Washington Post – France and the US are fighting terror together, much more closely than generally believed — Funded largely by the CIA, France’s Alliance Base analyzes transnational movement of suspects and develops operations to catch them.
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US Marines – Marines to Help Iraqi Troops Police Iraq
Associated Press – An Iraqi army battalion backed by U.S. Marines will be stationed in Hit, making it the first deployment to regularly police a city in the volatile western Anbar province
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Geopolitics / Terrorism – Terrorism and the New Security Dilemma
Naval War College Review – The reliability of interstate balances of power is declining; the capacity of the ìstates systemî to provide security is deteriorating; the state itself is coming under increasing centrifugal pressure from both outside and inside, from above and from below; and the reshaping of the wider political environment in reaction to complex globalization remains rudimentary and uneven. We can expect substate and cross-border destabilization and violence, including but certainly not confined to terrorism, to become increasingly endemic.
Geopolitics / United Nations – "In Larger Freedom:" Decision Time at the UN
Foreign Affairs – Kofi Annan says dealing with today’s threats requires broad, deep, and sustained global cooperation. Thus the states of the world must create a collective security system to prevent terrorism, strengthen nonproliferation, and bring peace to war-torn areas, while also promoting human rights, democracy, and development. And the UN must go through its most radical overhaul yet.
US Marines – Frustrated marines chase army of ghosts
Daily Telegraph – With US Marine patrols on the Iraqi-Syrian border as they play cat and mouse with insurgents.
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Iraqi Navy – New navy already has its sea legs
Washington Times – The new Iraqi navy, reformed only two years ago after its destruction during 12 years of war and sanctions, has begun conducting independent patrols as part of the multinational effort to protect Iraq’s offshore oil platforms and its ports of Umm Qasr and Khawr Al Zubayr.
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History – We can't afford to forget Trafalgar
Daily Telegraph – John Keegan opines on the significance of Trafalgar to England.
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History – World armada recalls a day of victory and death at sea
The Times – Britain celebrates the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar.
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US Marines – Along the Syria-Iraq Border, Victory Is Fleeting in an Effort to Rout Out Foreign Fighters
New York Times – Another look at the paucity of Marines patroling Iraq’s border with Syria.
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Geopolitics / Freedom – Who Are Americans to Think That Freedom Is Theirs to Spread?
New York Times – Around the world (and among some critics at home), America’s long-held desire to export liberty and democracy is called hubristic, messianic, imperialistic and worse. But try imagining a world without it???
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US Navy – The Unraveling and Revitalization of U.S. Navy Antisubmarine Warfare
Naval War College Review – Antisubmarine warfare in the U.S. Navy has been allowed to deteriorate since the end of the Cold War. The growing threat demands that ASW be restored to health, and the Navy appears to be on the brink of a real commitment. However, the pace of revitalization will be significantly less than it needs to be if sustained support, effective organization, and ample resources are not forthcoming.
Iraq – Two years on, the echoes of Vietnam are getting louder
Guardian – Military historian Max Hasting’s view of the situation on the ground in Iraq today.
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Wargaming – Outcome Grim at Oil War Game
Washington Post – The United States would be all but powerless to protect the American economy in the face of a catastrophic disruption of oil markets, high-level participants in a war game concluded yesterday.
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History – British Naval Policy and the War against Japan, 1937-1945: Distorted Doctrine, Insufficient Resources, or Inadequate Intelligence?
International Journal of Naval History – Why was the Royal Navy so unprepared to fight Japan before as well as during World War II?
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Royal Navy – Quarter of Navy women 'sexually harassed'
Daily Telegraph – Sexual harassment in the Armed Forces has reached unacceptable levels, the Ministry of Defence said yesterday, as statistics showed that nearly a quarter of women in the Royal Navy had complained about it.
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US Marines – Out in the Open
Sea Power – Specialists in clandestine warfare, Marine reconnaissance units take a lead role in Iraq and adapt to missions long done by Army Special Forces.
Iraq – 'Enemy on enemy' fire signals split among insurgents in Iraq
New York Times – US Marines have been interested to see various factions in the Iraqi insurgency start to fight each other???
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US Marines – After Striking Rebel Route, Marines and Iraqis Pull Back
Washington Post – U.S. Marines and Iraqi soldiers began pulling out of a volatile area along the Syrian border Tuesday after what commanders called a successful operation aimed at driving insurgents out of the town of Karabilah and disrupting their network for bringing foreign fighters into Iraq.
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Air Warfare – Toward an Unmanned Bomber
Air Force – For the USAF, the Joint Unmanned Combat Air System could prove to be a large, loitering attack craft.
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Taiwanese Navy – Taiwan ship joins island dispute
BBC – A Taiwanese warship visited disputed fishing grounds on Tuesday, after Taiwanese fishermen complained of harassment by Japanese patrol boats.
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US Navy – Getting it Right
Sea Power – The Navy prepares for a fateful Quadrennial Defense Review by taking a critical look at its strategy and resources.
Ground Warfare – 'Am I Next?'
Washington Post – Ann Scott Tyson on patrol with an Iowa National Guard unit in Ramadi.
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Pakistani Navy – Pakistani, US navies to conduct joint exercise in Arabian sea
People’s Daily Online – Pakistani and US navies will conduct a 10-day joint exercise in the North Arabian sea starting from Monday, named “Inspired Union 2005.”
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Royal Navy – Hi-tech military sonar systems 'are killing Britain's whales and dolphins'
The Independent – Whales and dolphins are being killed around Britain’s coasts by Royal Navy sonar equipment, new research suggests.
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US Marines – Marines On His Canvas: The Art of Charles H. Waterhouse
Leatherneck – With his prolific works of art, Colonel Charles H. Waterhouse, USMCR (Ret)óthe Corps’ first and only Artist in Residenceóhas, since Iwo Jima, continued to tell the Marine Corps’ story of courage and commitment.
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