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Camp Blessing, named for Jay Blessing, a U.S. Ranger sergeant killed in November, is a test of the "ink-spot theory of counterinsurgency," says Lieut. Colonel Custer (no first names allowed), the special-forces commander for eastern and southeastern Afghanistan. The idea is that as the U.S. brings stability to places like Nangalam, cooperation from locals will rapidly spread like ink through blotting paper. Since arriving three months ago, the men of ODA 936 have launched numerous reconstruction projects, ranging from new footbridges to schools and clinics. Villages that are neutral or friendly benefit from aid. Those that haven...
...totally agree with Soros. If I had his resources, I would do exactly what he is doing, for I am also convinced that President Bush's foreign policy is dangerous and counterproductive. As a retired colonel who served in the Italian army for 35 years, including several U.N. peacekeeping missions, I can tell you that only those who have never personally been in a combat situation want war and seek it. People like me and Vietnam War hero John Kerry abhor it and would do anything to avoid it. Hurrah for George Soros! Vincenzo Iannelli London...
...there are growing fears of insurgent attacks. Iraqis are now in charge of trying to maintain security. The police station at Tuz Khurmatu is surrounded by concrete barriers and barbed wire, and its 20 officers have new flak jackets and Glock pistols, all courtesy of the U.S. Police chief Colonel Abbas Mohammed Amin has added six new patrol cars to the single vehicle he had in October. Four were gifts from the U.S., and two were confiscated from looters. His men's salaries have been increased from $120 a month to $200 to help keep them from quitting, particularly...
...holed up in garrisons on the outskirts of cities and towns, says New York University law professor Noah Feldman, who has advised the Administration on Iraq, "they have a tendency to look like wimps." That's a perception the insurgents are certain to put to the test. Lieut. Colonel Russell says "these people respect strength." His unit employed some of the most controversial tactics the occupation has seen: mass detentions, firing on suspected guerrilla positions amid civilians, demolishing houses, even ringing a troublesome village with barbed wire to make all residents pass through a single military checkpoint when they came...
...Haiti needs a more genuine police force. Aristide, who in 1991 became Haiti's first democratically elected President, was eventually undone by his emasculation of the country's democratic institutions--especially its corrupt and threadbare cops, who defected to the rebels' side last month. Marine Colonel Mark Gurganus, a commander of international peacekeeping forces in Haiti, described Haiti's police last week as "devastated and demoralized." Philippe is a former police chief, and most of his rebels are ex-cops and ex-soldiers...