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An Opinion on the Elections in Iraq: International Coalition Support
Is Enabling the Vote and the Will of the People
b Victory Base South, Bldg 34
Coalition Headquarters Liaison Operations Center
by Dr. Derrin R. Smith, GSIS Professor,
Graduate School of International Studies, University of Denver
The Ukrainian security forces were taking no unnecessary risks as they rolled into the slum adjacent to Camp Delta at Blair Field, in Multi-national Division Central South. The heavy machine gunners were atop the armored personnel carriers, and serious troops with assault rifles maintained vigilant watch up and down the streets and alleys of this Al Kut district in Wasit Province. This province, with a long exposed stretch on the Iran-Iraq border, was once famous for its chemical weapons arsenals. This day, however, the mission was quite different. The focus was on minds and intellect, not mines and explosive ordnance. The elections are coming, and citizens were eagerly preparing for the event. Read the rest here: http://www.blackwaterusa.com/btw2004/articles/013105election.html
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NarcoTerror
By Greg FerencySince September 11, 2001 the citizens of the United States have been introduced to a type of warfare that they are not very familiar with and not altogether comfortable being involved in. We are now facing groups of individuals who operate in a manner that is concealed, motivated and "group-serving". They show themselves at will and either die in the carnage or slip back into our society. They have the capabilities to kill a small or large number of us and show little regard for human life in general. I am obviously talking about the terrorist and their actions.
http://www.blackwaterusa.com/btw2004/articles/013105narco.html
Unconscious Competence: What is it? How can we train for it?
Martin D. Topper, Ph.D., Jack M. Feldman, Ph.D.What Is Unconscious Competence?
The term "Unconscious Competence," is used by members of the American Tactical Shooting Association and others in the training community to describe a rapid, seamless and successful response to a situation involving deadly force or the potential for deadly force. It is a term many believe they inherently understand, but which is, in reality, very hard to define.
For example, what does the word "unconscious" imply? Obviously, it doesn't mean unconsciousness as in a boxer who's been KO'ed. Most people who use the term unconscious competence are really describing an effective action performed outside of focal awareness. People who have achieved unconscious competence in some area (e.g. music, baseball, self-defense) can carry out an action or sequence of actions at a high level of performance without being focally aware of the precise details of their own behavior. They are aware of their goal (playing a blues tune, hitting a curve ball, engaging a threat) and whether or not they are achieving their goal. But they are not aware of the details of the separate components of their actions.
http://www.blackwaterusa.com/btw2004/articles/013105comp.html
Combat Arms Training Trifecta
Tactics, Mindset, and Skill at Arms
There has been a lot of debate over which of these concepts is the most important. I do not purport to have the definitive answer to the question, just some observations I have made over the years.I am not writing on this subject to deride anyone's work or opinion, but I do understand that some will take offence to what I have to say.
Any training organization must sell itself to potential students based on what it is best able to offer. Some concepts of Combat Arms Training are more difficult to sell than others. It is with this statement in mind that I write this article.
http://www.blackwaterusa.com/btw2005/articles/013105combatarms.html
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Allegations IRA behind bank heist impeding talks Carefully orchestrated Belfast robbery authorized by Sinn Fein, U.K. minister says When thieves pierced the security of the Northern Bank in Belfast shortly before Christmas, they didn't merely pull off the biggest cash raid in British history. They also appear to have spiked any immediate prospect of reviving Northern Ireland's moribund peace process. Netting a remarkable $61-million, none of which has been recovered, the Dec. 20 robbery was almost certainly authorized by Sinn Fein, the political arm of the Irish Republican Army, Ian Pearson, Britain's parliamentary secretary of state for Northern Ireland, said in a candid interview yesterday. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20050126/IRISH26/TPInternational/TopStories
36 U.S. Troops Die in Iraq in Their Bloodiest Day
Radio technology eyed for U.S. borders
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Dirty rat, not bomb - Mexican man admits terror tip was hoax A Mexican man who reported Boston was targeted for a terrorist nuclear attack confessed he fabricated the story to take revenge on a man who stiffed him in a deal to smuggle illegal aliens, a source said. ``He's admitted it's all a hoax,'' said a law enforcement source familiar with the investigation of Jose Ernesto Beltran Quinones, who was taken into custody Monday along with his son in Mexicali by Mexican police and interviewed by the FBI. ``He admitted he was trying to get back at his employer, who is a human smuggler,'' said the source. http://news.bostonherald.com/localRegional/view.bg?articleid=65322
France Expands Anti-Terror Investigation AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) - The alleged killer of Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh ignored his victim's pleas for mercy and calmly shot him at close range before slitting his throat, prosecutors said at the first public hearing in the murder case Wednesday. Prosecutors gave the most detailed http://apnews.myway.com/article/20050126/D87RRN1O0.html Rocket attack on US embassy in Baghdad hours before historic vote A rocket attack hit the US embassy late yesterday, hours before the start of Iraq's historic election, killing two Americans with a dramatic breach of the draconian security intended to persuade the population to vote. http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/html/20050130T060000-0500_74173_OBS_ROCKET_ATTACK_ON_US_EMBASSY_IN_BAGHDAD_HOURS_BEFORE_HISTORIC_VOTE.asp 5 dead after gunbattle in Kuwaiti capital Clash occurred in district where many foreign residents live Kuwaiti security forces stormed a building in a residential part of the capital and exchanged gunfire with suspected terrorists on Sunday, killing three in a battle that also left a security officer and a Bahraini bystander dead, state television reported. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6886126/
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SHOT Show 2005 Highlights ReviewBy: Frank Borelli, 31 January 2005True to form, SHOT Show was overwhelming. With more than seventeen miles of floor space to walk (if you wanted to see everything), it was quite an experience. I had never been to SHOT before, and I think that made it all the more impressive for me because I had no past experiences with it to compare. This week, as promised for the past two weeks, we're going to review the highlights of the show. There are simply too many new and upgraded products to cover in a single page, so you'll see that this Highlights Review is broken down into numerous sections. Visit each in accordance with your interests, but don't neglect any specific ones because there are surprises in each. Pictures of the new products are included as they were available from the manufacturers. Now for the good stuff. For the rest of the story:http://www.borelliconsulting.com/evals/other/shot05.htm Frank Borelli frank.borelli@us.army.mil frankborelli@comcast.net
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SOME DAYS YOU EAT THE BEAR..SOME DAYS THE BEAR EATS YOU.. SOME DAYS YOU BOTH WALK AWAY. It's called life. It happens to everyone.. no one is immune to the daily events. Some of it we bring on by what we do or do not do. Some of it we create by our actions or our attitude or both. Some of it happens because of the actions and attitudes of others.. and how we respond to it determines the outcome. SOME OF IT IS HUMAN FAILURE.. WHAT THEY WERE TRYING TO ACHIEVE WAS NOT POSSIBLE FOR THEM AT THAT TIME.. SOME OF IT IS MECHANICAL FAILURE.. SOME MACHINE MADE BY MAN FAILED, BROKE OR WORE OUT.. SOME OF IT IS ARBITRARY AND WE CANNOT AFFECT THE INCIDENT.. WE DID NOT CAUSE THE INCIDENT.. NO HUMAN BEING CAUSED THE INCIDENT.. BUT WE CAN AFFECT THE OUTCOME TO SOME GREATER OR LESSER DEGREE BY USE OF TALENT AND INTELLIGENCE. Read the rest>>>>http://www.blackwaterusa.com/btw2005/articles/013105chaplain.html
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