Wanted Dead or Alive

A Journal of Strategic Manhunts and Counter-Terrorism

Thursday, April 4, 2013

#KonyFail?

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The Washington Post reports that  Ugandan and American troops have suspended their joint hunt for Lord's Resistance Army commander Jose...
Wednesday, March 27, 2013

No, Who REALLY Shot Bin Laden???

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Two pieces today (by Peter Bergen on CNN.com  and in The Hill ) reporting on SEAL Team Six members calling shenanigans on Esquire's acco...
Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Today in Manhunting History (Special Anniversary Edition) -- March 19, 2003: The Dora Farms Mission

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( Originally posted March 19, 2012, but reposted in conjunction with all the 10th anniversary remembrances of the start of Operation Ir...
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...
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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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