Archive for 'War on Terror News'

Navy Converting Ship Into Floating Base For Navy SEALs

Navy Converting Ship Into Floating Base For Navy SEALs

The Pentagon is rushing to send a floating base for commando teams to the Middle East as tensions rise with Iran, al-Qaida in Yemen and Somali pirates, among other threats. >> Read Full Article [...]

How SEALs Hunted Al Qaida In Africa

How SEALs Hunted Al Qaida In Africa

One night in November 2003, beneath the moon-washed waters off Somalia’s northern coast, a small, dark shadow slipped away from the attack submarine Dallas and headed toward the shore. The smaller shape was a 21-foot-long submersible [...]

Anwar al-Awlaki Killed In Yemen

Anwar al-Awlaki Killed In Yemen

American-born Muslim cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, who preached terror as the public face of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, was killed Friday in Yemen, the nation’s Defense Ministry said. A Yemeni government official told CNN that [...]

Admiral McRaven Responds To Criticism on Use of SEALs

Admiral McRaven Responds To Criticism on Use of SEALs

New York Times – The new commander of American Special Operations forces has defended the use of commandos in a Navy Seals unit to back up a raid in Afghanistan earlier this month that ended in [...]

Al Qaeda’s Second in Charge Killed

Al Qaeda’s Second in Charge Killed

Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) — Al Qaeda’s second-in-command, Atiya Abdul Rahman, has been killed in Pakistan, a U.S. official said Saturday. The official would not discuss the circumstances behind his death, but did say Rahman is a [...]

Shadow War Unlikely to Slow Down After SEAL Deaths

Shadow War Unlikely to Slow Down After SEAL Deaths

The deaths of 22 Navy SEALs on Saturday will not cause a slow-down in the elite unit’s operations. Pinned down by enemy fighters in eastern Afghanistan, the U.S. special operations forces personnel radioed for help and [...]

U.S. Delta Force Soldier Killed in Afghanistan Firefight

U.S. Delta Force Soldier Killed in Afghanistan Firefight

The Afghanistan battle that resulted in a rare fatality for a classified Army unit pitted U.S. troops against waves of insurgents who attacked from bunkers and caves, a U.S. military official said Wednesday. >> Read Full [...]

Getting Bin Laden

Getting Bin Laden

The New Yorker - August 8, 2011 Shortly after eleven o’clock on the night of May 1st, two MH-60 Black Hawk helicopters lifted off from Jalalabad Air Field, in eastern Afghanistan, and embarked on a covert [...]

Afghanistan Drawdown Means More Work for SEALs

Afghanistan Drawdown Means More Work for SEALs

By Kate Wiltrout The Virginian-Pilot © June 24, 2011 Most members of the U.S. military will spend more time at home between deployments with President Barack Obama’s decision to draw down forces in Afghanistan. But some [...]

Mom of Fallen Navy SEAL: Son’s Friend Helped Take Down Osama

Mom of Fallen Navy SEAL: Son’s Friend Helped Take Down Osama

(KWGN.com) LITTLETON, Colo. — The mother of fallen U.S. Navy SEAL Danny “D.J.” Dietz said she couldn’t sleep after learning that U.S. forces had killed Osama bin Laden Sunday night. “I don’t really like to say [...]