New York Times – Should retired generals speak out against the Secretary of Defense?
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Geopolitics / Iraq – Intelligence, Policy, and the War in Iraq
Foreign Affairs – During the run-up to the invasion of Iraq, writes the intelligence community’s former senior analyst for the Middle East, the Bush administration disregarded the community’s expertise, politicized the intelligence process, and selected unrepresentative raw intelligence to make its public case.
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Iran – Despite Denials, U.S. Plans for Iran War
Washington Post – William Arkin describes the US Army’s wargaming / warplanning for an invasion of Iraq.
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Iran – Iran: Send in the Marines?
Washington Post – William Arkin describes wargaming / warplanning by the Marines for an invasion of Iran.
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Iraq – The Revolt Against Rumsfeld
Slate – Fred Kaplan writes on how the officer corps is getting restless.
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Iraq – Rumsfeld Rebuked By Retired Generals
Washington Post – Thomas Ricks documents the growing list of retired generals calling for the resignation of Donald Rumsfeld.
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US Navy – Aircraft carrier group heads to Caribbean
Associated Press – Aboard the USS Washington in the Carrbbean Sea.
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US Navy – Nassau strike group on its way home from Middle East
Virginian Pilot – The USS Nassau Expeditionary Strike Group prepares to return home.
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Iran – Wild Speculation and the Nuclear Option
Washington Post – William Arkin reviews some past US wargames that involved war in Iran.
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Wargaming – Troops Learn to Not Offend
Wired – A seemingly harmless gesture could get a soldier in hot water, especially in a war-torn country. Body language that’s meaningless in the United States — such as showing the soles of one’s feet — is offensive in Iraq. So the American military is adopting a new video game created to help soldiers navigate the mysterious world of international nonverbal language.
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Iran – The Iran Plans
New Yorker – Seymour Hersh’s article from the New Yorker on US plans to attack Iran. This is the article that caused the flurry of reporting in Sunday’s newspapers???
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Geopolitics – A General With an Alternative Vision
Washington Post – A review of General Zinni’s new book, The Battle for Peace: A Frontline Vision of America’s Power and Purpose.
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US Navy – New Navy force will take the fight upriver in Iraq
Virginian Pilot – The Navyís river combat force, based at Little Creek, is starting from scratch, since inland patrolling was last done in Vietnam. This time, 200 sailors will be watching the waterways of Baghdad.
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Royal Marines – Marines pour scorn on Army commandos
Daily Telegraph – A battle has broken out over the role of the first Army commando unit to be formed since the Second World War, with the Royal Marines claiming that the infantry lack “the suitable calibre” to join their force.
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Iran – U.S. Is Studying Military Strike Options on Iran
Washington Post – The Bush administration is studying options for military strikes against Iran as part of a broader strategy of coercive diplomacy to pressure Tehran to abandon its alleged nuclear development program, according to U.S. officials and independent analysts.
Daily Telegraph – Bush ‘is planning nuclear strikes on Iran’s secret sites’.
The Times – Bush plans strike on Iran’s nuclear sites.
The Times – Gunning For Iran.
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Iraq – Learning Counterinsurgency: Observations from Soldering in Iraq
Military Review – The Army has gained a great deal of experience in Iraq and Afghanistan about counterinsurgency operations. Here, one of the Armyís most experienced commanders, General David H. Petraeus, details 14 lessons learned.
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US Navy – The Future Of ELF Is Up In The Air
WLUC TV6 – It’s been more than a year since the Navy turned off its ELF (Extremely Low Frequency) submarine communication system in Humboldt Township, but the future of the facility is still uncertain.
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Iraq – Small Victories
New Yorker – George Packer reports on what American soldiers have learned about battling the insurgency in Iraq, and whether those lessons have come too late. Another look at the Colonel H.R. McMaster’s and the 3rdACR’s work in Tal Afar. (Requires Flash)
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Iranian Navy – Iran's New Weapons: More Flash Than Force?
Stratfor – During Iran’s “Holy Prophet” military exercises in the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman, which concluded on April 6, Tehran announced several successful weapons tests. Some of these weapons were touted as new and capable of avoiding radar and hitting multiple targets. However, given Iran’s actual technological capabilities, these claims are certainly exaggerated and intended for political effect on the region.
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US Marines – U.S. Marines say can keep Iraq levels indefinitely
Reuters – The U.S. Marine Corps can sustain indefinitely its current troop level in Iraq, the No. 2 Marine general said on Thursday, despite concerns about the 3-year-old war breaking the all-volunteer military.
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US Navy – Refitted submarine about ready to return to service
Virginian Pilot – The former ballistic missile submarine USS Florida is about to head back into service after an extensive conversion.
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US Marines – Reengineering the Utilities Field for a 21st Century MAGTF
Marine Corps Gazette – Creative thinking results in a better way to provide power and water to Marines in the field.
Indian Navy – Captains of the high seas
Mumbai Mirror – A correspondent interviews the admirals leading the Indian and French navies in Varuna 2006, the joint exercise off the coast of Goa.
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Iranian Navy – Iran raises tensions with a show of strength
Daily Telegraph – A stealth flying boat, a radar-evading missile with multiple warheads, a rocket-torpedo and an anti-ship missile that cannot be jammed: with every day that passes, Iran announces a development in its military hardware.
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Iraq – Interview with General Anthony Zinni
Meet the Press – General Anthony Zinni, former CENTCOM commander, gives his opinion of the current situation in Iraq. The interview occurs half-way through this transcript.
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