Selected Articles

2024

In Echoes of Genocide, Tens of Thousands Are Killed or Wounded as Darfur’s Latest Horror Grinds Through Its Second Year:

https://www.nysun.com/article/in-echoes-of-genocide-tens-of-thousands-are-killed-or-wounded-as-darfurs-latest-horror-grinds-through-its-second-year

Iraq’s Dangerous Mix: 2,500 U.S. Troops, Iran-backed Militias and Battle for Influence:

2023

From Blockchain to COTS, Commercial Tech in Ukraine is Determining the Future of Modern Warfare:  

How to fight the fight against the ever-growing Fentanyl crisis:

https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/2023/09/30/how-to-fight-the-fight-against-the-ever-growing-fentanyl-crisis

2022

Losses in Ukraine have come on a massive, generational scale. https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/2022/12/04/losses-in-ukraine-have-come-on-a-massive-generational-scale/

Inside the deadly terrorist attack that killed dozens of Afghan school girls. https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/2022/10/09/inside-the-deadly-terrorist-attack-that-killed-dozens-of-afghan-school-girls/

In Afghanistan, The Few Foreign Journalists Who Remain Need Lots Of Permits, And Even More Patience – Special Report. https://deadline.com/2022/10/taliban-media-restrictions-afghanistan-women-1235140240/

Afghanistan Frontlines: how the Taliban Government made suicide bombings a formal military strategy, https://paradoxpolitics.com/2022/11/afghanistan-frontlines-how-the-taliban-government-made-suicide-bombings-a-formal-military-strategy/

Exposing The Alarming Rate of Sexual Violence Against Women in Puerto Rico, https://holliesmckay.substack.com/p/dispatch-from-puerto-rico-exposing

Confessions of a U.S.-To-Mexico Hitman

Inside Guantanamo Bay, Part I: Detainee Accused of Bombing the USS Cole, https://holliesmckay.substack.com/p/video-dispatch-from-gitmo-part-one

ISIS scars remain. https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/2022/06/05/isis-scars-remain/

The stateless kids of Isis fathers are now living in fear under the radar. https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/isis-kids-stateless-wives-b2093664.html

Dispatch from Ukraine: death, destruction and tears. https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/2022/06/05/isis-scars-remain/

‘I had to leave my two children behind’: Ukrainians fleeing terror — and their Russian relatives who don’t believe them. https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/kyiv-ukraine-russian-relatives-b2041337.html

Escape from Mariupol: leaving family, a woman flees her hometown. https://www.coffeeordie.com/mariupol-escape

Iran’s True Colors: Exiles in Albania Recall Torture and Death inside Regime Prisons

2021

“ISIS-K Fighter Hiding In Afghanistan Reveals The Terrorist Group’s Cross-Border”, Ambitions https://knewz.com/knewz-exclusive-isis-k-fighter-hiding-in-afghanistan-reveals-the-terrorist-groups-cross-border-ambitions/

“What became of the ‘Mother of All Bombs’ and the targeting of the ISIS-K airport attack in Afghanistan”, https://knewz.com/knewz-exclusive-what-became-of-the-mother-of-all-bombs-and-the-targeting-of-the-isis-k-airport-attack-in-afghanistan/

“Inside the Taliban’s special forces ‘Suicide Squad’”, https://nypost.com/2021/09/09/inside-the-talibans-special-forces-suicide-squad/?utm_source=twitter_sitebuttons&utm_medium=site%20buttons&utm_campaign=site%20buttons

“‘No one has apologized’: Afghan relatives of US airstrike victims”, https://nypost.com/2021/09/18/no-one-has-apologized-afghan-relatives-of-us-airstrike-victims/?utm_source=twitter_sitebuttons&utm_medium=site%20buttons&utm_campaign=site%20buttons

“Afghans dying at border as tensions intensify between Taliban, Pakistan”, https://nypost.com/2021/09/23/afghans-dying-at-border-amid-taliban-pakistan-tension/?utm_source=twitter_sitebuttons&utm_medium=site%20buttons&utm_campaign=site%20buttons

