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Has the British Strategy in Southern Iraq Failed?
The British Army's campaign in southern Iraq, once viewed favorably in contrast to American "bumbling" in the north, has come under criticism, while the surge has met with apparent success. PJM Sydney editor Richard Fernandez on the reversal of fortunes.
The Invulnerable Networked Insurgency, Part 2
Why doesn't the government close down all the poisonous hate sites run by terrorist webmasters? PJM Sydney editor Richard Fernandez continues his analysis of the Internet Jihad. (Read part one here)
The Invulnerable Networked Insurgency
Is it practical -- or even possible -- to damage a networked insurgency like al-Qaeda? Richard Fernandez examines whether it is, in fact, true that fighting it only makes it stronger.
The Shadowy Path to Success in Iraq
PJM Sydney editor Richard Fernandez reports on the spreading revolt against al-Qaeda in Iraq. What can this development teach us about winning battles against terrorism all over the world?
Pinning Down Patriotism
The storm of controversy around candidate Barack Obama's decision not to display a flag on his lapel has PJM Sydney editor Richard Fernandez thinking about what it truly means to be a patriot.
Obama’s Non-Nuclear World
PJM senior editor Richard Fernandez looks at Barack Obama's desire to rid the world of nuclear weapons and wonders if the presidential candidate's new proposal would make the world more dangerous instead of safer.
The Saffron Revolution
Could the protesters in Myanmar actually succeed in peacefully overthrowing Burma's military government? PJM Sydney editor Richard Fernandez asks whether the marching monks are in for a bloodbath or a Buddhist miracle.
Defusing the Iranian Time Bomb
In his new book, %%AMAZON=0312376553 The Iranian Time Bomb: The Mullah Zealots' Quest for Destruction%%, Michael Ledeen lays out his view of this major threat to the U.S. and the world, and should be done about it. PJM's Richard Fernandez takes on the book and the "formidable challenge" it describes.
Doctor Haneef is Out, But Not Completely Free
Update:Haneef leaves. The Australian Immigration Minister may release classified information he used to revoke visa. PJM Sydney editor Richard Fernandez reports.
The Dam Busters
Of the courage of men who died winning a war
that an earlier generation of political leaders
was too cowardly to preempt.
by Richard Fernandez, Pajamas Media Sydney Editor
It should have been fiction but it was fact. Sixty-four years ago today a handpicked squadron of RAF pilots, led by a dashing young war hero took off on a mission to flood out Hitler's war machine by destroying the dams which supplied hydroelectric power to the Ruhr....
War of Shadows
Who is Thailand fighting in Thailand? Is it a Muslim jihad or an insurgency? Either way it has cost more than between 1,200 and 2,000 people their lives and shows every sign of becoming more violent.
by Richard Fernandez, PJM editor in Sydney
Pakistan’s Northwest Frontier: The New al-Qaeda State within a State
Can the latter-day Taliban be charmed? A cartoon in a Pakistani weekly shows a snake from Afghanistan baring its fangs in Pakistan's North-West Frontier Province.
by PJM Editor Richard Fernandez, Sydney
ISLANDS IN THE WAR: Part 2
Philippiine troops on patrol in Basilan
It's a war where the terrorists outgun the cops; where the money funding the bombs and the kidnapping flows in from Arab countries a world away. To many, the terrorist war is a sideshow, but to those fighting it in the Philippines, it is the main event. This is Part 2 of Islands in the War. [READ PART 1]
by Richard Fernandez, PJM Sydney Editor on Special Assignment in the Philippines.
ISLANDS IN THE WAR: Part 1
The long war between Manila and the Muslim Moros in the Philippines is fought in the shadows; a deadly mirror image of the terrorist wars in the Middle East. The difference is that the search for a solution has been going on for more than a hundred years. [First of two parts.]
by Richard Fernandez, PJM Sydney Editor on Special Assignment in the Philippines.
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