Category: News

Britain's Highest Court Overturns Anti-Terrorism Law. Britain's highest court ruled today that the British government cannot indefinitely detain foreigners suspected of terrorism. By LIZETTE ALVAREZ. [NYT > Home Page]

Warning of repeat of historic climate catastrophe. A sudden and catastrophic change happened to the Earth's climate about 5,000 years ago and history could be repeating itself today, scientists have warned. [The Scotsman]

Nudging America Awake as a United Europe Takes the Stage. T. R. Reid argues that the 25-nation European Union has marched into a central place on the world stage while America slept. By ROGER COHEN. [NYT > Books]

Here's a very plausable outcome based on the dynamics at work in Iraq: the violence will intensify after the elections. [John Robb's Weblog]

Reuters. Open source warfare is getting results. A BOLD, innovative insurgency is becoming more effective against US supply lines in Iraq and explosive attacks have slowed military operations there, a senior American general said on today. “They have had a growing understanding that where they can affect us is in the logistics flow,” Air Force… Continue reading Reuters

This interview with Martin Van Creveld points to a common theme among 4GW theorists. First, you can't win a war with the forces of disorder. Second, the only way to deal with sources of instability is to withdraw and build a wall to protect yourself. Unfortunately, it isn't that easy when global guerrilla warfare is… Continue reading interview

BBC. U.S. Sen. John McCain said Monday that he has “no confidence” in Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, citing Rumsfeld's handling of the war in Iraq and the failure to send more troops. “I have strenuously argued for larger troop numbers in Iraq, including the right kind of troops — linguists, special forces, civil affairs,… Continue reading BBC

New Post to Global Guerrillas. State Failure 101. How do global guerrillas keep Iraq in failure and why is the US having so many problems restoring it? Here's a way to understand it. [John Robb's Weblog]

Happy birthday, Bill of Rights. Today is the anniversary of the US Bill of Rights, aka the first 10 amendments to the US Constitution, becoming law in 1791. Give a good rah-rah to the Bill of Rights, which under attack by the radical right in the US these days. [Ceejbot]

STATE FAILURE 101. Iraq spent another night in total darkness due to a cascading infrastructure failure that shut-down electricity throughout the country. It was another major tactical victory for Iraq's global guerrillas in their campaign to keep the country in perpetual failure. … [Global Guerrillas]