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SINGAPORE - The 37-year-old man who claimed there was a bomb on board an Singapore Airlines (SIA) flight is set to receive a stern warning for using threatening words. American La Andy Hien Duc, 37, is expected to plead guilty on Nov 4 to a charge of slapping a man while travelling on board SIA flight SQ33 from San Francisco...

The man's lawyer said his client has been diagnosed with schizophrenia. Read more at straitstimes.com.

If it were up to the Pentagon, we’d never find out.

A decade ago,  Nick Turse embarked on a quest to cover what the U.S. military was doing in Africa.  By Nick Turse TomDispatch.com What’s the U.S. military doing in Africa? It’s an enigma, wrapped in a riddle, straight-jacketed in secrecy, and hogtied by red tape. Or at least it would be i

Auditors have found that the Special Operations Command has trouble with oversight of its command and control or C-2 structures.

Originally posted at TomDispatch. Today’s Nick Turse piece on U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) plunged me into an all-American past that, in light of - Nick Turse for Antiwar.com Original

The US is trying to pretend it's playing a kinder, gentler military game in Africa. If so, why the need for extreme secrecy?

U.S. should establish a domestic counterterrorism center andincrease efforts against foreign terrorists and terrorist states.

On Aug. 29 the Defense Department formally established the U.S. Space Command. The military’s 11th unified combatant command, it now takes its place alongside commands like Special Operations Command and Central Command. Many Americans may not see this as a big deal. But those who understand how America conducts military operations see it as a very big deal, indeed.

When you build a military for any reason other than winning wars, you place the safety and liberty of the nation at risk