A combat death by any other name. RIP IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 1083-10 November 22, 2010 DOD Identifies Army Casualty The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation New Dawn. Sgt. David J. Luff Jr., 29, of Hamilton, Ohio, died Nov. 21 in Tikrit, Iraq, of wounds suffered when [...]

IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 1082-10 November 22, 2010 DOD Identifies Army Casualty The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation New Dawn. Staff Sgt. Loleni W. Gandy, 36, of Pago Pago, American Samoa, died Nov. 19 in Balad, Iraq, in a non-combat related incident. He was assigned to the [...]

IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 1081-10 November 22, 2010 DOD Identifies Marine Casualty The Department of Defense announced today the death of a Marine who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. Sgt. Jason T. Smith, 28, of Colorado Springs, Colo., died Nov. 19 while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. He was assigned to the Explosive Ordnance [...]

Check out Gregory “al-Waq-a Flocka Flame” Johnsen’s op-ed on Anwar Awlaki’s place in al-Qaeda. If, as the publicly-available evidence supports, the guy is a propagandist of an exceptionally vile sort, why should he be treated differently than another American citizen, Adam Gadahn, previously al-Qaeda’s chief English-language propagandist? I can see the argument that Awlaki’s clerical [...]

Quote of the day, courtesy of a Pakistani intelligence official: “I wish [our] countries understood each other the way the CIA and ISI understand each other.” Two peoples, united by missiles fired from unmanned airframes. Won’t you teach us your ways?

Come by Book Salon at 5 p.m. EST, yeah? I’ll be hosting Tony “Able Danger” Shaffer as we talk about his new, heavily-censored Operation Dark Heart. Come for the 9/11 conspiracies and the secrecy overkill, stay for the Afghanistan war’s decline!

The Afghanistan war has reentered the conventional phase. HIMARS rockets, drones surveilling, massive amounts of air strikes, and now Marines in Abrams tanks. “The tanks bring awe, shock and firepower,” the officer said. “It’s pretty significant.” Because if you’ve been besieged by war for 30 years, you are going to be awed and shocked by [...]

IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 1072-10 November 18, 2010 DOD Identifies Army Casualty The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. Spc. Justin E. Culbreth, 26, of Colorado Springs, Colo., died Nov. 17 at Panjway district, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit using an improvised [...]

IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 1071-10 November 18, 2010 DOD Identifies Army Casualty The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. Pfc. Kyle M. Holder, 18, of Conroe, Texas, died Nov. 17 at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, of injuries sustained in a non-combat incident. He was assigned to the [...]

IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 1069-10 November 18, 2010 DOD Identifies Army Casualty The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. Staff Sgt. David P. Senft, 27, of Grass Valley, Calif., died Nov. 15 at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, of injuries sustained in a non-combat related incident. He was [...]