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Tag: Special Forces

Posted inCarlos Ghosn

Give the Rambo who got Ghosn out of Japan a medal

by Roger Schreffler December 30, 2020January 4, 2021

On Christmas Day I received what I thought was a crank call from the Norfolk County Jail in Dedham, Massachusetts, USA. It turned out the caller was Michael Taylor, a former member of the US Army’s Green Berets special forces outfit who’d gone on to become a private security consultant and who, together with his […]

Posted inSouth Korea

Notorious ex-Korean leader gets off the hook again

by Andrew Salmon November 30, 2020December 2, 2020
Posted inTaiwan

US Marine special forces training on Taiwan: Report

by Dave Makichuk November 11, 2020November 12, 2020
Posted inUnited States

Merrill’s Marauders finally get their recognition

by Dave Makichuk September 26, 2020October 20, 2020
Posted inIraq

Delta’s daring raid heroics net highest honor

by Dave Makichuk September 7, 2020September 7, 2020
Posted inAnalysis

North Korean bluster masks military weakness

by Andrew Salmon June 17, 2020June 20, 2020
Posted inBahrain, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, South Korea

Seoul to send destroyer to Strait of Hormuz

by Andrew Salmon January 21, 2020February 18, 2020
Posted inWorld

Russia’s deadly ShaK-12 a game changer

by Dave Makichuk November 20, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inJapan, Northeast Asia, South Korea

Seoul holds military drills on contested islets

by Andrew Salmon August 26, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inIndia, South Asia

Rumors of war in wake of Kashmir terror attack

by Majid Hyderi February 24, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inAT Finance, Israel, Japan, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Singapore, South Korea, World

North-South military deal has alarm bells ringing

by Andrew Salmon October 12, 2018February 18, 2020
Posted inChina, India, Pakistan, South Asia

Modi government politicized surgical strikes but did little for soldiers

by Prakash Katoch October 4, 2018
Posted inIndia, South Asia

To succeed in modernizing, Indian Army needs to restructure at all levels

by Vijay Oberoi September 25, 2018
Posted inBangladesh, India, Pakistan, South Asia, Sri Lanka

Is India’s military being politicized?

by Saikat Datta August 22, 2018February 18, 2020
Posted inAT Finance, China, Indonesia, Iran, Middle East, Northeast Asia, South Korea, Taiwan

Prabowo’s past haunts his electoral future

by John McBeth August 14, 2018February 18, 2020
Posted inAT Finance, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Philippines, South Korea, Vietnam

South Korea deploys forces after hostage taken in Libya

by Andrew Salmon August 2, 2018February 18, 2020
Posted inAfghanistan, India, Pakistan, South Asia, World

High civilian casualties in Afghanistan, while the world dithers

by Ruchi Kumar April 24, 2018February 18, 2020
Posted inAfghanistan, Iraq, Japan, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Asia, South Korea, World

Iron Coffin: Inside North Korea’s infiltration submarine

by Andrew Salmon March 4, 2018February 18, 2020
Posted inAfghanistan, AT Finance, European Union, Pakistan, South Asia, United Kingdom, Vietnam, World

Never-ending war: Washington’s drug of choice

by Alfred McCoy November 13, 2017November 13, 2017
Posted inAustralia, China, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Oceania, South Asia, South Korea

North Korean hackers stole South Korean war plans

by Agence France-Presse October 11, 2017February 18, 2020

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