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trueAaron Mannes2007-04-13T09:07:00-04:002007-04-13T13:36:16Z2007-04-13T13:36:16Ztag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5943152.post-117647137611931044Profiles in Terror reviewed in ParametersThe spring 2007 edition of Parameters the U.S. Army War College Quarterly, out of Carlisle, PA, included a brief review of my book Profiles in Terror: The Guide to Middle East Terrorist Organizations in its regular column Editor's Shelf:An insightful book, Profiles in Terror: The Guide to Middle East Terrorist Organizations by Aaron Mannes (Foreword by R. James Woolsey) provides the discerningfalseAaron Mannes2007-04-13T09:01:00-04:002007-04-13T13:06:39Z2007-04-13T13:06:39Ztag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5943152.post-117646959995732399Attacks in Baghdad: Undermining the Concept of IraqIn the Arab world, according to the eminent Bernard Lewis, the nation-state is faced with pressures from above and below. From below tribal, sectarian, and ethnic loyalties frequently trump national allegiances. From above, grand causes, pan-Arabism for much of the 20th century, now Islamism trump nationalism.
The pair of bombings in Iraq yesterday, targeting the Iraqi Parliament and thefalseAaron Mannes2007-03-23T17:03:00-04:002007-03-23T21:05:53Z2007-03-23T21:04:20Ztag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5943152.post-117468386032202332Iran: Targeting the U.S.-U.K. AllianceAccording to U.S. officials, the Iranian forces that seized the British sailors earlier today were Revolutionary Guards, also known as Pasdaran. This is a significant distinction. The Pasdaran is a military force that is independent of Iran’s regular military. The regular military is charged with defending the Iranian state, the Pasdaran defend the Islamic revolution. In this role,falseAaron Mannes2007-03-23T16:46:00-04:002007-03-23T20:51:07Z2007-03-23T20:51:07Ztag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5943152.post-117468306787907711Golden Oldie: Aaron Mannes in UPI on Iran, AMIA, and the UKFollowing is an article I wrote several years ago about Britain's failure to heed an Argentine reguest to extradite Hadi Soleimanpour, who had been Iran's Ambassador to Argentina in 1994.
It remains all too relevant today.
Iran's Terror Goes Unchecked
January 20, 2004
By Aaron Mannes
A UPI Outside View commentary
SILVER SPRING, Md., Jan. 19 (UPI) -- Besides delaying justice to the victims offalseAaron Mannes2007-03-22T14:02:00-04:002007-03-23T18:48:49Z2007-03-22T18:14:00Ztag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5943152.post-117458724059152031LTTE & al-Qaeda: An AssessmentSri Lanka's Daily News reports that the LTTE has stolen Norwegian passports and sold them to al-Qaeda affiliates. This is not implausible. Rohan Gunaratna (currently head of the International Centre for Political Violence and Terrorism Research in Singapore) wrote in Inside Al Qaeda: Global Network of Terror, that the LTTE provided forged passports for Ramzi Yousef (specialists close to the WTCfalseAaron Mannes2007-03-16T15:07:00-04:002007-03-16T19:11:55Z2007-03-16T19:11:55Ztag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5943152.post-117407231578827509No Rescue in ColombiaLast Saturday night (with President Bush landing in Colombia the next day) the U.S. Embassy in Bogota confirmed that U.S. and Colombian soldiers had engaged in a joint operation seeking to rescue three U.S. military contractors who have been held by the FARC since February 2003.
The Embassy’s confirmation that an operation was in progress was also, effectively, a confirmation that the operationfalseAaron Mannes2007-03-16T12:46:00-04:002007-03-16T17:11:30Z2007-03-16T17:11:30Ztag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5943152.post-117406509034706162Cost of Doing Business: Chiquita in ColombiaThe recent report that Chiquita Brands International has been fined $25 million for paying $1.7 million to the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (known by its Spanish acronym AUC) certainly raises the specter of giant American corporations in collaborating with local thugs to oppress the local population in order to provide cheap produce for the American people and maximize profits. The factfalseAaron Mannes2007-03-02T10:49:00-05:002007-03-02T15:53:35Z2007-03-02T15:53:35Ztag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5943152.post-117285081585323769Compare & Contrast: Taliban and Tamil Tiger Attacks on U.S. OfficialsThis week saw two terror attacks that apparently came close to high-level officials: the Taliban suicide bombing at Bagram Air Force Base while Vice President Cheney was staying there, and the Tamil Tiger (LTTE) mortar attack on an aircraft carrying U.S. Ambassador Robert Blake, along with the Italian and German Ambassadors. In Afghanistan, the Taliban insist that they were targeting Cheney, whilefalseAaron Mannes2007-02-15T09:23:00-05:002007-02-15T14:35:46Z2007-02-15T14:35:46Ztag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5943152.post-117155014685466043Aaron Mannes in NRO on North Korea, Terrorism, and the NegotiationsThis morning National Review Online ran my article on North Korea's long history of supporting terrorism and how that will play into negotiations over the new agreement.
February 15, 2007, 6:00 a.m.
The T Word
The lifting of North Korea’s designation as a terrorist-sponsoring nation has a lot to do with Japan.
By Aaron Mannes
One of the conditions of the agreement with North Korea is that thefalseAaron Mannes2007-02-09T12:25:00-05:002007-02-09T18:06:08Z2007-02-09T18:06:08Ztag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5943152.post-117104436819466064Homeland Security Vulnerability in PG CountyIn the greater DC area, many of us have been following an odd and tragic story about a Keith Washington, a PG County police officer who shot two deliverymen who came to his home to deliver furniture. One of the deliverymen has since died.
It quickly came out that this officer had been involved in numerous incidents where he acted inappropriately. Quick lesson on police reporting: when bad stufffalseAaron Mannes2007-02-09T11:24:00-05:002007-02-09T18:11:37Z2007-02-09T16:28:55Ztag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5943152.post-117103853507158960A Plan Colombia for Afghanistan: Exporting Success?Speaking in Bogotá a few weeks ago, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs General Peter Pace praised Colombia’s success at battling a drug fueled insurgency and cited it as a “good model” for Afghanistan. He wasn’t just praising his hosts; the new U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan will be the outgoing U.S. Ambassador to Colombia, William Wood. While there are many positive lessons to be learned fromfalse