New Yorker – Seymour Hersch on the militaryís dissent on Iran policy.
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Iran – Steve James and Sgt. Zack Bazzi: Producer & Editor of "The War Tapes"
Q and A – Transcript of a program in which Steve James & Sgt. Zack Bazzi discuss “The War Tapes.” This is a documentary featuring three New Hampshire National Guardsmen who were given cameras to record their year deployment in Iraq. It is an excellent cinema verite look at the war in Iraq through the eyes of the troops on the group. The documentary’s Web site is at www.thewartapes.com
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US Navy – More Norfolk ships aid in evacuation of Lebanon
Virginian Pilot – The USS Iwo Jima Expeditionary Strike Group, currently operating in the Red Sea, was ordered today to assist in the evacuation of American citizens from Lebanon.
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Royal Navy – Briton's broadside as Beirut evacuation finally begins
Daily Telegraph – If the first Britons to be evacuated from Lebanon by sea were meant to be grateful for the efforts of the Government then nobody told 30-year-old Maya Kaaki.
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Fourth Generation Warfare – The Book on Bad Apples
US News and World Report – More on the US Army and US Marines new manual on counterinsurgency.
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US Navy – U.S. sending help to evacuate Americans from Lebanon
CNN – The U.S. military is positioning Navy and Marine vessels in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, while the State Department charters airliners and a cruise ship to help in the evacuation of Americans trapped by the conflict in Lebanon.
Virginian Pilot – Norfolk-based ship to help evacuate Americans from Lebanon.
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Royal Navy – Britons preparing to flee Lebanon
BBC – The Royal Navy begins assisting evacuations off of Lebanon.
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Iraq – Two Signposts
Defense and the National Interest – William Lind notes two significant signposts in Iraq.
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Fourth Generation Warfare – What US wants in its troops: cultural savvy
Christian Science Monitor – Another example of how the US military is trying to adapt for Fourth Generation Warfare.
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Iran – Knowing Why Not To Bomb Iran Is Half the Battle
Defense and the National Interest – Martin van Creveld reviews the situation in Iran.
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Royal Navy – Royal Navy's two vanguards
BBC – Two Royal Navy vessels have been dispatched to Lebanon, where they may be called into action to rescue stranded Britons. What are their capabilities?
Daily Telegraph – HMS Illustrious sent to Lebanon as Britons told: get ready to flee.
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Fourth Generation Warfare – Counterinsurgency by the Book
Slate – Two messages flutter between the lines of the U.S. Army’s new field manual on counterinsurgency wars, its first document on the subject in 20 years.
One is that Pentagon planning for the Iraq war’s aftermath was at least as crass, inattentive to the lessons of history, and contrary to basic political and military principles as the war’s harshest critics have charged. The other is that as a nation we may simply be ill-suited to fight these kinds of wars.
The manual is found here: Counterinsurgency FM3-24FD.
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Geopolitics / Iraq – Saddam's Delusions: The View From the Inside
Foreign Affairs – This distillation of the Pentagon’s secret study of Saddam Hussein’s regime, based on analysis of captured documents and prisoner interviews, has already rewritten the history of the war. See for yourself what made Saddam tick, why he was shocked by the American invasion, and what he was actually doing with WMD.
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Israeli Navy – Bomb-laden drone believed to have hit ship
Haaretz – Four Israel Navy sailors were reported missing after an explosives-laden drone, apparently launched by Hezbollah, hit a naval vessel off the coast of Beirut Friday night.
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US Marines – Haditha Probe Finds Leadership Negligent
Washington Post – Thomas Ricks reports that the U.S. military officer overseeing the investigation into 24 civilian killings in Haditha, Iraq, has concluded that Marine leadership failed multiple times, including in pre-deployment training, in the tone set by commanders, and in how information was reported up the chain of command.
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History – Operation Hastings: The War Moves North
Leatherneck – Leathernecks of Task Force Delta went head to head with the NVA 324B Division and cleaned their clocks, but not without loss.
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US Navy – Despite success, Navy unlikely to continue crew swap effort with destroyers
Virginian Pilot – The future of the Sea Swap program in the US Navy is mixed???
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US Navy – Navy heeds call to save marine life
Christian Science Monitor – A deal between the US Navy and environmental groups limits active sonar use.
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US Navy – Pieces come together for carrier George H.W. Bush
Virginian Pilot – Former President George H.W. Bush came to Newport News on Saturday to see the 700-ton island placed on the carrier George H.W. Bush.
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Editorial Note – NOSI on break until Wednesday July 12
NOSI is taking its summer break and will next update on Wednesday July 12. See you then!
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US Navy – U.S. agency OKs naval exercise despite sonar concern
Reuters – A federal agency on Tuesday granted the U.S. Navy permission to proceed with international naval exercises off Hawaii this week, despite the concerns of environmentalists about sonar’s effect on marine mammals.
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Geopolitics / Middle East – Blood Borders
Armed Forces Journal – Ralph Peters proposes redrawing the borders of the Middle East based upon ethnic and religious identity.
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Canadian Navy – O'Connor confirms plan to build three new ships
CTV – Defence Minister Gordon O’Connor confirms Ottawa will go ahead with its plan to commission the construction of three naval supply ships.
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Israeli Navy – Israel in first NATO tactical exercise
Jerusalem Post -For the first time in history the Israeli Navy is participating in a tactical NATO exercise on the Black Sea.
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Russian Navy – Russian Navy to have Atlantic, Mediterranean drills this summer
ITAR-TASS – The Russian Navy will have exercises in the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea this summer.
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