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This week’s deadly insurgent attack on a UN guesthouse in Kabul — along with the attack on the Serena Hotel — seemed to have one very specific goal: To disrupt Afghanistan’s upcoming presidential runoff election, which is sche...
This may be something. It may be nothing. But if you check out al-Qaeda’s latest video, there’s a blurry image that bears a striking resemblance to a certain son of a Saudi construction magnate. Either that or I need new glasses.
Last ...
Afghanistan is a country the size of Texas, with only a handful of major roads. So when the U.S. military wants to haul gear, supply isolated outposts, reposition forces, or evacuate wounded troops, the first, best, and sometimes only option is to do...
For months, administration and intelligence officials have assured us that the drone war in Pakistan has the jihadists on the run — decimating their leadership, and keeping the rest looking over their shoulders. But there’s been little in...
Airbags have saved countless lives over the years in car crashes. Now they’re set to save lives in another way: by stopping rocket propelled grenades.
The RPG has been the guerrilla’s weapon of choice for decades. It’s cheap, easy ...
The United States government has long disseminated information to people living under repressive regimes — think of Radio Free Europe. But lately, Washington is trying a different tactic. The content of the information isn’t the important thing; the...
I’ll be on today’s edition of BBC/PRI/WGBH’s “The World,” talking about the drone war in Pakistan.
UPDATE: The audio is up. Stream it here or download it.
Erik Prince, the founder of the security firm formerly known as Blackwater, has undergone more image changes than Madonna. First there was Prince as Bruce Wayne, the billion-dollar heir to a Michigan auto parts fortune who quietly turned his target...
# “Human Terrain’ sergeant wounded
# Afghanistan inspector general hires contractor to watch contractors
# “Beast of Kandahar” ain’t a Predator replacement
# Inside Iran’s video game industry
# Military ordering 47,2000 new “certificates of...
On Tuesday, Under Secretary of State Ellen Tauscher was in Geneva at the Biological Weapons Convention talks. Her primary purpose was to announce President Obama’s long-expected “National Security for Countering Biological Threats.”
Given the...
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