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The United States Army in Operation Iraqi Freedom, May 2003—January 2005

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The United States Army in Operation IRAQI FREEDOM, May 2003—January 2005. ON POINT II: Transition to the New Campaign. Dr. Donald P. Wright, Colonel Timothy R. Reese with the Contemporary Operations Study Team, Combat Studies Institute Press, US Army Combined Arms Center, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Released June 29, 2008. [Note: this report is 720 pages, PDF, and is very slow to download]

  • “On Point II: Transition to the New Campaign is the next volume in the US Army’s series of studies focused on its operations in Iraq. The first volume, On Point: The United States Army in Operation Iraqi Freedom, showcased Army operations in the decisive maneuver phase of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM (OIF) through April 2003. On Point II begins with President George W. Bush’s announcement of the end of major combat on 1 May 2003 and follows the Army’s operations through the January 2005 Iraqi elections. In many ways, On Point II is a book the Army did not expect to write because numerous observers, military leaders, and government officials believed, in the euphoria of early April 2003, that US objectives had been achieved and military forces could quickly redeploy out of Iraq. Clearly, those hopes were premature. Like the first volume, On Point II will focus on the US Army within the context of a combined joint campaign and will also chronicle and analyze the Army’s efforts across the spectrum of conflict to create a secure and prosperous Iraq.”

    • Google: U.S. copyright renewal records available for download

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    Inside Google Blog Search: “U.S. Copyright Office records. Records from 1978 onward are online but not downloadable in bulk. The Copyright Office hasn’t digitized their earlier records, but Carnegie Mellon scanned them as part of their Universal Library Project, and the tireless folks at Project Gutenberg and the Distributed Proofreaders painstakingly corrected the OCR. Thanks… Continue Reading

    United Nations Waste Treaty Postpones Long Awaited Toxic Waste Dumping Ban

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    News release, Basel Action Network: “The week-long 9th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention ended [June 27] with little progress in breaking the deadlock that is preventing a global toxic waste dumping ban from entering the force of international law. An effort promoted by Japan, Canada, New Zealand and India… Continue Reading

    Senlis Council Report: Winning over Angry Young Men is key to enduring stability in Iraq

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    News release: “The Senlis Council [The Senlis Council is an international policy think tank committed to implementing change at all policy levels, by bridging the gap between people and policy in three key areas] has maintained an operational base in the southern provinces of Afghanistan since 2004. Initially aimed at providing a firsthand view of… Continue Reading

    New GAO Reports: American Samoa, CDC Human Capital Planning, Homeland Security: DHS Risk-Based Grant Methodology, Secure Border Initiative

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    American Samoa: Issues Associated with Potential Changes to the Current System for Adjudicating Matters of Federal Law, GAO-08-655, June 27, 2008 Bureau of Indian Education Schools: Improving Interior’s Assistance Would Help Some Tribal Groups Implement Academic Accountability Systems, GAO-08-679, June 27, 2008 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Human Capital Planning Has Improved, but Strategic… Continue Reading

    Commentary: U.S. Escalates Covert Actions Against Iran

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    The New Yorker: The Bush Administration steps up its secret moves against Iran, by Seymour M. Hersh,July 7, 2008. “Late last year, Congress agreed to a request from President Bush to fund a major escalation of covert operations against Iran, according to current and former military, intelligence, and congressional sources. These operations, for which the… Continue Reading