Nordic Geospatial Blog –

An important piece by NPR & America Abroad Media commemorating the important stories, heroism, and sacrifice of the sailors and soldiers aboard the USS Cole on Oct. 12, 2000.

Resources -
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2010/10/08/130438952/remembering-the-u-s-s-cole-ten-years-after-it-was-attacked-in-a-yemen-port

Download Audio (< 3 mb MP3)

http://www.americaabroadmedia.org/programs/view/id/150

http://www.americaabroadmedia.org/multimedia/cole-voices/index.html

http://www.nctc.gov/site/groups/aqap.html

After the Cole: One Sailor’s Fight from America Abroad Media on Vimeo.

With an unparalleled depth of domain knowledge, Alexiev positions Marjah and the Flynn expose in a realpolitik understanding of the Afghan human and political terrain…

http://article.nationalreview.com/425761/afghanistan-at-the-crossroads/alex-alexiev

More satellites will also help…

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/24/world/asia/24satellites.html

As would more oversight of contractors vis a vis hearts and minds…
http://armed-services.senate.gov/Webcasts/2010/02%20February/02-24-10%20Webcast.htm

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/03/world/asia/03battle.html?_r=1&hp

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/05/world/asia/05afghan.html?scp=1&sq=nuristan%208&st=cse

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/10/01/world/middleeast/afghanistan-policy.html

Ed Darack imagery and perspective as an embedded photojournalist with the USMC – www.darack.com

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/18/opinion/18ganyard.html