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2012/09/18

NIGHTWATCH: Afghanistan – One Attack, $150 Million in Losses

Attack on Camp Bastion: The Taliban strike on Camp Bastion in Helmand Province destroyed more than $150 million worth of planes and equipment, Western officials said on 16 September. Military officials said the insurgents destroyed six AV-8B Harrier jets and three refueling stations. Two other Harrier aircraft and six soft-skin aircraft hangars were significantly damaged …

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2011/03/152011/03/15

Rule 1: Don’t Throw Stones From a Glass House

REFERENCE Lessons from Anonymous on cyberwar A cyberwar is brewing, and Anonymous reprisal attacks on HBGary Federal shows how deep the war goes. Haroon Meer 10 Mar 2011 16:11 GMT Al Jazeera . . . . . . . Even while Barr was proclaiming victory and threatening to “take the gloves off”, Anonymous were burrowing …

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2011/02/242011/02/24

O3b Satellite Broadband — Google Cell Play?

O3b Networks delivers broadband connectivity everywhere on Earth within 45 degrees of latitude north and south of the equator. Our vast coverage area includes emerging and insufficiently connected markets in Latin America, Africa, the Middle East, Asia and Australia, with a collective population of over 3 billion people. SatMagazine 2010 Year In Review on O3b …

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2009/11/142009/11/21

Journal: Kilcullen on Troops for Afghanistan

Kilcullen: Send either lots of troops or none at all November 12th, 2009 Some quick notes from Georgetown, where David Kilcullen has just addressed students and faculty at the Center for Peace and Security Studies. Highlights below: The oft-touted 1:50 (or 20:1,000) ratio is “flawed.” It was based on post-war reconstruction studies done by the …

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2009/10/062009/10/06

Journal: Lee Hamilton on Congress

Overview Is This The Congress We Want? We Can’t Wait Much Longer To Fix Congress Lobbying Murkiness Undermines Our Trust in Congress Congress Confuses the Public and Itself Congressional Bickering Who Lobbies for the Rest of Us? It’s Time for the Public to Fund Congressional Travel Congress Needs to Invigorate Its Ethics System, Not Weaken …

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2003/10/042012/01/26

2003: Peacekeeping Intelligence Leadership Digest 1.0 (Full Text Online for Google Translate)

Peacekeeping Intelligence Leadership Digest 1.0[i] Robert David Steele Ben de Jong, Wies Platje, and Robert David Steele, PEACEKEEPING INTELLIGENCE: Emerging Concepts for the Future (OSS International Press, 2003), pp. 201-225. Original As Published Executive Summary The Brahimi Report, in combination with documented field experience from numerous UN peacekeeping missions, and the memoirs and published statements …

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