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SAS Commando Takes Six Taliban Scalps in Vietcong-style Tunnel Fight

Posted on 17 August 2018 by The Tactical Hermit

British special forces soldier killed six Taliban in pitch-black, Viet Cong-style tunnel fight   I never miss a chance to celebrate the death of jihadist scum. Let’s not forget there are still folks over in A-stan STILL taking scalps and making the world just a little bit safer for the rest of us. Stay Alert,…

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Espionage Files: Brit Spies Used URL Shortener to Honeypot Arab Spring Dissidents

Posted on 29 July 2016 by The Tactical Hermit

A shadowy unit of the British intelligence agency GCHQ tried to influence online activists during the 2009 Iranian presidential election protests and the 2011 democratic uprisings largely known as the Arab Spring, as new evidence gathered from documents leaked by Edward Snowden shows. The GCHQ’s special unit, known as the Joint Threat Research Intelligence Group…

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Military History: The Attack of the USS Stark by an Iraqi Warplane in 1987

Posted on 27 July 2016 by The Tactical Hermit

On May 17, 1987, the U.S. Navy guided missile frigate USS Stark was on a patrol in the central Persian Gulf, about three kilometers outside the Iraq-declared war-zone off the coast of Iran. Around 22.00hrs local time, Stark came under attack from an Iraqi air force fighter jet. Radars on the U.S. warship tracked the…

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Crusader Corner: The Attack On The ISIS Convoy Is a Tactic As Old As War

Posted on 1 July 2016 by The Tactical Hermit

Personally, I got a lot of satisfaction watching these ISIS camel turds  get wiped off the face of the planet, I hope you do too.-SF   Killing retreating soldiers has a long — and totally legal — history As the Iraqi army overran the last of Fallujah’s neighborhoods remaining in the Islamic State’s hands this week, more than 500…

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Crusader Corner: Fast and Furious Part Deux…CIA Weapons For Syrian Rebels End Up On Jordanian Black Market

Posted on 29 June 2016 by The Tactical Hermit

A botched weapons program run by the CIA and several Arab intelligence agencies to arm Syrian rebels is being compared to the ATF’s botched gun-running operation Fast and Furious, which ran guns to Mexican drug cartels. A New York Times and Al Jazeera joint investigation found that weapons shipped into Jordan by the CIA and Saudi…

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Espionage Files: Our Man in Syria?

Posted on 28 June 2016 by The Tactical Hermit

Russia Is Recruiting The U.S.’s Rebel Allies In Syria ANTAKYA, Turkey — The rebel commander was nervous. He had changed phone numbers and been difficult to reach before finally agreeing to meet in Antakya, a city near the border with war-torn Syria that has long swarmed with rebels, refugees, and spies. On the road to an…

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Cold War Files: The Secret US/UK Plan To Bomb Middle East Oil Facilities

Posted on 24 June 2016 by The Tactical Hermit

Recently uncovered documents shed further light on an ultra-secret plan, devised by the British and American governments, to destroy oil facilities in the Middle East in the event the region was invaded by Soviet troops. The documents, published on Thursday by George Washington University’s National Security Archive, were found in the British government archives and…

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Modern War: How Tactics Used in Iraq and A-Stan Can Make The U.S. More Vulnerable in Future Wars

Posted on 24 June 2016 by The Tactical Hermit

We need to ask ourselves which lessons are worth retaining versus which do we think we should retain but make us more vulnerable. Editor’s Note: This article is drawn from a talk given by the author to the Special Operations Medical Association Scientific Assembly in Charlotte, North Carolina, on May 24, 2016. Question: Do the…

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Military News: 10 Wars That Could Break Out In The Next Four Years

Posted on 19 June 2016 by The Tactical Hermit

The incoming Commander-in-Chief already has a handful of issues waiting for him or her on January 20th and surely doesn’t need any more foreign policy headaches. Unfortunately, the job is “Leader of the Free World” and not “Autopilot of the Worldwide Ramones/P-Funk Block Party.” Inevitably, things go awry. Reactions have unintended consequences. If you don’t…

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Espionage Files: Low Profile Terror Attack in Jordan Kills 3 Jordanian GID Officers

Posted on 7 June 2016 by The Tactical Hermit

A rare armed attack on a Jordanian intelligence agency facility has left five people dead, including three intelligence officers. The attack took place on Monday at the General Intelligence Department (GID) building in the Baqa’a refugee camp, located just north of the capital Amman. Built in 1968, Baqa’a is the largest of Jordan’s 10 government-sanctioned…

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