We interrupt our normally scheduled program on waterboarding and anthropology (1) to bring you this BBC piece concerning one of SWJ’s favorite counterinsurgency experts from down-under - David Kilcullen:

In a frank and outspoken interview, David Kilcullen, who has just become policy advisor to US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, outlines his view of the conflict in Iraq and the future of the struggle with militant jihadism.

He tells the BBC's security correspondent Frank Gardner that the coalition is achieving success by a radical change in its tactics in Iraq…

More at the link and this BBC article by Hugh Levinson.

Now back to our regularly scheduled program… (2)

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Endnotes:

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