The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Strike Two on “Just Following Orders” Defense David Isenberg Author, Shadow Force: Private Security Contractors in Iraq Posted: September 9, 2010 04:28 PM To paraphrase Yogi Berra it’s déjà vu all over again for KBR. In my Aug. 31 post I wrote about a significant pro-veteran ruling in the Oregon KBR Qarmat Ali litigation. This …
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On the one hand: Nine Years After 9/11: Assessing the War on Terror Joseph J. Collins, Small Wars Journal, 7 September 2010 Tip of the Hat to Small Wars Journal at FaceBook. NATO eyes 2,000 extra troops for Afghanistan: official Tip of the Hat to Berto Jongman at FaceBook. And on the other hand: Al …
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Human Responsibilities and Rights in the Shari’ah: An Advanced Primer Dr. Robert D. Crane Ibn Qayyim wrote: “The Islamic law is all about wisdom and achieving people’s welfare in this life and the afterlife. It is all about justice, mercy, wisdom, and good. Thus any ruling that replaces justice with injustice, mercy with its opposite, …
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The Systems Community of Inquiry is an open, worldwide network of individuals interested in systems thinking, the systems sciences and/or systems practice. Inquiry is “an activity which produces knowledge” (Churchman, 1971). We’re more than a community of interest, but less than a community of practice (Wenger, 1999). Our interactions as a community will (i) foster …
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August 14, 2010 Secret Assault on Terrorism Widens on Two Continents By SCOTT SHANE, MARK MAZZETTI and ROBERT F. WORTH WASHINGTON — At first, the news from Yemen on May 25 sounded like a modest victory in the campaign against terrorists: an airstrike had hit a group suspected of being operatives for Al Qaeda in …
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EXTRAJUDICIAL TARGETING OF AMERICANS CHALLENGED Two civil liberties organizations said they will file a legal challenge against the government’s suspected targeting for assassination of an American supporter of Al Qaeda, arguing that under the U.S. Constitution no citizen can be “deprived of life… without due process of law.” The American Civil Liberties Union and the …
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Both a Tour of Substance, and an Eye Opener for Book People July 29, 2010 James McEnteer This is a 6 Star and Beyond book and is so categorized at Phi Beta Iota, the Public Intelligence Blog, where one can browse all 1600+ of my non-fiction reviews sorted into 98 categories and easily found with …
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