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Kaplan on Pakistan
Fred Kaplan at Slate is not a veteran Pakistan watcher by any stretch of the imagination. But he is a student (and critic) of the current American administration. So Charlie...
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3-24 Chapter...Now with Footnotes!
Small Wars Journal has unearthed a draft copy of the now "controversial" third chapter of FM 3-24...complete with footnotes!SWJED professed here of his experience with editors...
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Blanford and Kaplinsky on Harb Tammuz
Abu Muqawama has been listening this morning to an exchange between Nicholas Blanford, a journalist based in Beirut, and retired IDF Maj. Gen. Moshe Kaplinsky. This exchange t...
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Bateman on VDH
This has little to do with counterinsurgency, per se, but Abu Muqawama is posting it for those interested in military history and because Victor Davis Hanson -- aside from bei...
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Americans Abroad, Follow-Up
A couple of comments in the Americans abroad post prompted Charlie to comment further. One is the logistical issue associated with ROTC students finding their way abroad. She...
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Making Sense of Pakistan
Considering the demographics of Abu Muqawama's neighborhood, it's probably safe to say that at least 50% of the dinner-table conversations around here currently revolve around...
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Special Operations in Iraq
One of Abu Muqawama's former housemates sent along this really disturbing report from National Public Radio on special operations forces in Iraq. Abu Muqawama cannot vouch for...
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Americans Abroad
On the surface, study-abroad programs may not seem like the most vital weapon in the counterinsurgency fight. But as Abu Muqawama read this article in Sunday's New York Times,...
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Does the Marine Corps do this to everyone?
Abu Muqawama's cousin just sent out an email to the family describing his experience at U.S. Marine Corps Officer Candidate School as a "right of passage." That would be rite ...
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Musharraf Declares State of Emergency
Charlie has started this post no less than three times over the last 36 hours. And the story just keeps evolving.... Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf declared a state of ...
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COIN Book Club, No. 1
The insurgent is fluid because he has neither responsibility nor concrete assets; the counterinsurgent is rigid because he has both, and no amount of wailing can alter this fa...
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Ortiz is a Big Bedazzler
Charlie was so busy reading Mahan last night that she forgot to post this highly entertaining clip of Nuke LaLoo--Jonathan Papelbon on Letterman earlier this week. Enjoy....
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Diplomats and Anthropologists
The Washington Post features two op-eds today on the recent State Department flap concerning diplomats refusing to serve in Iraq. (Abu Muqawama and Charlie first weighed in on...
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LTTE leader killed in airstrike
As part of an ongoing campaign to remind readers that insurgencies aren't only confined to Iraq and Afghanistan, Charlie directs your attention to this NYT report:The politica...
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Mapping the PKK
Check out this cool graphic. Soner Cagaptay and Akin Unver have mapped out the PKK for the New York Times. (h/t Martin Kramer) Soner hates the PKK so much you would think he's...
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1776
Finally, someone in Hollywood has grabbed his n--s and decided to tell the story of the Great American Insurgency like it really happened....
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Diplomats and Duffel Bags
Abu Muqawama usually avoids the Washington Times editorial page with the same Barry Sanders spin moves he uses to avoid CounterPunch. But Austin Bay has an op-ed today you mig...
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FM 3-24 "Scandal": Nagl Responds
Real quick: the Small Wars Journal Blog has LTC John Nagl's response to David Price and other FM critics up now. Required reading for those following this issue. (The offic...
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The Reality of Afghanistan
The New York Times is apparently getting Roger Cohen back for all that time he's spent in Paris over the years by leaving him in Afghanistan for an extended visit. Today's op-...
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FSO Backlash
The State Dept may be ordering foreign service officers to Iraq, but it doesn't sound like they're going to go quietly. Charlie exerts a fair amount of effort in defending th...