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Jesus, this bloke seems to be the real life version of the arms dealer Nicholas Cage portrayed in Lord of War, slightly off topic but i'ts an excellent film and well worth watching.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article2033389.ece



Also, an interesting story on:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/terrorism/story/0,,2119590,00.html

There are a good few chapters on Motivations for joining, theories of psychology etc. etc. in 'Counterterrorism' by G. C.S. Steven and R Gunaratna, I have a 2004 edition but I am sure you would be...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/terrorism/story/0,,2115693,00.html

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,287472,00.html

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article2010062.ece
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Some links:

http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/06/29/london.alert/index.html

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article2003808.ece
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Reading -

On Strategy: A Critical Analysis of the Vietnam War H.G. Summers

The Third Wave A. Toffler

Clausewitz R. Parkinson

Jut finished -

http://www.guardian.co.uk/afghanistan/story/0,,2109574,00.html

Thanks for replying Stan, I do seem to recall a paper that I read some years ago about a possible Sino-Russian/Iranian axis developing against the new European/NATO members who were previously Warsaw...

Talking of Nazi's and riots,

http://www.guardian.co.uk/russia/article/0,,2089413,00.html

Quite worrying in Russia at the moment, plus the fact that it was most likely a Russian agent who...

I did only say suggests but I would give a tentative yes, small radicalised groups using informal networks to create mass havoc aimed at the population centre seems to me to lean towards such...

Re: the recent capture of British soldiers by Iran, how do you people think this will play out? Or is it too early to tell yet?

I'm still unsure but I don't rule out military action if this isn't...

Interesting to note that it was the Ismali's who first came up with the suicide attacker, cira 8th century.

I think there may be some confusion over how we define terms here.

I for one, think the nature of war has not changed but that it's characteristics have, the nature of war is always political,...

In relation to civilian deaths, ROE and insurgents using women and children as shields the following article may be of interest.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,,2018528,00.html

Interesting, What would you include your theses, if you had the chance to write such a document?

http://technology.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,2016519,00.html

Having done a small bit of research I have found claims and counterclaims all over the place. I think the politics of it tends to muddy the issue somewhat, Call me cynical but I find it hard to...

No, I am not so naive to believe that they did not have any support within the countryside but that terror played a large part within their strategy, especially within areas that did not have their...

Weren’t the contras involved in a number of atrocities against civilian targets and largely funded by drug money? This would more likely show why they could gain supplies of the local populace and...

LOL, great replies, not sure about Wagner though, bit too German, Elgar maybe? I must say I have been keeping up my reading, nearly finished on war, reading a variety of other sources including a...

Cheers for the advice gentlemen, I must say I did do a 2.5 mile run a few days ago, not too bad going but I did feel it the next day, compounded by the fact I cycle five days a week.

I must say...

Hope I am posting this in the right place.

I recently went to an recruitment centre (I'm British btw) deciding that as I am coming up to 27 (feel so old:D) it's my last chance to give the army a...

Hanging him mid-prayer wasn't a good idea either. Too me the whole thing was a fiasco, what were they thinking letting someone in with a camera-phone? It would have been much better if a non partisan...

Trouble with that analysis is that public support was lost in Vietnam and has been lost in Iraq, pretty much game set and match for the insurgents. I am sure the military would have wanted to keep...

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-2448891,00.html




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