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Anti-COIN
Abu Muqawama is finally back in East London after two weeks of travel. Because his violent Pashtun flatmate, Londonstani, is currently sneaking across the border of an unnamed...
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Happy V-E Day!
Charlie is a sucker for wartime photography...if you are, too, be sure to check out Slate's Magnum Photo archive of the German surrender in 1945 (and several subsequent commem...
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We'll See Your Cancellation of Talks and Raise You One
The other day, Dr. iRack noted that Iran had pushed aside the prospect of talks with the United States to discuss the security situation in Iraq until the offensive in Sadr Ci...
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Gitmo Blowback?
According to a story in today's Washington Post: A Kuwaiti man who complained about maltreatment during a three-year stay in the U.S. detention facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cu...
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"The Godfather" Doctrine
For all you film-world-meets-international-relations geeks, there is an interesting article by John C. Hulsman and A. Wess Mitchell in the Los Angeles Times on the "Godfather ...
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Typhoon in Burma
By now most of our esteemed readers will have read about the horrific typhoon in Burma, leaving more than 20,000 dead:A powerful cyclone that destroyed a vast swath of coastal...
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Awakening to New Dangers
With all the focus on intra-Shia conflict over the past month, Dr. iRack wanted to draw readers' attention for a moment back to a silent storm brewing: the fate of the "Sons o...
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The Counterinsurgency Debate on NPR
NPR ran an excellent and fair report on the ongoing debate about COIN and conventional preparedness on Morning Edition this morning. John Nagl is called the disciple of COIN's...
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Flagless Advisors
Working within the advisor command in Afghanistan was both one of the most rewarding and troubling experiences of Kip's life. Because no one is really taking responsibility f...
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Who Stopped the Talks?
Dr. iRack took note of some big news today: the Iranians have decided to halt talks with the United States over the security situation in Iraq until American forces stop their...
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O'Sullivan and Rose
[via SWJ] Meghan O'Sullivan on Charlie Rose....
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Lee Greenwood...really? REALLY?
Charlie had the good fortune of attending the DC Special Forces Association dinner this weekend (appropriately dressed in green, of course). First, let her say, that if you ev...
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Green Zone Disney! Seriously!
More in the category of "you can't make this sh*t up" from the AP:BAGHDAD - Forget the rocket attacks, concrete blast walls and lack of a sewer system. Now try to imagine luxu...
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Iran to Gordon to Present the Evidence
For a while now, Dr. iRack has been expecting MNF-I to provide a briefing describing Iranian lethal assisance to elements of JAM (frequently described as "special groups"). Th...
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McMiTTs
Dr. iRack took note of a new Walter Pincus piece in the Washington Post. Apparently, U.S. commanders in Iraq are for the first time seeking private contractors to form part ...
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Shocking Encounters
Kip has learned over the course of his time in Iraq and Afghanistan that electricity is serious business and so read with interest what must have been an otherwise strange art...
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Circular Firing Squad: The Sanchez Chronicles
Last month, Dr. iRack took note of Doug Feith's new memoir War and Decision, which pointed the finger at everybody else but OSD in assigning blame for failures in Iraq during ...
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Military Success, Politcal Stalemate
Abu Muqawama is blogging from his lair in East Tennessee (so expect posting to be light for a few more days), but he wanted to draw your attention to this article in the New Y...
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Iraqi Delegation Presents Its Case
Reuters has a good article on the Iraqi delegation sent to Iran to present evidence of Iranian security services' involvement in training and arming Shia militants involved in...
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The Senate Plays Chicken with the Sons of Iraq
Like Dr. iRack, you probably noticed that there was bipartisan outrage during the recent Petraeus/Crocker testimony over the tens of billions of dollars from windfall oil prof...