As Charlie Winter noted recently at War on the Rocks, the Islamic State’s robust social media apparatus has been propagating a remarkably effective, multi-faceted communications strategy that incorporates narratives of statehood, military success, and religious legitimacy. The Islamic State’s success in using social media to disseminateits extremist ideas and mobilize tens of thousands of foreign…
Is the U.S. Military Strong Enough?
This 4 Minute Video is worth a watch. Simple, Sobering and to the Point.
Border Security Update: Border Inspection Officer Kills Knife Wielding Illegal
US border inspector kills knife-wielding manThe Customs and Border Protection officer fired his gun four times By Elliot Spagat Associated Press SAN DIEGO — A U.S. border inspector fatally shot a knife-wielding Mexican man at a California crossing on Wednesday, and an agency official quickly defended his actions. The Customs and Border Protection officer fired his…
Cartel Corner #16: Texas DPS Official indicted on Forging Drivers Licenses for Illegal Aliens, CDG Cartel puts up Banners denying they are Terrorist
10/28/2015 A Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) official in Hondo, Texas has been indicted on Federal charges for allegedly conspiring to provide counterfeit Texas Drivers Licenses to Illegal Aliens. A federal grand jury has issued a six-count indictment against 53-year-old Jose A. Ytuarte and his alleged accomplice, 44-year-old Azeez Mistry of San Antonio, Texas….
10 Things you Probably Never Knew about Apocalypse Now
10 obscure facts about “Apocalypse Now.” I’ll never forget the first time I saw “Apocalypse Now.” Captivated, I stared at the screen for the 196-minute runtime as Willard journeyed upriver in the midst of the Vietnam War to assassinate the general-turned-rogue-demigod Colonel Kurtz. Afterward, I felt disgusted, exhausted, relieved, and forever altered in my…
Walmart axes IDF Halloween costume under pressure from pro-jihad groups
This is the same strategy that Islamic supremacists and their Leftist allies employ against counter-jihad speakers and writers: manufacture a controversy over their supposedly unacceptable opinions, such that people are afraid to have them speak or feature their work, for fear of accusations of “racism” and “bigotry.” They’re trying to rule resistance to jihad outside…
Cartel Corner #15: Growing up in Pablo Escobar’s Columbia
I grew up in Pablo Escobar’s Colombia. Here’s what it was really like. by Bernardo Aparicio García The night of the car bomb, my dad called home from his cell phone as he finished his rounds of the family’s bakeries. It was a nightly ritual, braving rush hour in his little silver Mazda to collect…
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It is Time for the U.S. Military to Innovate like Insurgents
These three Army captains built a gun that kills drones. It took them ten hours and cost $150. What can the Army learn from them? The recently concluded meeting of the Association of the United States Army (AUSA) has become a yearly tradition for senior military leaders, congressional staff, and members of foreign armies to…
Al Shabaab pledges Loyalty to ISIS
With ISIS gaining the support of both Boko Haram and now Al Shabaab in Africa, it has solidified its position in that politically fractured country and at the same time secured its Southern Flank in its campaign to conquer Europe.-SF The Islamic State has already won the loyalty of Boko Haram in Nigeria and many…