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Law to protect former troops from ‘witch-hunt’ prosecutions will not do enough to shield military veterans, former Special Forces director warns Overseas Operations Bill has been designed to end the witch-hunt of troops Lieutenant General Sir Graeme Lamb says bill will not adequately protect them Dozens of soldiers were hounded over their actions in the … Read more
The chief of the National Guard says the 25,000 armed troops that are now protecting Washington DC are ‘trained and ready for anything’ and he isn’t concerned about the potential for insider threat after it emerged the FBI was vetting Guardsman. General Daniel Hokanson said the vetting of his troops ahead of Joe Biden’s inauguration was … Read more
Eleven RAF troops are arrested on suspicion of taking cocaine… but military police wait FOUR days to test them for drugs (by which time traces of any illegal substance are hard to detect) The troops were taken into custody after commanders broke up a private party in an accommodation block MoS understands they were celebrating … Read more
The Boogaloo Boys movement has said it is moving ahead with armed rallies in D.C. and at all 50 state capitols on Sunday despite the National Guard being called in across the country. Fringe website associated with the anti-government movement continue to encourage members to come armed at their ‘personal discretion’ It comes amid fears … Read more
Her trip cancelled in the final days of the Trump administration, US Ambassador to the United Nations Kelly Craft instead met virtually Wednesday night with Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen and told her: ‘The United States will always stand with Taiwan.’ And though she’ll leave office with the president next week, Craft said she still hopes … Read more
National Guard troops hunkered down at the Capitol building Wednesday night following the House of Representative’s historic impeachment vote as workers toiled into the night setting up additional barricades and a non-scalable fence was erected outside the Trump hotel. Security measures are being heightened inside and surrounding the Capitol in the wake of the January … Read more
Hundreds of National Guard troops are sleeping on the stone floor of the US Capitol as security intensifies in Washington DC and the capital goes into lockdown a week out from Joe Biden’s inauguration. The troops, which descended on DC in the wake of last week’s MAGA mob riots, were spotted cradling their weapons as … Read more
With Joe Biden’s inauguration fast approaching in nine days, Washington, DC, and cities around the US are bracing for violent protests similar to those that left five people dead at the Capitol last week. More than 6,000 members of the National Guard have already been deployed to DC in the days after a mob of … Read more
China appears to send a new warning to Taiwan after releasing footage of its army tanks engaging in a simulated street battle during a recent urban warfare exercise. In a video released by state broadcaster CCTV, the Chinese battle tanks and infantry fighting vehicles are seen rolling past the streets, a mock invasion reported by … Read more
British troops will NOT face war crimes trials in The Hague over claims Iraqi prisoners were tortured and killed International Criminal Court said it will not open a full-scale investigation ICC officials spent six years carrying out an investigation into the allegations The Iraq Historical Allegations Team was closed down in 2017 By Larisa Brown … Read more