The War in the Ukraine – Editorial
The War in the Ukraine It’s been almost a year and a half since Russia invaded Ukraine. The biggest dimensional change in the art of war has been the rapid adoption and effective use of…
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Norwegian warship collides with oil tanker following NATO exercise
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — An oil tanker rammed a Norwegian navy frigate Thursday in a harbor on the country’s western coast, tearing a large hole in its side, the military said. The frigate’s 137 crew…
Greece – Turkish Ro-Ro Runs Into Residential Community
Source: https://gcaptain.com/turkish-ro-ro-runs-residential-community-southern-greece/ Turkish Ro-Ro Runs Into Residential Community In Southern Greece September 5, 2016 by John Konrad RoRo SAFFET BEY Aground Neapoli, South Peloponnese, Greece very close to residential homes. The Turkey flagged RoRo SAFFET BEY ran hard aground…
Italy – Heightens Security Level at Tourist Ports
Source: https://gcaptain.com/italy-heightens-security-level-at-tourist-ports / Reuters Venice, Italy. Pixabay/pcdazero ROME, Aug 11 (Reuters) – Italy raised the security level at its tourist ports on Thursday, a coastguard spokesman said, meaning intensified controls of people and vehicles during the…
Belguim: Belgian nuclear guard shot
source: wo days after bomb attacks at Brussels airport and on a packed metro killed 31 people and injured hundreds, a security guard who worked at a Belgian nuclear site was killed but the local…
Mafia / ISIS
Source: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/03/24/inside-the-mafia-isis-connection.html The mobsters have the weapons, and they’re making a killing selling them off to Islamic radicals. CASTEL VOLTURNO, Italy — By the time Aziz Ehsan, a 46-year-old Iraqi, was arrested near Naples on Tuesday,…
Belguim: Brussels suicide bombers sought radioactive materials
Source: https://www.publicintegrity.org/2016/03/24/19489/report-brussels-suicide-bombers-sought-radioactive-materials?utm_source=email&utm_campaign=watchdog&utm_medium=publici-email&goal=0_ffd1d0160d-4ea9ac4ae2-100381977&mc_cid=4ea9ac4ae2&mc_eid=9ff443c0ec The two brothers who detonated suicide bombs at an airport and subway station in Brussels this week, killing at least 31 and injuring hundreds more, had spied on a senior Belgian nuclear official in…
Europe: Explosion Rocks Waste Plant at Port of Antwerp
Source:https://gcaptain.com/explosion-rocks-waste-plant-at-port-of-antwerp/ A tank at an industrial waste management plant exploded at the port of Antwerp in northern Belgium on Friday, with authorities telling nearby residents to shut their doors and windows as a dark cloud…
Greece: Freighter Hits Famous ‘Old Evripos Bridge’
Source: https://gcaptain.com/2016/01/11/watch-freighter-olga-m-hits-old-evripos-bridge-in-greece/#.Vp3T3Sp9600 Some spectator video shows the Greek freighter Olga M bang its way through the old Evripos Bridge in Chalcis, Greece. According to reports, neither the bridge or vessel sustained significant damage in the incident, although after…