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Wargamers envision future scenarios emerging out of many situations: the continuing fall-out from the break-up of the Soviet Union, ethnic conflicts that cross borders, a combination of both. "What are the possible conflict issues?" asks Maj. Tom Whitlock, Special Operations Command coordinator for one of the wargames. "You can look at Africa, the Middle East, and Central Asia and you can see that lines are drawn completely arbitrary of ethnic lines." The Kurds, for example, live in four different countries while even a large, apparently homogeneous country like Iran has a large Arab minority...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: North Korea Invades! (And Other Pentagon War Games) | 5/9/2009 | See Source »

...moment, however, troops have been asked to secure Islamabad and other "sensitive areas" in the event of violent clashes. "When the situation deteriorates, gets out of hand of police, paramilitary [troops], only then the army is deployed," Maj. Gen. Athar Abbas, the military's chief spokesman, told the Associated Press. The government says that a gathering of tens of thousands of protesters outside its main official buildings could paralyze the government or spark riots that could derail the fragile political system. There are also claims of terrorist threats. The protesting lawyers, who have called for a prolonged...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Despite U.S. Efforts, Tension Mounts in Pakistan | 3/14/2009 | See Source »

...bottles of champagne were broken over laptops, but the man many credit with founding the internet, Tim Berners Lee, was present at the launch, which is not bad considering it's mostly a glorified Facebook page. Why does Her Maj even need a website? She doesn't. As she explains on one of the crackling vintage radio addresses available on the royal YouTube channel, the point of being queen is to serve. It's we regular folk who need the website. In her munificence, she provides it. (See the 50 best websites...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Queen Elizabeth's Posh New Web Page | 2/14/2009 | See Source »

...obvious that Israeli politicians and generals were bungling the war, and that soldiers' lives were being needlessly lost. That hasn't happened yet, but already a few retired generals are starting to complain that Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and his cabinet are dithering. Says former National Security Council Chief Maj. Gen. Giora Eiland, "Either reach a cease-fire in two to three days, or start a big military operation that will take at least two weeks. We've been beating around the bush for a week, and we need to make a decision...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Fake Arab Town, Israeli Lawyers and Actors Prep for Real War | 1/11/2009 | See Source »

Herritage, Maj. Allen •America is assured by that, despite her claims, Sarah Palin is nowhere to be found in the chain of command over Air Force fighter jets...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Slansky's Weekly Wrapup | 10/3/2008 | See Source »

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