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User:Petercorless

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Location: San Jose, CA, United States of America
Email: petercorless(a-t)mac(d-o-t)com
Disclsosures: In 2014-2015 I worked for Aerospike, Inc., and in 2015 founded Globalcommit.org. In the past I used to work for Cisco Systems, and founded Green Knight Publishing and Celebrate History (both presently defunct). I've done work for West End Games and Chaosium game products. I've worked at Apple (albeit for a contractor) and the old Macintosh dealer ComputerWare. I've also worked at Chase Manhattan Bank.

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Userboxes

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Wikipedia Projects

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This user is a member of
WikiProject Military history.


Demographics

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This user is from Silicon Valley.
This user lives in, or hails from,
New York City.
46This user is 46 years old.
enThis user is a native speaker of the English language.
IrelandÉireannach
This user is Irish.
This user is proud to be Celtic.
XThis user is a member of
Generation X.
This user remembers using
a rotary dial telephone.

Education

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CMUThis user attends or attended Carnegie Mellon University.
BFAThis user has a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree.

Technical Skills

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<html>This user can write HTML.
This user can write Cascading Style Sheets.
XMLThis user can write XML.
xhtmlThis user can write XHTML.
{{Wiki}}This user can write in the MediaWiki language.
prog-1This user is a beginning programmer.
PerlThis user is just another Perl hacker.
C-1This user is a beginning C programmer.

Creative Skills and Interests

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This user enjoys writing.
This user has published a book.
This user is interested in maps and mapmaking.
This user writes poetry.
This user enjoys photography.
This user enjoys singing.

Travel

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This user visited the United Kingdom in 2006.
This user visited Croatia in 2006.
This user visited Ireland in 1994
This user has visited Wales in 1994
This user visited Norway in 1994
This user visited France in 1994
This user has visited Canada
This user has visited Hungary
This user has visited Japan
This user visited the Netherlands
This user has visited Finland
This user has visited Sweden
This user has never left the Northern Hemisphere.


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This user is a bibliophile.

This user is interested in the British Isles.
This user is interested in Heraldry
This user believes that "all the world's a stage and all the men and women merely players".
This user enjoys the works of
J. R. R. Tolkien.
LOTR This user enjoys The Lord of the Rings book, the film trilogy, and the 1978 animated film.
CSLThis user enjoys the works of
C.S. Lewis.
A lion similar to Aslan, the Lion This user loves The Chronicles of Narnia, both the books and the movies.
This user enjoys the works of
Isaac Asimov.
DON'T PANICThis user attempts not to panic with the aid of several towels.
1.618... This user is under the influence of Philip K. Dick.
This user enjoys the works of
Kim Stanley Robinson.
ALIENIn space no one can hear this user scream.
Blade Runner This user thinks Blade Runner is one of the best science fiction films ever made.
Star
Wars
This user supports the Rebel Alliance.
This user is a Jedi.
SW
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This user thinks The Phantom Menace was horrible .
SW
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This user thinks Attack of the Clones sucked more .
SW
III
This user thinks Revenge of the Sith was so terrible he never went to see it .
SW
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This user thinks A New Hope was the original and the best .
SW
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This user thinks The Empire Strikes Back was brilliant .
SW
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This user thinks Return of the Jedi had too many Ewoks .
MatrixThis user took the red pill, not the blue pill.
G This user is a Gryffindor.
BB This user is on a mission from God.
This user enjoys rock music.
This user likes alternative rock.

Politics

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This user supports Citizen Media.
This user is interested in politics.
This user supports sustainable living.
This user supports
renewable energy.
This user is interested in political science.
This user is interested in geopolitics.

Games

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This user is a Board Game Geek.
This user is a grognard.
This user settled Catan.
This user is attacking you with all three dice.
This user prefers to play games on a laptop.
This user likes to play games on his or her Mac, but is getting awfully sick of Breakout.
DurntThis user lives on Strangerhood Lane.
SC4This user's city is much better than Defacto's.

History

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This user is interested in history.
This user is a member of
WikiProject Military history.
This user is interested in
ancient civilizations.
This user is interested in the ancient Celts.
This user is interested in
Ancient Greece
This user is interested in Ancient Rome.
This user is interested in the Byzantine Empire
This user is interested in the
Middle Ages
This user is interested in the Crusades.
This user is interested in the Renaissance period.
This user is very interested in Napoleon.
This user is interested in World War I (1914–1918) and World War II (1939–1945).
This user is interested in
art history.
This user is a participant in WikiProject Terrorism
This user is a participant in
WikiProject Somalia.

