June 8th, 2008 by zen
Dr. Chet Richards at DNI had this post on Mexico:...
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April 23rd, 2008 by zen
Dynamics of Asymmetric Conflict. Hat tip to Selil.
Posted in 4GW, 5GW, COIN, counterinsurgency, defense, gangs, illegal combatants, insurgency, military, networks, non-state actors, piracy, suicide bombing, superempowered individuals, terrorism, tribes, war, warriors | 1 comment
April 9th, 2008 by zen
For readers who are not aware, blogfriend Shlok...
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March 20th, 2008 by zen
Dave Schuler, a longtime blogfriend, had a post...
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March 18th, 2008 by zen
Blogfriend Charles Cameron alerted me to a very...
Read morePosted in academia, arab world, extremists, iraq, islamic world, islamist, mideast, non-state actors, Religion, Theology | Comments Off on Behold the Coming of the Mahdi! Or…at least…The Mahdists!