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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 w...
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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...
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Your Moment of Zen
"I appreciate the fact that you really snatched defeat out of the jaws of those who were trying to defeat us in Iraq."-- George W. Bush to Lt. General Ray Odierno today, as qu...
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At War No Longer
More good news from the home front: Network insiders report that CNN has canceled its long-running program The Week at War, CNN's excellent weekly wrap-up of events in Iraq an...
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A World at War?
Kip finds the recent developments in South America to be truly troubling and a reminder of the global nature of fissures and threats that came to the fore on September 11, 200...
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That's right, a cocktail napkin
The Front Page, a popular Washington, D.C., bistro, was an unlikely place for the genesis of a radical new war strategy for Iraq. But on Nov. 7, 2005, over gourmet burgers and...
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National Security Forum with Admiral Eric T. Olson
The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) hosted an evening speech by Admiral Eric T. Olson, Eighth Commander of U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM), on Monday, Marc...
By National Security Leaders Forum
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National Security Leaders Forum with Admiral Eric T. Olson, USSOCOM Transcript
The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) hosted an evening speech by Admiral Eric T. Olson, Eighth Commander of U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM), on Monday, Marc...
By National Security Leaders Forum
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Week in Review: Best of the Best (25 Feb - 2 Mar)
We had a big week here at AM: lots of posts, lots of traffic. Here are the highlights:Monday: No Better Time than Now...for the Navy Tuesday: Economics of Assassination Wednes...
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AM Job Offering
Overweight? Under-trained? Non-branch qualified? Still wondering what will become of your career after that general officer letter of reprimand? Well, it seems the Army may be...
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Take it on the Road
Soon, you will be able to be a PowerPoint Ranger, anywhere you want. Several companies are working on prototypes of cell phone projectors. Staff officers the world round are t...
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GEN Casey, Meet LTG Caldwell
As our regular readers know, Charlie likes to spend her spare time looking for a pike on which to place the Marine Commandant's head. But it's time to share the love a bit. On...
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Marine Memorial Scholarship Fund
[Charlie received this via email from Marine pal Owen West and thought it might be of interest to our dear readers.] "The tribute of deeds has been paid in part; for the dead ...
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Organizing the Masses
Organizing a protest or boycott has always been a difficult affair. After all, the individual logic simply doesn't add up. For example, "why should I boycott a product that I ...
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Well, well, well...
The Air Force, in a stunning upset against the Boeing Company, awarded a $40 billion contract for aerial refueling tankers on Friday to a partnership between Northrop Grumman ...
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Albert Bitton, RIP
Tiny little Ida Crown Jewish Academy in Chicago has now sacrificed two of its graduates to the war in Iraq. Albert Bitton was the second. This is an incredibly moving photo es...
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Facts and Figures
The bloggers at Abu Muqwama posted 140 times in February (a record) and had over 53,000 readers. Thanks, gang!...