Thursday, June 12, 2008

China Hacks Congressional Computers

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Representative Frank Wolf, R-Va., said four of his computers were compromised beginning in 2006. New Jersey Representative Chris Smith, a se...
Wednesday, June 11, 2008

British Academic Speaks Out Against Poor Muslim Parenting

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Graphic source: David Fleming/Telegraph One of Britain's academics, who directs the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, a world-recogniz...
Tuesday, June 10, 2008

Arabs Slowly Returning to Support Iraq Against Iran

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Japan's increasing regional role coupled with Gulf Arabs who eye an elevated role in Iraq in order to counter Shi'ite Iran is a posi...

Japan's Role in Afghanistan to Expand

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The DD173 Kongo is equipped with the Aegis combat system. Graphic source: Japan Focus There is of course not a flood but currently the U.S....
Monday, June 9, 2008

Sheik Vows to Fight Foreign Invader: al-Qaeda

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Sheik Ahmed Fateh Khan al-Rishawi at his home near Camp Ramadi on April 14, 2007. Graphic source: Louie Favorite/AJC Iraqi Sheik Ahmed Fate...

Pakistan Asks EU to Drop Free Expression

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Pakistan is sending a delegation to ask the European Union countries to amend laws regarding freedom of expression in order to prevent offen...

England Proactive in Protecting Young Against Al-Qaeda

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Graphic source: Wikipedia Commons Yorkshire is a fairly ordinary and representative area of England but interestingly enough, Al-Qaida is g...
Sunday, June 8, 2008

Despite Significant Progress: Iraq Not Ready

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Iraq seeks to have American troops in Iraq confined to bases and private security guards would be subject to local law. In the status of for...

American Soldiers Embrace Islam in Afghanistan

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In Afghanistan American troops are engaged in "Operation Embrace Islam." Soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment...
Saturday, June 7, 2008

Note on The Naked Olympics

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The boxers pictured here are engaged in the most lethal of Olympic sports. Greek athletes wrapped their fists in leather thongs and pummele...

Offensives Throughout Afghanistan

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Graphic source: The Long War Journal In some of the worst and violent anti-government activity to date, Afghan and Coalition forces launche...
Friday, June 6, 2008

June 2008 Order of Battle

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Graphic source: The Long War Journal Events have gone so well in Iraq after the surge I've only listed the significant weaknessess as n...

Military Occupation and a Positive Precedent by the Heroic Generation

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The Iraq fiasco has been widely lamented although similar situations have worked out more positively and provides a precedent for the nay-s...

Anonymous Commentators Weigh In On Latest OLPC

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What's an educator to do? On the one hand, we have the gushy optimism of Mike Elgin, technology evangelist, who tells us the OLPC's...
Thursday, June 5, 2008

International Examples of Counter-Terrorism

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The balance in the war on terrorism is vigilance tempered by a respect for civil rights. This is not the case worldwide. Foreign Affairs ra...
Wednesday, June 4, 2008

More Iraqi Refugees Enter U.S.

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The U.S. accepted 1,141 Iraqi refugees in May which is the most the U.S. has taken in one month. 4,742 Iraqi refugees have entered the U.S. ...

Extreme IT On the Frontlines: Literally

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IT support in Afghanistan (clockwise from upper left): Specialist Wood tests a satellite communications trailer before deployment to a comba...

Ohio Man Guilty in Bomb Plot

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Christopher Paul, 43, of Columbus, Ohio, is accused of plotting to bomb European tourist resorts and overseas U.S. military facilities and p...
Tuesday, June 3, 2008

Note on Wissner-Gross

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Easy read but a helpful book especially when coupled with Wissner-Gross' other work, What High Schools Don't Tell You.

Note on Mapping History Battles and Campaigns by Malcolm Swanston

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This is quite servicable as a discount book. The illustrations are well made and mostly instructive. The text is spare but adequate. There a...