“The Ideology Behind How The Taliban Won The War”, https://knewz.com/knewz-exclusive-the-ideology-behind-how-the-taliban-won-the-war/

“Afghan girl’s gruesome murder sparks investigation into possible organ harvesting ring”, https://nypost.com/2021/10/18/afghan-girls-murder-sparks-investigation-into-possible-organ-harvesting-ring/?utm_source=twitter_sitebuttons&utm_medium=site%20buttons&utm_campaign=site%20buttons

“Charm offensive: What the Taliban said as they escorted me out of an Afghan city”, https://nypost.com/2021/08/19/what-the-taliban-said-as-they-escorted-me-out-of-an-afghan-city/?utm_source=twitter_sitebuttons&utm_medium=site%20buttons&utm_campaign=site%20buttons

“Embedded With The Last Afghan Special Forces Team In Mazar-I-Sharif “, https://coffeeordie.com/afghan-special-forces-mazar/

Taliban leader threatened ‘malicious elements’ ahead of Kabul airport explosion, August 26, 2021 | New York Post

Near-empty charter flights depart Afghanistan as thousands of Americans remain trapped,, August 25, 2021 | New York Post

How prisoner releases bolstered the Taliban to victory, August 24, 2021 | New York Post

‘I am alone here’: The frightened voices of American allies left behind in Kabul, August 23, 2021 | New York Post

Top Afghan woman’s rights activist vows to never buy or wear burqa, August 22, 2021 | New York Post

Afghan resistance fighters take back territory from Taliban, August 20, 2021 | New York Post

Taliban seizing Afghan-American’s US passports outside Kabul airport, August 20, 2021 | New York Post

Charm offensive: What the Taliban said as they escorted me out of an Afghan city, August 19, 2021 | New York Post

‘We will never surrender’: Inside the Afghanistan province that refuses to buckle to Taliban, August 18, 2021 | New York Post

Inside Afghanistan city as it fell: What happens now?, August 16, 2021 | New York Post

Northern Afghan city falls to Taliban with very little resistance, August 15, 2021 | New York Post

Inside an Afghan city as it falls to the Taliban, August 14, 2021 | New York Post

Taliban takes one of Afghan government’s last strongholds as Mazar-i-Sharif falls, August 14, 2021 | New York Post

Afghans in Taliban crosshairs want US to stay and protect them, August 13, 2021 | New York Post

The Untold Story of How US Agents – With Robert De Niro’s Help – Nabbed One of Italy’s Most Wanted Terror Suspects, CNSNews, June 19, 2021

The Vast Majority of Active-Duty Military Deaths Happen in the U.S.—What Is Going Wrong?, The National Interest, May 17, 2021

Former POW Jessica Lynch on Surviving Captivity, Getting Through the Dark Days, and Fulfilling Her Lifelong Dream, Coffer or Die, April 29, 2021

ANZAC Day Tribute: Lessons I Learned from the Grandfather I Never Met, Coffee or Die, April 25, 2021

Has U.S. Energy Policy Freed America From Future ‘Wars for Oil?’, Inside Sources, April 25, 2021

The New Drug Killing Americans, Courtesy of the China-Mexican Cartel Alliance, CNS News, April 12, 2021

“Behind the Deadly Rise of the China-Mexican Cartel Alliance that is Killing Americans”, Coffee or Die, April 9, 2021

“US-Backed Local Forces Battle Bloody ISIS Insurgency in Mozambique”, CNS News, April 5, 2021

“Can Quad Benefit the United States and India and Beyond”, Chanakya Forum, April 5, 2021

“How China targets Uighur expats in the US”, Spectator, March 17, 2021

“The ISIS War Crime Iraqi Turkmen Won’t Talk About”, Newlines Magazine, March 2021

The ISIS War Crime Iraqi Turkmen Won’t Talk About (Newlines Magazine, March 02, 2021

Be Grateful. Be Alive: Memos From Inside the ISIS Battlefield,'”CNS News February 21, 2021

