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     I Just finished watching part 2 and ordered it through Netflix.  These two documentaries are awesome, and Mr. Baer did a great job in peeling back the layers of this horrific tactic.  If you want to see into the mind of these folks, and get a feel for the why and how, then […]

   This guy is pretty interesting, and has definitely done some amazing things in the field of weapons delivery. But like most who walk the line between legal and illegal weapons delivery, you always face the potential of getting caught one day.  Viktor made things happen out there, but at what price to self and […]

    This is a nice little publication that gives a quick run down of positive (and some negative) uses of PMC’s over the years.  One of the conclusions made, that I really like, is the concept of applying quality control and clear objectives for these companies.  The author makes the point that if used correctly, […]

 ”The extremist al Shabaab Islamist group is best placed to take control of Mogadishu, but this is not a foregone conclusion,” said David Shinn, a U.S. expert on the Horn of Africa at George Washington University.
While al Shabaab have spearheaded attacks this year to become the face of the insurgency, they lack popular support, and […]

 Yet many within the tightly knit Special Forces community say the Special Forces teams already in use in Afghanistan should be employed far more effectively before any new teams, which number about a dozen men each, are deployed.
“I just don’t think it’s a very good use of the units if they are not going to […]

   Awesome.  If it works out for him, and they catch some bad guys, then I am all for it. - Matt 
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TV show latest offbeat tactic for Arizona sheriff
By TERRY TANG 
PHOENIX (AP) — In Arizona, seeing Joe Arpaio on TV is nothing new. But the self-described “America’s toughest sheriff” now has a national platform to pursue […]

   This latest conflict in Israel has highlighted an interesting weapon.  Enter the 122 mm Grad Missile, or the 9K132 Grad-P rocket.  Why is this different from the Kassam rockets and other homemade stuff?  The range and lethality.  It can go 20 plus kilometers and it is a factory made rocket.  That means more Israeli […]

   This website is great.  It even covers the tunnel situation that I talked about yesterday.  I think what struck me with this site, is the increase of rocket and mortar attacks over the years and the increasing range of these weapons.  They talk about every incident, and the quality and type of weapon.  
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     50 kilometers of tunnels?  Boy, that is an interesting factor for the ground campaign for Israel.  Obviously Hamas has been studying tunnels and preparing the battlefield.  And like what this great little article talks about, Hamas has learned what they can from Hezbollah and their experiences and they are ready to go. 
   But […]