Ship ‘Dali’ That Crashed Into Baltimore Bridge Previously Collided With Antwerp Dock
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by Susan Katz Keating
17h ago
The ship that crashed into and toppled Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge on Tuesday morning previously was damaged after colliding with its berth in Belgium, records show. The previous incident occurred in 2016, when the 300-meter long Dali had built up substantial stern momentum when it allided with the quay at Antwerp.  “The Dali was attempting to leave the container terminal for Bremerhaven when the bow of the boxship swung around causing the the stern to scrap along the quay,” according to a report in Shipwreck Log. “The boxship sustained significant damage to several meters of its ..read more
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Battered Terror Suspects Appear Before Russian Court; Motives For Concert Hall Attack Remain Unclear
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by Susan Katz Keating
3d ago
In graphic video that is being circulated on Russian messaging channels, suspects are shown being dealt extreme retribution at the hands of their captors.  by Susan Katz Keating In the days following the worst terrorist violence inside Russia in nearly 20 years, competing claims leave unanswered the question of who is to blame, even as alleged perpetrators have been severely battered and are in custody. Russia’s state Investigative Committee on Sunday released video of men who were detained in connection with the attack on the Crocus City Hall venue near Moscow. Their faces are not visibl ..read more
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Courage, a Rising Death Toll, and Blood Money: Attack on the Moscow Concert Hall
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by Susan Katz Keating
5d ago
“One of those present in the hall showed unparalleled courage,” officials said. Rescuers pulled more bodies from the rubble of a Moscow concert hall, while one man has been hailed for “neutralizing” an attacker, and four suspected gunmen have been detained in connection with Russia’s worst terrorist violence in nearly 20 years, officials said. “As the rubble was being removed in the concert hall of the Crocus City Hall, the number of people killed in the terrorist attack has risen to 133,” Russia’s national Investigative Committee said in a statement. “The search operation is underway.” Camouf ..read more
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Juba the Baghdad Sniper: Was He Real, Or a Clever Psyop?
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5d ago
By Greg Chabot In mid-2005 the name Juba struck fear into coalition troops in Baghdad. He had become a folk hero to the insurgency with his attacks on check points that were filmed and uploaded to the internet along with a graphic novel written about him. He would leave an empty case as a taunt with a note in Arabic stating, “What has been taken in blood cannot be regained except by blood.” Before his internet fame there were rumors going around the FOBs about an insurgent sniper that traveled from province to province to wreak havoc on troops and disappear like a ghost. Intel officers claimed ..read more
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Cold War Navy SEAL James Hawes Talks About Che Guevara, War in the Congo, and More
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1w ago
  Sometime in 1965, Navy SEAL James Hawes landed in the Congo with cash stuffed in his socks, morphine in his bag, and a basic understanding of his mission. He would recruit a mercenary navy and suppress the Soviet and Chinese-backed rebels engaged in guerrilla movements against a pro-Western government. He did not know that a few miles away, Che Guevara was attempting to export his revolution.  In Cold War Navy SEAL, Hawes tells the story of a clandestine chapter in US history.  A distinguished Navy frogman and later a CIA contractor, Hawes began his journey as an officer ..read more
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‘We Are Fire’: Inside Atesh, the Resistance Movement That Stalks Russian Targets
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by Susan Katz Keating
1w ago
“We know we are risking our lives,” one partisan said. “But the mission is worth the risk.” by Susan Katz Keating As Vladimir Putin is set to remain in charge at the Kremlin for another six years, a secretive resistance group is trolling Moscow and showing partisans where to destroy key Russian targets. The group, “Atesh,” specializes in sabotage and reconnaissance, and in taunting Moscow with photos to show how deeply it has penetrated Russian territory. “We are Fire,” one guerrilla told Soldier of Fortune on a secure messaging ap. “That is our name” in Crimean Tatar. “Fire is who we are ..read more
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Wagner Group Posts Video of Eiffel Tower Being Toppled in War
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by Susan Katz Keating
2w ago
The Wagner Group taunted French President Emmanuel Macron with a video depicting a fictional attack on war-torn Paris. On a secure messaging channel March 9, the group posted a clip from a video game, showing combat in France. In the clip, the Eiffel Tower topples. In a message alongside the clip, the channel manager writes in Russian: “Show Macron this game (Покажите Макрону эту игр).” The post is aimed at Macron, who has taken a stance that surely irritates the Kremlin in regards to Moscow’s war on Ukraine. In recent comments, Macron has said regarding Ukraine: “Currently, there is no conse ..read more
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The Bloody Shores of Iwo Jima: A Veteran Tells His Story
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by Susan Katz Keating
2w ago
Donald Raasch is one of the few men alive who fought in the fiercest battle in Marine Corps history. by Lance Cpl. David Brandes and Lance Cpl. Ethan Miller MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, Va. – The corporal dragged his body up the obsidian sheet of sand speckled with other water-logged Marines. He clambered over the peak of an incline, only to find one of his comrades was missing something: his head. “That kind of woke me up to what we were getting into,” said the nearly 100-year-old Cpl. Donald Raasch, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran. Raasch, one of the few men still with us today who ..read more
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Wagner Group Drones Go Haywire in Flight, But These Are No Toys
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by Susan Katz Keating
3w ago
One drone was “snuffed out” in new video from the field, but others kept flying. COMMENTARY by Susan Katz Keating The Russian state-funded Wagner Group says it is equipped with electronic warfare capabilities, to include the use of drones. The group uses a new video to showcase its drones in action in an unknown location. The demo vid shows mixed results. Some of the devices go haywire in flight, while others remain airborne. What is the BLUF on these Wagner drones? Let’s see what the “Musicians” show us. The video sets the mood with closeups of a truck that is covered in camouflage netting ..read more
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What is Group 13, the Shadowy Ukrainian Unit That Keeps Sinking Russian Ships?
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by Susan Katz Keating
3w ago
The group is both secretive and public, revealing just enough of its activities to evoke a vibe. by Susan Katz Keating Ukraine’s shadowy “Group 13” fighters keep sending Russian warships to watery graves, while the Defense Ministry promises “more to come” in a new video that shows recent hits against the enemy. Aside from having highly effective direct targeting skills, what is this prolific unit?   “Group 13 is hunters for Russian ships,” according to the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine. The unit consists of maritime drone operators, and claims to have destroyed a multitude of Russia ..read more
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