Excellent "Lesser Taught" Language Resource (DLI via DangerRoom)

Wired.com's DangerRoom featured an excellent language resource from the Defense Language Institute for some of the lesser known (only because they are lesser taught in the US) languages. Not everything on the site is accessible to non-military but the stuff that is available is very good. In addition to the fine language resources, I was particularly impressed with the "Countries In Perspective" section that provides short, descriptive country studies on about 20 countries.

DNI's Brand New Page (DNI via Threat Level)

Wired's Threat Level gets credit for first noticing the DNI's brand new website. Very slick! My favorite part is the inclusion of RSS feeds. My least favorite part is that there is no single aggregate RSS feed that allows all of us DNI junkies to track all things DNI without checking five individual feeds.

Iran-Navy Clash Raw Footage And Iranian Naval Strategy (Via Wired's Danger Room)

Wired's Danger Room has aggregated some of the most interesting coverage and provided some of the best commentary on the recent Iranian-US Naval incident (an incident that the Iranians are now saying was faked by the Pentagon). In a recent post they covered "How Iran Attacks At Sea" with numerous links to outside sources (including a very interesting observation from Michael Tanji of Haft of the Spear). This morning they posted some raw footage of the incident viewable below (from the AP hosted through ClipSyndicate). Danger Room's style is sometimes quirky, but I find it well worth the reading. They do an excellent job.