Archive for the 'artofwar' Category
Saturday, March 5th, 2011
WINNING IN AFGHANISTAN, by CPT Carl Thompson 9 April 2009 /from the must-read sources for american personnel [about to be] deployed in Afghanistan /
Exceptionally good article about strategy and leadership. It co…
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Friday, March 4th, 2011
a story from 2008, when one [arab] journalist ventured into Taliban-controlled area of Afghanistan and wrote a piece about his hosts and overall situation in Afghanistan.
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Wednesday, January 26th, 2011
An interesting article about small arms skills and marksmanship of Taliban fighters in Afghanistan. The articles suggests that those skills are low, and offers plausible explanation, but it nevertheless works OK for Taliban
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Monday, January 24th, 2011
Article about current armored vehicle usage policy in Afghanistan
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Monday, January 24th, 2011
also see: Part I: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/nov/24/the-taliban-troop-london-jihadists
and Part II : http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/nov/25/taliban-afghanistan-prison-special-report
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Monday, January 24th, 2011
article about political situation in Northern Afghanistan, information about Taliban, fragments from an interview with a taliban commander
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Monday, May 17th, 2010
What happens in a war (from the veteran of 1st and 2nd Chenen wars ) , also see Arkady’s book “One soldier’s War” http://www.amazon.com/One-Soldiers-War-Arkady-Babchenko/dp/0802118607
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Friday, March 26th, 2010
Military tactics and strategy
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Wednesday, October 14th, 2009
An article in Esquire about how UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) missions look up close.
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