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2007-08-25
Iraq and Vietnam-Fearing a bloody exit - [global security]
Aug 24th 2007
From Economist.com
George Bush’s curious comparison GEORGE BUSH elicited predictable howls of outrage this week when he drew parallels between the catastrophes in Indochina (re-education camps, boat people and the killing fields) that followed America’s withdrawal from Vietnam after 1973 and what mig... -
2007-04-20
The coastguard-In Deepwater - [global security]
Apr 19th 2007 | SEATTLE
From The Economist print edition
Attempts to modernise the ageing fleet nearly sink it insteadALONG Washington state's rocky coastline and inland waters, the red-and-white patrol boats and helicopters of the United States Coast Guard are a familiar sight. More than a dozen coastguard ships and aircra... -
2007-04-20
The José Padilla trial-A witness in shades - [global security]
Apr 19th 2007 | NEW YORK
From The Economist print edition
Farcical tactics in the war on terrorTHE arrest of José Padilla on suspicion of planning a radioactive “dirty bomb” in 2002 seemed to confirm two things: that America faced enemies who would go to any lengths, and that the Bush administration was on top of the threat. But as ... -
2007-03-17
Watching, but still waiting - [global security]
The UN and Darfur
Watching, but still waitingMar 16th 2007 | NEW YORK
From Economist.com
Darfur continues to bleed while outsiders, including a UN human rights body, look on
AT A summit in 2005, all the member countries of the United Nations agreed on a principle of a “responsibility to protect” civili...
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