“Fort Hood’s toxic culture? Red flags raised over mysterious disappearances, sexual assaults”, FOXNews Digital, January 6, 2021

2020

“Joseph Kony survivor recalls how faith, God helped her endure 8 years in captivity”, FOXNews Digital, February 2, 2020

“‘Lost Girl’ brought to the US amid Sudan war connects with surviving family member after 30 years”, FOXNews Digital, December 24, 2020

“Chinese ‘cartels’ quietly operating in Mexico, aiding US drug crisis”, FOXNews Digital, 2021

“Former Iraq POW Jessica Lynch on what helps her thrive after captivity: ‘Every day is a constant reminder'”, FOXNews Digital, September 22, 2020

“Putin could make move to absorb Belarus, Europe’s ‘last dictatorship,’” FOXNews Digital, March 2, 2020

“Massive ‘ISIS drug bust’ in Italy connected to the Syrian regime, not the terrorist group, analysts argue”, FOXNews Digital, July 8, 2020

“Billions wasted? Iraqi pilots claim pricey F-16 program is falling apart”, FOXNews Digital, August 25, 2020

2019

“Mexican pirates posing greater risk in Gulf of Mexico to oil workers, tourists”, FOXNews Digital, September 30, 2019

“The master behind the mask: Who is Iran’s most feared and powerful military commander?”, FOXNews Digital, May 7, 2019

“Shunned Congolese refugee on raising a son born out of rape: the baby had a right to live”, FOXNews Digital, July 1, 2019

“Kenya’s president blunt on scourge of al-Shabab: ‘I would be lying to you if I said that we had dealt with the problem'”, FOXNews Digital, July 3, 2019

“Survivors and victims on shocking state-sanctioned organ harvesting in China”, FOXNews Digital, October 26, 2019

2018

“Desperate women fleeing Venezuela sell hair, breast milk, sex to get by”, FOXNews Digital, December 22, 2018

“From jail, remorseful ex-ISIS fighter warns: Group will retool and return”, FOXNews Digital, May 3, 2018

“Inside Raqqa: From ISIS ‘caliphate’ to crumpled city of landmines, and loss”, FOXNews Digital, June 4, 2018

“‘I gave the US trucks and ammunition to Al Qaeda’: The chaotic US effort to arm Syrian rebels”, FOXNews Digital, May 15, 2018

“Yemen’s child soldiers face long road after sexual, physical abuse”, FOXNews Digital, July 21, 2018

“Survivors of Syria chemical attack ‘forced to leave or die'”, FOXNews Digital, April 8, 2018

“Infamous Pakistani cleric keeps ‘martyr’ Bin Laden library, vows worldwide Sharia”, FOXNews Digital, February 28, 2018

“Wheels of change turn quickly for Saudi women now permitted to drive”, FOXNews Digital, July 19, 2018

“With world’s attention on Rohingya Muslims, Christians in Burma also face brutal persecution”, FOXNews Digital, August 17, 2018

“Exiled Afghan leader, and one-time U.S. ally, warns against “peace” with Taliban from position of weakness”, FOXNews Digital, May 14, 2018

2017

“Taliban using rape, blackmail to recruit young terrorists”, FOXNews Digital, June 1, 2017

“ISIS still stealing, spilling and smuggling oil throughout Iraq”, FOXNews Digital, 2017

“One small battle could lead to massive strategic loss in Afghanistan”, FOXNews Digital, May 2, 2017

2016

“Two years in hell: Ex-ISIS sex slave reunited with children, family”, FOXNews Digital, October 31, 2016

“Escape from ISIS: Yazidi woman recounts life as a sex slave”, FOXNews Digital, July 1, 2016

“Iraq’s ‘Black Devils’ strike fear in the ISIS terrorists they hunt”, FOXNews Digital, July 20, 2016

“Deadly mission: Kurds risk all smuggling alcohol into Iran, even as Baghdad mulls ban”, FOXNews Digital, November 18, 2016