Monthly Archives: February 2008

Every Day…

Posted on February 28, 2008 by

Put yourself in the position of someone living in Sderot. Rockets fall on your town on an almost daily basis, making life difficult if not impossible. Residents of Sderot and readers of this blog are well aware where the rockets … Continue reading →

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SPME: Matthias Kuentzel in NYC, Live Stream

Posted on February 27, 2008 by

[H/t to Scholars for Peace in the Middle East (SPME)] Book Award Winner and SPME Board Member, Author of “Jihad and Jew-Hatred: Islamism, Nazism and Roots of 9/11″ at Columbia University on March 6, 2008, 6:00 PM Eastern Time (USA) … Continue reading →

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Brian Latell on C-SPAN 2′s Book TV

Posted on February 23, 2008 by

Latell, a former Cuba analyst for the CIA, National Intelligence Officer for Latin America from 1990 to 1994 and a senior research associate at the Institute for Cuban and Cuban-American Studies at the University of Miami discusses his recent book, … Continue reading →

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Fidel Castro Steps Down, Raul Moves In

Posted on February 19, 2008 by

[The myth...photograph by the New Centrist, Museo de la Revolución, Havana, Cuba.] Fidel Castro has stepped down and handed the reigns of power to his brother, Raul. Reaction on the island and in the exile community has been mixed. What … Continue reading →

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Freedom for Kosova

Posted on February 18, 2008 by

For heartfelt and astute observations I direct you to Marko Attila Hoare’s blog, Greater Surbiton. Hoare, the author of Genocide and Resistance in Hitler’s Bosnia: The Partisans and the Chetniks, 1941-1943 is also a contributor to the Bosnian Report of … Continue reading →

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The Future of Counterinsurgency and More

Posted on February 17, 2008 by

[H/t to Contentions and Internet Haganah] Max Boot at Contentions writes: RAND has just come out with an important study of what the U.S. government needs to do to reorient itself for the challenges of waging a global counterinsurgency against … Continue reading →

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Senior Islamic Jihad Terrorist Killed in Gaza Bomb Blast

Posted on February 16, 2008 by

An explosion in the Gaza Strip’s Bureij refugee camp leveled the apartment of senior Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorist Ayman Atallah Fayed. Fayed, a member of the al-Quds Brigades better known as Abu Abdallah, was killed with his wife, two young … Continue reading →

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Hizbullah Terrorist Imad Mughniyeh Killed in Car Bombing

Posted on February 13, 2008 by

Wanted Hizbullah terrorist Imad Mughniyeh was killed Tuesday (02/12/08 ) in a car bombing in the Syrian capital of Damascus. Mughniyeh operated in Syria and Lebanon, and served as a top-level Hizbullah liason with the Iranian Ministry of Intelligence and … Continue reading →

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Collateral Damage and Counterinsurgency Doctrine

Posted on February 10, 2008 by

[H/t to Small Wars Journal] Collateral Damage and Counterinsurgency Doctrine by Major General Charles J. Dunlap, Jr., USAF When America’s landpower services issued their new counterinsurgency (COIN) doctrine in December of 2006, the Pentagon rightly hailed it as “a real … Continue reading →

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From the Jam at Gramercy Theater

Posted on February 9, 2008 by

My wife has liked The Jam for years so, as a surprise for her birthday, I purchased some tickets to see From The Jam (FTJ) at the Gramercy Theater in Manhattan. FTJ is Bruce Foxton and Rick Butler from the … Continue reading →

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