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SWJ Blog is a multi-author blog publishing news and commentary on the various goings on across the broad community of practice.  We gladly accept guest posts from serious voices in the community.

by Dave Dilegge | Wed, 06/06/2012 - 4:34am | 0 comments

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by Dave Dilegge | Wed, 06/06/2012 - 4:00am | 0 comments

The White House says the killing of al-Qaida's second-in-command, Abu Yahya al-Libi, in a U.S. drone strike in Pakistan's North Waziristan region, has further degraded the organization's leadership.

by John P. Sullivan | Tue, 06/05/2012 - 10:18pm | 2 comments

Small Wars Journal and El Centro is saddened to announce the death of Graham H. Turbiville Jr.

by Dave Dilegge | Tue, 06/05/2012 - 1:50am | 0 comments

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by Dave Dilegge | Tue, 06/05/2012 - 1:45am | 0 comments

Elite Military Forces Are Denied in Bid for Expansion by Eric Schmitt of The New York Times.

by Robert Haddick | Mon, 06/04/2012 - 5:03pm | 4 comments

The Navy's admiral in charge of building aircraft carriers thinks so. And he says their costs are dropping, not rising.

 

by Dave Dilegge | Mon, 06/04/2012 - 4:49pm | 0 comments

Drone Worrier by Mark Thompson of Time’s Battleland.

by Dave Dilegge | Mon, 06/04/2012 - 4:26pm | 0 comments

Now available at Amazon.com: Mexico's Criminal Insurgency: A Small Wars Journal-El Centro Anthology by John P. Sullivan and Robert J Bunker.

by Dave Dilegge | Sun, 06/03/2012 - 11:47pm | 0 comments

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by Dave Dilegge | Sun, 06/03/2012 - 4:30am | 0 comments

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by Dave Dilegge | Sun, 06/03/2012 - 3:46am | 0 comments

Obama Order Sped Up Wave of Cyberattacks Against Iran by David E. Sanger of The New York Times and Stuxnet was Work of U.S. and Israeli Experts, Officials Say by Ellen Nakashima and Joby Warrick of The Washington Post.

by Dave Dilegge | Sat, 06/02/2012 - 7:41pm | 8 comments

Accordingly, al-Qaeda, AQ’s surrogates, the Taliban, LATAM Cartels, other non-state actors, Iran, and other serious national security threats get at least a temporary pass.

by Dave Dilegge | Sat, 06/02/2012 - 5:52pm | 1 comment

Western Banks 'Reaping Billions from Colombian Cocaine Trade' by Ed Vulliamy of The Guardian.

by Dave Dilegge | Fri, 06/01/2012 - 11:26pm | 0 comments

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by Robert Haddick | Fri, 06/01/2012 - 1:19pm | 4 comments

The Pentagon has options to support U.S. diplomacy over Syria. Why can't it do the same regarding Iran?

by Dave Dilegge | Fri, 06/01/2012 - 6:50am | 0 comments

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by Dave Dilegge | Fri, 06/01/2012 - 5:22am | 0 comments

A New Front Line in the U.S. Drug War by Damien Cave, Charlie Savage, and Thom Shanker of the New York Times.

by Robert Bunker | Thu, 05/31/2012 - 8:57pm | 5 comments

Mexico Cartel Drops Aerial Leaflets Against Gov't - AP via The Seattle Times. BLUF:

 

 

by David Kuhn, by Robert Bunker | Thu, 05/31/2012 - 5:22pm | 0 comments

Mexican Cartel Tactical Note #12: Forensics of Recovered Weapons from Piedras Negras Tactical Engagement Between Los Zetas and GATE (Grupo de Armas y Tácticas Especiales).

by Dave Dilegge | Thu, 05/31/2012 - 1:11am | 0 comments

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by Dave Dilegge | Wed, 05/30/2012 - 5:22pm | 1 comment

Loose lips sink ships is an American English idiom meaning "beware of unguarded talk". Brigadier General Neil Tolley - TMI or Misquoted?

by Adam Geibel | Wed, 05/30/2012 - 6:42am | 5 comments

Mexican Cartel Tactical Note #11A - MG 34 Machine Guns in Mexico : The Guatemalan Connection.

by Peter J. Munson | Wed, 05/30/2012 - 6:02am | 2 comments

A free conference in October 2012.

by Dave Dilegge | Wed, 05/30/2012 - 5:54am | 0 comments

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by Dave Dilegge | Tue, 05/29/2012 - 2:55pm | 0 comments

Counterinsurgency Center Webcast, FM3-24/MCWP 3-33.5 Counterinsurgency Revision Conference Outcomes, 7 June, 1000 CDT.