tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4549570844246420522.post8874532311159454850..comments2024-01-28T09:52:33.515-05:00Comments on al Sahwa: Exploiting the Rift in Taliban LeadershipPat Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13937507399915070637noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4549570844246420522.post-26267157249569900602018-10-26T05:36:00.757-04:002018-10-26T05:36:00.757-04:00Hello! I just read this information and i can tell...Hello! I just read this information and i can tell you that this article is useful. Thank you for sharing it. random topic generatorhttps://speedypaper.com/essay-topic-generatornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4549570844246420522.post-92014399883662493592018-10-25T14:45:18.511-04:002018-10-25T14:45:18.511-04:00Great and useful article. Creating content regular...Great and useful article. Creating content regularly is very tough.Thanks you.Write more.coach net reviewshttp://papercoach.net/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4549570844246420522.post-28317662442994812902018-10-25T13:29:05.422-04:002018-10-25T13:29:05.422-04:00Thank you for this post. This is very interesting ...Thank you for this post. This is very interesting information for me.writepaperfor.mehttps://writepaperfor.me/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4549570844246420522.post-5488470876711716572010-07-24T01:32:05.564-04:002010-07-24T01:32:05.564-04:00I truly enjoyed your post. Keep up the great effor...I truly enjoyed your post. Keep up the great effort.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flashpapers.com/" rel="nofollow">College Research Papers</a>daniel johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02542612372929827946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4549570844246420522.post-77357758602196877682010-04-30T16:20:17.932-04:002010-04-30T16:20:17.932-04:00Check out this excellent bio of Mullah Abdul Qayim...Check out <a href="http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-South-Central/2010/0430/Qayyum-Zakir-the-Afghanistan-Taliban-s-rising-mastermind" rel="nofollow">this excellent bio of Mullah Abdul Qayim Zakir</a> in the Christian Science Monitor. Provides some interesting insight into his childhood and previous role in the Taliban. Also, some insightful comments on how he's currently viewed by Taliban members. The major shortfall of the article is it fails to address the reported power struggle between Zakir and Mansoor.Pat Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13937507399915070637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4549570844246420522.post-74084872743924553292010-04-26T14:24:10.395-04:002010-04-26T14:24:10.395-04:00Pat:
Concerning the major IO theme, Michael Yon (...Pat:<br /><br />Concerning the major IO theme, Michael Yon (in his latest report from SWJ entitled "Battle Kandahar) shows once again how important building relationships with locals are.<br />http://smallwarsjournal.com/blog/journal/docs-temp/422-yon.pdf.<br /><br />As you and I always discuss (and sometimes disagree) whether or not it is best to take a ground-up approach or top-systematic approach (as both have their merits), I think the piece gives ground-perspective on shaping an effective IO scheme that will reach the people directly to incorpotate both approaches.<br /><br />Most interesting to me is how to incorporate local-lingo (i.e. Shah Tut) while communicating either directly through pamplets as you suggest or vis-a-vis a translator (i.e. Daoud).<br /><br />Also, I was intrigued with Captain Hanlin, who told the locals to use "shovels and tools, and...all these rocks. Just bash ’em in the head. Kill them. Keep their bodies. Get on a motorbike and come tell us, and we’ll pay you for killing them and there will be no further recourse. Just kill them. You have them outnumbered."<br /><br />Yon notes, "Cell phone coverage does not exist in Baghtu Valley. [Locals] are on their own. They might kill the first group, but the [Taliban] that followed would come for vengeance. Neither [US forces] nor the Afghan government can protect them."<br /><br />So, an IO must include safeguarded parameters, of course, to not threaten populations who are support for KLE's and shuras. We all seek tp revent revenge on the Taliban's "increased paranoia." What say you?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com