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Iraq, Anbar Province, and all the King's Men
on Sep 10, 2006 in International Relations Middle East According to the Washington Post, a chief Marine Corps intelligence officer in Iraq has filed a classified report assessing the stability of Al Anbar province in western Iraq (see this PDF map of Iraq here). The intelligence officer, Colonel Pe...
Do Geneva Conventions Apply in Guantanamo?
on Sep 12, 2006 in International Relations Here is a question from PostGlobal, with my response following: In the wake of Abu Ghraib, how will these proposed military commissions affect national security? Will this plan expose our troops, now deployed around the world, to similar treatment?Re...
Fighting the Spread of Terrorism
on Sep 26, 2006 in International Relations Middle East Strategic Issues Portions of the April 2006 National Intelligence Estimate regarding the threat of global terrorism have recently been declassified, and are organized into a document of key judgements here. The document is a much smaller version of the entire r...
Its the end of the world as we know it?
on Oct 10, 2006 in International Relations Strategic Issues North Korea claimed on 10/09/06 to test a nuclear weapon in an underground facility in northeastern North Korea. While the US government waits for scientific evidence to confirm this test, it is operating under the assumption that the test has...
Nuclear Terrorism
on Dec 11, 2006 in International Relations Strategic Issues Due to the availability of nuclear material and the technical abilities, organizational skills, and violent ideologies of terrorist organizations, the threat of nuclear terrorism is very real, according to the article "Nuclear Terrorism: A Dishea...