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Afghan Tribes to the Rescue? - David Ignatius, Washington Post opinion.While military officers wait for President Obama to conclude his agonizingly slow review of Afghanistan policy, they've been reading a paper by an Army Sp (Read More)
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Counterinsurgency: The Challenge for NATO Strategy and Operations (250 pages - pdf). Produced by the NATO Defense College and edited by Dr. Christopher Schnaubelt, this document includes an introduction and 11 chapters cover (Read More)
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Mr. President, Take Your Time on Afghanistan - Joseph L. Galloway, McClatchy Newspapers.President Barack Obama has yet to decide where we're going and what we're doing in Afghanistan, but if the flood of leaks this week is an (Read More)
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Going Tribal in Afghanistan - James Dao, New York Times.In Washington, the debate over Afghanistan seems to center around two broad ideas: counterinsurgency versus counterterrorism. Should the United States add troops for a m (Read More)
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Green Beret hero Maj. Jim Gant is the author of a brilliant new strategy for how to succeed in the Afghan War now entering its ninth year, “One Tribe At A Time.” Before making major decisions on whether to escalate the war by (Read More)
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Crime and Terrorismby Colonel Robert KillebrewDownload the full article: Crime and TerrorismThe U.S. has been at war in Iraq and Afghanistan now for eight years, and a great deal of our best thinking and most focused military (Read More)
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An Army Special Forces soldier has been arrested following the discovery of around 45.3 kilograms of explosives outside his Tennessee home in the United States.Federal and military officials searched his home early Monday mor (Read More)
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Fourth Generation Warfare - Google Blog Search:
“There is a whole set of new equipment which we have thought of for the Para (Special Forces) modernisation, especially in view of the fact that asymmetric and fourth generation warfare are a matter for concern,” Gen Kapoor t (Read More)
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“There are whole lot of new equipments, which is being thought of for Para Special Forces modernisation, especially in view of the fact that asymmetric warfare, and fourth generation warfare is a matter of concern and from th (Read More)
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How many troops do we need in Afghanistan?Yesterday's publishing of State Department officer's letter of resignation brought us a practical expression of a theory: essentially, that the unified insurgency would collapse if w (Read More)
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The Washington Institute published Part 2 of Professor Andre Le Sage's analyis of jihadism in Somalia today. The first part focused on the country's growing insurgency, while this one addresses peacebuilding efforts in the c (Read More)
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ARTICLE: N. Korea Swiftly Expanding Its Special Forces, By Blaine Harden, Washington Post, October 9, 2009 This is a prime example of the hybrid war thesis and why it is replacing the "lesser includeds" logic of the Cold War. (Read More)
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One Tribe At A Time (A Strategy for Success in Afghanistan) by Major Jim Gant at Steven Pressfield's War and Reality in Afghanistan: It's The Tribes, Stupid!I’ve been promising for several weeks to have a free downloadable .p (Read More)
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A National Security Act of 2009?A Short Recommendation for a Possible Revision of the National Security Act of 1947by Colonel David S. MaxwellDownload the full article: A National Security Act of 2009?“The Interagency is brok (Read More)
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Confusion in Afghanistan - Ehsan Ahrari, Khaleej Times opinion.As President Barack H. Obama is edging toward making up his mind about accepting, partially accepting, or not accepting General Stanley McChrystal’s advice to ins (Read More)
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Security Industry - UPI.com:
RAWALPINDI, Pakistan, Oct. 11 (UPI) -- Three hostages and four Taliban militants died when special forces stormed Pakistani Army headquarters to rescue 42 hostages Sunday, a military spokesman said. (Read More)
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Kabul, Oct 10 (Xinhua) Six Taliban militants, including a rebel commander, were killed in fighting with the security forces in Wardak province in Afghanistan, police said Saturday.The special forces backed by the internationa (Read More)
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There is a very detailed article in the Wash Po that tells just how things have progressed regarding Afghanistan since Obama took office. Prior to announcing his March strategy of reinforced, pop-centric counterinsurgency, he (Read More)
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This is bad news and if the insurgents in the PI are going to start using IEDs this could get worse. FORT BRAGG, N.C. (USASOC News Service, Oct. 1, 2009) – Two U.S.Special Forces Soldiers died when their vehicle struck an imp (Read More)
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Two items recommended via e-mail by SWJ readers this morning:Troops In Afghanistan Keep Nightmare At Bay - Scott Simon, National Public Radio (text and audio).It was the crime of al-Qaida terrorists, whom the Taliban let use (Read More)
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