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Yesterday news broke of success in the Six Party Talks. Here’s an, albeit short, article from Digital Chosunilbo that asks whether it is what we all want it to be.
Bush also defends the deal here.
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Navy rejects California Coastal Commission recommendations on use of sonar during exercises. And they cited the same reason I said they would a month ago.
The agency's precautions are too restrictive and “would prevent effective sonar training,” the service said Monday in a statement.
Some people in CA just don’t know how to balance competing needs/good.
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Britain and Afghanistan keep up the diplomatic pressure on Pakistan to pick a side in GWOT, and stay there.
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A long article about the PRC’s “String of Pearls” strategy can be found here.
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“It would also bar their use in or near civilian areas.”
Senate considering bill restricting the use of cluster munitions.
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Succeeding in Phase IV: British Perspectives on the U.S. Effort To Stabilize and Reconstruct Iraq from FPRI.
ry
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Can't let Ry have all the fun...
First, if you are a Soldiers' Angel or are interested in being one and giving immediate assistance, an emergency alert went out in the Angel Forums regarding a MASCAL for Charlie Company operating out of Ramadi CSH. Many children involved. General info here. If you are a Soldiers' Angel already, go to the Forums for details.
Second, the Iraqi Paradox: Report Insurgents, Become Target; Don't Report Insurgents, Become Target
In the Bizarre Military News Category: Wife becomes pregnant two years after soldier dies. It barely brushes on the all time important aspect: How will the VA pay benefits.
For those who know, Tammy Duckworth's husband is being deployed to Iraq. While the reporter tries to press for some "woe is me", Duckworth says, "we'll deal with it like all the other National Guard Families". No tears or special considerations because she is an amputee and veteran.
Finally, last but not least, a Chilicothe, MO soldier is quoted by the AP on Baghdad Security Ops. Probably the closest the reporter has actually been to soldier in the field ever since the Baghdad Sheraton doesn't come with built in GI Joes to give sound bites . It took the soldiers actually going to Baghdad on kinetic operations to make that happen. As they say, if the Mountain will not come to Mohammed...
[looking around sheepishly]..er...that was me - Kat
*A term of art from the artillery. Harassment and Interdiction Fires.
Back in the day, when you could just kill people and break things without a note from a lawyer, they were pre-planned, but to the enemy, random, fires at known gathering points, road junctions, Main Supply Routes, assembly areas, etc - to keep the bad guy nervous that the world around him might start exploding at any minute.
Not really relevant to today's operating environment, right? But, it *is*
The UAVs we fly over Afghanistan and Pakistan looking for targets of opportunity are a form of H&I fires, if you really want to parse it finely. We just have better sensors and fire control now.
I call the post that because it's random things posted by me and people I've given posting privileges to. It's also an open trackback, so if (Don Surber uses it this way a lot) someone has a post they're proud of, but it really isn't either Castle kind of stuff, or topical to a particular post, I've basically given blanket permission to use that post for that purpose. Another term of art that might be appropriate is "Free Fire Zone".
[We're prayin'.]
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