Guest Thinkers — December 21, 2010

al-Huthi Conflict still Simmers

The news today from al-Jawf that five al-Huthi commanders were killed in an ambush by what some are charging as a militia linked to the government is yet another in a long line of signs that the nearly five year conflict is far from over.

The five men killed are listed as:
1. Zayd Ali Hasan al-Zamin
2. Ahmad Abdullah Abdan
3. Abdullah Jibran
4. Naji Abu Ashal
5. Hamud al-Haydari

I have been hearing recently that there has been an increase in problems between al-Huthi supporters in al-Jawf and other tribes as well as between government supporters. It still seems a good bet that the fighting will break out again after parliamentary elections are concluded. I don’t think many people have much faith in the secret peace deal that was announced July 17, 2008.

The Future

Custom Image Test

Lorem ipsum etc etc etc etc

Life

Visualization test

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Nullam id tincidunt mi. Morbi malesuada nulla sit amet est hendrerit tincidunt. Etiam viverra, nisl id volutpat eleifend, est augue sodales orci, […]

L&D Strategy

Transfer of learning: The necessary step to make learning stick

Transfer of learning is a concept that should be top-of-mind when planning any learning and development program. Why? In a perfect world, the billions of dollars organizations collectively spend every […]

Starts With A Bang

Why we’ll never see back to the beginning of the Universe

We thought the Big Bang started it all. Then we realized that something else came before, and it erased everything that existed prior.

Thinking

Is there an afterlife? See how your answer compares to polled Americans

There is more consensus on what heaven looks like than hell.

Up Next

Guest Thinkers

Jihadis and Jalalabad

On February 19 we posted on Nasir al-Wahayshi’s speech here. At the time one of the things that most intrigued me – besides a specific term, I have already blogged […]