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• Seven Rules for Countering Terrorism

  Published: August 11, 2007, 1:19 pm

  Tags: Counter Terrorism, Wot, Iraq, Foreign Policy, Afghanistan

  can in fact hinder the counter terrorism process, among other things... I'll leave interested readers free to read the posts but want to archive the "rules" here and comment. They write...Louise Richardson, author of The Roots of Terrorism, spells out six rules for countering terrorism to which we can add a seventh. They are: Have a

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• More on Rudy Giuliani's Foreign Policy

  Published: August 15, 2007, 3:35 pm

  Tags: Counter Terrorism, Foreign Policy, Foreign Affairs, Diplomacy

  Iraq war and the failure to counter extremism in Pakistan's tribal areas." What was that part about backing up our commitments with sustained action?That's just one graf! On and on it goes. Here's another graf that is astounding:Another step in rebuilding a strong diplomacy will be to make changes in the State Department and the Foreign

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• Where's this bin Laden guy?

  Published: August 26, 2007, 9:39 pm

  Tags: Osama Bin Laden, Cheney, Counter Terrorism, Bush, Iraq, Terrorism, Foreign Policy, Afghanistan

  is irrelevant and even counterproductive. "When you kill a person it's a multiplication factor. It demands that all the male relatives join the fight."I, of course, have been saying this for years.Continuing...Johnson, an Afghan expert, spent last February at Forward Operating Base Salerno near the Pakistan border, briefing commanders on

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• The Surge: Decoding the happy-talk and PR stunts

  Published: September 3, 2007, 9:05 pm

  Tags: Counter Terrorism, Bush, Iraq, Surge, Cap, Benchmarks, Anbar

  our occupation to one of counterterrorism and regional security leaving the Iraqi power centers room to adjust to their new government without the US military being a crutch. Accompany that with a force to protect the Kurds in the north, keep Turkey at bay, control Kurdish irredentist terrorism emanating from Kurdistan, and check Iranian

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• The Return of the X-Article and the 'War on Terror'

  Published: October 18, 2007, 10:17 am

  Tags: Osama Bin Laden, Counter Terrorism, Terrorism, Foreign Policy, Al Qaeda, Ubl, Foreign Affairs

  to our current War on Terrorism. The op-ed author was Nick Thompson from Wired's Danger Room and the Cold war strategy (featured in the popular X-Article) is now known tho be the work of George 'X' Kennan. I should reiterate here once again that this this op-ed, the article I'm going to mention briefly, this post or the post from August

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• U.S. counter-terrorism tortures innocent man

  Published: October 23, 2007, 3:53 am

  Tags: Usa, Canada, Apology, Arar, Bush, Counter Terrorism, Innocent, Politics, Syrian Born, Torture

  "Thursday, our lawmakers offered an apology to a Canadian citizen deported by U.S. read more

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• U.S. partnership with Jordan was targeted

  Published: June 2, 2008, 8:38 am

  Tags: Abu Musab Zarqawi, Aggressively Hunted, Partnership, Effective Allied Counter Terrorism Agency, U S Partnership With Jordan Was Targeted, Suicide Bombers, Israel S Mossad

  most effective allied counter-terrorism agency in the Middle East. Since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, its cooperation with the CIA has grown even closer. The GID has aggressively hunted Abu Musab Zarqawi, the Jordanian-born head of the extremist group Al Qaeda in Iraq and suspected planner of Wednesday's bombings. Last year, Jordanian

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