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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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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 h...
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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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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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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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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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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 bey...
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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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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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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...
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America's Insurgent Legacy
It wasn't just 1776 and all that. Drawing on an old TIME Magazine article, David Axe offers a nice history lesson on Danger Room about American insurgents in the Second World ...
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The Morning After
(Abu Muqawama can't write the subject line of this post without thinking of that Outkast interlude on The Love Below. But now that he's put ATLiens on, he can go back to posti...
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Below the Belt?
Here's a question: Do you guys think Phil Carter hit below the belt on this one? Abu Muqawama does not. He thinks this is a fair point, and one he's glad a veteran made. But a...
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Arabic Media Shack
Abu Muqawama has been meaning to plug this new blog, Arabic Media Shack, for a while now. The author comments on events in the Middle East, but what's really useful are the En...
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Highlanders on the Roof of the World
The Guardian has a nice interactive feature on soldiers from the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders preparing for a deployment to Afghanistan. Abu Muqawama and his dad once vis...
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Tom Ricks Can't Help Talkin' Smack
It's not even subtle anymore. Tom Ricks is now calling us Small Wars Journal's "rogue cousin." Let's get something straight, Ricks: We here at Abu Muqawama are no blog's rogue...