Counter insurgency stories here and background for suicide bombers here...and a "headsup" about Iran's own problems with counterinsurgencies here.
As an adoptive mother, I can identify with this story of a Marine...(viaBlackfive)
Taliban destroys another Buddha...hear the rage....anyone? Anyone? I mean, not only attacking a major religious site but a historical treasure...
The amnesty/arrest/quick release of Sisson might help defang what is left of the NPA, and the MILF is cooperating with the military in the south...so there are tiny successes in the wars on terror here in the Philippines...
But what is interesting is that Stratpage says Indonesia has also calmed their wars against various groups, not only those linked with Alqaeda but with Melanesian seperatists, who are Christian...
Hmmm...Cardinal Van Thuan is being proposed for sainthood...he spent years in solitary confinement in VietNamese "reeducation camps"...bio here...I have one of his books, and he is very gentle...
I had blogged earlier about an ex NorthKorean soldier now pastor who is scheduled for execution...now (scroll down to Sept5) Stratpage says there is an out break of Christianity in the NoKo Army...
Of course, that doesn't stop them from playing footsie with Syria..
FINEST KIND CLINIC AND FISHMARKET.... Discussing medicine, culture, and the joys of cooking Pansit.
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