Washington Post – Thomas Ricks reports that the chief of intelligence for the Marine Corps in Iraq recently filed an unusual secret report concluding that the prospects for securing that country’s western Anbar province are dim and that there is almost nothing the U.S. military can do to improve the political and social situation there.
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Daily Archives: September 12, 2006
Terrorism – Losing the War on Terror
Washington Post – Ahmed Rashid shows how in the five years since Sept. 11, the tactics and strategy of Islamic extremists fighting U.S. or NATO forces have improved dramatically. To a degree they could not approach five years ago, the extremists are successfully facing off against the overwhelming technological apparatus that modern armies can bring to bear against guerrillas. Islamic extremists are winning the war by not losing, and they are steadily expanding to create new battlefronts.
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US Marines – ???And There Was Light???
Leatherneck – New gear being researched and fielded provides leathernecks the edge in battle.
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