Near East
In a tragic attack in western Egypt, on September 13th, 2015, a group of Mexican tourists and their guides was attacked by Egyptian security forces, leaving 12 dead and ten wounded. For the entire article, click here. Article by Allan Wall, published on September 28th, 2015, on Mexidata.info.
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The Daily Telegraph is reporting on three teenage “London Schoolgirls” who have run away to join the Islamic State. Shocking? Or is it? As you may have guessed, if you’re already familiar with this sort of thing, these are not “London Schoolgirls” with traditional English names. And this is not the first time this has occurred. For […]
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In 2005, I was deployed to Iraq with the Texas Army National Guard, 36th Infantry Division. Our unit was sent to Iraq two years after the initial invasion. In 2005, the American and coalition troops deployed there were engaged in various aspects of what could be described as occupation duty. Iraq had plenty of violence […]
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It looks like Iraq is breaking up. Either Iraq breaks up, or it takes a lot of force to keep it together. I served a tour of duty in Iraq in 2005, with the Texas Army National Guard. I befriended some Iraqis over there. How are they are doing now? The Iraq situation […]
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