Monday, November 6 06 (3)

Those directly involved in peace operations in Afghanistan and Lebanon are calling for real changes to how Western policy-makers discuss and train for security, policing and nation-building (1,2,3). Not all international NGOs have fled Darfur. Insurgents in Iraq's south are closer than widely understood to declaration of a separate new Islamic state, but U.S. pre-election opinion suggests likely troop reductions. Russia announces the value of 'energy security' for South Ossetians, as its new Dzaurikau-Tskhinvali gas pipeline speaks louder than any peacekeeper could. Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) leader Kony asks for U.N. meeting, likely to suggest exchanging ICC amnesty for peace.