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Reluctant warriors - Fighting insurgencies
For a wider perspective on the lessons drawn over the past seven years of the “war on terror”, the reader can do no better than turn to Mr Kilcullen’s excellent book.
2009-06-01 to bestof, books, strategy, terror, war by soobrosa
Why don't we hear more about Equatorial Guinea?
But Mugabe may not be Africa's worst. That prize arguably goes to Teodoro Obiang, the ruler of Equatorial Guinea whose life seems a parody of the dictator genre.
2008-07-04 to africa, bestof, politics, terror by bagoly
Lawrence Wright: The Rebellion Within
An Al Qaeda mastermind questions terrorism.
2008-06-30 to al qaeda, bestof, islam, jihad, terror, terrorism by soobrosa
Helen Pidd: Fashion items or dangerous terrorist images?
Seven face long jail terms for plan to donate to groups in Palestine and Colombia.
2007-12-10 to bestof, fashion, freedom, media, power, terror by soobrosa
Peace pressure and Passover
By now, anyone with two neurons still firing, has understood that "terrorist attacks" have long term benefits for the Israeli, British and American governments. It's not just the fact of a "terror attack" however that can be and is used to scare the
2007-04-18 to bestof, big brother, history, terror by bagoly
500 Terror Attacks in EU in 2006 - But Only 1 by Islamists
The vast majority of terrorist attacks were carried out by separatist terror groups targeting France and Spain. Almost all attacks "resulted only in material damage and were not intended to kill," the report's authors write.
2007-04-13 to bestof, politics, terror by bagoly
Terror Database Has Quadrupled In Four Years
Each day, thousands of pieces of intelligence information from around the world -- field reports, captured documents, news from foreign allies and sometimes idle gossip -- arrive in a computer-filled office in McLean, where analysts feed them into the nat
2007-03-27 to big brother, terror by bagoly
Joe Sharkey: At U.S. Borders, Laptops Have No Right to Privacy
Until recently, their biggest concern was that someone might steal the laptop. But now there’s a new worry — that the laptop will be seized or its contents scrutinized at United States customs and immigration checkpoints upon entering the United States fr
2006-11-06 to big.brother, politics, power.play, terror, travel, usa by soobrosa
Detainee bill lifts Bush's power to new heights
President now has legal authority even courts can't challenge
2006-10-03 to legal, terror, usa by bagoly
Mini-gulags, hired guns and lobbyists
Camp Cropper itself turns out to be an interesting story, but one with a problem: while the emptying of Abu Ghraib made the news everywhere, the filling of Camp Cropper made no news at all. And yet it turns out that Camp Cropper, which started out as a bu
2006-09-28 to business, terror by bagoly

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