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Perspectives on the evolving U.S. Counterinsurgency and Counterterrorism doctrine. What works, what does not, and what we think we know.

Thursday, October 1, 2009

October 1st Morning Readbook

Several Afghan Strategies, None a Clear Choice

Flipside of the COIN: Israel’s Lebanese Incursion Between 1982 – 2000

Gates Doubts U.S.'s Afghan Strategy

Analysis: A look a US airstrikes in Pakistan through September 2009

Afghanistan's people have advice for U.S.

An Enemy Within: The Making of Najibullah Zazi
Posted by Abu Nasr at 6:01 AM
Labels: Afghanistan, al qaeda, counterinsurgency, counterterrorism, homeland, Pakistan
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      • The Utility of Force
      • October 31st Morning Readbook
      • Inside Iraq - Nouri al-Maliki's future
      • Weekend Reading
      • New SIGIR Report Out
      • Bigger Impact on al Qaeda: AF-COIN or PAK-COIN?
      • October 30th Morning Readbook
      • FBI vs. Terrorist Shootout in Detroit!
      • Green Zone - The Movie?
      • October 29th Morning Readbook
      • October 28th Morning Readbook
      • Critics Too Lazy to Google "COIN"
      • October 27th Morning Readbook
      • Nouri & Barack
      • Warfare at the Ph.D Level
      • October 26th Morning Readbook
      • Al Jazeera - Scores killed in Iraq blasts
      • New Twin Bombings in Baghdad
      • Institutionalized Failure in Iraq
      • October 25th Morning Readbook
      • Two Most Influential Thinkers...
      • "Don’t confuse liquidating al-Qaeda with liquidati...
      • Population-Centric Counterterrorism
      • October 24th Morning Readbook
      • October 23rd Morning Readbook
      • What is happening in Anbar Province? Part II
      • October 21st Morning Readbook
      • WTF is Population Centric COIN?
      • Commander-in-Chief: The Procrastinator
      • October 20th Morning Readbook
      • Tribal Engagement
      • If you don't have time to read...
      • Understand the Culture and the Strategy Writes Its...
      • October 19th Morning Readbook
      • Outline for a COIN Campaign Plan (Part 1)
      • What is happening in Anbar Province?
      • October 18th Morning Readbook
      • Return of the Taliban - Frontline October 2006
      • 13 Notes on COIN - JP 3-24
      • October 17th Morning Readbook
      • Does Law Enforcement Even Work Against al Qaeda?
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      • Probably the best CT/COIN Article to Date...
      • October 15th Morning Readbook
      • Obama's War
      • Whatever Happened to...
      • India - The Other Side of the Central Asian Iron T...
      • COIN Lessons via 80s Pop Culture
      • So There's Only Two Options?
      • October 12th Morning Readbook
      • "They Are Just Like You Guys..."
      • Why Conventional Troops Should Not Fight Unconvent...
      • Soviet Lessons Learned: Population Support is Esse...
      • October 10th-11th Morning Readbook
      • Understand the Culture and the Strategy Writes Its...
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      • "Debriefing Prisoners": The NYPD Mindset?
      • October 9th Morning Readbook
      • Understand the Culture and the Strategy Writes Itself
      • The Debate Rages On
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      • What Happens to Collaborators Post-Occupation?
      • So "terrorist" and "insurgent" are synonyms?
      • Iraq Brief from GEN Odierno
      • October 2nd Morning Readbook
      • Yes, Taliban means "students"
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      • October 1st Morning Readbook

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