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Intelligence report warned of coronavirus crisis as early as November: Sources

As published by ABC News by By Josh Margolin and James Gordon Meek April 8, 2020 Editor's Note: This story has been updated to reflect comment from the Pentagon. As far back as late November, U.S. intelligence officials were warning ...

Pentagon Removes Carrier From Middle East Amid Pandemic-Induced Resource Fight

As published by Foreign Policy by Jack Detsch The Defense Department is removing an aircraft carrier from the Middle East, a U.S. official confirmed to Foreign Policy, in a move that could trigger a fight for assets within the Pentagon ...

Lobo Institute conducts a seminar at Yale’s Jackson Institute

On March 2, 2020, Lobo Institute conducted a seminar at Yale University's Jackson Institute on Russia's irregular warfare operations in the Middle East and Africa. Thanks to our class and their instructor Kevin Chalker ...

Laos: Secret wars and smokejumpers

Lobo Institute has begun work on another documentary. This documentary will be about the Montana smokejumpers that were recruited by the CIA to fight the secret war in Laos from 1959 to 1975. It will follow a group of friends ...

2 Americans among 3 troops killed in rocket attack on base in Iraq: Officials

As published by ABC News by Luis Martinez Thursday, March 12, 2020 9:06AMTwo American service members and one British service member were killed in a rocket attack on a base in Iraq on Wednesday, according to two U.S. officials. The ...

A tale of two partners: Comparing two approaches for partner force operations

As published by Michael Patrick Mulroy, Eric S. Oehlerich Middle East Institute January 29, 2020 The 2018 National Defense Strategy shapes the way the U.S. military competes with state and non-state adversaries. It specifically calls for improvements in partner force operations ...

Trump confirms al-Qaeda’s Yemen leader killed Read

As published by Al=Monitor by Jack Detsch An American operation killed al-Qaeda’s top leader in Yemen last week, President Donald Trump confirmed Thursday night. Qasim al-Raymi had been targeted in a botched US Navy SEAL raid in 2017, just days ...

U.S. killed a top al-Qaida leader in Yemen, reports say

As published by Yahoo News by Sean D. Naylor Sean D. NaylorNational Security Correspondent,Yahoo News•January 31, 2020 Qasim al-Raymi, in an al-Qaida video. The leader of al-Qaida’s Yemen branch is believed to have been killed in a U.S. airstrike earlier ...

Iraqi F-16s Could Be in Jeopardy Amid Iran Tensions

As published by Foreign Policy by BY ELLEN IOANES, LARA SELIGMAN It was supposed to be a gesture of goodwill and a good-faith effort to give Iraq the military it needed to defend itself against regional adversaries like Iran and ...

A tale of two partners: Comparing two approaches for partner force operations

As published by the Middle East Institute by Mulroy and Oehlerich The 2018 National Defense Strategy shapes the way the U.S. military competes with state and non-state adversaries. It specifically calls for improvements in partner force operations (PFO) — especially ...