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Sadr is very popular in both southern Iraq and the FAR south
Abu Muqawama isn't sure what to think of this video, sent in by a reader:...
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Gavrilo Princip is Abu Muqawama's Homeboy
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Al-Qaeda's Arithmetic of Response
...the meeting was arranged. I would meet with someone in Lebanon who knew a man connected to the 2003 New York plot. That was all I knew until I arrived in Beirut. As I was r...
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Journalists Under Siege in Lebanon
That's a title that brings back memories of the dark old days in the 1980s when Western journalists were taken hostage and sometimes killed. But this program on al-Jazeera (En...
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In related news, JAM announces 1,300 new recruits
Yes, Abu Muqawama understands the usual blogging thing means he reads an article in the news he thinks is important and then provides some commentary, but in this case, Abu Mu...
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Coolest Afghan Blogging Name
A shout out to TT Carnahan for perhaps the coolest Afghanistan advisor blogging handle to date (see here if you have no idea why...). With Bill and Bob back stateside, we'll...
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More Sunday Reading and the Future of War Among the People
Sara Corbett has written an impressive article in this week's NY Times Magazine on how cell phones are transforming the world. Some of the highlights. First, the US Army may ...
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Sunday Reading
Three things on the reading list today: First up are two offerings from the Middle East Strategy blog at Harvard. One, there is a really good discussion/debate on Egypt and Mu...
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From the Dept. of Unintended Consequences
Why is it that the French can crack pirate skulls off the Horn of Africa but the once-mighty British Navy is reduced to a policy of "see no piracy, hear no piracy?" Ah yes... ...
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Least encouraging headline in Sunday's Washington Post
"Clinton offers steps to help defense industry"...
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Doug Feith on Diane Rehm
There is simply not enough booze in Abu Muqawama's apartment to get him through this interview on the Diane Rehm Show with Doug Feith. Compounding your blogger's misery is tha...
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Shiver me timbers! Les Bleus!
Honestly, if you had to be a member of any special operations unit on Earth right now, you would probably want to be a member of the French unit off the Horn of Africa, killin...
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There's something to be said for continuity
Phil Carter, over at his new digs on the Washington Post website, says 12-month tour to Iraq and Afghanistan may still be too long. Phil may be right about that, but here's so...
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Gian Gentile in World Politics Review
Gian Gentile and Abu Muqawama have had a few conversations over e-mail about his skepticism toward counter-insurgency theory and whether or not it can be applied successfully ...
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Equally Dangerous?
US Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker says that Al Qaeda is more dangerous in Pakistan than Iraq, although it is dangerous everywhere. Dana Perino, White House spokesperson says ...
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Oil, Food, and War
The NY Times yesterday ran an editorial suggesting US culpability in an impending world food crisis. The basic argument is that rising demand for grains has been increased be...
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Dead Men's Computers Tell Tales
There is a good article in Der Spiegel (English) on Hugo Chavez's relationship with the FARC. It will be interesting to see the long-term consequences of the Raul Reyes assass...
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Is it really that tough to live in DC on O-4 pay?
A Navy officer testified in federal court in Washington yesterday that she moonlighted as a call girl for Deborah Jeane Palfrey's escort service for six months, starting in 20...
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Charlie on the Defense
It's is officially Friday, AMT (Abu Muqawama Time), which means Charlie defends her doctoral dissertation today. Wish her luck, readers! Go get 'em, Charlie!...
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Riot like an Egyptian
This isn't an insurgency (yet), but unrest is gathering in one of America's biggest frenemies in the world, Egypt. Abu Muqawama is checking on Elijah Zarwan and Wael Abbas for...