Nearly all of the combat taking place in the Middle East is MOUT: military operations on urban terrain. Soldiers must undergo extensive training in order to succeed at MOUT. The Los Angeles Police Department Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) taught the US military the MOUT techniques that all modern armed forces use. You’ve seen them…
They still want to kill you
July 2, 2014
I wrote a post about Caliph Ibrahim, the leader of the new Islamic State. He issued his first official statement as the new caliph; in it, he says that the mujahedin will take over the world. I got a little pushback over that post. It’s a criticism I hear often, so I thought I’d address…