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Archive for December, 2011
Mosin Nagant Review Pros Cons and various uses
Posted by Jack Sinclair in Long Guns, Mosin Nagant, News on 27/Dec/2011 02:19
U.S. Diplomatic Security in Iraq After the Withdrawal
Posted by Brian in News, Threat Watch on 26/Dec/2011 16:31
U.S. Diplomatic Security in Iraq After the Withdrawal is republished with permission of STRATFOR.
By Scott Stewart
The completion of the U.S. military withdrawal from Iraq on Dec. 16 opens a new chapter in the relationship between the United States and Iraq. One of this chapter’s key features will be the efforts of the United States and its regional allies to limit Iranian influence inside Iraq during the post-Saddam, post-U.S. occupation era.
From the 1970s until the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003, Iranian power in the Persian Gulf was balanced by Iraq’s powerful military. With Iraqi military might weakened in 1991 and shattered in 2003, the responsibility for countering Iranian power fell to the U.S. military. With that military now gone from Iraq, the task of countering Iranian power falls to diplomatic, foreign-aid and intelligence functions conducted by a host of U.S. agencies stationed at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad and consulates in Basra, Kirkuk and Arbil. Read the rest of this entry »
Soldier shot, paralyzed at his own welcome home party
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News on 25/Dec/2011 15:59
(NewsCore) – “A US Army soldier on leave from Afghanistan was shot at his own welcome home party in San Bernardino, Calif., leaving him paralyzed.
Christopher Sullivan, 22, was attending the party on Friday night when an argument began between his brother and another man about football, The San Bernardino Sun reported.
After the man punched his brother, Sullivan stepped in and the man pulled a gun from his waistband, firing three shots — two of which hit the soldier.
One hit Sullivan in the neck and another in the buttocks, leaving him in serious condition. The shooter fled the party and has not been apprehended or identified.
“We’re not sure if he’s going to be paraplegic or quadriplegic,” Sgt. Gary Robertson told KTLA-TV of Sullivan’s injuries.
Sullivan was awarded a Purple Heart after surviving a suicide bombing last December in Afghanistan, The San Bernardino Sun reported. He sustained a cracked collar bone and brain damage in the attack.
“My son didn’t deserve this. He served his country,” his mother, Suzanne Sullivan, said.
“The war didn’t get him, somebody at home got him,” she told KTLA-TV.
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News, Opinion on 25/Dec/2011 15:49
“There are two methods of fighting, one with laws, the other with force; the first one is proper to man, the second to beasts; but because the first one often does not suffice, one has to have recourse to the second.”
Niccolo Machiavelli, “The Prince”
Knife Robbery Ends In A Bloodbath – Citizen Armed with Gun takes out Bad Guy
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News on 25/Dec/2011 15:46
“There’s no news story to substantiate this apparent security camera footage. However, since camera is spelled “kamera†on the screen, it is most likely from a foreign source. It looks to be very real indeed. Regardless of being able to authenticate it, watch it to see the tactical errors.”
Read discussion of tactical errors here in the comments:
http://uscca.us/ccr/view_post.php?postId=326
Make your attacker advance through a wall of bullets…
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News on 25/Dec/2011 15:36
“Make your attacker advance through a wall of bullets. I may get killed with my own gun, but he’s gonna have to beat me to death with it, cause it’s gonna be empty.”
-Clint Smith (Owner of Thunder Ranch)
Maj. Samuel Griffith, USMC – Killed in Afghanistan
Good guy 1, Bad guy 0
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News, Threat Watch, Warriors on 23/Dec/2011 01:18
COLUMBUS, Ohio — “Police said a desk clerk shot a man who was attempting to rob an east side motel on Saturday night.
Officers said that shortly before 9:30 p.m., a man walked into the Super 8 Motel, located at 2055 Brice Rd., showed a gun and demanded money.
Police said the desk clerk on duty then shot the alleged robber, Antoine Stephens.
Stephens, 20, was transported to Grant Medical Center and was in serious condition on Sunday morning, NBC 4 reported.
Police said he would be charged with aggravated robbery.
3 shots fired, all 3 hit the bad guy, gun was a glock 23, 40cal with 165g Gold dots
no charges filed agenst shooter, badguy went to prison.”
American Sniper
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News on 22/Dec/2011 21:46
An excerpt from American Sniper, a book written by Navy SEAL Chris Kyle:
“It was my duty to shoot, and I don’t regret it. The woman was already dead. I was just making sure she didn’t take any Marines with her.”
http://townhall.com/columnists/townhallcomstaff/2011/12/21/american_sniper
Racist Roots of Gun Control
Over at Reason.com Thadeus Russell has a review of Gunfight: The Battle Over the Right to Bear Arms in America.
Here is an excerpt from his review:
At the heart of his narrative, Winkler convincingly argues that the people who began the movement against gun control operated not out of the National Rifle Association’s national headquarters in Washington, D.C., but out of a nondescript two-story brick building three blocks from where I sat staring at that pistol: 3106 Shattuck Avenue, in the heart of radical Berkeley. It was there, in 1967, at the headquarters of the Black Panther Party, that Huey Newton and Bobby Seale planned an armed march into the California State Capitol that “launched the modern gun-rights movement.â€
Lokheed Completes Final F-22
From Military Times:
The jet is the last of 187 F-22s produced for the Air Force, completing its operational fleet. The F-22 Raptor is designed to carry a variety of weapons, including smart bombs and air-to-air missiles.
The final Raptor will be delivered to the Air Force next year, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported.
The Iraq War: Recollections
The Iraq War: Recollections is republished with permission of STRATFOR.
By George Friedman
The war in Iraq is officially over. Whether it is actually over remains to be seen. All that we know is that U.S. forces have been withdrawn. There is much to be said about the future of Iraq, but it is hard to think of anything that has been left unsaid about the past years of war in Iraq, and true perspective requires the passage of time. It seemed appropriate, therefore, to hear from those at STRATFOR who fought in the war and survived. STRATFOR is graced with seven veterans of the war and one Iraqi who lived through it. It is interesting to me that all of our Iraq veterans were enlisted personnel. I don’t know what that means, but it pleases me for some reason. Their short recollections are what STRATFOR has to contribute to the end of the war. It is, I think, far more valuable than anything I could possibly say.
Staff Sgt. Kendra Vessels, U.S. Air Force
Iraq 2003, 2005
STRATFOR Vice President of International Projects
Six words capture my experience during the invasion of Iraq: Russian linguist turned security forces “augmentee.†I initially volunteered for a 45-day tour of the theater — one of those unique opportunities for those in the intelligence field who don’t see much beyond their building with no windows. My field trip of the “operational Air Force†turned into a seven-month stint far beyond my original job description. But in the end I wouldn’t trade anything for that experience. Read the rest of this entry »
V-22 Fights it’s First Gun Battle
From: Jacksonville Daily News and Danger Room
It was June 12 in the Sangin Valley in southern Afghanistan. U.S. Marines had been fighting the Taliban all day and had suffered heavy casualties, including two killed. Several resupply convoys had been turned back by enemy attack. The Marines were running low on food, water, ammunition and medical supplies.
That’s when the Marines’ V-22 Osprey tiltrotor swooped in, carrying life-saving supplies — and machine gun fire.