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LGF - Pirates Die Strangely After Hijacking Iranian Ship

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Remember this?

The Times - How we got a 200-tonne turbine past the Taleban The ingenious plan to bring electricity to two provinces of Afghanistan was one of the biggest logistical operations by the Army since the war, by Rufus McNeil

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In The Times: The secret life of Tzipi Livni: How the woman set to be Israel’s new leader earned her spurs as an agent working for a covert cell in an elite spy unit

Ms Livni, a fluent French speaker and daughter of renowned Zionist guerrillas, served her time in Paris when the city [...]

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The Times - How General Petraeus led Iraq out of its darkest moment But the Washington consensus of cutting troop numbers puts the gains of the surge at risk, by Rosemary Righter

When he assumed overall command in Iraq in February 2007, General David Petraeus described the situation as “hard but not hopeless”. It is [...]

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Slate - Pakistan Is the Problem And Barack Obama Seems to Be the Only Candidate Willing to Face It. By Christopher Hitchens

“Don’t mention the war,” as Basil insists with mounting hysteria in Fawlty Towers. And, when discussing the deepening crisis in Afghanistan, most people seem deliberately to avoid such telling phrases as “Pakistani aggression” [...]

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The Telegraph - Justice for the Gurkhas

It is extraordinary that the authorities are prepared to deport someone who fought in our Army, while thousands of foreign criminals remain in this country, many of them for good because their human rights preclude their removal. Walking the streets of Britain are terrorist [...]

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The Times - We must rebuild a military base in the US As the Iraq operation winds down, an inquiry into the lessons of a botched campaign is essential, by Allan Mallinson (a military historian, novelist and former cavalry officer)

Why were our tactics - military and civil - so inadequate and so out of [...]

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I’ve had a busy day (I changed my name! (at least as far as the Social Security Administration is concerned)) so I think I’ll limit myself to a couple of date-appropriate links from RC2 this evening. I won’t go on about it, since I think what I wrote last year stands.

Wheat & Weeds - “Just [...]

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Stupid = the kerfuffle which is (alarmingly) being taken much too seriously. The bearskin hats are beautiful.

The Times - The right to bear arms and the right to bearskins Could it be that Britain has its priorities a little wrong? By Hugo Rifkind

In Russia this week they had the Prime Minister, Vladimir Putin, boasting [...]

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I wonder if it’s worth remarking upon that both members of the Republican ticket have kids in Iraq?

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The Times - Triumph for British forces in Boy’s Own-style Kajaki mission

It was a task of epic proportions, inspiring comparisons with Commando magazine, Mad Max, the battle of Arnhem in 1944 and the relief of the siege of Mafeking in 1900. The mission was to take 220 tonnes of turbine [...]

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First, cribbing from CDR Salamander:

From The Corner, I quote VDH in whole; Patience… We are a little more than a week into the crisis, and already Russia has already gotten itself more than just fights with Georgia—but also issued creepy threats to Poland over missiles, [...]

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Why yes, I have been aware of the no-longer-the-president-but-why-should-that-ever-matter of Russia’s excursion into Russia.

Recap!

Wheat & Weeds - “Remake”

Plus:

Wheat & Weeds - Don’t Know Nothin’ ‘Bout Georgia & Russia?

Read this.

Wheat & Weeds - McCain: We’re All Georgians

Here’s a summary of what appears to be happening. Watch what Russia does (or tries to [...]

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The Times - If Los Alamos is secure, I’m an A-bomb LA Notebook: amazing stories are emerging about the security and safety of an atom bomb factory, by Chris Ayres

[A]fter 20 years and $350 million, scientists at the vast 40 sq mile atom bomb factory in the New Mexico [Los Alamos] desert finally plugged [...]

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Hey, guess what! I have a whole bunch of stuff to do! So here, mea culpa, me and my blog: love did tear us apart.

The Times - How Chairman Mao led China to humiliation The Great Helmsman’s mishandling of the nuclear crisis with the Soviet Union was a turning point in world history, by George Walden

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