Associated Press – Ships from the United States and five other countries will interdict a British vessel in the Persian Gulf on Monday in a mock interception of dangerous weapons technology, an exercise the U.S. expects nearby Iran to notice.
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Indian Navy – Indian, U.S. navies conduct joint ship exercises in Arabian Sea
Associated Press – Indian and U.S. destroyers, frigates and submarines conducted joint naval exercises off India’s western coast.
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Iraq – Iraqi Realities Undermine the Pentagon's Predictions
New York Times – Michael Gordon reports that the U.S. goal to have the Iraqi military take over primary responsibility for security seems far removed from the violence-plagued streets of Baghdad.
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Iraq – To Stand or Fall in Baghdad: Capital Is Key to Mission
New York Times – Michael Gordon reports that the Iraqi capital, American generals like to say, is the center of gravity for the larger U.S. mission in Iraq.
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Iraq – On Baghdad Streets, a Police Partnership Falters
New York Times – Michael Gordon reports that throughout much of Baghdad many Iraqis do not trust their own police forces.
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Iraq – Bush's Proposal of 'Benchmarks' for Iraq Sounds Familiar
Washington Post – Thomas Ricks analyses the latest US strategy on Iraq.
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US Navy – The New NOC
Sea Power – The Navy and Marine Corps have established a new operations concept that ìdescribes how the Navy-Marine Corps team will contribute to the defense of our nation.î The 36-page document calls for ìmore widely distributed forcesî and ìincreased forward presenceî as the guiding principles of how the services will operate in an ever-changing national security environment.
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Afghanistan – In the Land of the Taliban
New York Times Magazine – A journey through the tribal borderlands of Afghanistan and Pakistan, where drug smuggling, anger at warlords and age-old resentments could be preparing the way for a restoration of the radicals.
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US Navy – Navy on front line of missile defense
Virginian Pilot – By year’s end, the US Navy will have at least six ships able to track down and destroy ballistic missiles in space. The effort comes amid increasing worry over North Korea and Iran.
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US Navy – As part of military's ground force, Navy firms up support services
Virginian Pilot – Once considered a short-term program, the Navy and defense experts acknowledge individual augmentees are now a permanent part of today’s ground force.
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Sri Lankan Navy – Sri Lankan Navy Destroys Tiger Boats
Reuters – The Sri Lankan navy destroyed two Tamil Tiger boats on Saturday off an island in the country’s restive north, killing six rebels, the second military engagement at sea in less than 24 hours.
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Iraq – Bush is wrong: Iraq is not Vietnam
Daily Telegraph – John Keegan says Iraq is not like Vietnam.
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Nuclear Warfare – Nuclear Exchange: Does Washington Really Have (or Want) Nuclear Primacy?
Foreign Affairs – Could the U.S. government really destroy all of an adversary’s nuclear weapons in a nuclear first strike? Does Washington want that ability? And what–if anything–should be done about it?
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Iraq – Problems Afflict U.S. Army Program to Advise Iraqis
Wall Street Journal – Greg Jaffe shows ways in which the US Army does not appear to be committed to winning in Iraq.
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Sri Lankan Navy – Sri Lankan Navy Destroys 2 Rebel Boats
Associated Press – Sri Lanka’s navy destroyed two Tamil rebel boats Friday, killing at least 20 insurgents, after the guerrillas launched an attack that triggered a fierce gunbattle in the volatile north.
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History – Grant, Vicksburg, and Modern War
Marine Corps Gazette – Hints of maneuver warfare in the 19th century U.S. Civil War.
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Editorial Note – NOSI taking a short break
NOSI will next update on Saturday October 21. See you then!
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Military Space – Bush Sets Defense As Space Priority
Washington Post – President Bush has signed a new National Space Policy that rejects future arms-control agreements that might limit U.S. flexibility in space and asserts a right to deny access to space to anyone “hostile to U.S. interests.”
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US Marines – Camp No Man's Land
Leatherneck – Caught between Jordan and Iraq, in no manís land, a group of refugees rely on the Marines to take care of them.
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German Navy – Germany takes charge of patrols off Lebanon
Associated Press – A German frigate docked at Beirut on Sunday to take charge of the multinational naval force patrolling the Lebanese coastline to prevent arms shipments from reaching Hezbollah guerrillas.
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Royal Navy – Navy 'too weak' for big role in Korea blockade
Daily Telegraph – The UN is considering a naval blockade of North Korea, the Royal Navy is too weak to contribute.
Daily Telegraph – Navy taskforce will be forced to rely on France and America
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Fourth Generation Warfare – It's the Tribes, Stupid
Defense and the National Interest – If we want to understand the enemy we are fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan, the magic word is “tribe.”
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Operations Other Than War – Countering Irregular Threats: A Comprehensive Approach
US Marine Corps – A new US Marine publication on how to conduct Stage IV Stabilty and Support Operations. Looks like it is on target, the person behind it is General Jim Mattis.
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Iraq – Changing Tires on the Fly: The Marines and Postconflict Stability Ops
Foreign Policy Research Institute – An independent review of how the Marines have handled stability and support operations in Iraq.
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