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- The Trump Administration is walking back its plans to reopen CIA black sites. [Link]
- The US military underreports the number of airstrikes it conducts by the thousands. [Link]
- The US has agreed to a $8.5 billion deal with Lockheed Martian to buy 90 F-35As. The cost is about $7 million less per plane than the US’s previous deal to buy F-35s. [Link]
- Turkey arrests 445 people that are accused of being members of ISIS. [Link]
- Iraqi warplanes are conducting airstrikes against ISIS in Mosul and Tel Afar. [Link]
- Syrian forces are making gains against the Islamic State across the country. [Link]
- A human rights watchdog group release a list of human rights violations committed in Yemen so far in 2017. All sides of the conflict are on the list that includes torture, executions, abductions, and killings of civilians. [Link]
The Pier With No Peer in First World Militaries
*** I have been at a business conference all week that has consumed my attention. *** The IG Report (May 2025) appended below reveals many shortfalls in the Gaza pier disaster from 2024. Trillions spent on so many toys and then we they receive the items and systems...
