Monthly Archives: April 2006
Has al Qaeda been defeated in Iraq?
Hutch seems to think so. Zarkman and his crew are still wasting oxygen. The jihadis calling themselves Al Qaeda in Iraq are in a world of hurt right now, for sure. There are other jihadis, some loosely affiliated with the … Continue reading
Filed under PSYOP Auxiliaries
Is the honorable patriotism of Edward R. Murrow truly dead in American journalism?
Ralph Peters asks. Sadly, if not extinct, patriotism among main stream journalists is as rarely seen as Nessie. The vast majority of people writing for the MSM are left-lib socialist, citizen of the world, anti-war, anti-military, anti-Bush Cronkite and Woodward … Continue reading
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Filed under Old Media
Countering the Cyber Jihad
The war got personal for many bloggers and readers of blogs today. Not only is there a war of ideas going on in cyber space, there is a kinetic war of electrons being waged. While trying to educate my knuckle-dragging, … Continue reading
Filed under CNA, CND, PSYOP Auxiliaries
Join The 101st Fighting Keyboardists!
The Captain is recruiting. Marcus Aurelius was recruiting, too.
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I knew this guy
Retired Army Col. Robert L. Howard signs a copy of his citation of the Medal of Honor for a soldier at the Morale, Welfare and Recreation building at Al Asad, Iraq, April 20 speaks to U.S. Marines, Soldiers, and Sailors … Continue reading
Six Generals Shot Down By The Internet
Strategy Page, April 25, 2006: The recent flap over six retired American generals publicly calling for the Secretary of Defense to resign, also brought out opinions, via the Internet, from lower ranking troops (active duty, reservists and retired.) The mass … Continue reading
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The PAO Conversation
Grim had some interesting discussions with active duty PAO guys at the Milblog Conference. I posted this as a comment over there: We are losing the infowar. This “wall” between PA and IO is like Gorelick’s wall in the FBI. … Continue reading
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A matter of life and death
Ann Hull is on my excrement list. I had never heard of her. I don’t read the Washington Post much. I stumbled upon A matter of life and death while trolling for submissions for Maritime Monday. linda_22003 tells me this … Continue reading
Filed under Morale Operations, Old Media
Milblog conference
This was great. Like a true pajamahadeen, I participated from my living room, barefoot. The video feed and chat room set up made my participation possible. Lots of people worked hard to pull this off. In such an endeavor, where outstanding … Continue reading
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A tiny bit of comfort
A soldier sees and feels a wider variety of sights and emotions in a year than most people will experience in a lifetime. … In my short time in the military I have experienced more suffering than I could have … Continue reading
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CIA Fires Employee for Alleged Leak
fired for having unauthorized contacts with the media and disclosing classified information to reporters, including details about intelligence operations. h/t nornsrevenge and Grandpa Dave Spook86 says it’s A Step in the Right Direction UPDATE: Chester has more on Mary McCarthy: … Continue reading
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Clinic Budget Shortfall in Iraq
The MSM /antique media’s Iraq failure mantra of Americans have squandered reconstruction money by bad planning and incompetency sounds a lot like Pelosi’s “dangerously incompetent” to me. Coincidence? Sachi at Big Lizards explains how they struggle to put negative spin on what … Continue reading
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Punch that tube
. . . . . . Pacific Ocean (April 18, 2006) – Gunner’s Mate 2nd Class Michael West cleans the barrel of an MK-45 5-inch/54-caliber gun on the foc’sle of the Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Shoup (DDG 86). … Continue reading
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The Saudi Web Site Sting
One of the more successful counter-terrorism operations was pulled off in plain sight. Saudi and Jordanian counter-terrorism officers apparently set up a number of pro-terrorist sites on the web, and went on to acquire a reputation of providing accurate and … Continue reading
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CIA mines ‘rich’ content from blogs
The new Open Source Center (OSC) at CIA headquarters recently stepped up data collection and analysis based on bloggers worldwide and is developing new methods to gauge the reliability of the content, said OSC Director Douglas J. Naquin. “A … Continue reading
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Michael Yon: Of Words
The biggest threat to this mission, and by extension to the future stability of this region and the long term security of the United States and our allies, is and always has been the inability to see, hear and communicate … Continue reading
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Filed under Cyber Guerrilla Chieftains, Morale Operations
Science Board to Study Internet’s Impact on Military Ops
“‘Googling’ and ‘blogging’ are making their way into military operations at all levels,” Krieg wrote. “But the full implications of this revolution are as yet unknown, and we have no clear direction and defined doctrine.” One of the serious problems … Continue reading
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China’s Restless Hackers
From Strategy Page: April 18, 2006: China has organized a civilian Cyber War force. It’s called the “Red Hackers Alliance” (RHA) and is officially a network security organization, composed of patriotic Chinese network security experts. China does have a major … Continue reading
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SecDef Talks to Rush
RUSH: Let me ask you this question: [snip] You have to be aware of it anti-war opinion of those in the country who have it and you’re aware of the people who are trying to foment it and make it … Continue reading
Filed under About, Idea War, Morale Operations, Old Media
