COUNTERINSURGENCY OPS — A U.S. Army soldier hands out maps and information to the residents of Tarmiya, Iraq, March 25, 2006, about safe routes citizens must take when entering and leaving Tarmiya due to ongoing counterinsurgency operations.From Newsweek:
A Smarter Way to Fight
He was the brains behind 'Charlie Wilson's War.' Now his tactics are hot, from Pakistan to Colombia.
Strange things are happening in the jungles of Colombia. After years of fighting a fierce, conventional war against the leftist guerrilla group known as the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), the country's military accomplished a major feat earlier this month without firing a shot. The Colombians used a complex ruse to free 15 hostages, including three Americans and former presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt, eliciting international acclaim and comparisons to the Israeli hostage rescue at Entebbe. But what happened afterward—which hasn't been widely reported—was almost as remarkable, according to Colombian Vice Defense Minister Juan Carlos Pinzón. The Colombian Army cornered the hostages' captors, the FARC's notorious 1st Front—the latest success stemming from Bogotá's tactic of dropping its special forces into the jungle and keeping the weakened guerrillas on the run.
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My Comment: Newsweek is covering a story that blogs like the Small Wars Journal and other military blogs have been covering for the past two years. I guess that it is better late than never.
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