Новости за 23.05.2018

The Tricky Business of Counting the Costs of Armed Conflict in Cities SWJED Wed, 05/23/2018 - 4:50pm

Paraphrasing the Greek dramatist Aeschylus, in war, terrorism and crime, truth is the first casualty. While a proper accounting of the human toll of organized violence is critical to achieving justice and stability, it is a tricky endeavor. Part of the problem is that there are few people or institutions actually keeping track of the dead. In some of the most conflict-, terrorist- and crime-prone countries and cities... Читать дальше...

Interview (http://musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/2018/05/sadr-communist-alliance-and-iraqs-2018.html) with PhD student Benedict Robin on Sadr's Sairoon alliance with the Communists and its victory in the May elections

---Quote (Originally by AdamG)--- http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_UNITED_STATES_CUBA?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2017-09-01-18-40-29 .. ---End Quote--- http://council.smallwarsjournal.com/showthread.php?1067-Cuba-(merged-thread)&p=208890&viewfull=1#post208890 This was...

Hasty Foreign Policy Decisions Can Have Negative Effects for Decades SWJED Wed, 05/23/2018 - 6:52am

Debate regarding the nature of American involvement in Afghanistan has been a constant since 9/11. I have watched with more than usual interest since making 3 trips to the Afghan-Pak border in the late 1980’s. My purpose for making those trips was twofold. As a pediatric orthopaedist, I wished to help with the care of children in that region, and wanted to increase my understanding of “what’s going on”. Читать дальше...

Bacon-and-beer punishment. ---Quote--- Former inmates have told of the horror after being detained in China's indoctrination camps for Muslims, where they were physically and mentally tortured. Around 900,000 to one million Muslims are estimated to have been detained in such re-education...

Coalition Trainers in Iraq Helping ‘Make a Good Force Better’

Coalition Trainers in Iraq Helping ‘Make a Good Force Better’