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2013/06/252013/06/25

Berto Jongman: The Elephant in the Room – Organized Crime and Peace Operations

The Elephant in the Room: How Can Peace Operations Deal with Organized Crime? Although the threats that organized crime pose to UN peace operations are increasing, most missions lack either the mandate or resources to deal with them effectively. By using case studies from Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, and Kosovo, this paper not only illustrates the nature …

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2013/06/012013/06/01

Chuck Spinney: Whither the British Poodle?

Could anything have checked America’s mad rush to war in Iraq in 2003, driven as it was by a cabal of neoconmen intent on cynically manipulating the trauma of 9-11 to achieve a different agenda? Perhaps (1) if Colin Powell had the courage to resign on principle rather than allowing himself to be pressured into …

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2013/05/18

Owl: Why Obama Will Survive Five Scandals, Persist on Syria, & Risk WWIII

The real story here is not whether Obama will survive five Watergate-type scandals, but it is rather about his response to scandals in his administration will lead to WWIII. Here are key take-aways from this first article: “In the last eight months, I have repeated the mantra that most of what drives this government today …

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2013/05/142013/05/14

Berto Jongman: 3 Iranian Sponsored Attacks in USA including a Mumbia Hotel-Type Attack — Iranian Exile, CIA, or NeoCon Disinformation as Prelude to Another False Flag?

Source strongly suspected of being a front for Iranian exiles trying to give Iran a black eye and neocons a reason to press for US attack on Iran. Terrorist super-axis to strike within U.S. Imminent attacks planned by al-Qaida, Quds Forces, Hezbollah Iran has given the go-ahead to operatives of three terrorist groups that have …

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2013/02/092013/02/10

2013 Robert Steele Answers to MA Student in UK — OSINT and Terrorism 2.0

Am quite happy to help you as very few really have a mastery of this emerging pillar of 21st Century intelligence. I am posting this answer at Phi Beta Iota to help others, and will gladly respond to any further questions you might have, respecting your individual privacy. 01) In identifying and discussing the mechanisms …

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2013/02/022013/02/10

Review: Securing the State

David Omand 5.0 out of 5 stars THE Best Book by a Professional — All Text, Some Gaps, February 2, 2013 I recommend this book along with another I just reviewed, by Alfred Rolington long-term CEO of Janes, Strategic Intelligence for the 21st Century: The Mosaic Method. This is a master work, and Retired Reader …

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2013/01/122013/01/12

Review: What Has Nature Ever Done for Us?

Tony Juniper 5.0 out of 5 stars MUST READ, gift and share — a roadmap for true cost valuation at citizen level, January 12, 2013 I have long been a fan of Herman Daly’s ecological economics and E.O. Wilson’s concept of consilience, a form of holistic analytics, and of course Buckminster Fuller and Russell Ackoff, …

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