Wikipedia Contribution

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Thank you!
Because of your support, I was elected Assistant Coordinator of the Wikipedia Military History Project in February 2007.

I took a virtual "leave of absence" 2007-2008 from Wikipedia, yet felt compelled to return to work on this global information resource in late 2008. It is very good to be back! --Petercorless (talk) 20:52, 3 December 2008 (UTC)

Recent Changes

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January 2016

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April 2011

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Africa

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Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD)2002 Mombasa hotel bombing1998 United States embassy bombingsBattle of FadaDarfur conflict

African UnionList of African Union member states by political system

West Africa Campaign (World War II)LibrevilleBattle of GabonBattle of Dakar

Somalia

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SomaliaHistory of SomaliaEconomy of SomaliaSomali languageGreater Somalia

Somali Government

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Transitional Federal Institutions

History of the Transitional Federal Government of the Republic of Somalia

Politics of Somalia

Peace and Peacekeeping

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Disarmament in SomaliaDiplomatic and humanitarian efforts in the Somali Civil WarAttempts at Reconciliation in Somalia (1991-2004)African Union Mission to Somalia (AMISOM) / IGAD Peace Support Mission to Somalia (IGASOM) • Informal Preparatory Meeting on National ReconciliationConference on National Reconciliation in Somalia2002 Somali Reconciliation ConferenceAddis Ababa Agreement (1993)Operation Provide ReliefOperation Restore Hope

War and Conflict

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Somali Civil War

Ethiopian-Somali conflict

Military Engagements

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Battle of BaidoaBattle of BandiradleyBattle of BeledweyneBattle of JowharFall of MogadishuBattle of JilibFall of KismayoBattle of Ras Kamboni

States

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JubalandPuntlandSouthwestern SomaliaGalmudug

Factions

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Factions in the Somali Civil War

Transitional National Government (TNG)Juba Valley Alliance (JVA)Alliance for the Restoration of Peace and Counter-Terrorism (ARPCT)Somalia Reconciliation and Restoration Council (SRRC)Somali Patriot Movement (SPM)Somali National Front (SNF)United Somali Congress (USC) • Somali National Movement (SNM)Allied Somali Forces (ASF)Somali National Alliance (SNA)

Islamic Courts Union (ICU)Hizbul ShabaabAl-Itihaad al-IslamiyaPopular Resistance Movement in the Land of the Two Migrations

National Security Service (Somalia) (NSS)

Tribes and Clans

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Locations

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KarkaarAyn

Ras KamboniBakaara MarketBarderaBu'aaleKismayu

Personalities

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List of Somalians

TNG/TFG
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Abdullahi Yusuf AhmedAli Mohammed GhediHussein Mohamed Farrah AididBarre Adan Shire HiiraaleSalad Ali Jelle • Gen. Ismail Qasim NajiHasan Muhammad Nur ShatigadudAbdirashid Mohamed HidigMuktar Hussein AfrahAbdiqasim Salad HassanHassan Abshir FarahOsman Jama AliAli Khalif GalaydhJama Ali JamaAdan Mohamed Nuur MadobeSharif Hassan Sheikh AdenAsha Haji ElmiDr Mohamed Sheikh Mohamud Guled (Gacmadheere)Mohamed Warsame AliOmar Muhamoud FinnishMusa Sudi YalahowMohamed Afrah QanyareOsman Ali AttoOmar Hashi Aden

ICU
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Hassan Dahir AweysSharif AhmedAbdirahman JanaqowHassan Abdullah Hersi al-TurkiAden Hashi Farah "Eyrow"Yusuf Mohammed Siad Inda'adeAbu Taha al-SudanDaniel Joseph Maldonado

Warlords
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Mohamed Farrah AididYusuf Ahmed Hagar DabageedMohamed Omar Habeb DhereMohammed Said Hersi MorganAbdi Hasan Awale QeybdiidAli Mahdi Muhammad

Historical
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Ahmad ibn Ibrihim al-GhaziCabdulle GorodAden Abdullah Osman DaarAbdirashid Ali ShermarkeAbdirizak Haji HusseinMohammed Siad Barre

Somaliland

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For Justice and Development (UCID)

SoolSanaagTogdheerAwdalLas KhoreyBadhan

Ethiopia

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Military of EthiopiaKombolchaOgaden National Liberation Front (ONLF)

Asia

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Panjdeh Incident2007 Kuril Islands earthquakePankisi GorgeIslamic Emirate of WaziristanGurkha

