by Charles Cameron | Jun 30, 2012 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — Timbuktu tombs, cultural preservation, WWII, miracle stories, della Robbia ] . . A report on Al Jazeera today is sub-headed: Al-Qaeda-linked group in northern Mali attacks tombs of Sufi saints just days after sites put on UNESCO endangered...
by zen | Jun 30, 2012 | Monitor
Top Billing! Information Dissemination Guest Post Series Galrahn needs to be commended for organizing this excellent series and also the top-notch contributors who participated, including a sitting Member of Congress. A first-rate blog event! Wayne P. Hughes, Jr.,...
by Charles Cameron | Jun 30, 2012 | Monitor
[by Charles Cameron — the difficulty of difference, plus a poem for M ] . . When you have a worldview, it all fits together pretty seamlessly. You see a map of record high temperatures such as the one above, swiped from emptywheel today, and it’s either...
by Robert Bunker | Jun 30, 2012 | Monitor
By: Robert Bunker Subcommittee Hearing: Border Security Threats to the Homeland: DHS’ Response to Innovative Tactics and Techniques – Opening Statements and Witness Testimony.
by The Long War Journal | Jun 30, 2012 | Monitor
Coalition and Afghan special operations forces killed the leader of the al Qaeda-linked, Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba, or Army of the Pure, during an airstrike yesterday in the remote eastern province Kunar. Khatab Shafiq, “the LeT’s...