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The Lebanon Narrative
How did the US Army originally come to a doctrine that disregarded our history of small wars? They came to it by looking to the 1973 Israeli Yom Kippur war where the Israelis...
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Buy the Best Tanker
It doesn't happen very often, but the New York Times has a defense-related staff editorial today with which Abu Muqawama heartily agrees (comments below):According to Air Forc...
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The (French) COIN Reading List
We here at Abu Muqawama are still somewhat over-the-moon after our huge shout-out from ace reporter Spencer Ackerman in the first part of his series on the counterinsurgency c...
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Yes, they should demand to see him. And then they should demand the president fire him.
The US Congress is demanding the senior Nato commander in Afghanistan appear to explain the worsening situation in the country following a series of bleak warnings from the in...
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The Colonels and 'The Matrix'
Hot on Cullen's heels, the intrepid Spencer has an outstanding piece that chronicles a fight for the soul of the Army via two competing profiles of LTC Paul Yingling and LTC G...
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Stepping Back from the Brink
In Kenya, it seems that the sparks may yet not ignite the kindling, leaving tragedy but avoiding cataclysm. The Kenyan Parliament met Thursday for the first time since a powe...
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Super Friends
A few friends of this blog have sent in stuff that, well, Abu Muqawama thinks you should read. First off, everyone's favorite counterin-sur-gen-say playa hayta, LTC Gian Genti...
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Lunacy in Lebanon
The Lebanese Republic is a small, mostly mountainous country in the Western Asia, on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It is bordered by Syria to the north and east,...
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CyberWar
We may all wish NATO would put a few more boots on the ground in Afghanistan, but at least they're taking another problem -- cyber warfare -- seriously enough.Nato is treatin...
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Stabilisation en français
It's not just us Americans who have new doctrine out there. Thanks to Stéphane, Abu Muqawama has been looking around the French Army's doctrine center, le Centre de Doctrine d...
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Tony Thomas, American Badass
Abu Muqawama has spent the past half hour reading Stéphane Taillat's excellent blog, which is now linked on the right. Thanks, Stéphane, for linking to this briefing by BG Ton...
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Second World
Remember that long essay in the New York Times Magazine by Abu Muqawama's friend Parag Khanna? Parag's book is out now, and you should buy it. You can do so here....
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Le Ratissage
THE French cut off the medina with three cordons of troops, through which no Arab could escape. Inside the medina were detachments of Foreign Legionnaires, colonial infantry...
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The USS Cole and Lebanon
"These sort of gestures do not work around here," says Timur Goksel, a university lecturer in Beirut and former United Nations official in Lebanon. "Last time they sh...
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Fisk and FM 3-24
Since September 11, he has been dreadfully pessimistic, predicting that the West was about to bring total disaster upon its own head. In short, he is that most valuable resour...
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DNI Debates
A week ago, Mike McConnell, US Director of National Intelligence, declared that the Afghan National government held control over 30% of Afghanistan while the Taliban held 10% ...
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What must al-Qaeda think when they see these videos?
"Jaysus, these Americans are all nuts, going for walks with %$#@ing machine pistols on their back pockets and beards like C. Everett Koop!" The more Abu Muqawama watches this...
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Waterboarded by the Japanese
The whole operation was a long and agonising sequence of near-drowning, choking, vomiting and muscular struggling with the water flowing with ever-changing force. To put it mi...
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A Martingale in Gaza
Do you guys know what a Martingale is? Here's a definition from wikipedia:Originally, martingale referred to a class of betting strategies popular in 18th century France. The ...
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Harry and the Press
By now you're all read a lot of articles on Prince Harry and the media blackout which accompanied his tour in Afghanistan. Here are two more things you should read: One, Bob B...