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Archive for category News
Mexico Drug Cartels use Gory Videos to Spread Fear
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News, Threat Watch on 6/Aug/2010 02:00
http://www.borderlandbeat.com/2010/08/mexico-drug-cartels-use-gory-videos-to.html
“Powerful drug cartels are increasingly using gruesome videos of executions and interrogations to intimidate their rivals, police and an already terrified public in Mexico’s vicious drug war.
In one video, a man with a black eye is tethered to a chair in his underwear and appears to be strangled to death with a tourniquet by his captors. There is a “Z” scrawled across his chest, for Zetas, a spinoff of the Gulf Cartel.
In another video, a man is slowly beheaded with a knife.”
Seems somehow familiar…where have we seen this tactic before…?
Saddam Hussein’s right-hand man, Tariq Aziz: US is “leaving Iraq to the wolves”
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News on 6/Aug/2010 01:54
Saddam Hussein's right-hand man, Tariq Aziz
“Saddam Hussein’s right-hand man, Tariq Aziz, has accused Barack Obama of ‘leaving Iraq to the wolves’ by pulling out combat troops from the country.
Iraq’s former deputy prime minister said the United States would destroy the country if it pressed on with the policy of withdrawing combat forces to concentrate on the war in Afghanistan.
The late dictator’s henchman said that he had been initially encouraged when Mr Obama was elected president, because he thought he was going to correct some of former president George Bush’s ‘mistakes’.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1300755/Tariq-Aziz-says-Obama-leaving-Iraq-wolves.html
Don’t Be a Victim TV Show
Spike TV has a “Don’t be a Victim” TV series. The schedule can be found at http://www.dontbeavictimtv.com/
This week on the groundbreaking ‘Don’t Be a Victim’ block on Spike, when a disgruntled, ex-employee kills seven at his former place of work and many co-workers are still trapped inside, would you know how to stay safe? We’ll hear from Rueben Grijalva, the Chief Negotiator who talked Richard Farley into surrendering at ESL, saving the lives of countless others on ‘What If?’. When there is an intruder in your home, would you know what to do? Members of SWAT and the Navy SEAL’s will show you on Beretta’s ‘Because Lives Depend On It’. Stun guns, pepper spray and tazers – would you know how to use them effectively? And if you were a witness to a bank robbery, would you know how to be a good witness? Don’t miss this week’s ‘Practical Tactical’.
The victim of a vicious and violent hate crime, Timothy Leon joins the class at Tac Pro on ‘Conceal & Carry School’. Will he be able to endure the course, or will he be packing his bags for home?
How do bodyguards keep high profile clients safe? The Sig Sauer Academy will show citizens tactics that the professionals use and how you can incorporate them into your person protection plan, on ‘School for Survival.’ And, the victim of domestic violence, a brave woman learns how to fight back on Even the Odds.
‘Don’t Be a Victim’ airs Saturdays, 9am-11am Eastern (check local listings for times in your area).
For a preview of this week’s block, and to tell us your story of survival against violence, click here:
Tactical Assault Gear Summer Sale
Posted by Gary in Gear, News, Warrior Tools on 5/Aug/2010 16:50
Tactical Assault Gear has a Summer Sale through the 9th.
10% off entire order and Free ground shipping.
Use shipping code: freeship
WikiLeaks and the Afghan War
Posted by Brian in News, Threat Watch on 5/Aug/2010 16:48
“This report is republished with permission of STRATFOR”
July 27, 2010 | 0856 GMT
By George Friedman
On Sunday, The New York Times and two other newspapers published summaries and excerpts of tens of thousands of documents leaked to a website known as WikiLeaks. The documents comprise a vast array of material concerning the war in Afghanistan. They range from tactical reports from small unit operations to broader strategic analyses of politico-military relations between the United States and Pakistan. It appears to be an extraordinary collection.
Tactical intelligence on firefights is intermingled with reports on confrontations between senior U.S. and Pakistani officials in which lists of Pakistani operatives in Afghanistan are handed over to the Pakistanis. Reports on the use of surface-to-air missiles by militants in Afghanistan are intermingled with reports on the activities of former Pakistani intelligence chief Lt. Gen. Hamid Gul, who reportedly continues to liaise with the Afghan Taliban in an informal capacity. Read the rest of this entry »
Mexico’s Juarez Cartel Gets Desperate
Posted by Brian in News, Threat Watch on 5/Aug/2010 16:29
“This report is republished with permission of STRATFOR”
By Scott Stewart
On Aug. 3, the U.S. Consulate in Juarez, Mexico, reopened after being closed for four days. On July 29, the consulate had announced in a warden message that it would be closed July 30 and would remain closed until a review of the consulate’s security posture could be completed.
