fabiusmaximus.wordpress.com - 1/9/2009
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This provides a very brief look at two excellent reports about Mexico. Excerpts from each appear below.
“Mexico Security Memo - Year-end Wrap-up“, Stratfor, 5 January 2008 — Subscription only.
“After Action Report - Vistit Mexico“, General Barry R McCaffrey USA ...
elpasotimes.com - 1/14/2009
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elpasotimes.com —
This image provided by the U.S. Drug Enforcement
Administration shows a poster of 10 people identified as...
rival drug traffickers locked in a violent battle for control of Tijuana, Mexico. They include Fernando Sanchez Arellano, described by the DEA as ...
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U.S. military report warns 'sudden collapse' of Mexico ...
walt.foreignpolicy.com - 1/8/2009
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walt.foreignpolicy.com —
Courtesy of Philip Weiss's blog, here is another
thought experiment from New America Foundation's Daniel Levy. Note:...
it's not a transcript; it is Weiss's summary of a portion of a conference call that Levy conducted two days ago: [Levy] said: We all ...
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Thought experiments (one last time) and a reply to David ...
charleston.net - 1/10/2009
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charleston.net —
New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson did the right
thing last week when he withdrew as President-elect Barack...
Obama's nominee for Commerce Secretary because of an ongoing federal investigation. Prominent members of the Democratic majority in Congress who ...
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Do the right thing
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FABIUS MAXIMUS: New reports about Mexico, the failing state on our border.
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... The pace of violence in Mexico has accelerated as the drug cartels and smuggling enterprises are able to tap into hard currency cash flows to corrupt and hollow out a state that is seeing two of its major revenue streams (light and medium manufacturing for export to the US and oil) be put under severe pressure. There is a strong possibility that Mexico will see its civic culture become a bazaar of violence if current trends continue. The El Paso, Texas City Council wants to ask the obvious question -- can we do something different than current ...
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