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Razor It Like Occam

By Husam Dughman

O people of MENA! Let’s not waste any time, shall we? First of all, let’s find out what you want: Do you desire to have a MENA of mayhem, conflict, fear, brutality, tyranny, underdevelopment, persecution, oppression, discrimination, and violence? If that is your wish, you can count me out. Alternatively, do you dream of a MENA where, to the best of human endeavour, there is justice, safety, security, mutual respect, freedom, order, peace, love, and happiness? If that is your goal, hear me out.

: Husam Dughman; International Security, Safety & Strategic Defence; Posted On Monday, 13 April 2026 02:13

Royal Navy completes ten days of intensive monitoring operations as Russian submarine and warships enter UK waters

A Merlin from 814 Naval Air Squadron takes part in monitoring operations with HMS Somerset and St Albans.JPG

Photo credit: Royal Navy

The Royal Navy has completed ten days of focused operations closely monitoring Russian warships and a submarine in UK waters as part of coordinated NATO efforts.

Naval helicopters and ships HMS Somerset, HMS St Albans, HMS Mersey and RFA Tideforce were dispatched to shadow four Russian Navy vessels, including a surfaced submarine, in the English Channel and North Sea.

Portsmouth-based HMS Mersey were activated three times between March 29 and April 7, working with a Wildcat helicopter from 815 Naval Air Squadron and tanker Tideforce, to report on the movements of Russian frigate Admiral Grigorovich, Ropucha-class landing ship Aleksandr Shabalin and Kilo-class submarine Krasnodar.

: THE EDITORIAL TEAM; International Security, Safety & Strategic Defence; Posted On Saturday, 11 April 2026 01:23

Tales of the Little Boy in the Oval Office & his Trumpmerica: The Death of Civility, Diplomacy, Decency, Sensibility and the Rise of Motor Park Diplomacy

The Great Satan revelling in purposeless malignity, who has been going around disrupting and scattering our world with his reckless, pointless, meaningless, purposeless, goalless, senseless, unreasonable and unnecessary wars without strategic objective or exit.

Pall of smoke from the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings on August 6/9, 1945. Any recklessness in modern times is history repeating itself! A word is enough for grown-ups. Photo credit: National Geographic.

: JOHN ODEY ADUMA, PUBLISHER, VIGILANCE, THE WORLD'S LEADING SECURITY MAGAZINE; Nigeria Watch International; Posted On Tuesday, 07 April 2026 22:25

Occam’s Razor and the Iran War of 2026

By Husam Dughman

Words do mean a great deal. No doubt. However, their meanings depend on how they are interpreted within a specific context. That is the crux of the matter. Over the last month or so, numerous people have been debating the justification for Israel’s and America’s attack on Iran. Many of those, most notably the BBC, among others, have been doing their utmost to present that war as a war of choice, rather than as a pre-emptive war. They justify their position by suggesting that there was no imminent threat posed by Iran to Israel or to the US. Is that really the case, though? Let’s see: