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Stabilisation en français
It's not just us Americans who have new doctrine out there. Thanks to Stéphane, Abu Muqawama has been looking around the French Army's doctrine center, le Centre de Doctrine d...
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Tony Thomas, American Badass
Abu Muqawama has spent the past half hour reading Stéphane Taillat's excellent blog, which is now linked on the right. Thanks, Stéphane, for linking to this briefing by BG Ton...
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What must al-Qaeda think when they see these videos?
"Jaysus, these Americans are all nuts, going for walks with %$#@ing machine pistols on their back pockets and beards like C. Everett Koop!" The more Abu Muqawama watches this...
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DNI Debates
A week ago, Mike McConnell, US Director of National Intelligence, declared that the Afghan National government held control over 30% of Afghanistan while the Taliban held 10% ...
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Fisk and FM 3-24
Since September 11, he has been dreadfully pessimistic, predicting that the West was about to bring total disaster upon its own head. In short, he is that most valuable resour...
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The USS Cole and Lebanon
"These sort of gestures do not work around here," says Timur Goksel, a university lecturer in Beirut and former United Nations official in Lebanon. "Last time they sh...
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Le Ratissage
THE French cut off the medina with three cordons of troops, through which no Arab could escape. Inside the medina were detachments of Foreign Legionnaires, colonial infantry...
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Second World
Remember that long essay in the New York Times Magazine by Abu Muqawama's friend Parag Khanna? Parag's book is out now, and you should buy it. You can do so here....
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Harry and the Press
By now you're all read a lot of articles on Prince Harry and the media blackout which accompanied his tour in Afghanistan. Here are two more things you should read: One, Bob B...
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Your Moment of Zen
"I appreciate the fact that you really snatched defeat out of the jaws of those who were trying to defeat us in Iraq."-- George W. Bush to Lt. General Ray Odierno today, as qu...
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A Martingale in Gaza
Do you guys know what a Martingale is? Here's a definition from wikipedia:Originally, martingale referred to a class of betting strategies popular in 18th century France. The ...
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Waterboarded by the Japanese
The whole operation was a long and agonising sequence of near-drowning, choking, vomiting and muscular struggling with the water flowing with ever-changing force. To put it mi...
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That's right, a cocktail napkin
The Front Page, a popular Washington, D.C., bistro, was an unlikely place for the genesis of a radical new war strategy for Iraq. But on Nov. 7, 2005, over gourmet burgers and...
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A World at War?
Kip finds the recent developments in South America to be truly troubling and a reminder of the global nature of fissures and threats that came to the fore on September 11, 200...
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At War No Longer
More good news from the home front: Network insiders report that CNN has canceled its long-running program The Week at War, CNN's excellent weekly wrap-up of events in Iraq an...
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Week in Review: Best of the Best (25 Feb - 2 Mar)
We had a big week here at AM: lots of posts, lots of traffic. Here are the highlights:Monday: No Better Time than Now...for the Navy Tuesday: Economics of Assassination Wed...
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AM Job Offering
Overweight? Under-trained? Non-branch qualified? Still wondering what will become of your career after that general officer letter of reprimand? Well, it seems the Army may be...
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Take it on the Road
Soon, you will be able to be a PowerPoint Ranger, anywhere you want. Several companies are working on prototypes of cell phone projectors. Staff officers the world round are ...
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GEN Casey, Meet LTG Caldwell
As our regular readers know, Charlie likes to spend her spare time looking for a pike on which to place the Marine Commandant's head. But it's time to share the love a bit. O...
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Marine Memorial Scholarship Fund
[Charlie received this via email from Marine pal Owen West and thought it might be of interest to our dear readers.] "The tribute of deeds has been paid in part; for the dead ...