by Charles Cameron | Nov 15, 2014 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — even after death, snakes can bite you — plus a quick look at someone Baghdadi may have termed an “effeminate pilot” ] . Major Mariam Al Mansouri, first female UAE's pilot who took part in the strikes against #ISIS...
by zen | Nov 7, 2014 | Monitor
13 Hours in Benghazi by Mitchell Zuckoff with the Annex Security Team I just received a courtesy review copy of 13 Hours in Benghazi from Tony at Twelve Books. 13 Hours tells the story of the terrorist attack in Benghazi from the perspective of the surviving CIA...
by Charles Cameron | Oct 20, 2014 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — while one prong of the AQ jihad marches on Jerusalem, the other has its sights set on India ] . ** Well, you only need to get as far as page 5 in the new, 117-page magazine Resurgence from As-Sahab Media (Subcontinent) — AQ with an...
by Charles Cameron | Oct 14, 2014 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — some personal background, a roundtable video, DOD’s 2014 Climate Change Adaptation Roadmap, and further readings ] . ** Although I’ve been interested in religious responses to ecological issues since the 1980s, when my friend...
by Patricia H. Kushlis | Sep 29, 2014 | Monitor
By Patricia H Kushlis Not long after arriving in Bangkok in 1973 I heard the story of Jim Thompson’s strange disappearance in Malaysia’s Cameron Highlands Easter Sunday 1967. This was the tragic tale of a prominent American businessman and former OSS officer who had...
