Author: The Notorious FDE

WAR WITHIN A WAR: With the Islamic State on its last legs in Iraq, the central government in Baghdad wants to restore the pre-ISIS status quo around the oil-rich region of Kirkuk, an area where Kurdish Peshmerga forces pushed ISIS out in 2014 and extended its control to the south. Now the government of Haider al-Abadi wants the […]

Police on Monday released a surveillance photo of man dropping a gun on the campus of Virginia State University after allegedly shooting a Petersburg man in the parking lot of VSU’s football stadium after the school’s homecoming game. richmond reports Authorities have recovered the weapon and sent it to the state lab for forensic testing, […]

After months of fighting in the southern parts of the Philippines, where a conflict with separatist Islamic insurgents deepened earlier this year, Philippine defense secretary Delfin Lorenzana and other officials said Monday (Oct. 16) that government forces had killed two key ISIL-linked militants: Isnilon Hapilon and Omar Maute. QZ reports Hapilon, who was from the southern […]

Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who was held by the Taliban after leaving his base in Afghanistan in 2009, has pleaded guilty to desertion and misbehavior before the enemy. Bergdahl was freed in 2014 in exchange for five Taliban detainees. NPR reports Bergdahl, a native of Idaho, pleaded guilty before the military judge in the case, […]

  ABC7‘s Leah Hope embedded with the U.S. Army’s Acting Secretary Ryan McCarthy – a Chicagoan – to see some of the damage from a Blackhawk helicopter and some of military relief operations on the ground. The lush American island retains little of its vivid color. Three weeks after one of the worst storms hit […]

General H.R. McMaster issued the provocative warning as tensions on the Korean peninsula continues to escalate. Express reports White House national security adviser said that the North Korean dictator “does not truly understand how serious we are” when it comes to all-out war. Speaking on Fox News, the US General said that President Trump’s repeated threats of a military […]

sofrep reports I really do hate .40S&W; it’s really snappy and torques the wrist, doesn’t really do anything ballistics wise that a 9mm can’t, and it’s prone to malfunctions, primarily in Glocks. The pistol, however, I love. It’s a great little package that is an incredible everyday carry gun, I should’ve gotten the G26 but […]

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — The death toll from the most powerful bomb blast witnessed in Somalia’s capital rose to 189 with more than 200 injured, making it the deadliest single attack ever in the Horn of Africa nation, police and hospital sources said Sunday. times of Israel reports Doctors struggled to assist horrifically wounded victims, […]

NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick on Sunday filed a grievance under the league’s collective bargaining agreement, alleging executives colluded against him and prevented the free agent from re-signing with another team. Washington Examiner “If the NFL (as well as all professional sports leagues) is to remain a meritocracy, then principled and peaceful political protest — which […]

Last Updated Oct 15, 2017 12:33 AM EDT The campus at Virginia State University (VSU) in Petersburg, Virginia, remains on lockdown after a shooting occurred Saturday night, police say. At least one person was shot and has non life-threatening injuries, according to CBS affiliate WTVR-TV in Richmond, Virginia. VSU police posted a message on Twitter updating […]