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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: Afghanistan War surtax–‘Pay as you fight’

David Rogers – Mon Nov 23, 2009 Call it “pay as you fight.” After months of listening to conservatives caterwaul over deficits and health care, senior House Democrats want a graduated surtax on individuals and corporations to pay for another big drain on the treasury: the Afghanistan war. Three full committee chairmen — including the House’s top …

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Journal: Cyber-Idiocy Two, Cyber-Sense Zero

U.S. Struggles with ‘Electronic Fratricide’ in Afghanistan November 17, 2009,  Nathan Hodge In Afghanistan, western militaries use radio frequency jammers to keep troops safe from remotely-detonated bombs. But those jammers and other gadgets have contributed to a “pollution” of the airwaves so severe that over 200 systems at Afghanistan’s main air base can’t talk to …

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