Showing posts with label Syria. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Syria. Show all posts
Wednesday, August 24, 2016

Iran's Fingers in the Many Middle East Puppets

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Interesting insight into Iran's proxies in the various Middle East messes from Amir Toumaj at The Long War Journal's IRGC commander ...
Thursday, June 23, 2016

CNAS2016: ISIS Study Group - Presentation and Discussion

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A truly excellent discussion of fighting ISIS from the Center for a New Anerican Security 2016 conference
Wednesday, March 02, 2016

It's Almost Like They Have a Plan: "Indiscriminate Russian Bombing in Syria Worsening European Immigration Crisis"

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Map source UNHCR U.S.General in charge of European Command says "Indiscriminate Russian Bombing in Syria Worsening European Immigr...
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Friday, January 29, 2016

Expensive Lessons in Governing Captured in NYTimes "More Is Needed to Beat ISIS, Pentagon Officials Concludes"

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First, you have to read this Joshua Foust's Staff: The Forgotten Metric of Presidential Success (hat tip to Brett Friedman): Obama ...
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Tuesday, November 24, 2015

Turkey v. Russia: Turks Defend Their Airspace

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Reuters report "Turkey downs Russian warplane near Syria border, Moscow denies airspace violation" . Hurryiet report: Turkish...
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Monday, September 21, 2015

Blowing the Middle East Scenario

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Small Wars Journal has it in a headline: Obama Claims His Critics Forced Him to Make a Mess of Syria , quoting Jennifer Rubin at the WaPo ...
Tuesday, September 23, 2014

War Against Terrorists: Al Qaeda is back in the news and gets attacked to forestall "imminent attack"

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U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Carlos M. Vazquez II Al Qaeda makes the news again, and gets attacked in Syri...
Friday, August 15, 2014

Killing ISIS 2: What Bing West Says

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Bing West has thoughts on how to kill ISIS (a/k/a ISIL) at "How to Defeat ISIL" : U.S. policymakers must commit themselves cle...
Monday, September 16, 2013

Well, even a blind hog . . .: "U.S. and Russia Reach Deal to Destroy Syria’s Chemical Arms"

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NYTimes reports "U.S. and Russia Reach Deal to Destroy Syria’s Chemical Arms." Aside from the fact that what is to be destroy...
Wednesday, August 28, 2013

Syria: Magical Mystery Tour

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Once upon a time . . . military planners were tasked to set up war plans that included asking questions that would make the mission about to...
Wednesday, July 10, 2013

Not-So-Big Mystery: Who took out Syrian Anti-Ship Missiles? Hmmm.

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It is very small mystery but Syrian rebels say it wasn't their doing, Rebels Claim Israel Bombed Russian-Made Anti-Ship Missiles:...
Friday, May 17, 2013

Syria: Russia Supports the Dictator, Ships "Sophisticated" Anti-Ship Missiles

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Reported by the BBC as "Syria crisis: Russia 'sends sophisticated weapons'" : Yakhont Missile According to the New Y...
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Thursday, October 11, 2012

Middle East Mess: Turkey Claims Russian Arms on Moscow to Damascus "Airliner" Forced to Land in Turkey

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The Republic of Turkey, which has, for the most part, tried to stay clear of the Syrian disaster unfolding on its border, now has pushed fur...
Thursday, October 04, 2012

Syria: Turkey Get Fired On, Shoots Back and NATO Gets a Call

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WaPo reports, "Turkey PM’s office says Turkish artillery fired on Syria after shelling of Turkish town" : Turkish artillery fir...
Thursday, September 23, 2010

A Shippping Container Full of Explosives

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I wonder if anyone will come forward and claim the contents of a shipping container of explosives now being held by the Italian police? : I...
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Friday, September 17, 2010

Syria to Get Advanced Anti-Ship Missiles from Russia

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Not good news Syria to Get Advanced Anti-Ship Missiles from Russia : Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov has announced that his coun...
Sunday, March 09, 2008

Maritime Security: Syria on watchlist

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Ships making port calls in Syria will get extra scrutiny, as reported here : Syria was placed on a so-called "Port Security Advisory Li...