Monday Morning News Catch-up

Here are a few of the stories that I didn't have a chance to post last week. I'll put up some political stories on Thursday.

Chechen attack kills four police (BBC, CNN, Guardian)

Wired Danger Room: Hansel and Gretel vs. Roadside Bombs - This is a really interesting article about a smart Marine who helped to prevent roadside bomb attacks. Check it out.

Michael Yon: Bad Medicine - Though there's no sort of explanation, this dispatch god Michael Yon disembedded from The Rifles. It's fantastic, as always.

AFP: US commanders complain of lack of troops in Afghanistan: report

UPI: Confusion prevails over Taliban leadership

AFP: German town cast as Afghanistan in army training

Times: When an officer calls: inside the world of the MoD death processors;

BBc: Audio slideshow: Soldier and son

AFP: British military procurement flawed: leaked report, British govt in costly decision over helicopters: report; Times: Lambasted for being 'incompetent' and 'money-wasting', the Ministry of Defence's mismanagement pushed unit costs over £62m

Times: Oil and gas are Gaddafi's real weapons, Gaddafi everywhere after 40 years in power

Times photo gallery: 40 years of Qaddhafi

Commentary Magazine: Qaddafi Can Celebrate His Filthy Regime Without Us (Michael Totten)

Michael Totten: In the Land of the Brother Leader - A repost of Michael's article and pictorial about his trip to Libya.

BBC: Arabic and friendship studies in Syria - I knew a girl who went to Damascus to learn Arabic. She was an idiot in high school, and I'm sure she's still an idiot now. If you want to learn Arabic, please don't do it by going to Syria and legitimizing the Syrian government.

AFP: Defunct Soviet missile base offers a glimpse of Cold War

UPI: Iran's Sejil missile threatens Europe

Wired Danger Room: Russia Scopes Fancy Imports in Weapons-Buying Spree; AFP: Russia plans purchase of French warship: military chief

Michael Totten: Europe Isn't Actually a Utopian Theme Park

BBC: Hijacked by climate change? - Apparently some hippies are whining that so-called climate change has pretty much erased any other attention that would have otherwise been paid to other environmental issues. Gee, ya think?

Guardian: Blair explains conversion to Catholicism

Gizmodo: MacGyver Chef: Poached Chicken and Couscous in a Coffee Maker

Have a great day.