A major member of an Afghan Taliban cell was sentenced today in US District Court for the District of Columbia to two terms of life in prison on drug and narco-terrorism charges, Acting Assistant Attorney General Matthew Friedrich of the Criminal Division announced in a statement submitted to the 14,000-member National Association of Chiefs of [...]

The United States Army considers the current transformation its most extensive restructuring since World War II. The Army has estimated that restructuring units from a division-based force to a more agile and responsive modular brigade-based force will require a significant investment through fiscal year 2011, according to a Congressional report obtained by the National Association [...]

Terrorists are likely to use a weapon of mass destruction somewhere in the world in the next five years, a congressional blue-ribbon panel reported. The panel, chaired by former Florida Senator Bob Graham, released a preliminary report on December 1 that created a huge amount of Washington buzz.
However, the Graham panel’s report is not [...]

With US, Afghan and Pakistani forces applying pressure on both sides of the Afghanistan-Pakistan border, the enemy “is running out of options for places to go,” a senior US officer in the region said today.
Army Col. John M. Spiszer, commander of Task Force Duke, which is centered on the 1st Infantry Division’s 3rd Brigade [...]

The National Association of Chiefs of Police (NACOP) received the following report from the US Department of Defense in order to alert police commanders and security directors about a recent terrorism tactic development:
It’s a measure of the enemy in Afghanistan that Taliban terrorists attacked girls walking to school in Afghanistan on Nov. 12 by throwing [...]

An Afghan drug trafficker charged with conspiracy to distribute narcotics with intent to support a terrorist organization was arrested, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Michael J. Garcia and Acting Administrator of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Michele M. Leonhart announced on Friday.
Haji Juma Khan, 54, a/k/a Abdullah or Haji [...]

Since 2001, the US Congress has provided the Department of Defense with about $807 billion in supplemental and annual appropriations, as of September 2008, primarily for military operations in support of the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT).
The DOD’s reported annual obligations for GWOT have shown a steady increase from about $0.2 billion in [...]

The poppy trade that fuels terrorists and insurgents in Afghanistan is a problem that must be addressed but doesn’t have a military solution, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said during a teleconference for Internet journalists and bloggers.
Speaking at a dinner hosted by the Pacific Council on International Policy, Navy Adm. Mike Mullen [...]

Dear Mr. Obama video letter from Iraq Veteran demolishes Obama on Iraq surge AND on toppling Saddam
This is one of the most powerful videos I’ve ever seen for conveying the historically pivotal nature of victory in Iraq and the utter speciousness of the moral posturing of those (such as Obama) who characterize it as a [...]

-By Warner Todd Huston
Some how, the Old Media has missed the good news on Iraq. On August 27, the Rasmussen polling organization published a poll that showed American confidence is at its highest level ever in support of the War on Terror since they’ve begun tracking in January of 2004. This poll got little notice [...]

Immediately following President George W. Bush’s Iraq strategy speech, Beltway insiders knew exactly where to go for analysis of the proposed “surge” of troops in Iraq.
People who wish to know the facts about defense issues would be hardpressed to find an organization more trustworthy and informative than the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. It’s also [...]

After his visit to Iraq, Democrat Party presidential candidate Barack Obama all but admitted the success of what’s come to be called “the surge.” Obama claims he met with military leaders in Iraq and spoke with rank and file soldiers who’ve been fighting the Iraqi insurgents and members of Al-Qaeda who refuse to acknowledge defeat.
However, [...]

by Jim Kouri, CPP
Nevermind about Senator Barack Obama’s photo-op excursion to Afghanistan and Iraq, the people to whom Americans should listen are the military officers actually on the field of battle. In fact, Obama sounds as if he’s parroting the commanders when he made his comments regarding Pakistan standing up to the plate and taking [...]

by Jim Kouri, CPP
Nevermind what presidential hopeful Barack Obama is saying during his current campaign photo-op in Afghanistan. The people to whom Americans and congress — both sides of the aisle — should listen are our military commanders on the field of battle. To put it bluntly, Senator Obama is an “empty-suit” attempting to [...]

A car bomb was used on Monday, in an attack on the Indian embassy in central Kabul, Afghanistan. The bombing, which occurred in the morning, killed 41, and injured at least 141. It was the deadliest attack in Kabul since 2001, when the Taliban fell.
The attack happened at the gates of the embassy, located in [...]

