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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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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 e...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 official...
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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 the...
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Interrogators Against Torture
Following Abu Muqawama's post on the (il)legality of waterboarding, is Stu Herrington's excellent weekend op-ed about his 30 year career as an Army interrogator. His view on t...
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If you're in DC and free on the 13th...
...then this event is for you. Phebe Marr, Joost Hiltermann, and William McCallister all talking about Iraq is alone worth the price of admission, but the Center for Technolog...
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Nahr al-Bared: The Aftermath
When the fighting at Nahr al-Bared Refugee Camp in northern Lebanon ended, Abu Muqawama wondered how, exactly, the camp's residents would ever be able to re-build. Today's rep...