In a book about the French Revolution he was ghostwriting during the 1920s, Charles de Gaulle opined that some of the country’s generals had been stripped “of prestige, often of life, sometimes of honor.” As described in Julian Jackson’s De Gaulle, Marshal Philippe Pétain — the champion of Verdun — suggested the young captain move…
Cartel Corner #85: El Chapo’s Prison Guard Found Dead And No One Is Fessing Up
A soldier assigned to guard the northern Mexican jail currently holding Sinaloa cartel chief Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán was found dead last week, with signs of torture, and it’s not clear who’s responsible for his killing. The body of Jorge Mauricio Melendez Herrera, 20, was discovered on Friday in an unpopulated area in western Ciudad Juarez. He…
Surveillance State: The F.B.I.’s Growing Surveillance Gap
There are more homegrown jihadists than the feds can actually watch. And not everyone likes what the FBI is doing instead. A day after Omar Mateen killed 49 and wounded 53 in an Orlando nightclub, purportedly under the banner of the Islamic State or other terrorist groups, the FBI announced that it had repeatedly scrutinized…
World War II Era Weapons: The Spy Pistol Used To Resist Nazi Occupation
Equipped with an effective silencer and easily taken apart to hide its true purpose, the Welrod was the perfect pistol for resistance operatives in Nazi-occupied Europe. The Welrod is one of the best-remembered pieces of real-life James Bond gear manufactured by Special Operations Executive. SOE was a clandestine department set up in 1940 in the…
RKBA News: Gun Shop Owner REPORTED Omar Mateen Before Orlando Massacre
More news you will not hear on state run media. The gun shop owner in this case went ABOVE and BEYOND what the law requires of him. With all the evidence and WARNING SIGNS, The FBI and ATF not only dropped the ball in the Orlando case, they gave it to the other team gift wrapped….
Military History: The Long Forgotten African Conflicts
Heavy fighting erupted between Ethiopian and Eritrean forces at their disputed border on June 12, with shelling continuing into Monday morning as both sides blamed each other for the return of hostilities. Casualties are unknown, but given the use of heavy artillery fire from both sides, loss of life was likely unavoidable. Eritrea claims it…
Crusader Corner: Muslim “Privilege” Killed 49 People in Orlando
By Daniel Greenfield The deadliest mass shooting in American history happened because of Islamophobia. Islamophobia killed 49 people in Orlando. It didn’t kill 49 Muslims. Instead it allowed Omar Mateen, a Muslim terrorist, to kill 49 people in the name of his Islamic ideology and the Islamic State. Omar, like so many other Muslim killers,…
RKBA News: Will Gun Control Stop Terror Attacks?
As a supplement to this article, check out this headline from Jihad Watch: During Ramadan in France, Muslim plans KNIFE and MACHETE Jihad Attacks on Tourist, This combined with the over 100 Palestinian knife attacks on Israeli civilians and military this year only verifies the authors statement below and something I have been saying for…
Farnam Quips: No Fly, No Buy?
Slippery Slope! by John Farnam | 16 Jun 2016 No Fly, No Buy? Our nation’s highly secretive “No Fly List,” was created in response to the 2001 World Trade Center Attacks in NYC. It is maintained by the mysterious “Terrorist Screening Center” (TSC), ostensibly organized under the FBI, but about which little is publically known….
RKBA News: British MP Murdered with “Homemade” Gun, Knife
A British Labor MP has been murdered when she intervened in an altercation between two men, one of whom has been reported to have mental issues. Witnesses at the scene reported that the gun used appeared “homemade”. A knife was also used. The MP was reportedly shot three times and stabbed several times. From uk.businessinsider.com:…