We’ve come to have a particular understanding of what a startup is – typically a small, tech-focused company oriented towards great innovation. From the start, then, it would seem that consulting businesses are excluded from this definition; due to their reliance on experience, consultants can be somewhat backward looking and aligned with the establishment. Consulting […]
Al-Qaeda’s “anti drone” tactics discussed in Bin Laden letter
Some of the intelligence captured by U.S. Navy Seals and collected in garbage bags during the raid to terminate Bin Laden included a series of letters, some of which has been made available free online at the “Combating Terrorism Center” website at West Point Military Academy (http://www.ctc.usma.edu/posts/letters-from-abbottabad-bin-ladin-sidelined ). 2012-0000015-HT One letter with the SOCOM designation “2012-0000015-HT” […]
Al-Qaeda’s “anti drone” tactics discussed in Bin Laden letter
Some of the intelligence captured by US navy Seals and collected in garbage bags during the raid to terminate Bin Laden included a series of letters, some of which has been made available free online at the "Combating Terrorism Center" website at West Point Military Academy (http://www.ctc.usma.edu/posts/letters-from-abbottabad-bin-ladin-sidelined ). 2012-0000015-HT One letter with the SOCOM designation “2012-0000015-HT” […]
Mutiny Rife Among Mugabe’s Soldiers
Mutiny is reportedly rife in President Mugabe’s army as the defence forces tether with the civilians in the decade long political and economic meltdown that has been characterized by crisis after crisis in almost every sector of the Zimbabwean economy. A fortnight ago, underpaid Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) members countrywide have been on the […]
A trip to Caracas, Venezuela
The plane flew through the thick white Caribbean clouds with relative ease as it approached the green hills that adorn the coast of Venezuela. I look out the window as the plane begins to make its descent into Aeropuerto Internacional Simon Bolivar (or Maiquetia as its commonly referred to). It’s been two years since I […]