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New Counterinsurgency Book
Daniel Marston and Carter Malkasian have just edited and published a new volume, Counterinsurgency in Modern Warfare. Here are three chapters that caught the eye of Abu Muqawa...
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Rosen vs. Kagan on The Surge
But when you hang out with the Sunni militiamen, with the concerned local citizens, when you hang out with the Mahdi army, when you're not with the American soldiers, but when...
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When Fox Fallon comes back like Jordan, wearing the 4-5, it ain't to play games with you, it's to aim at you
If you're looking for our coverage and commentary on the resignation/retirement of Adm. Fallon, either scroll down two posts or click here....
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Extra! Extra! Cowardly peace-monger retires; glorious war on Iran to begin by June; American soldiers to be greeted as liberator
WASHINGTON — Adm. William J. Fallon, the top American commander in the Middle East whose views on Iran and other issues have seemed to put him at odds with the Bush administra...
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LTG Caldwell on the Daily Show
And speaking of the Daily Show, we here at Abu Muqawama thought they only interviewed over-exposed lieutenant colonels. But no! LTG William Caldwell was on the show last night...
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Semper Fi, Code Pink
From the geniuses at the Daily Show. (Thanks, Theo)...
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Tanter vs. Levitt on the MEK
Iran hawks in the U.S. can be a funny bunch, especially when they start arguing for terrorist groups opposed to the regime in Tehran to be de-listed as terror groups simply be...
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Pay For Luv Guv
Despite the fact that five soldiers were killed in Baghdad yesterday, it's been a little difficult finding articles in the U.S. media on Iraq and Afghanistan this morning. Thi...
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3 Billion Pounds? That's It?
Abu Muqawama had to chuckle when he read this hand-wringing report in the Guardian about how costs of the UK's involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan have doubled to 3 Billion GB...
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Well We're All Going to Cinders
The COIN debate just doesn't seem to have the relevance it did moments ago when I was informed by the NY Times that the world has zero chance of long-term survival. Dr. Smith ...
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The Last Letter Home
What was Abu Muqawama just writing about sophisticated journalism? Because this is journalism of the highest quality. This article would have read like a punch to the gut even...
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Arrogance and Complacency
Boeing, the heavy favorite to win the contract, having built earlier tankers, promised a new boom but did not build a prototype. One analyst who followed the contest said that...
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Ackerman on Odierno
"Odierno’s evolution, with luck, mirrors that of the Army," said Erin Simpson, a counterinsurgency expert and professor at the Marine Command and Staff College at Quantico. "W...
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Power Blogs
Yesterday The Observer named the 50 Most Powerful Blogs on Earth. What a load of rubbish. They selected an eclectic mix rather than the actual 50 most powerful blogs. No Insta...
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Letter from al Anbar
Michael Totten may not be the most sophisticated journalist, and he may have some admittedly right-of-center political views which creep into his reporting. But you know what?...
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Democracy or Musharraf?
With today's announcement that the Pakistan Peoples Party and the Pakistan Muslim League-N will seek to reinstate the Pakistani Supreme Court and its Chief Justice Iftikhar Mu...
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Democratic Republic of Blogistan
No, those aren't the authors of the most amazing COIN blog in all the interwebs. But one of them is the Intrepid Spencer, and his blogging Flophouse is profiled in this week's...
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The Week That Was (3-9 March)
This week's highlights:Monday: At War No Longer Tuesday: That's right, a cocktail napkin Wednesday: Le Ratissage Thursday: Lunacy in Lebanon Friday: The Colonels and the Matri...
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Separated at Birth?
Lost in this recent slew of articles praising Gen. Odierno is a question that is simply dying to be answered: why is it that so many of our favorite counter-insurgents resembl...
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Legacy = Torturer
President Bush vetoed Saturday legislation meant to ban the CIA from using waterboarding and other harsh interrogation tactics, saying it "would take away one of the most valu...