“One more thing we deeply share is the hatred of infidels,” the commander, Abu Dayib, told The Associated Press.
Some experts say the similarities are no accident.
“Al-Shabab is copying exactly whatever the Taliban was doing in the late 1990s, because they think the strategies the Taliban employed in Afghanistan were successful,” said Vahid Mujdeh, the Afghan […]

“We have reviewed since Sunday the support that we’re providing to Amisom. We are going to beef that up,” Mr. Crowley said. “We’ve been the major contributor to the Amisom mission. That won’t change.”
The U.S. State Department, under a program known as Africap, provides funding for private contractors to train, outfit, transport and supply African […]

     It is important to take a step back sometimes, and get a feel for the world wide situation with this enemy we are fighting.  Afghanistan or Pakistan is not the only game in town, and what I wanted to do below is put up some current significant events that highlight how global this […]

     Boy, this isn’t a pretty picture.  I have mentioned in the past on why it is important to ‘pay your soldiers’ if you want them to stick around, and this is a prime example of how important that is. Al Shabab has made some moves lately that have increased their size and hold […]

     Sounds like a great opportunity for the guys across the pond.  Please note that this company is seeking ‘former members of the British armed forces’. It is also nice to see the company will be fielding positions that are ‘armed’ as well.
     I am not the POC or the recruiter for this […]

     “My company has a new division called Shiprotek. I’m taking a team of ex-military guys to ride onboard ships going up the coast of Somalia and kill pirates.  Well, I shouldn’t say that — our aim is to scare them off, but our job is to protect the ship, whatever it takes. We’ll […]

     Thanks to Gary for sending me this.  The thing that really got me with this, and with Gary, is that this crew was put in this position of fighting for their lives and having to kill these pirates.  We are talking about seaman from all around the world, who are not trained, who […]

     If this is true, this would be a very interesting development that kind of slipped through the cracks last year.  I first read about this in John C. Payne’s book on piracy on page 104.  I was kind of surprised to find such information, and I decided to do a little snooping around on the […]

     I had actually linked to this article awhile back when I was discussing jihadist privateers, and Dr. Phares had actually written a similar article with a similar theme.  So I just wanted to get this article registered in the database here, for future research.
     The best part of this article to me, […]

   This just came across my virtual desk and I thought it was interesting.  First of all, the story is completely in German and I had to do some hunting around for a translation.  If any of my German readers would like to confirm the content on the original post, that would be cool.  But […]