This book describes and analyses how ISIS/IS fights in Iraq, Syria, Libya and Egypt. It analyses the military-making of ISIS/IS and their predecessors. The analysis focuses on 17 urban battles in Fallujah, Mosul, Ramadi, Raqqa (City and Governorate), Derna, Sirte and Northeastern Sinai. ...
In reality, true snipers work for the military and law enforcement agencies and are far more concerned with the number of lives they save than with the ones they take. Because of the secretive and stealthy nature of the work, not too many people know what's really involved in being a ...
Some perspective is in order. As the American invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan saw thousands of foreign troops surround Iran, rumblings of an impending American attack heightened deep-seated Iranian fears of invasion. Hobbled by a particularly weak conventional military, Iran viewed the invasions as...
"For Pentagon contractors, Washington's ever-more intense focus on the prospect of war with China has one overriding benefit: it's fabulous for business. The threat of China's military, real or imagined, continues to be used to justify significant increases in military spending," said Hartung....
For more information on military and civilian rescue, please move ahead to the links on the following page. Undersea Salvage Deep-sea exploration doesn't always involve rescue. From the wreckage of the Titanic to the search for sunken treasure, there's a great deal of civilian interest in wha...
-Iran's military intervened aggressively in support of Shiite combatants in Iraq, offering weapons, training and sanctuary, according to an October, 2010, WikiLeaks release of thousands of secret documents related to the Iraq war. - According to one tabulation,there have been 100,000 causalities...
(UK) military personnel deployed to the 2003 Iraq war [12]. In the first part of this study we attempt to assess the effect of nonresponse bias on the results by comparing the known characteristics of responders and non-responders. In the second part we investigate the pattern of ...
A military service-related mesothelioma diagnosis is eligible for 100% disability benefits. Learn how to file a VA claim for asbestos-related compensation.
of-its-kind project that actually allowed us to test and offer something called mindfulness training to active-duty military personnel. But before I tell you about what mindfulness training is, or the results of that study, I think it's important to understand how attention works in the brain...
the Newlines Institute purportedly aims to"enhance US foreign policy based on a deep understanding of the geopolitics of the different regions of the world and their value systems". Its founder and president once served as a member of the advisory board for the US military's Africa Command. An...