The closure appears to be linked to a message found on July 15, signed by La Linea, the enforcement arm of the Juarez cartel. This message was discovered at the scene shortly after a small improvised explosive device (IED) in a car was used in a well-coordinated ambush against federal police agents in Juarez, killing two agents. In the message, La Linea claimed credit for the attack and demanded that the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and FBI investigate and remove the head of Chihuahua State Police Intelligence (CIPOL), who the message said is working with the Sinaloa Federation and its leader, Joaquin “El Chapo†Guzman Loera. The message threatened that if the intelligence official was not removed by July 30, La Linea would deploy a car bomb with 100 kilograms of high explosives in Juarez.
The deadline has now passed without incident and the consulate has reopened. Examining this chain of events provides some valuable insights into the security of U.S. diplomatic facilities as well as the current state of events in Juarez, a city that in recent years has experienced levels of violence normally associated with an active war zone. Read the rest of this entry »
Veteran cuts down an illegally displayed Mexican flag
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News, Warriors on 4/Aug/2010 03:30
A veteran, Jim Brossard, was so offended by the unlawful display of the American flag beneath the Mexican flag in Reno that he cut it down and made a statement. The ACLU is weighing in on behalf of the flag owner.
The flag owner said he was showing his support for the “Hispanic Community”
Sheriff Joe Apaio reponds to Ed Schultz’s questions on illegal aliens
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News on 4/Aug/2010 03:19
M-22 stress testing
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News, Training, Training Tools on 3/Aug/2010 19:00
“Following in the best time honored Carteach0 tradition of monkey curiosity coupled with the destructive ability of a small boy, testing of the ISSC M-22 continues. This time, a torture test involving a big stack of rimfire ammunition, and the noticeable lack of a cleaning kit. 500 rounds of function testing in one range visit, without cleaning.
Overall impressions of the M-22’s function during the extended run? Pretty good. Not perfect, and not flawless, but better than most other .22 autos might have done. In fact, better than any other .22 pistol in the Carteach0 armory just now. It’s entirely possible a quick shot of CLP every few hundred rounds, with a cursory wipe down, might be all that’s needed to keep the pistol chugging along like Thomas the Train.”
http://carteach0.blogspot.com/2010/06/more-m-22-testing-torture-edition.html
Los Zetas vs CDG battleground spreads to Piedras Negras.
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News, Threat Watch on 3/Aug/2010 18:43
“The bloody battles between Los Zetas and the Cartel del Golfo (CDG) for control of the Tamaulipas plazas in la Frontera Chica (Reynosa, Miguel Aleman, Camargo and Guerrero) and Nuevo Laredo are now spreading west to the Piedras Negras, Coahuila area.
All these cities and towns face the Rio Grande and South Texas and together with the Ciudad Juarez-El Paso plaza are major conduits for the trafficking of drugs and humans north into the Mid-Western and East Coast areas of the U.S..”
http://www.borderlandbeat.com/2010/08/los-zetas-vs-cdg-battleground-spreads.html
Montreal: Veiled women breeze through security
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News on 3/Aug/2010 00:46
A screenshot taken from a video posted recently on YouTube showing a group of female passengers boarding a plane at Montreal's Pierre Elliott Trudeau Airport. Photograph by: YouTube, YouTube
“OTTAWA – Transport Minister John Baird said a video posted to YouTube showing veiled passengers boarding a plane without showing their faces at Montreal’s Trudeau International Airport was “deeply disturbing.â€
The video, filmed July 11 and posted last month by a British traveller, purports to show a man presenting passports to an Air Canada check-in clerk for himself and four women, two of whom have veils covering their faces, two of whom do not.
The clerk does not check to see the faces of the veiled women, and all five board flight AC 864 from Montreal to Heathrow.”
Army Pro Shooting Tips: How to Speed Reload a Shotgun
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News, Training, Training Videos on 2/Aug/2010 22:58
Running for Cover in Afghanistan
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News, Warriors on 2/Aug/2010 20:37
Petty Officer 3rd Class Simon Trujillo runs for cover as a CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopter prepares to take off during the air evacuation of an Afghan boy in the Nawa District of the Helmand province of Afghanistan, July 30.
Study ties civilian deaths to attacks on US forces
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News, Threat Watch on 2/Aug/2010 20:27
“WASHINGTON — Each time U.S. or NATO forces accidentally kill Afghan civilians, insurgents and their sympathizers typically retaliate with six additional assaults on foreign forces over the next six weeks, researchers using newly declassified NATO data conclude.
A new study published by the National Bureau of Economic Research supports the prevailing view of counterinsurgency strategists who believe civilian casualties help Taliban recruiting drives. The study found that attacks on foreign forces increase slightly even when the insurgents are to blame for the deaths of non-combatants.
“Our results show that if counterinsurgent forces in Afghanistan wish to minimize insurgent recruitment, they must minimize harm to civilians despite the greater risk this entails,” says the study, to be released Tuesday through the Washington-based New America Foundation.”
http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/08/02/4803311-study-ties-civilian-deaths-to-attacks-on-us-forces