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Mike Glenn

mglenn@washingtontimes.com

Mike Glenn grew up on Navy bases as the son of a career sailor but then decided to annoy his father and joined the Army after he graduated from high school in the Dallas area. He did a hitch as an enlisted soldier in Germany during the Cold War, where he spent a considerable amount of time in the field on maneuvers. After leaving the Army, he moved back home to northeast Texas and entered the University of Texas at Arlington where he studied history. He also took Army ROTC classes at UT Arlington and upon graduation received a commission as a Second Lieutenant. He was assigned to the 3rd Cavalry Regiment at Fort Bliss in El Paso and took his platoon to the Middle East where he fought in the Gulf War. He got into journalism after Operation Desert Storm and has worked at newspapers and magazines throughout Texas. He joined The Washington Times from the Houston Chronicle. He can be reached at mglenn@washingtontimes.com.

Articles by Mike Glenn

Palestinians inspect the rubble of destroyed buildings following Israeli airstrikes on the town of Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Mohammed Dahman)

Israeli incursion into Gaza could be opening act for the war to come

In what may be a foretaste of the bigger operation to come, Israel launched its heaviest raid yet into the northern Gaza Strip late Wednesday, sending tanks and other armored vehicles across the border ahead of what is expected to be a full-scale invasion of the Hamas-controlled Palestinian enclave.

October 26, 2023
A Israeli soldier inspects a damaged residential building, a day after it was hit by a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip, in Rishon Lezion, Israel, Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Israel raids northern Gaza ahead of expected invasion

Israel launched a limited armored raid into the northern Gaza Strip overnight ahead of what is expected to be a full-scale invasion of the Hamas-controlled enclave, the Israel Defense Forces confirmed Thursday.

October 26, 2023
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan waits for the start of a round table meeting of the North Atlantic Council during a NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, on July 11, 2023. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has submitted a protocol for Sweden’s admission into NATO to Turkey’s parliament for ratification, his office said Monday, Oct. 23, 2023. Erdogan had been delaying ratification of Sweden’s membership, accusing Stockholm of being too soft on Kurdish militants and other groups he considers to be security threats. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)

Long-blocked Sweden bid for NATO gets boost in Turkey

Turkish President Recept Tayyip Erdogan submitted the formal protocol Monday to admit Sweden into NATO to his country's parliament, ending several months of delay over accusations from Ankara that Stockholm was not doing enough to crack down on anti-Turkey Kurdish militant groups.

October 23, 2023
In this undated photo provided by Rabbi Meir Hecht on behalf of the Raanan family is Judith Raanan, left, and her daughter Natalie. (Raanan Family via AP)

Hamas releases first two U.S. hostages taken in Oct. 7 rampage in Israel

Hamas captors on Friday released a Chicago-area woman and her daughter held as hostages since the Palestinian militant group's murderous Oct. 7 rampage in Israel, the first Americans known to be released from an operation that killed more than 1,400 people, mostly civilians.

October 20, 2023