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  1. Iraqi soldiers killed by chlorine gas

    I remember having read this article about an alleged attack with chlorine gas on Iraqi troops just west of Baghdad.

    ISIS kills 300 Iraqi soldiers by chlorine gas attack in Saqlawiyah
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    The Swiss guard in Rome is affected by this law...

    The Swiss guard in Rome is affected by this law since the social benefits are paid by the Confederation. Nevertheless, they receive their pay from the Vatican. :)



    This is correct indeed! The...
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    Switzerland to ban "mercenary firms"

    Today Federal Councillor Simonetta Somaruga (Social Democrats) presented a draft law by which Switzerland hope to ban "mercenary acitivities" of security firms.
    The law forsees a notification...
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    554 companies signed CoC

    So far 554 Private Security Companies have signed the Code of Conduct, most from UK and US:
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    This week another article appeared in the...

    This week another article appeared in the European Energy Review taking nealry the same line as Robin Mills piece two weeks ago.
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    Cheer up: the world has plenty of oil.....hm, really?

    This week an article by Robin Mills, an energy consultant, appeared on the website of the European Energy Review. The piece sparked a controversial debate among the readers.
    Especially questionable...
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    Anwar al-Awlaki killed

    American born Islamist Anwar al-Awlaqi has been killed today in Yemen by a missile fired from am US drone. Seems as if al Qaeda suffered an other blow...
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    Davidfpo I disagree with you on this point...

    Davidfpo



    I disagree with you on this point mentioned above. You are right insofar as violence of Hooligans normally erupts around the football matches and that the police can take actions to...
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    LeT and the Pakistani State

    The current issue of the "Survival" magazine contains an article from Georgetown professor and AfPak expert C. Christine Fair. Therein she tries to revise the widely accepted opinion that Pakistan...
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    Understanding LeT

    This morning, while doing some other research, I came across this paper from the Indian Center for Land Warfare Studies. It might be of Interest for you.

    Singh, Rohit, Understanding the...
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    New Prism Vol 2 No 4 ist out!

    Just got the Update from the NDU that the latest issue of Prism is out containing the following articles:

    -Transforming the Conflict in Afghanistan by Joseph A. L'Etoile

    -State-building: Job...
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    What about this kind of small wars?

    I just stumbled upon an article by the German magazine "Der Spiegel" about hooliganism in Polands capital Warszaw. Bad enough that two gangs whose members kill each other regularly have a...
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    Counterinsurgency and PsyWar

    For "leisure":Kilcullens accidental guerilla, who will be my holiday companion

    for research: different texts from and about James Burnham and Psyops during the early years of cold war.

    Regards...
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    I had not realized that they released an extended...

    I had not realized that they released an extended version of the report. Thanks for the hint Rick!

    regards PB
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    North and South Sudant at the brink of war...again

    The situation in teh Abey region is deteriorating dramatically, with bands of thugs attacking even the UN. Seems as if the wors prediction become reality...
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    Marc Sageman on the fuutreof Terrorism after bin Ladens death

    Marc Sageman was in Switzerland this week, where he held a lecture on the Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich. He also gave an Interview to the online magazine of the University. Keeping the...
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    Ups..

    I guess I was a bit late. Simply did not watch the date of the entry...Sorry.:o

    PB
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    Sorry if I oversaw that title in your list: “THE...

    Sorry if I oversaw that title in your list: “THE SECOND WAR IN LEBANON” ISRAEL-HEZBOLLAH WAR OF 2006 WAS AIR POWER ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH THE GOALS OF THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT?" By Col. Scott E Manning...
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    From the French center for the study of doctrine:...

    From the French center for the study of doctrine: "Le Hezbollah face aux forces armées conventionnelles""

    Summary:
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  20. They did it again...

    Seems as if the Pakistanis are a bit p***** after the bin Laden raid. They blew the cover of another CIA station chief in Pakistan:

    http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0,1518,761466,00.html
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  21. Gentlemen, Thank you very much for your help....

    Gentlemen,

    Thank you very much for your help. Your hints are very helpful! Mike (jmm99) Ed's link list is indeed a trove for research. Did not know him before.
    Thanks also for the hint to ret....
  22. The complicity of the ISI in the Afghan...

    The complicity of the ISI in the Afghan insurgency is evident if one considers the policy of arresting Taliban commanders who are deviating from the agenda of a jihad against the western troops in...
  23. Combat motivation, judgement of War during Vietnam

    Hello Gentlemen

    I am participating on a colloquium at the university about the American Military from 1917 to the War in Afghanistan. Today we talked about the war in Vietnam and the problems that...
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    Interview with Hamid Gul

    Just got that piece from the Worldsecuritynetwork. An interview with Hamid Gul, former director of the ISI. Well, I think that says enough about the attitude towards Afghanistan.....
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    Tell that some journalists of the western...

    Tell that some journalists of the western european, and especially the german speaking press. For the absolute majority of them Pakistan ist still the true parter in the GWOT.
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