ANALYSIS – The proxy war between Ukraine and Iran has heated up with Ukraine bluntly claiming that its forces killed an unspecified number of likely Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) military advisors helping Russia inside Ukrainian territory. Oleksiy Danilov, secretary of Ukraine’s national security and defense council has confirmed reports that Iranian advisors were killed as the result of a Ukrainian military strike in Russian-occupied Crimea last month, according to a report from The Guardian on Thursday. Danilov did not give a specific number of Iranian casualties but said that “they were on our territory. We didn’t invite them here, and if they collaborate with terrorists and…
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Paul Crespo is the Managing Editor of American Liberty Defense News. As a Marine Corps officer, he led Marines, served aboard ships in the Pacific and jumped from helicopters and airplanes. He was also a military attaché with the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) at U.S. embassies worldwide. He later ran for office, taught political science, wrote for a major newspaper and had his own radio show. Paul has also been a defense contractor with the Pentagon. He brings decades of experience and insight to the issues that most threaten our American liberty — at home and from abroad.
ANALYSIS – In the never-ending world of ‘you can’t make this stuff up,’ a whistleblower from the Russian FSB security service claims Vladimir Putin was considering an attack on Japan in 2021, according to Newsweek. This, due to tensions over strategic Japanese islands taken by the Soviet Union toward the end of World War II. A peace treaty formally ending WWII has never been signed by Russia and Japan, primarily due to the disputes over these Russian-occupied islands claimed by Japan. Still, the logic for an attack appears convoluted. Was Putin planning to negotiate with Japan over the islands? Was he prepared…
ANALYSIS – Based on reports from the Zhuhai Airshow in China, it appears that the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) aviation forces may now possess upwards of 200 new 5th generation ‘Chengdu’ stealth jet fighters in their inventories. Chengdu means ‘Mighty Dragon.’ Considering that China first flew its J-20 about 12 years ago, reaching a fleet of two hundred aircraft since then is an achievement. This number of new Chinese J-20s far outstrips the U.S. fleet of 120 combat-ready stealth F-22 Raptors. However, the F-22s are on their way to retirement in the early 2030s, so this makes the J-20 more comparable to the U.S. and…
ANALYSIS – The pressure on incompetent ideologue Alejandro Mayorkas, Joe Biden’s Homeland Security chief, is increasing daily. His inability, or unwillingness, to control the violent chaos at the border, and other major missteps, such as overhyping the ‘right wing’ domestic threat, is making him the lightning rod for the newly elected GOP-led House. As I wrote earlier, the House must aggressively investigate Mayorkas and if needed, impeach him. He should be one of the first Team Biden heads to roll in 2023. Newsmax reports: “The White House will pressure Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to resign before House Republicans can push…
ANALYSIS – We have recently heard a lot about UFOs (Unidentified Flying Objects) and the newer UAPs (Unidentified Aerial Phenomena). The Pentagon has even weighed in on their myriad interactions with military pilots and astronauts. Some analysts have concluded many of these UAP sightings are simply aerial or space debris. While enemy spy aircraft account for many of the incidents as well. In that vein, experts and lawmakers are now raising the alarm over what are likely large numbers of Chinese Communist (Chicom) drones on spy missions over D.C. This more down-to-earth threat needs to be addressed quickly and forcibly.…
FOR YOUR EYES ONLY – American Liberty News (ALN) – in collaboration with respected national security expert Paul Crespo and the Center for American Defense Studies (CADS) – provides our readers the PDB: Not the President’s Daily Brief, but almost as good – PAUL’S DAILY BRIEFING. Get Your Best Daily Defense and Foreign Affairs Intelligence Here in One Brief. Read the summaries or dive deeper via the included links. NATIONAL SECURITY AND NUKES Senators urge Pentagon to send advanced Gray Eagle drones to Ukraine. A bipartisan group of U.S. senators is pushing the Biden administration to transfer advanced MQ-1C Gray Eagle drones that can carry Hellfire missiles to Ukraine.…
ANALYSIS – Last week the world was hit by the purported news of a Russian missile strike into NATO member country Poland. And now the award-winning AP reporter who wrote it has been fired. Based only on a single, unnamed ‘senior U.S. intelligence official,’ the initial Associated Press (AP) story by James LaPorta, a former U.S. Marine who served in Afghanistan, was widely disseminated and quickly caused a barrage of other reporting. Most of it was alarmist and panic-causing, with many in the news media and blogosphere quickly demanding harsh action against Russia. As the Blaze reports: Fox News and the Daily Mail…
FOR YOUR EYES ONLY – American Liberty News (ALN) – in collaboration with respected national security expert Paul Crespo and the Center for American Defense Studies (CADS) – provides our readers the PDB: Not the President’s Daily Brief, but almost as good – PAUL’S DAILY BRIEFING. Get Your Best Daily Defense and Foreign Affairs Intelligence Here in One Brief. Read the summaries or dive deeper via the linked articles. POLITICS VOTE! – Georgia military absentee voters: Mail your ballot now for the runoff. Military absentee voters who are registered to vote in Georgia should be aware of the deadlines for voting in the Dec. 6 runoff for the U.S.…
ANALYSIS – The incessant drumbeat of the left’s campaign to keep the Capitol riot in the news every day for nearly two years had some of its intended effect. It probably helped persuade some voters not to pull the lever for those ‘dangerous’ MAGA Republicans during the midterm elections. It also may dissuade others not to vote for Trump or the GOP in 2024. And some of that concern may be justified. But the GOP and the right also failed miserably by not forcefully pushing the truth about the ‘other insurrection’ – the one against Trump and the White House…
ANALYSIS – Following Joe Biden’s new rule restricting feds from investigating or arresting journalists and the ongoing outcry against FBI agents using ‘storm-trooper’ SWAT-style raids against peaceful American pro-life activists, the Bureau goes and does it again. Most recently, Joerg Arnu, owner of www.Dreamlandresort.com, a popular Area 51 website issued a statement after heavily armed federal agents reportedly raided his homes at gunpoint several weeks ago. Dreamlandresort.com was founded in 1999 and has long hosted information about the restricted military base widely known as Area 51, but also called Homey Airport or Groom Lake. The extremely well-guarded Area 51 is classified as a ‘Military…