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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Controversy: FM 3-24 Plagarism "Scandal"
Issandr over at The Arabist -- whose job description includes reading publications like CounterPunch so Abu Muqawama doesn't have to -- sent over a .pdf file yesterday morning...
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More on 3-24 and the Vanguard of the Revolution
Charlie had originally filed this article under "eye roll" and moved on. Because honestly, how worked up can you get with people who are complaining about the lack of footnote...
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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...
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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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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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Foreign Fighters in Afghanistan
Well done, New York Times. There's some good reporting today from Afghanistan on foreign fighters. There's also a cool video report here. The written report talks about the ef...
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Sweep!
Brilliant. Just brilliant. It's past four in the morning, though, and Abu Muqawama is off to bed....
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The Counterinsurgency Reading List
Abu Muqawama and Charlie put our heads together across the Atlantic Ocean and came up with this, the long-awaited Counterinsurgency Reading List. This list is not exhaustive, ...
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More on State and COIN
The always reliable Small Wars Journal Blog has an extended post on the issues surrounding the State Dept's role in COIN campaigns. In particular it highlights comments from I...
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Counterinsurgency 101
The Economist has as good an introduction to COIN and the debate surrounding it that you're likely to read anywhere. This is all old news and familiar names -- Hammes, Nagl, K...