War in South Ossetia (2008)First Nagorno-Karabakh WarAdministrative divisions of AzerbaijanSadarak

Souvanna Phouma

SaffronizationHindu nationalismNaxaliteCommunist Party of India (Maoist)‎ChhattisgarhLiberhan Commission

Terrorist Attacks

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2008 Mumbai attacksResponsibility for the November 2008 Mumbai attacksAzam Amir Kasav

Islamist Organizations

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Deccan MujahideenLashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) • Muslim United Liberation Tigers of Assam

Battle of Henan-Hunan-Guangxi

Europe

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Balkans

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Greater Bulgaria

Military

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Strategies, Tactics, and Operations

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SiegeResistance movementVisit, Board, Search, and Seizure (VBSS) • Maritime Security Operations (MSO)Military operations other than war (MOOTW) • Effects-Based Operations (EBO)Stand up (military)

Ground Vehicles

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Technical (fighting vehicle)High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) • Infantry Mobility Vehicle (IMV)Scout carGun truckBushmaster IMV

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Pre-industrial armoured shipsRussian submarine K-266

Fortifications

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CastleMotte-and-baileyLimesConcentric castleRedoubtRevetmentJapanese castle

Islam and Islamists

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Islam

Global Conflict

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Jihad vs. McWorldClash of Civilizations

Movements

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Al-QaedaMujahideenTablighi JamaatQadiriyyah

Conflicts and Operations

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List of wars in the Muslim worldOperation CycloneSoviet war in AfghanistanTerrorism in Kashmir

Neologisms

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Al-QaedaismTalibanizationIslamismIslamofascism

Personalities

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Fazul Abdullah MohammedSulaiman Abu GhaithIbn al-KhattabShamil Basayev

UN and Arms Control

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SALWGun control/Gun politicsDomains of Gun PoliticsWendy ChamberlinArms controlDisarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR) • GunrunningPhosphorus

Conflicts and Operations

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War on TerrorismAllegations of state terrorism by United States of America

Operation Enduring FreedomOperation Enduring Freedom - Horn of AfricaOperation Enduring Freedom - Trans SaharaTrans-Saharan Counterterrorism InitiativeOperation Enduring Freedom - Pankisi GorgeJoint Combined Exchange TrainingBattle of Cieneguilla

Organizations and Commands

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United States Africa Command

Combined Task Forces

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Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) • Combined Task Force 150 (CTF-150)

Combat Logistics Battalion 2 (CLB-2)

2d Battalion, 20th Field Artillery4th Infantry Division Artillery1st Infantry Division

Installations and Bases

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List of United States Army installationsList of United States Air Force installationsList of United States Marine Corps installationsList of United States Navy installations

Cooperative Security Location (CSL) • Forward Operating Site (FOS) • Forward Operating Base (FOB)

Camp LemonnierKelley Barracks

Ships

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USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69)USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG-81)USS Newport News (SSN-750)

Leaders

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General John AbizaidEdwin Taylor Pollock

UK

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Commodore Bruce Williams, Royal Navy

Operation Compass

Windsor Castle

British Iron Age

History

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List of wars 2003–currentList of irredentist claims or disputes

Cold War (1953-1962)U-2 Crisis of 1960

Monroe Doctrine

Knights Templar

World War IIAllies of World War IIParticipants in World War IITimeline of World War II

Pacific WarLedo RoadThe Stilwell Road (movie)Wang Jingwei GovernmentNanjing

13th Foreign Legion Demi-Brigade

Language, Linguistics & Philosophy

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English

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Stupidity

Latin Expressions

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Carpent tua poma nepotes (User Page)

Art

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Artists

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Bruce Degen

Musicians & Singers

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Ysabella Brave

Math

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Timeline of algebra

Lancelot-Grail

Politics, Sociology & Economics

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SovereigntyNational securityCommunity recognitionNationalismEthnic nationalismMcWorldEnergy intensityDavid Emory

Health

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2009 H1N1 Flu Outbreak

Nature and Conservation

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Duck crossing

Roleplaying

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Pendragon (role-playing game)Castle Marrach

Beach Channel High School

Floyd Bennett Field

Pennsylvania

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Carnegie Mellon College of Fine Arts

Liberty Middle School (Virginia)

Latest Graphics

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War in Somalia, Securing the Kenyan Border, January 1-4, 2006

Somali War 2007, US Airstrike, January 8, 2007

Somali War, Battle of Ras Kamboni, January 5-12, 2007

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Somali Civil War, Withdrawal of the ICU, December 27-29, 2006