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As the threat from the Soviet Union declined in the early 1990s, a new challenge for the US arose in the Middle East.
The first Gulf War was a textbook conventional war, but it featured an array special-operations missions that helped secure victory.
Soon after the fall of the Berlin Wall and the end of the Cold War, the US military shifted its focus from Russia to the Middle East.
In August 1990, Saddam Hussein s Iraq invaded neighboring Kuwait, starting an international crisis that would end with Iraq s defeat by a US-led coalition six months later.
These 5 Rifles Spelled Success for the World s Best Armies
Here are five “families” of weapons that may be considered to be the best in the world, and why.
Here s What You Need To Remember: From Venezuela to Syria to India, the AK-103 has proven a choice update to all users of the venerable AK-47 and AKM. New barrels provide greater accuracy and the “74”-style muzzle brake tames the recoil and decreases muzzle flash relative to the older AKs. While the new AK-15 and AK-203 may be more ergonomic and feature rails, the AK-103 is likely to continue to sell as countries upgrade their stocks of rifles.
The women who fought against ISIS an unusual experiment in women s equality
Updated on: February 18, 2021 / 4:56 PM / CBS News
In this podcast episode of Intelligence Matters, host Michael Morell welcomes Gayle Tzemach Lemmon to discuss her new book
The Daughters of Kobani. She tells the story of the Women s Protection Unit (YPJ) and its fight against ISIS alongside American forces. It is, Lemmon says, the most far-reaching experiment in women s equality in the least likely place in the world. Lemmon is an adjunct senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. Listen to
Highlights
Daughters of Kobani portrays experiment in women s equality: The book is about the most far reaching experiment in women s equality in the least likely place in the world, brought to you by women who had been fighting the Islamic State since before it was the Islamic State. They were building a utopia for equality on the ashes of the ISIS fight.