Новости за 09.08.2018

Investing in Understanding Cities is Investing in National Security

Investing in Understanding Cities is Investing in National Security by Claudia ElDib and John Spencer - The Hill

A short paper from ICSR and their explanation: ---Quote--- International stakeholders seem determined to push for Libyan elections at the end of 2018, a stance echoed by verbal commitment of national politicians. However, the outlook of elections in Libya this year remains uncertain. Seven...

Security report (http://musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/2018/08/security-in-iraq-aug-1-7-2018.html) for 1st week of August in Iraq

Ranger Creed

Ranger Creed

Keith Nightingale

The site is one of the least hospitable places in Afghanistan. Which is saying a great deal. Unlike most bases in Afghanistan, it is devoid of local Afghanis, not part of the assembled force, intentionally so. The reason is quickly apparent when the occupants are seen.

Some of the population is walking across the small open area near a vehicle park. They are uniformly dressed in light grey/green, skin tight, long... Читать дальше...

Gap in Army Adviser Brigade Deployments Could Create Complications in Afghanistan

Gap in Army Adviser Brigade Deployments Could Create Complications in Afghanistan by Shawn Snow – Army Times

The Persistence of the FARC SWJED Thu, 08/09/2018 - 12:28am

The Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC) declared their insurgency in 1964 and did not sign a peace agreement with the Government of Colombia (GoC) until 2016. This qualifies the FARC insurgency as one of the longest running in history (Leech, 2011). Through fifty-two years of government attacks, terrible defeats, the collapse of the Soviet Union, and through the demobilization or defeat of many sister movements, the FARC persisted. Читать дальше...

---Quote--- Siraj Wahhaj is the son of the Brooklyn imam of the same name, 68, who heads the Masjid At-Taqwa in Bedford-Stuyvesant, several congregants at the mosque confirmed to The Post. Hujrah and Subhanah are the elder Wahhaj’s daughters. Morton is married to Sabhanah, and Leveille is the...