-By Warner Todd Huston
We’ve taken notice that Iraq is suddenly out of the news now that things are consistently going so well for U.S. forces there. Well, since CNN can’t find much bad to talk about in Iraq they’ve finally found some “bad” news they can use as a needle to stick in the Bush [...]

Since 2001, the U Congress has provided the Department of Defense with hundreds of billions of dollars in supplemental and annual appropriations for military operations in support of the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT).
DOD’s reported annual obligations for GWOT have shown a steady increase from about $0.2 billion in fiscal year 2001 to about [...]

The Department of State’s (State) Antiterrorism Assistance (ATA) program’s objectives are to provide partner nations with counterterrorism training and equipment, improve bilateral ties, and increase respect for human rights.
State’s Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism (S/CT) provides policy guidance and its Bureau of Diplomatic Security, Office of Antiterrorism Assistance, (DS/T/ATA) manages program operations.
S/CT [...]

Robert Duvall, Gary Sinise, Hollywood Stars to Celebrate American GIs at Film Festival
by Jim Kouri, CPP
Gary Sinise and Robert Duvall will lead a star-studded festival to be held May 14-18, 2008 at the Carnegie Institution for Science in Washington, DC.
Overall, the five-day festival will present both classic and premier films honoring the nation’s men [...]

It seems as though every other day we hear there is another “ceasefire” in the Middle East. This is chiefly because there is so much violent Islamofascist aggression throughout the Middle East but it is also because of something more. Just as there is no exact translation between the Arabic and English languages, we in [...]

-By Warner Todd Huston
The Taliban suffered a big loss in Pakistan/Afghanistan this month and so did al Qaeda in Iraq, but the MSM has been practically silent on these great successes. It only goes to show that the media is so completely sold on the claim that the war is lost that they aren’t interested [...]

On Wednesday, US Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey announced a new federal strategy in the fight against international organized crime that will address this growing threat to the US security and stability.
The Law Enforcement Strategy to Combat International Organized Crime was developed following an October 2007 International Organized Crime Threat Assessment (IOC Threat Assessment) [...]

Prosocutors in the case against the self-described mastermind behind the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks and five of his co-conspirators have amended the charge sheet against the detainees to further clarify their activities, a senior Pentagon official announced today in a teleconference for Internet journalists and bloggers.
The reswearing of charges involves the case against [...]

Since 2001, Congress has provided the Department oons in support of the Global War on Terrorism.
DOD’s reported annual obligations for GWOT have shown a steady increase from about $0.2 billion in fiscal year 2001 to about $139.8 billion in fiscal year 2007. To continue GWOT operations, the President requested $189.3 billion in appropriations for [...]

Unauthorized individuals, companies, terrorist organizations, and other countries continue their attempts to obtain sensitive items related to the defense of the United States. The latest investigation into the sale of stolen military equipment points to the Internet as one place that defense-related items can be purchased, raising the possibility that some sensitive items are [...]

Three months ago, Gregory J. Zanetti was a stockbroker and financial advisor in New Mexico. Today, he is an Army National Guard brigadier general who helps lead a multi-branch team of 2,200 personnel in what he describes as the “most misunderstood assignment in the military.”
“It is a mission misunderstood by most, reviled by some [...]

By Farangis Najibullah
A popular Afghan television channel, known for its Indian soap operas and “Pop Idol”-style talent contest, has come under pressure from Afghan officials for broadcasting what they call “immoral and un-Islamic” programs.
The Afghan Information and Culture Ministry on March 29 “strongly condemned” the broadcasting of a scene on Tolo television that showed a [...]

US military forces, and ground forces in particular, have operated at a high pace since the attacks of September 11, 2001, including the support of ongoing operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Between 2001 and July 2007, approximately 931,000 US Army and Marine Corps service members deployed for overseas military operations, including about 312,000 National Guard [...]

Since the start of the Global War on Terrorism, the Pentagon has taken steps to expand the role of the United States Special Operations Command and its forces. In response, the Command has transformed its headquarters to coordinate counterterrorism activities, while the Defense Department has increased funding and the number of special operations forces positions. [...]

Security officials in Afghanistan say NATO and Afghan forces have killed more than 40 insurgents in a joint air and ground operation in the south of the country.
The Afghan Defense Ministry Sunday said troops seized a cache of weapons during the operation in Uruzgan province Saturday. The ministry did not provide an exact number of [...]