Wanted Dead or Alive

A Journal of Strategic Manhunts and Counter-Terrorism

Thursday, December 13, 2012

Today in Manhunting History: December 13, 2003 -- The Capture of Saddam Hussein

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[ This is a repost of last year's commemoration of the anniversary of Saddam's apprehension.  With Zero Dark Thirty about to hit th...
Friday, November 30, 2012

#Kony 2013

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My latest piece on the hunt for Lords Resistance Army leader Joseph Kony  has been published in Foreign Affairs . It was actually accepted...
Wednesday, October 24, 2012

The "Disposition Matrix"

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Today the Washington Post starts a three-piece series on U.S counterterrorism policies and targeted killings with Greg Miller's piece on...
Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Photos of the SEALs Abbottabad Mockup

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An interesting piece at The Atlantic displaying   satellite photos of the mockup of Osama bin Laden's Abbottabad compound that was used...
Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Today in Manhunting History: October 3, 1993 -- The Battle of Mogadishu

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I already marked the anniversary of the operation that inspired "Black Hawk Down" here last year. But CommandPosts.com -- an exc...
Friday, September 28, 2012

If Obama's foreign policy has been so successful, then why are we talking about Romney's advisors?

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My   latest piece on foreign policy in the Presidential election campaign has been published by my friends at  ForeignPolicy.com's Shad...
Tuesday, September 4, 2012

Today in Manhunting History: September 4, 1886 -- Geronimo's Final Surrender

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Chiricahua Apache war captain Geronimo had evaded U.S. forces for 16 months since his escape from the San Carlos Reservation in...
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Benjamin Runkle is a former paratrooper and presidential speechwriter with a Harvard PhD and a Bronze Star from Operation Iraqi Freedom. He has worked in the Department of Defense and on the National Security Council. He is the author of "Wanted Dead or Alive: Manhunts from Geronimo to bin Laden."
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