Daily Telegraph – A look at the underlying historical British influence on President Bush’s new surge strategy for Iraq.
The Times – New US general will copy British ‘softly-softly’ style.
Washington Post – Lessons for One Last Try.
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Monthly Archives: January 2007
US Navy – Gunships attack suspected al Qaeda fighters in Somalia
Associated Press – The Norfolk-based aircraft carrier Dwight D. Eisenhower will join a task force off the coast of Somalia, where U.S. forces attacked suspected al-Qaida fighters today. The carrier joins the cruisers Bunker Hill, Anzio and amphibious landing ship Ashland in security operations in the Indian Ocean.
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US Navy – Norfolk-based sub and Japanese merchant ship collide
Virginian Pilot – A Norfolk-based nuclear submarine and Japanese merchant ship collided in the Arabian Sea late Monday, but there were no injuries on either vessel, the U.S. Navy and Japanese officials said.
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Iran – Can David Petraeus Rebuild a Nation?
Esquire – Lt. General David Petraeus is set to take over in Iraq. Here, is an excerpt from Thomas P.M. Barnett’s March 2006 profile of Barnett.
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Iran – Mission Iran
The Times – Israel air force squadrons are training to blow up Iran’s uranium-enrichment facility using low-yield nuclear ìbunker-bustersî, according to several Israeli military sources???Israel will not tolerate Iran going nuclear and military sources say it will use tactical strikes unless Iran abandons its programme. Is Israel bluffing or might it really push the button?
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US Navy – The Navy's war on whales
Los Angeles Times – Jean-Michel Cousteau asks the US Navy to help save the whales. An interesting example of lawfare???
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Iraq – Iraq Will Be Petraeus's Knot to Untie
Washington Post – Rick Atkinson updates us on General Petraeus, the new US Army ground commander in Iraq. He is widely seen as last, best hope for region.
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US Navy – Admiral picked to lead Middle East war efforts
Virginian Pilot – The new head of CENTCOM is an admiral.
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Geopolitics / Hedge Funds – Hands Off Hedge Funds
Foreign Affairs – The massive growth of hedge funds has sparked warnings of instability and demands that the industry be regulated. But the fear of hedge funds is overblown, based on a misunderstanding of their role in the international financial system. In reality, hedge funds do not increase risk; they manage it — and policymakers, rather than clamping down, should make sure hedge funds have the tools to perform this function well.
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Royal Navy – Fears over £3.6bn plan for new carriers
Daily Telegraph – Fears are growing among Royal Navy chiefs that the Ministry of Defence’s delay in signing a contract for two major aircraft carriers could signal the project’s demise.
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Royal Navy – Promotion freezes as cuts bite in Navy
Daily Telegraph – Promotion for Royal Navy officers is to be frozen for five years in a cost-cutting measure that has caused fury in the Fleet.
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Royal Navy – Navy to cut its fleet by half
Daily Telegraph – Royal Navy commanders were in uproar after it was revealed that almost half of the Fleet’s 44 warships are to be mothballed as part of a cost-cutting measure.
Daily Telegraph – Cuts are a severe blow to officers’ ambitions
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US Navy – US Navy patrols Somalia's coast
BBC – US naval forces have deployed off the Somali coast to prevent leaders of defeated Islamist militias escaping.
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Iraq – 50,000 more US troops can save Iraq
Daily Telegraph – John Keegan argues in favor of increasing American troop numbers in Iraq.
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Royal Navy – Half of Royal Navy's ships in mothballs as defence cuts bite
The Times – Half of the Royal Navy is to be ìmothballedî as it bears the brunt of cuts imposed after a series of expensive procurement projects and the hidden costs of the conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq.
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