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Jihadica on Lebanon
At the same time the U.S. government is dismissing one of the world's best analysts of jihadi websites due to a shrinking budget -- because, make no mistake, the U.S. governme...
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Sometimes, It's What You Don't Say
On May 5, John Bolton, a former influential hawk within the Bush administration and a current crazy person, called on the United States to immediately bomb Iranian/Hizbollah c...
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The Realities for Hizbollah -- and does this mean Ann-Margret's NOT coming? (Updated)
This line in the Washington Post's article on Lebanon jumped out at Abu Muqawama for obvious reasons.Sunni supporters of Hariri's Future Movement, allied with the government, ...
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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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Iran and AQI
In a recent interview, a Kuwaiti Sunni fundamentalist named Mubarak Al-Bathali claims that Iran is supporting Sunni insurgents in Iraq. The charges appear signficiant for two...
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Ibn Khaldun and Political Islam
Abu Muqawama has a request for his readership. While we're proud of our famous counterinsurgency reading list, Abu Muqawama is unhappy with the Political Islam section. He's l...
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Abu Muqawama Couldn't Be Bothered To Come Up With A Clever Title Involving The Word "Fiasco"
How did it escape Abu Muqawama that one of his very favorite military affairs journalists, Tom Ricks, was leaving the Washington Post? (Good luck filling those shoes, jackasse...
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Thug Life: Verbal Gymnastics, Part Deux
Yesterday, Dr. iRack gave you his thoughts on the on the ever-changing labels used to describe the Shia militants U.S. forces are fighting in Sadr City. But Dr. iRack just not...
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8 May 2008
Is this the day the (new) Lebanese Civil War started? And, more importantly, the day Abu Muqawama's plans to move back to Beirut this summer were wrecked? Abu Muqawama can't f...
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AQI #1 Busted (Updated - "Not!")
Iraqi security forces say they have detained the leader of al Qaeda in Iraq. Abu Ayyab al-Masri, an Egyptian also known as Abu Hamza al-Muhajir, was reportedly arrested after ...
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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....