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House on Dubai Port Deal

The US House of Representatives Appropriations Committee just voted 62-2 to block the Dubai Port deal. Apparently Barnett hasn’t given his brief to that body. -Shlok Sign up for my newsletter.

08. March 2006 by Shlok Vaidya
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“Our Army is in Danger”

Gary Hart has one of the scariest quotes ever read in this piece – “Our army is in danger,” he said. “If all-out civil war breaks out, we could lose our army. If Sunnis and Shiites take to the streets … Continue reading

07. March 2006 by Shlok Vaidya
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Cocaine For Guns

In this interesting piece [1] ISN discusses the drugs/weapons intersect in Colombia and discusses the inability for the state to react to the situation appropriately – In fact, the FARC is stronger now than ever. Supply for cocaine has not … Continue reading

28. February 2006 by Shlok Vaidya
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al-qa’idun ‘an al-jihad

Jamestown’s Stephen Ulph has an interesting piece on attempts by Jihadis to gain the intellectual high ground. It outlines a struggle on the part of the enemy to gain support through intellectual support while it has spent a majority of … Continue reading

21. February 2006 by Shlok Vaidya
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GG’s on Page 18A

I just thought it was interesting that only page 18A of the Dallas Morning NewsSorry for the slow posting pace, I was in Dallas until this afternoon. thought it appropriate to mention Nigerian Global Guerrillas, and only for one sentence … Continue reading

21. February 2006 by Shlok Vaidya
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