LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Saagar Enjeti Russia tried to absolve the Assad regime of responsibility for a cruel chemical weapons attack in Syria Monday by making the dubious assertion the attack was actually the result of an anti-terror air strike. Assad forces struck a “large terrorist warehouse” near the scene of the chemical attack where…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Saagar Enjeti Islamic State fighters are using children as human shields to deter airstrikes from the U.S. and the Iraqi Security Forces, BBC News reports. BBC News reporters accompanying the Iraqi Security Forces on a mission over ISIS-held areas of Mosul saw several examples of ISIS fighters ferrying children…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Ryan Pickrell A retired four-star U.S. general warns that a pre-emptive strike on North Korea may be the only real solution to address the North Korean nuclear threat. Retired Gen. John Keane, who turned down President Donald Trump’s offer to serve as the secretary of defense, suggests that bombing…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Andrew Follett Scientists claim they can make lasers exponentially more powerful by joining multiple beams together. A Macquarie University study found that researchers can combine laser beams using a diamond, which combines the power of multiple laser beams into a single intense beam that can be directed to the intended…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Jonah Bennett Blackwater founder Erik Prince established a back-channel for President-elect Donald Trump to communicate with a source close to Russian President Vladimir Putin in January, reports The Washington Post. The secret meeting between various U.S., European and Arab officials took place January in the Seychelles islands — about nine…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Saagar Enjeti Less than 1 percent of the nearly 18,000 U.S.-led coalition airstrikes on the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria yielded reports of possible civilian casualties, according to the Pentagon’s monthly civilian casualty assessment. Of the less than one percent of strikes that resulted in possible civilian casualties, only a…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Saagar Enjeti One U.S. Army special operator helped dispel a complex Taliban attack on a U.S. base in Afghanistan in 2013, saving more than 1,000 personnel, newly released documents obtained by USA Today reveal. The formerly classified documents detail the Silver Star award narratives of several U.S. Army special operators…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Paul Meekin These men think they know what’s best for the world. With their permissive culture, big guns, warplanes and nuclear weapons, they believe themselves to be arbiter of justice, but they are not. The only arbiter of justice is God. They came into our lands, provided us weapons…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kody Fairfield Josh Begley, writing for the Intercept, has announced that after years of denials by Apple, his app to track drone strikes has been approved. Begley starts his story off saying: Five years ago, I made a simple iPhone app. It would send you a push notification every time a…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Saagar Enjeti Civilians casualties may be endemic to any U.S. effort to defeat the Islamic State, retired Air Force Maj. Gen. Charles Dunlap warns. Dunlap’s warning comes after reports that a March 17 airstrike may have inadvertently killed nearly 200 civilians in Mosul, when supporting the Iraqi Security Forces…