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OPINION: Liars’ Round-Up, On Security, Facts Matter,  New York Post, By Ralph Peters, June 28, 2008, Pg. 19

Whopper No. 1: America is less safe today than it was on Sept. 10, 2001.
Whopper No. 2: Al Qaeda is stronger than ever.
Whopper No. 3: Success in Iraq is an illusion - the surge failed.
Whopper [...]

Scientists Find ‘Law Of War’ That Predicts Attacks (London Daily Telegraph)…Roger Highfield
…The European Consortium For Mathematics in Industry was told today that an international team has developed a physics-based theory describing the dynamics of insurgent group formation and attacks, which neatly explains the universal patterns observed in all modern wars and terrorism. [...]

Mullen: Flexibility Crucial As World Changes Quickly (Mideast Stars and Stripes)…Charlie Coon, June 28, 2008
…Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Michael G. Mullen invoked "change" dozens of times Thursday while speaking at the new U.S. Africa Command, itself a harbinger of potential new military thinking.
Change how the government and military [...]

U.S. Sounds Afghan Alarm, (Wall Street Journal)…Yochi Dreazen, In a remarkable shift, Afghanistan, where U.S. officials were once confident of victory, is now rivaling Iraq as the biggest cause of concern for American policymakers.
Pentagon Report Anticipates Rising Violence In Afghanistan, (Washington Post)…Josh White …Attacks in Afghanistan have shown a dramatic upturn [...]

Korean Nukes: Don’t Get Giddy, (New York Post)…Peter Brookes, June 27, 2008
NORTH Korea gave the world some good news this week - finally handing over a declaration about its nuclear program and promising to blow up the cooling tower at its Yongbyon nuclear facility. But don’t break out the best bubbly just yet.
These moves [...]

Bush Rebuffs Hard-Liners To Ease North Korean Curbs (New York Times)…Helene Cooper, June 27, 2008
…In the internal Bush administration war between the State Department and Mr. Cheney’s office over North Korea, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and her top North Korea envoy, Christopher R. Hill, won a major battle against the Cheney [...]

Navy Challenges Sonar Restrictions, (Washington Times)…Associated Press, June 27, 2008 , Pg. 4
The Navy is challenging Hawaii’s authority to protect whales by restricting the use of sonar during training exercises, environmentalists and military representatives say.

New Training Hones Marines’ Visual Skills (USA Today)…Jim Michaels, June 27, 2008, Pg. 10
Combat hunter program is ‘a great example of outside-the-box thinking to defeat an adaptive and wily enemy.’
Faced with an alarming increase in sniper attacks in Iraq, Marine commanders in late 2006 began looking for ways to turn the tables [...]

High-Tech Combat Equipment Expedited For Use In Iraq, (Washington Post)…Donna Borak, Associated Press, June 27, 2008, Pg. D4
The Army will deliver some key technologies to ground forces in war zones three years ahead of schedule as part of its $160 billion combat modernization program led by Boeing and SAIC.
Senior Army officials said Thursday that changes [...]

Gates Says Rise In Afghan Violence ‘Real Concern’ (USA Today)…Unattributed, June 27, 2008, Pg. 9
Defense Secretary Robert Gates said he has "real concern" about a sharp rise in attacks by insurgent forces in eastern Afghanistan and says it reflects infiltration of fighters from Pakistan.