Military action was the root of the Spanish Flu pandemic in the early 20th century. Was it also the root of the COVID-19 pandemic? Coronavirus was an issue on many crowded Navy ships. These ships caused great consternation in places like Okinawa and Guam. Furthermore, aggression against China and Iran diverted resources from public health matters, at least according to …
AI: Contractors Committing War Crimes in Mozambique
A new report from Amnesty International accuses government security forces and its private contractor allies of committing atrocities in the fight against an intensifying Islamic insurgency. In support of this conclusion, the watchdog group cited a number of examples. Following a successful attack on Quissanga, government forces rounded up suspected ISIS sympathizers and summarily executed them, according to witnesses. DAG …
Japanese Officials Indict Private Military Contractors
Two former PMCs who allegedly spirited a Nissan executive out of the island nation in a hollowed-out chest could spend the next three years in prison. Michael and Peter Taylor were the principals in the American National Security Corporation, an overseas military contractor that specializes in rapid, surreptitious exits. ANSC usually charged clients between $20,000 and $2 million for its …
Could President Biden’s Personal Loss Change Attitudes About Burn Pits?
Beau Biden succumbed to brain cancer shortly after he returned from JAG duty in Iraq. The President’s personal experience with the effects of burn pit smoke could lead to a sea change. The Veterans Administration estimates that about 3.5 million veterans were exposed to dangerous levels of burn pit smoke. Yet these bureaucrats usually tell victims that their illnesses are …
Haitan Gunmen Threaten Belizian Soccer Team
Ongoing instability in the troubled Caribbean nation reached an almost surreal high when an armed motorcycle gang converged on the Belize national soccer team. The Jaguars were in the Haitian capital to play a qualifying match for the 2022 World Cup Finals in Qatar. On the ride from the airport to the hotel, “an uproar of insurgents with assault rifles …