by lundry | Aug 8, 2012 | Islam, Media, Monitor, Politics, Strategic Comm.
By Chris Lundry Once again, the Taliban has released comically inflated casualty reports from the conflict in Afghanistan. The latest post (which I accessed through Indonesian extremist site ar Rahmah) claims that 1114 ISAF “crusaders” were killed and 584 wounded in...
by lundry | Jul 27, 2012 | Analysis, Islam, Media, Politics, Strategic Comm.
by Chris Lundry In a blog post last month, I noted how the Taliban have been inflating their counts of American casualties to a ridiculous degree. This month it approaches comedy. As reported by Indonesian extremist site ar Rahmah, in the period May 24 to June 23, the...
by editor | Jul 6, 2012 | COMOPS Journal, information operations, Media, Strategic Comm.
by Steven R. Corman Late last year, we reported that Steve Tatham and colleagues had published a new book entitled Behavioural Confict. Now they have created a new blog to go with the book. Both book and blog pound on the theme that changing attitudes is nice, but...
by admin | Jun 20, 2012 | Analysis, COMOPS Journal, Islam, Pakistan, Southeast Asia, Strategic Comm.
By Chris Lundry According to a CNN report Monday, the Taliban in Pakistan released a statement threatening to cut off all polio vaccinations for children in the North Waziristan region if the US continues drone strikes there. From the Taliban statement: Almost every...
by admin | May 23, 2012 | Afghanistan, Analysis, COMOPS Journal, Indonesia, Iran, Islam, Narrative, Obama, Religion, Southeast Asia, Strategic Comm.
by Chris Lundry Indonesian extremist site Prisoner of Joy recently posted the announcement by the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan that operations against the United States and its allies will now be named Al Farooq Operations. From the post: The invaders should be made...
by admin | May 22, 2012 | COMOPS Journal, Education, Research, Strategic Comm., Uncategorized
by Scott W. Ruston The International Communication Association (ICA) holds its annual conference later this week here in Phoenix 24-28 May, and the CSC is sponsoring two events focused on strategic communication. If you’re interested in strategic communication...