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New military school gives officers new tools Course in Iraq challenges conventional tactics, stresses cultural awareness TAJI, Iraq - If the U.S. effort in Iraq ultimately is successful, one reason may be the small school started recently on a military base here by Army Gen. George W. Casey Jr., the U.S. commander in Iraq. Called the COIN Academy -- using military shorthand for "counterinsurgency" -- the newest educational institution in the U.S. military establishment seeks, as a course summary puts it, to "stress the need for U.S. forces to shift from a conventional warfare mindset" to one that understands how...

An absolute must read for all Americans. The true course and feelings of John Kerry and the current Democrat Party on the "Terrorism" issue.