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Journal: Afghanistan & Iraq–Opportunity Knocks for an Afghan Airlift and a Six-Month Muslim-Centered Multinational Multiagency “Advise & Assist” Transition Toward Departure from Both Countries

NIGHTWATCH Special Report:  October in Afghanistan 27 November 2009 Taliban and other anti-government fighters have begun to go to winter quarters, in Pakistan or in Afghanistan. The fighting will drop somewhat during the winter, but in the core provinces of the Pashtun south, weather is not a factor. Based on Taliban public statements, their attacks …

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Event Report: 20 Nov 09 NYC Counterinsurgency–America’s Strategic Burden Featuring Nagl, Kilcullen, Sheehan, Bergen, Coll Among Others

21 November 2009 Memorandum of Transmittal by Robert David STEELE Vivas Subject:  Counterinsurgency Conference Overview Mr. Jason Liszkiewicz, Executive Director of the Earth Intelligence Network (EIN) and resident in NYC, attended the 20 November 2009 conference on counterinsurgency (speakers identified on page two), and provided me with the notes on pages 3-9.  Below is my …

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Journal: UK Complicity in torture of its own citizens

Editorial, Wednesday 25 November 2009 Allegations about Britain’s role in the torture of its own citizens in Pakistan are not new. They have been made persuasively by our own investigative reporting. What is new in the report published yesterday by Human Rights Watch is the corroboration it obtained from the torturers themselves. Ali Dayan Hasan, HRW’s …

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Worth a Look: Berto Jongman Recommends….

Researcher Berto Jongman recommends 6 monographs, 5 articles, 3 books. EDIT of 24 Nov 09: 6 monograph recommendations added. Russia: A Promising Market for Islamic Finance 21/11/2009By Lahem al Nasser Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat- There are around 47 million Muslims in Russia, which means that Muslims make up around one third of Russia’s overall population. This …

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Journal: What If We Fail In Afghanistan?

What If We Fail in Afghanistan? Steve Coll The New Yorker November 16, 2009 What would be the consequences of a second Islamic Emirate? My scenarios here are intended analytically, as a first-draft straw-man forecast: The Nineties Afghan Civil War on Steroids Momentum for a Taliban Revolution in Pakistan Increased Islamist Violence Against India, Increasing …

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