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Chuck Spinney: Patrick Coburn on Chaos in Libya – What Has US “Power” Done?

Special report: We all thought Libya had moved on – it has, but into lawlessness and ruin Libya has plunged unnoticed into its worst political and economic crisis since the defeat of Gaddafi PATRICK COCKBURN Independent, TUESDAY 03 SEPTEMBER 2013 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/special-report-we-all-thought-libya-had-moved-on–it-has-but-into-lawlessness-and-ruin-8797041.html Related articles

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Gianni Koshinas: What Afghanistan Needs After 2014: A lighter, smarter, long-term commitment

使用谷歌翻译在下一列的顶部。 गूगल अगले स्तंभ के शीर्ष पर अनुवाद का प्रयोग करें. Google sonraki sütunun üstünde Çevir kullanın. Используйте Google Translate на вершине соседней колонке. گوگل اگلے کالم میں سب سے اوپر ترجمہ کا استعمال کریں. What Afghanistan Needs After 2014:  A lighter, smarter, long-term commitment Gianni Koshinas Foreign Policy, 12 February 2013 Maintaining a large …

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Patrick Meier: Big Data, Disaster Resilience and Lord of the Rings

Big Data, Disaster Resilience and Lord of the Rings The Shire is a local community of Hobbits seemingly disconnected from the systemic changes taking place in Middle Earth. They are a quiet, self-sufficient community with high levels of social capital. Hobbits are not interested in “Big Data”; their world is populated by “Small Data” and gentle …

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Rickard Falkvinge: The First Global Civil War (Over Civil Liberties)

The First Global Civil War Civil Liberties – Lionel Dricot:  Manning, Snowden, Assange, Miranda, The Guardian. With each passing day, we receive confirmation of a truth that many would prefer to ignore: we are at war. An undeclared, relatively quiet war, but nonetheless a war. Unlike a conventional war, a civil war has no well …

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Milt Bearden: HIST Nov/Dec 2001 Afghanistan Graveyard of Empires

使用谷歌翻译在下一列的顶部。 गूगल अगले स्तंभ के शीर्ष पर अनुवाद का प्रयोग करें. Google sonraki sütunun üstünde Çevir kullanın. Используйте Google Translate на вершине соседней колонке. گوگل اگلے کالم میں سب سے اوپر ترجمہ کا استعمال کریں. Foreign Affairs, November/December 2001 Afghanistan Graveyard of Empires Milton Bearden MILTON BEARDEN served as CIA station chief in Pakistan from …

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Kevin Barrett: US “death squad envoy” arrives in Egypt – and the slaughter begins — Department of State Militarized AND Marginalized

US “death squad envoy” arrives in Egypt – and the slaughter begins My new Press TV article, published Monday, is looking prophetic – or as we Muslims prefer to say “precognitive.” When the US sends a “death squad ambassador” to Egypt, you can figure that the big slaughter is about to begin. As of today, …

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