Archive for the 'iraq'

• Of dualities, contradictions and the nonduality II

July 30th, 2013 by Charles Cameron

Posted in 19th century, 2013, 20th century, Charles Cameron, christianity, cold war, europe, Germany, iraq, Islam, paradox, pattern language, Patterns, Religion, shia, sunni, Uncategorized | 3 comments

• Those black banners / AQ flags, revisited

July 9th, 2013 by Charles Cameron

Posted in Aaron Zelin, Afghanistan, al qaida, black banner, Charles Cameron, egypt, iraq, khorasan, Mahdist, music, Uncategorized | 9 comments

• Every day is Ashura, every place is Kerbala

May 29th, 2013 by Charles Cameron

Posted in ancient history, history, iraq, Islam, sacrifice, saudi arabia, shia, sunni, Uncategorized, youtube | 11 comments

• Furnish on Pew findings re: Islam

May 2nd, 2013 by Charles Cameron

Posted in Afghanistan, africa, Buddhist, Charles Cameron, christianity, criminals, democracy, Dr Timothy Furnish, egypt, extremists, IC, India, indonesia, intelligence, iraq, Islam, islamic world, islamist, Lebanon, movies, pakistan, polls, russia, scriptures, sharia, shia, suicide bombing, sunni, tunisia, turkey, Uncategorized | 11 comments

• Octavian Manea interviews MIT’s Roger D. Peterson

April 19th, 2013 by zen

Posted in 4GW, academia, America, analytic, classics, COIN, counterinsurgency, cultural intelligence, culture, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, iraq, leadership, military, military history, military training & education, Musings, non-state actors, politics, psychology, security, small wars journal, social science, society, state building, state failure, strategy, Strategy and War, swj blog, tribes, uncertainty, war, warriors | 8 comments