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Mexico: a policy failure

By Lawrence Dushenski Feb 06, 2011 12:00 pm

When newly elected Mexican President Felipe Calderon sent 6,500 federal troops to the state of Michoacan in 2006, it marked the beginning of one of the bloodiest drug wars in history. There are ...

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Don't blame religion for everything

By July Xing May 06, 2010 6:40 am

Having been raised without a religion, I've never appreciated people's resentment towards it.  As such, I've always found it naive of people to say that religions cause wars.  Consider the ...

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Privatizing Warfare

By July Xing Jun 25, 2009 11:04 pm

Have you heard of Xe, aka Blackwater?   I never heard of them until I saw this clip. Xe is a private military company founded in 1997 as Blackwater USA.   Xe, like any other private  business,  ...

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Bomb Disposal

By Colin Ellis Jun 25, 2009 5:00 am

The Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) unit featured in the movie The Hurt Locker has a long history. Bomb disposal goes back to the good old days of World War I, when the British army made it a ...

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