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The Last Testament of George MacDonald Fraser
No surprise that the last testament of the man who created Flashman would be a rant against political correctness. A must read. (Even if it is from the quasi-fascist Daily Mai...
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"Hail Mary" in Pakistan
One day my interpreter told me a joke about Nigeria surpassing Pakistan in that year’s ranking of the world’s most corrupt nations. “We bribed the Nigerians to go first. Abu M...
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Iranian Naval "Swarming" Tactics
Five Iranian speedboats harassed three US navy ships at the weekend, approaching them and radioing a threat to blow them up, US officials say. The incident happened as the US...
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SOF to Pakistan?
NYT is reporting that the US is considering sending special operations forces to the tribal areas in Pakistan. This has obviously been discussed before, but it's thought that...
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You Want Some Islam?
Because the New York Times Book Review this week is all about some Islam. There are review articles by Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Tariq Ramadan, Max Rodenbeck, Irshad Manji, Rashid Khal...
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Jihadis in Pakistan
Long article in this week's NYT Mag on jihadis in Pakistan. Seriously down in the weeds. Charlie is still parsing it, but we'll offer more detailed commentary later in the w...
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George MacDonald Fraser, RIP
The author of one of Abu Muqawama's favorite series of books passed away this week at 82. (Charlie is still woefully remiss in not having read them; maybe she'll spend some b...
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How Many Iraqis Have Died Since 2003?
Remember the famous Lancet report which caused such a stir in 2006? The one that argued more than 10 times as many Iraqis had died since 2003 than any other source (pro-govern...
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The Final Post of U.S. Army Maj. Andrew Olmsted
MAJ Andrew Olmsted, a U.S. Army officer and blogger serving in Iraq, died in an ambush Thursday. Take the time this weekend to read his final blog post. It's worth your time, ...
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How al-Jazeera Lost Its Balls
Far, far, far below the ridiculous coverage a few thousand voters in Iowa have been getting today was a story in the New York Times in which Bob Worth reports what the rest of...
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Nuclear Guards, Asleep at the Watch
And holy %$#@, here's another story that was hidden below all the hubbub over the Iowa caucuses. Thank goodness, because this story is really scary. We better keep this quiet ...
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Operational vs. Strategic Culture
This SSI publication came across Charlie's desk today: On the Uses of Cultural Knowledge by Sheila Miyoshi Jager. It manages to pack a review of FM 3-24, an overview of the ...
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An American in Iran
Abu Muqawama doesn't usually post much on Iran, but he just read Max Rodenbeck's long letter from Tehran which ran in the NYRB and thought it good enough to pass along. Max is...
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COSBIN
afghanistanica, the world's leading authority on counter-snowball-insurgency (COSBIN), has this great video up on his blog. Bored and cold U.S. soldiers pick a snowball fight ...
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Losing the Information War
Ace national security reporter Shaun Waterman has an interesting story up on the UPI wire on the way in which the U.S. lost the information battle during First Fallujah: A sec...
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Abu Muqawama assures you all that this book will not be nearly as disappointing as that bungler Colt Brennan was last night
Very rarely does Abu Muqawama recommend a book to his readership without first reading it. That said, Steven Metz's new book, Iraq and the Evolution of American Strategy,is on...
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Is Abu Muqawama Actually Pashtun?
Abu Muqawama's Pashtun flatmate is convinced that your humble blogger is a fellow Pashtun and not an East Tennessean of decidedly Scottish descent. His latest "evidence" is pu...
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Happy New Year's, Gang!
Timothy Noah will make you laugh. So will the Onion: Poll: Bullshit Is Most Important Issue For 2008 Voters...
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The Red Army Faction and Popular German Memory
The government’s “drain the swamp” strategy was meant to deprive the underground of support. But in practice, it meant cracking down on the entire German left—searching squatt...
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Al-Qaeda in Pakistan ... and Final Thoughts on Benazir Bhutto
Carlotta Gall, whose reporting from Afghanistan Abu Muqawama has enjoyed over the past few years, has an article today in the New York Times talking about that way in which th...