Thursday, October 5 06

U.S. Army and Marines developing a new doctrine of counterinsurgency and peacebuilding in response to Iraq quagmire. Time to Protect is a project of the well-organized Genocide Intervention Network that illustrates the groundswell surrounding military conflict in Darfur, especially around U.S. university campuses. One recent suggestion for how to get well-equipped peacekeeping troops into Darfur is to give the African Union (AU) U.N. 'financial and logistical support'. Prime Minsiter Kadyrov is quickly forging an identity as Moscow's man in Chechnya. Caucasuses right now are cowering at the idea that Russia-Georgia conflict will worsen. Pledge to participate in peace negotiations fails to stop new raids by Sri Lanka's armed forces and Tamil rebels.