either too cumbersome or no longer secure, are increasingly using fingerprints, facial scans and other types of biometrics to safeguard accounts. Millions of customers at Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase and Wells Fargo routinely…
Terror Watch: German Gunman Shot Dead in Cinema After Taking Hostages
Let me guess…the shooter was a “mentally unstable” PEACEFUL Observer of Ramadan? -SF BERLIN (Reuters) – A gunman took hostages at a cinema in western Germany on Thursday before police shot him dead, a police spokesman told the N-TV television channel, adding that no other people were injured. German television showed pictures of heavily armed…