Let this brave Peshmerga Fighters example during the Battle for Mosul last year be a lesson to all of us…this man gets blown up by a friggin IED but keeps on fighting though wounded…such is the resolve of some to fight ISIS and stop these murdering assholes. Let us only hope America DEVELOPS this resolve…
Category: Terrorism
Wal-Mart Policy: ISIS but not Confederates?
Just another sign that America as a whole has no friggin clue- Walmart Sorry for Making an Islamic State Cake — After Refusing Confederate Flag Cake By VICE News June 30, 2015 | 10:25 am Walmart is apologizing for baking a cake decorated with the flag of the so-called Islamic State after a Louisiana employee of the…
Bad Ass of the Week
A good friend frequently sends me these, and although the language is a bit over the top at times, it sure makes for entertaining reading. I mean even if it is a half-baked propaganda stunt, a dude that is named “The Angel of Death” and looks like and I quote: ” A combination of Kratos…
Learning from Terrorist Tactics: Becoming Anonymous
In a recent article in Jihad Watch Robert Spencer talks about how the 24 year old jihadist who committed the Tunisian Resort Massacre last week where 39 people were killed and at least 39 others were wounded, managed, before the attack, to go completely un-noticed by the public. As Spencer points out, this is clearly due…
The South Did Rise Again
Reconstruction as America’s First Failure in Counterinsurgency Wikicommons:Freedmen’s Schoolhouse Burns in 1866 Memphis Riot Warfare is often cited as the continuation of politics by other means, but the difference can be quite blurry. This is particularly the case in the tense period after the settlement of conventional hostilities, or in the insurgency that sometimes follows…
Don’t Say the “T” Word!!
In California, Diddy Is an Alleged Terrorist. Under U.S. Law, Charleston Shooter Dylann Roof Is Not. BY DAVID FRANCIS JUNE 23, 2015 – 5:38 PM DAVID.FRANCIS @DAVIDCFRANCIS In the wake of the Charleston, S.C., shooting, there’s been a lot of debate about who is and isn’t a terrorist. An unlikely person allegedly falls into the…
Why the Average Civilian should study Asymmetrical Warfare
From the Archives, 2015. I got asked this question the other day by a close friend and it occurred to me that I had never really plainly answered that question on this blog, even though I talk about the subject frequently. I think the best way to approach this subject is through historical precedent. It…
Learning from Insurgent Tactics: The Vehicle as a Weapon
The attack on Dallas PD this past Saturday by a man in an armored van represents a variation on a tactic that has not been seen since the DC Sniper Murders in 2002, where a man and his young accomplice, using a Chevy Caprice sedan and turning the trunk into a “mobile” sniper hide,…
So, How is your Active Shooter Training?
First the Attack on Dallas PD, now this. Active Shooters are getting to be as common a crime as muggings. Be Prepared. 1 dead in shooting at popular Iowa mall, suspect in custody Published June 13, 2015 FoxNews.com Facebook73 Twitter173 livefyre88 Email Print June 12, 2015: Shoppers and employees wait outside the Coral Ridge Mall…
Identifying Hostile Movement
In a book I just recently finished entitled 13 Hours in Benghazi, (which I HIGHLY RECOMMEND) on pp. 207-210 one of the GRS Security Operators talks about how when the initial attack started on the CIA Annex from the various armed militia groups, it started very casually, first a car pulls up across the street, then…