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Feltman on Lebanon
Yes, we define Hizbullah as a terror organization. At the same time, I work in Lebanon. I cannot deny Hizbullah's effectiveness as a social organization. It has a well-oiled s...
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A Question for the Class...
Is this a low-level insurgency? Or just rioting? Where do we draw the line between the two? Note the interesting headline from Le Monde. Update: Charlie, here. In Charlie's wo...
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Intelligence in Counterinsurgency
Counterinsurgencies are not won by more soldiers, cutting edge technology, or more lethal weapon systems. Rather insurgents are defeated when the pacifying force fully underst...
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Calling All Islamic Law Scholars
Okay, this has nothing to do with counterinsurgency, but Abu Muqawama was reading this story about a cafe in Cairo where only Muslim women are allowed and had a question for a...
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Thanks, David Smith
David Smith's embed diary for the Guardian has come to a close, thus ending what would have been a mind-expanding series of reports for Guardianistas. It must have been quite ...
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The Democrats and Gen. Sanchez
"Why he has chosen all of a sudden to attempt to return to public attention, and why he would do it in an overtly partisan way, frankly baffles me," said Bacevich, whose son w...
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soldier's heart
A few weeks ago, one of Abu Muqawama's old university English professors sent him a copy of Elizabeth D. Samet's Soldier's Heart: Reading Literature Through Peace and War at W...
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Look who's coming to dinner...
And now that Lebanon is guaranteed to still be an issue, guess who decided to show up to the Annapolis peace talks?...
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Slipping in Afghanistan
If there is good news to report from Iraq these days, the situation in Afghanistan grows worse. Last week, a think tank reported the Taliban could re-take Kabul if it desired....
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At least the journalists are keeping their senses of humor...
Failed state seeks new date. Country of good-looking, beach-going people who killed one another for 15 years ISO strong, presidential type. Let's start with reconciliation and...
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Duck Season, Rabbit Season
This weekend's radio address by retired LTG Sanchez obviously caused quite a reaction amongst your faithful blogging team (AM was apparently so excited by Charlie's expletive-...
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The Iraq Kaleidoscope
George Packer picks up a number of articles your devoted blogging team has also been tracking. The Kaleidoscopic War A number of important articles on Iraq have appeared in ...
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More on Promoting Counterinsurgents
FYI, Charlie has a lengthy update on Abu Muqawama's original post below. Scroll down or click here....
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COIN Book Club, No. 4
Last week, Charlie linked to this moving tribute to Bernard Fall and the new book that's been penned by his widow.This week, the Counterinsurgency Book Club is going to spend ...
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Iraq and Conservativism
Conservatism is a political philosophy concerned with collective aspirations and actions. But conservatism teaches that benevolent government is not always a benefactor. Conse...
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Tetouan, Tetouan
My goodness, this place was a New York Times Magazine cover story waiting to happen. Abu Muqawama -- along with friends Little Becks and "el-Hamaat" -- visited Tetouan this su...
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Dems: Getting Smarter?
Along with the rest of rational America, Abu Muqawama was shocked the Democrats chose Ricardo "Mr. Competence" Sanchez to deliver this week's radio address. (And boy, did Dave...
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Promoting Counterinsurgents
Abu Muqawama just read Max Boot's blog post on promoting tried-and-true counterinsurgents, which echoes Abu Muqawama's rant last week. The more Abu Muqawama thinks about it, t...
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From Beirut to Annapolis?
Yesterday afternoon, Abu Muqawama shared a few pints of Guinness with one of the smarter and better-informed Lebanon analysts he knows. Here's a question that came up: Is this...
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D-Day in Lebanon
It's decision time for Lebanon's hopelessly dysfunctional politicians, who will all suffer a lot less than their hapless constituents if they can't pull a rabbit out of the ha...