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True Crime
Here are the latest highlights from the police blotter of Abu Muqawama's hometown newspaper: Thieves got through four padlocks at the old Broadway Farm and Garden Supply on So...
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COIN Education
And now, a short administrative announcement from the folks who bring you this blog: This blog was first started to be a resource for all those out there looking to learn more...
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John Boyd and the Neo-Taliban
Abu Muqawama attended a book launch tonight honoring this man's latest work. Some of you Afghanistan-watchers may recognize Antonio Giustozzi's name from earlier books and jou...
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Gap Years for Soldiers?
We all know that fighting insurgencies is exhausting work. Almost five years into the Iraq War, more and more soldiers are "burning out" and leaving the Army. (58% of the West...
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Calling All Islamic Law Scholars
Okay, this has nothing to do with counterinsurgency, but Abu Muqawama was reading this story about a cafe in Cairo where only Muslim women are allowed and had a question for a...
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Thanks, David Smith
David Smith's embed diary for the Guardian has come to a close, thus ending what would have been a mind-expanding series of reports for Guardianistas. It must have been quite ...
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Intelligence in Counterinsurgency
Counterinsurgencies are not won by more soldiers, cutting edge technology, or more lethal weapon systems. Rather insurgents are defeated when the pacifying force fully underst...
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A Question for the Class...
Is this a low-level insurgency? Or just rioting? Where do we draw the line between the two? Note the interesting headline from Le Monde. Update: Charlie, here. In Charlie's ...
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Feltman on Lebanon
Yes, we define Hizbullah as a terror organization. At the same time, I work in Lebanon. I cannot deny Hizbullah's effectiveness as a social organization. It has a well-oiled s...
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The Democrats and Gen. Sanchez
"Why he has chosen all of a sudden to attempt to return to public attention, and why he would do it in an overtly partisan way, frankly baffles me," said Bacevich, whose son w...
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NYT 100 Notable Books
Just in case you a) already own all the books on our reading list, or b) can't read about COIN all the time, the NYT has published its list of 100 Notable Books. Catching Char...
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afghanistanica Has Some Announcements
Fourthly, to the person who owns this computer: I’m sorry about the websites in the browser history and in the cache. Reading about Afghanistan online can take you to some wei...
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The Iraq Kaleidoscope
George Packer picks up a number of articles your devoted blogging team has also been tracking. The Kaleidoscopic War A number of important articles on Iraq have appeared in ...
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Duck Season, Rabbit Season
This weekend's radio address by retired LTG Sanchez obviously caused quite a reaction amongst your faithful blogging team (AM was apparently so excited by Charlie's expletive-...
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At least the journalists are keeping their senses of humor...
Failed state seeks new date. Country of good-looking, beach-going people who killed one another for 15 years ISO strong, presidential type. Let's start with reconciliation and...
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Slipping in Afghanistan
If there is good news to report from Iraq these days, the situation in Afghanistan grows worse. Last week, a think tank reported the Taliban could re-take Kabul if it desired....
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soldier's heart
A few weeks ago, one of Abu Muqawama's old university English professors sent him a copy of Elizabeth D. Samet's Soldier's Heart: Reading Literature Through Peace and War at W...
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Look who's coming to dinner...
And now that Lebanon is guaranteed to still be an issue, guess who decided to show up to the Annapolis peace talks?...
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More on Promoting Counterinsurgents
FYI, Charlie has a lengthy update on Abu Muqawama's original post below. Scroll down or click here....
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COIN Book Club, No. 4
Last week, Charlie linked to this moving tribute to Bernard Fall and the new book that's been penned by his widow.This week, the Counterinsurgency Book Club is going to spend ...