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Hello, It seems as though the Syrian civil war has brought more of a focus on the relations between the Arabs and the Iranians. Many books written about the more recent history have discussed the tense relations between the Iranians and Arab states, with the gulf states fearing the expansion of...

Hello. I was just wondering if anyone new of any pieces of literature that advocates giving a nation's, which ever nation, military the capability to collect all security intelligence both from abroad as well as domestically. It is my very limited belief, that the immensity of certain...

Incredible, perhaps many military personnel in the States would not be too happy to learn of this, if their jobs or pay are on the line perhaps due to pay cuts: http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=50151379n In regards to military spending, if the leadership desires to cut costs, would they...

http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2013/07/01/israels_secret_uranium_buy?page=0,2Interest ing article from FP. It discusses how the US and Uk discovered Israel's effort s to gain nuclear capabilities, thanks to the work by Canadian intelligence.The article discusses all three nations fears...

http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2013/03/08/wanted_phds_who_can_win_a_bar_fight?wp_login_redirect=0 It seems interesting what the author is talking about, he seems to have experience since he is an ex special forces soldier. It seems to be interesting that despite budget cuts that are...

Hello, Here is the man's bio http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdel_Moneim_Aboul_Fotouh Here is a video about him http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BagAfUMf3-M&feature=plcp He is underfunded compared to other parties and the elections in Egypt are still iffy in regards to validity. But  perhaps he...

http://www.canada.com/overseer+office+abolished/6525714/story.html The government did away with an office mandated to oversee the activities of Canada's spies Thursday, a move critics say opens the door to abuses of power by the secretive Canadian Security Intelligence Service. The Office of...

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2YGmebv_gec Hello, According to the STRATFOR employee both the Sinaloa and Los Zetas have their respected territory on either coast of the Mexican nation. The territory of both cartels is near the American border, yet according to stratfor both cartels are using...

http://circ.jmellon.com/docs/view.asp?id=130 Hi, This is a very interesting read. You do not hear about Canadian involvment in Cuba.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-17020667 The article refers to how Al Qaeda is seeking to establish themselves in Syria. Does anyone think it could happen since the government is Alawite- who are from the shiite sect of Islam, and the protesters seem to be Sunni as well as other...

http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2011/11/14/crime_scene?page=0,1 This article seems to be very interesting, even though it may be set in one small section of afghanistan, perhaps those of you who have been to afghanistan can relate to this article from what you have seen. Even though the...

Hello, This piece of literature, "Assessment of men: selection of personnel for the Office of Strategic Services", has been suggested by experienced individuals to read if someone is interested in becoming a case officer in the CIA. Of course CSIS is not, as far as we know, as aggressive abroad...

H thello again everyone, Another professor brought up the the great question of ich roman general we appreciated most. EdThere are many fo us to choose from. Which general do you have most respect for. For me, I would have to go with scipio aemilianus. He really has seemd to be a soldiers...

Hello everyone, Considering that Gaelic Ireland was known as a place of great knowlede and had a well developed society. The art of warfare was considerably less developed. It would seem that the accounts state the use most sucessful against the British seems to have been guerilla warfare...

Curious to what everyone's opinions were regarding the Canadian Security Intelligence Review Committee (the watch dogs of CSIS). http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/spy-watchers-urge-a-shorter-leash-for-csis/article1774208/page2/ The title of this article is "Spy-watchers urge a...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14122175. The paper accuses both sides of inflicting casualties on the civilian population For those of us who do not know who Boko Haram is, here is some information courtesy of al jazeera...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/8514919/Mossad-carries-out-daring-London-raid-on-Syrian-official.html

Hello, In Case anyone is interested here is the documentary from Frontline. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/fighting-for-bin-laden/ Two Interesting elements in this documentary. One is the usefulness of afghan counter terrorism pursuit teams. For those of you who may not know, these...

There are currently protests going on in the kingdom of Swaziland against the monarchy who has been accussed of many human rights abuses, which the article states. http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/world/2011/0413/1224294555612.html Even though this is still early to tell what make come out...

Hello, This has not been posted it seems. Would anyone care to talk about who they consider to be at least in the top ten in terms of greatest naval commanders. Naval warfare has gone back centuries. Francis Drake has to be on considering  his hit and run attacks against Spanish vessels as well...