Yesterday the British government launched Iraq Inquiry committee, just as the last troops were pulled back to Kuwait by today in compliance with the British-Iraqi SOFA, charged with” …considering the UK’s involvement in Iraq, including the way decisions were made and actions taken, to establish, as accurately as possible, what happened and to identify the [...]

Hey all. By way of quick introduction, I’m el-belle, a student of Middle Eastern security studies and opposition parties. Spencer has kindly given me a much upgraded soapbox for the next few days as a change from my normal blogging home at http://phoenix-of-athena.blogspot.com/ . I can be reached at phoenixofathena at gmail dot com if [...]

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Afghanistan and Biddle

players, scorecard, Integrity

DOD wants to ban social networking?

me, getting scooped by Michael Gordon

awww I have to give up my gimmick

a certain pattern is developing. Cordesman, Exum, Biddle? (f/Disfear)

Refused sets the tone for my day