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The MSM [Hearts] Abu Muqawama
We know a lot of reporters who read this blog, but it's mainly for the snarky comments. This might be the first time the media has actually quoted us. (Seriously, what are rea...
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What, exactly, do they do?
Recently, Kip's real-life persona was at a meeting held by the Joint Center for International Security Force Assistance (JCISFA). The meeting sought to gain lessons-learned f...
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So the Loch Ness Monster, Bigfoot, and Arab Unity walk into a bar...
[via Arabist] Al-Jazeera English has a new, nine-part series on Arab Unity. This is Part I:...
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Lipstick on a Pig
"Ambitious goals were chosen for the war, after which Israel was left with only two main alternatives - the first was a short, severe strike [on Hezbollah], the second was to ...
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Huh. Now this is interesting...
About one in six combat troops returning from Iraq have suffered at least one concussion in the war, injuries that, while fleeting, could heighten their risk of developing po...
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Winograd
The final Winograd Report on Israeli performance during the 2006 War gets released today. Abu Muqawama is going to be running around for the next few hours, so when the report...
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Losing One's Head
This past weekend, Abu Muqawama was hanging out in his favorite Pakistani restaurant. He and a friend were the only customers in the place, and we were having a conversation w...
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Surge to Victory?
As Colin Kahl explained, correctly, in Middle East Policy, the recent drop in violence in Iraq can be chalked up to four things: 1. The Surge and the new U.S. population-centr...
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Death Squads Threaten Surge
Following up on AM's post regarding the fragility of the surge, veteran military correspondent Joe Galloway has a column up on the effect of targeted killings of CLC members b...
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Deptartment of How the Hell Did This Happen?
Why is Johan Santana going to the Mets? I mean really, what cosmic forces aligned to let this happen? Why isn't he joining Josh Beckett to form the greatest pitching line-up...
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National Security Human Capital Program
Achieving Unity of Effort in Interagency OperationsIn testimony given to the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, Flournoy writes that "In the last two decades, the United States has experienced s...
By Michèle Flournoy
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Big Changes for Big Army
We bitch a lot around here. And when you're on your way to losing two wars, some serious soul-searching is called for. But we'd be remiss if we didn't note those occasions w...
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Everything Must Go!
Charlie doesn't know how many Quantico based Marines (or civilians) we have as readers, but you should all know about the fire sale going on over at the Marine Corps Associati...
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Worse than a Crime: CIA Interrogation Program
Intrepid reporter Spencer, newly ensconced at the Washington Independent, has a deeply reported story about the origins of the CIA's post 9/11 interrogation program. For thos...
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Co-opting al-Qaeda in Yemen
Abu Muqawama failed to link to the Guardian's obituary of George Habash yesterday, which he damn well should have done because it just figures that David Hirst -- fluent in Ar...
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The IDF's Alarm Clock?
Can Israelis Learn from Hassan Nasrallah? That's what Guy Bechor thinks. (Thanks, TG) We should also be thanking Nasrallah for teaching us his psychological warfare tactics: A...
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NYC Road Trip!
Charlie just bought her tickets to see George Packer's new play, Betrayed. It's based on his searing New Yorker article about the plight of Iraqi interpreters (an issue that ...
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The U.S. Air Force Declares War! (On the Army, the Marines, and the Navy)
Good to know that with the U.S. locked into two ground battles with Islamist insurgents in Iraq and Afghanistan, the U.S. Air Force doesn't take its eye off the ball: the budg...
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George Habash is Dead
Regular readers of this blog know we avoid the Israel-Palestine conflict like no one's business. Unless there are tactical lessons to be drawn from the experiences of either t...
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This Republic of Suffering
Americans had never endured anything like the losses they suffered between 1861 and 1865 and have experienced nothing like them since. Two percent of the United States populat...