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We are now experiencing technical difficulties...
Sorry for the lack of posts today. Stanford's internet server has been on the fritz, leading me to wonder whether this is the Silicon Valley or the Korengal Valley. P.S. In th...
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This is not a live-blog
There was, honestly, little of substance on matters concerning this readership. But the full transcript of Obama's speech tonight can be found here, and the amusing commentary...
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Sri Lanka: The Last Battle
A week or so ago, a good friend was complaining about the lack of any coverage on the blog of the increasingly successful counterinsurgency campaign waged by the government in...
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Lebanon's Palestinian Camps: Problem, Discussion, Recommendations
I feel bad for posting on top of Charlie's rather amusing State Department transcript (see below), but Crisis Group has a must-read report on Lebanon's Palestinian camps:Pales...
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Apropos of literally nothing
This from the NYT style manual blog: 1. We will now capitalize Marine and Marines when referring to individual members of the United States Marine Corps. Under the previous ...
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A Question from the Readership
I must say, I quite enjoyed the comments from yesterday's interview with Mitch Prothero. Mitch -- who studied in the great books program at St. John's (basically, the Western ...
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Special Abu Muqawama Interview: Mitchell Prothero
Last week's incredible news that an Israeli agent had infiltrated Hizballah and had been turned over to the Lebanese authorities sent shockwaves through the Levant and the sma...
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USG COIN Guide
Greetings from not-so-sunny California. I just wanted to link, quickly, to the new U.S. government COIN guide, which you can download here and Janine Davidson explains here. A...
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Craig Mullaney Book Launch
I attended the launch party for Craig Mullaney's new book last night chez Nate Fick. To say the gathering was impressive would be an understatement. Forget the Afghanistan and...
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So what, exactly, was Hitchens doing in Beirut in the first place?
Unless my alma mater has suddenly ceased to be the stingiest institution in the Levant, I'm thinking the American University of Beirut wasn't the one that paid for Christopher...
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Abu Muqawama Declares Jihad on Google Earth
When I was in Afghanistan and Iraq (between 2001 and 2004), I was so impressed with the satellite imagery we were always given of objectives and areas of interest. It was good...
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Manas Update: Attention Deficit Disorder to Blame (Who, us?)
Today's Washington Post had an interesting op-ed from the former ambassador from Kyrgyzstan. Not normally the most reliable source, I know, but he has now left Kyrgyzstan and ...
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Amateurs talk tactics. Professionals, meanwhile...
The ability of U.S.-led forces to secure and protect the population of Afghanistan is the most pressing question we face in the next 18 months in Central Asia. But folks, the ...
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Special Abu Muqawama Interview: Craig Mullaney
We’re joined today by Craig Mullaney, author of the just-released The Unforgiving Minute: A Soldier's Education.Craig’s book got an amazing review in Sunday’s Washington Post ...
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Long Judicial Nightmare Finally Over
Well, that was fun. I reported for jury duty on 6 Jan. I finished today. So just keep that in mind the next time Phil Carter tells you something is your "civic duty." The ...
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Hitchens Beaten by the SSNP?
Can anyone in Beirut verify this?"I dont know if you find this as news worthy or not, but Christopher Hitchens is currently in Beirut sponsored by the same group that owns tha...
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It's Official: Nagl's running CNAS
Dogs and cats living together, mass hysteria. We should be selling tickets to the John and Nate show. Laura Rozen and her legions of informants reported on this last week. ...
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Afghanistan Roundtable
A helpful reader linked to this roundtable discussion on Afghanistan on the Diane Rehm show. (She's Arab-American, you know.) Nancy Youssef, Karin von Hippel, and John Nagl al...
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The Next Secretary of the Army: What Not to Look For
I keep hearing rumors Arnold Punaro is going to be named the next Secretary of the Army. Not that my opinion matters, but I am not cool with that. Why? Well, how about the fac...
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Ah, but will he fire Madam No?
I just heard that Ibrahim Moussawi -- late of al-Intiqad -- will now run the media relations office for Hizballah. He replaces Hussein Rahal....