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1776 and all that...
Andrew Exum received permission from the gang at Abu Muqawama to re-visit some of the debate we had vis-a-vis British COIN in the Colonies in Abu Muqawama's favorite British n...
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Iraq: Still an Insurgency?
Here's a question for the class: is the Iraq War still a counter-insurgency? Not too long ago, a very smart friend of this blog with years of experience in Iraq since 2003 wro...
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Never Leave a Fallen Comrade
The Department of Defense confirmed today that SGT Keith Maupin's remains have been identified in Iraq. It is a sad conclusion to a terrible saga for his family. Three other...
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Educating Interpreters
In war among the people, the ability to communicate is perhaps the most important skill. Yet the US military remains woefully unable to speak the languages of the areas in wh...
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Week in Review (late & lazy edition)
Good god it was a busy week here at the world famous Abu Muqawama. So busy that Charlie can't be bothered to format the Week in Review. Mostly, we talked about Basra. Also,...
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McCain on National Service
Say what you want about Sen. John McCain's policies, but speeches like this give Charlie serious goose bumps.“Like most people, when I reflect on the adventures and joys of yo...
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"9-11 to the Arsenal!"
Is anyone out there surprised that Osama bin Laden is an Arsenal supporter? It just figures....
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St. Dismas: Radical 1st-Century Insurgent?
Abu Muqawama was reading the religion section of the Washington Post today:When Deacon Ken Finn is counseling prisoners, he often tells the story of Saint Dismas. "He was the...
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The next person who emails Charlie...
...and says,1) "The Jayhawks are a lock for the Final Four,"or2) "I'm sure you dissertation will turn out fine" will be kicked in the teeth. Don't you people understand how ji...
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East Tennessee: Now 100% Anti-Mohammedan
Abu Muqawama was reading his hometown newspaper this afternoon and came across an email sent in from a local reader concerned about the Barack Obama candidacy:The main reason ...
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Idle Basra Speculation
Certified smaht guy Colin Kahl writes in to explain events in Basra so Charlie doesn't have to (though, really, AM has done a bang up job on the explanation front so far).The ...
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Meeting the Guerrilla
Canada's Globe and Mail has this week released a report on the Taliban entitled "Talking to the Taliban" in which its Kandahar correspondent Graeme Smith interprets interviews...
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Two Conservative Views of McCain's Foreign Policy
Following Abu Muqawama's controversial declaration that Barack Obama's combined plan for Iraq and Afghanistan was more responsible than John McCain's (Obama, alone, has a real...
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"There is nothing preventing Iraq from going right back to October 2006"
Karen DeYoung's article in the Washington Post nicely captures two things: One, how tenuous a situation we have right now in Iraq, and how the gains of 2007 can be wiped out f...
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"We either survive this or we are finished."
Ghaith Abdul-Ahad has a valuable telephone interview with JAM commanders in Basra up on the Guardian's website: Shiek Ali al-Sauidi, a prominent member of the Moqtada al-Sadr...
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40 Year Old Ammunition and the Afghan Army (Updated)
Abu Muqawama yesterday posted on the NY Times appropriately damning article on AEY, a supplier of ammunition bought by the United States for the Afghanistan Army. The men at A...
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The Battle for Basra: U.S. Forces Take the Lead
The Washington Post is now reporting that U.S. armored units have taken the lead in Sadr City while the Iraqi units -- surprise! -- hang back and let the Americans do the hard...
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Who the hell does Stephanie McCrummen think she is?
Memo to Stephanie: We here at Abu Muqawama can only focus on one insurgency at a time. Right now, that insurgency is in southern Iraq. The last thing we needed was you popping...
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From the Dept. of Just Wonderin'
Um, sorry to ask, but as events play out in Iraq, Abu Muqawama has a question for CPA alumni Dan Senor and Roman Martinez. Last week, you guys wrote in the Wall Street Journal...
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Conditional Engagement in Iraq
Colin Kahl and Shawn Brimley have a short, smart policy brief up on the CNAS website.President Bush and his successor have only three basic choices on strategy for Iraq: uncon...