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Entries by James Denselow from 12/2010

Haunted by the Soviet Afghan Legacy

| Posted 12.03.2010 | Politics
Read More: United States, US Army, Afghanistan, Soviet Union, Afghanistan War, Politics News

The US-led occupation of Afghanistan now outlasts the Soviet presence in the country, with recent tactical changes providing worrying parallels The ...

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Assange's Ideology

| Posted 12.07.2010 | Politics
Read More: Julian Assange, Wikileaks, Ideology, Politics News

GUEST POST BY TOBY DENSELOW Security gives way to conspiracy- -Julius Caesar, act 2, sc.3. Wikileaks founder Julain Assange's arrest is the ideal...

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Where Next for Saudi Arabia?

| Posted 12.10.2010 | World
Read More: Wikileaks Saudi Arabia, Islamic Republic of Iran, WikiLeaks Cables, Saudi Arabia, Saudi Parties, Oil, King Abdullah, Islamic Extremists, Wikileaks, Saudi Royal Faminly, World News

While members of the Saudi Royal family host cocaine and cocktails parties, the Saudi state remains the biggest single sponsor of Islamic militancy in the region.

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Failure of the Afghan Surge

| Posted 12.17.2010 | World
Read More: Coin, Afghanistan Surge, Afghanistan, Counterinsurgency, Afghanistan War, Holbrooke, World News

The reason why the US has been in Afghanistan for so long is not because it wants to be there but because it has no idea how to leave.

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