The U.S. and Global Security Review - Blog by Michael Novakhov

Today Was a Wild Day for the Oil Market - Bloomberg Business First on CNN: US bombs 'millions' in ISIS currency stock - CNNPolitics.com Why ISIS Cannot Be Negotiated With - Defense One At least 51 killed in attacks in Iraqi capital, eastern town | Reuters Clinton proposes a new 4 percent tax on the wealthy - POLITICO EU migrant crisis: Germany sends migrants back to Austria - BBC News Did Delta Force help capture El Chapo? The secretive history of U.S. manhunts in Latin America - The Washington Post Mali Hotel Attack: Al-Qaeda Splinter Group Responsible, Says Prosecutor Putin Is Waging a Relentless Cyberwar Against Ukraine What a Loss in Syria Would Mean for Putin's Russia - The Atlantic Was Putin’s Media Chief Ready to Snitch Before He Dropped Dead? - The Daily Beast Russia’s Economic Degradation as Putin’s New Norm | The Jamestown Foundation Putin Hands Oil and Gas Company to Chechen Authorities | The Jamestown Foundation British lecturer sentenced in Russia

Defense Issues, Leaders and Programs To Watch in 2016 National Security Adviser: Susan Rice, Obama’s adviser since July 2013, wields largely unprecedented powers over the national security apparatus. She has reportedly clashed with Carter and his predecessor, Chuck Hagel, and critics inside the building often use her as a scapegoat for problems with the war in Syria and Iraq. The roadmap for the war against the Islamic State group runs through her office. Islamic State group: It seems obvious to say, but the Islamic State group, commonly known as ISIS or ISIL, will define the last year of the Obama administration. If the US and its allies are able to show tangible progress against the group, it could allow room for addressing other issues; if the fight bogs down, so too will Obama’s agenda in his last year. France calls for Russia to end strikes on Syria amid Madaya crisis | News | DW.COM | 11.01.2016 Russia Is Arming Hezbollah, Say Two of the Group’s Field Commanders - Th

German Justice Minister: Cologne attacks planned in advance | News | DW.COM | 10.01.2016 M.DW.COM - News - Cologne New Year's Eve complaints rise sharply Cologne New Year′s Eve complaints rise sharply | News | DW.COM | 10.01.2016 Cologne attacks: New Year's Eve crime cases top 500 - BBC News Germany: Authorities Must Probe Cologne Assault Links - ABC News Here's What We Know So Far About The Sexual Assaults At Cologne's Train Station Train passenger shot and killed in Bay area, suspect on run - CNN.com U.S. releases video it says shows Iranian rockets near American warships | Reuters Little Rock Police Officer Shot During Robbery Attempt - ABC News Turkey: 3 arrested over the killing of Syrian journalist - The Washington Post Rights group: 162 civilians have died in Turkey conflict - The Washington Post 'El Chapo' faces extradition, talked to Sean Penn - CNN.com Mexico: Drug Lord Located Thanks to Interview With Sean Penn - ABC News El Chapo, Mexic

  2.10.16 (February 10, 2016) I did revise my impressions and understanding of the circumstances of Col.Gen. Igor Sergun's death which were first described in the original post below. Presently I think that his death was not a suicide (it probably would be out of character for him, too) but that he was indeed killed in Beirut as was reported in Stratfor and Lebanese newspaper .  Gen. Zwack's article remains the most informative up to date about very little what is known about I. Sergun.  The "Voice From The Wilderness"  (the source is open and readily available but highly hypothetical, as always; do your own research if you are up to it) pointed to  Isaiah 52:13-53:12 from the " Songs of the Suffering Servant ":  Isaiah 52:13-53:12New International Version (NIV) 14 Just as there were many who were appalled at him[b]—     his appearance was so disfigured beyond that of any human being     and his form marred beyond human likeness— ... 4 Su