In his most recent video, Al-Qaida second-in-command Ayman al-Zawahiri quoted Malcolm X in order to call American President-Elect Barack Obama a “house negro” (عبيد البيت). There has been a number of interesting commentaries on Zawahiri’s comments including this from Abu Muqawama: But alas, the term “abed” (lit. “slave”) to describe black Africans and blacks is [...]
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“AK-47 versus M16″: Arms Transfers and Techno-Cultural Realignment
Posted in Identity Politics, Small Arms, tagged Danger Room, Hezbollah, Human Terrain, Mozambique, Revolution in Military Affairs, Sharon Weinberger, Terrorism, War in Afghanistan (2001 – present), Weaponized Culture on August 5, 2008 | 1 Comment »
In “Afghans Trading AK-47s for M16s,” Sharon Weinberger comments on the ongoing transfer of M16 rifles to the Afghan National Army: The AK-47 may be cheap, reliable, and ubiquitous, but it’s not, according to the U.S. Army, the ticket to a modern military. That’s why the U.S. military in Afghanistan is working to equip the [...]
