AQ Has a New Strategy, Obama Needs One Too // Bruce Hoffman/WaPo Terror On Campus // Rob Dover/KoW Military Justice and the Fear Game // Scott Horton/Harper's Magazine Afghan Recovery Report: Afghan Journalists Under Fire // Institute for War & Peace Reporting Exploring the Megastructure: Smugglers' Caves // Geoff Manaugh/BLDGBLOG I'm going to be heads … Continue reading Omnivore 13/01/2010
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The Battle for Tora Bora
If you haven't already read Peter Bergen's TNR piece on the late 2001 battle for Tora Bora, Afghanistan, you should. It's a page turner, and offers a "definitive account" of "how Osama bin Laden slipped from our grasp." It definitely lives up to the strapline. In my opinion, it's also a fine example of good … Continue reading The Battle for Tora Bora
Flipping the COIN
Rick "Ozzie" Nelson, Senior Fellow at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies, raises a few interesting points about counterinsurgency and counterterrorism in Afghanistan. "Counterinsurgency doctrine, or COIN," he writes, "has captured the hearts and minds of many in the D.C. policy community. Upon close inspection, however, it becomes clear that COIN, at least as applied to … Continue reading Flipping the COIN
Omnivore 28/09/09 – Terrorism Studies Supplement
Why We Can't Leave, Bruce Hoffman, The National Interest Getting Our Facts Right... Leah Farrall, All Things Counterterrorism Professor Hoffman's Response, Leah Farrall, All Things Counterterrorism My Initial Response to Professor Hoffman, Leah Farrall, All Things Counterterrorism Devils in the Details - Response to Professor Hoffman, Leah Farrall, All Things Counterterrorism Devils in the Details … Continue reading Omnivore 28/09/09 – Terrorism Studies Supplement
Omnivore 25/09/09
UK Strategy & Defence Policy: Have Your Say, David Betz, Kings of War The Army Wants Your Comments, Robert Haddick, Small Wars Journal A Real Plot and Real CT, Bernard Finel, BernardFinel.com Crossfire Forces Wardak Farmers Off Land, Habiburahman Ibrahimi, Afghan Recovery Report/IWPR Yet Another "Bribe The Tribes" Pundit, Joshua Foust, Registan.net Storm Warnings on … Continue reading Omnivore 25/09/09
MICHAEL A. INNES 