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Well, well, well...
The Air Force, in a stunning upset against the Boeing Company, awarded a $40 billion contract for aerial refueling tankers on Friday to a partnership between Northrop Grumman ...
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Albert Bitton, RIP
Tiny little Ida Crown Jewish Academy in Chicago has now sacrificed two of its graduates to the war in Iraq. Albert Bitton was the second. This is an incredibly moving photo es...
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Facts and Figures
The bloggers at Abu Muqwama posted 140 times in February (a record) and had over 53,000 readers. Thanks, gang!...
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Organizing the Masses
Organizing a protest or boycott has always been a difficult affair. After all, the individual logic simply doesn't add up. For example, "why should I boycott a product that ...
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Seymour Butts
An excellent article by Kevin Poulsen in Wired Magazine explains a pernicious form of prank calling known as “swatting.” At 4 in the morning of May 1, 2005, deputies from the ...
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The Next Israel-Hizbollah War
The initial post by Michael Young on Harvard's Middle East Strategy blog on the likelihood of another war between Israel and Hizbollah has evolved into a discussion between Mi...
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Hell Yeah!
The only king we've ever had in Tennessee was Elvis, but in Abu Muqawama's mind this exactly what they should be like: in combat, leading from the front. Bravo, Harry. Update:...
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Standing Athwart History, Yelling 'Stop'
Abu Muqawama has been reading the new March-April Military Review, which you guys can all find by following this link. The article by LTG William "Braveheart" Wallace is parti...
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How the West was Won
Also in this month's Military Review is a an excellent article on the turn-around in Ramadi through the eyes of the Army. MAJ Niel Smith writes at SWJ Blog:Colonel Sean MacFa...
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USAF calls Abu Muqawama "Big Meanie," Pouts in Corner
Charlie is glad to see that, like Sec. Gates, the Air Force reads this blog. Or at least it used to. Seems we've hurt their feelings. Which she can assure you we feel reall...
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Three Reasons to Worry About Iraq
Fred Kaplan has a great connect-the-dots piece on Iraq, taking 3 key news articles and explaining why the honeymoon is nearly over. 1) NYT reports that the Presidential Counci...
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The New Middle East
The Carnegie Endowment has released a major new report on the Middle East with policy recommendations that -- surprise! -- are basically 180 degrees out from the current cours...
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Francis Marion Day
In honor of the unsung Revolutionary War hero, The Swamp Fox, the South Carolina legislature has declared 27 February to be Francis Marion Day. Charlie, an inveterate Jayhawk...
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An Adaptive Enemy
Insurgents begin from a position of weakness and must build strength over time. Survival is precarious in the beginning, and insurgent groups face the accelerated Darwinian l...
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O HAI! WE UPGRADED UR DOKTRIN AGIN
David Axe over at Danger Room has passed judgment on the new FM 3-0 and manages to get in a few choice digs at the U.S. Air Force....
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Administrative Announcements
1. For those of you based in London, Professor Paul Kennedy will be delivering the King's College London Dept. of War Studies Annual Lecture tonight at 17:30 in the Great Hall...
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Can you guys hold off on this until Abu Muqawama's done with his research in the archives? Thanks.
Michael Young doesn't think another war between Israel and Hizbollah is going to break out anytime soon. Abu Muqawama agrees, but Michael argues his case prettier than we coul...
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And hopefully this will be the last we ever hear of this silliness.
But don't you feel bad for the poor XO of the brigade in which this captain served? Poor guy... we bet he was pulling 24-hour duty for a good three days responding to requests...
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AFRICOM: DOA or in Need of Better Marketing?
Matt Armstrong (Mountain Runner) has the answers. Psst... no and yes....
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Chiarelli (likely) to Iraq
Tom Ricks reads tea leaves so we don't have to!Army Lt. Gen. Peter Chiarelli appears to be the most likely officer to succeed Gen. David H. Petraeus as top commander of U.S. f...