taylormarsh.com - 30 days ago
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This post has been edited and updated with reporting from the event.
The event today, “Afghanistan: Basic Questions – Strategic Choices,” was organized by the Rand Corp., with Steve Clemons of NAF.
As backdrop, Jeff Zeleny has the story . With this from ...
theonion.com - 10/28/2009
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theonion.com —
October 27, 2009 | Issue 45•44 KABUL, AFGHANISTAN—
According to sources at the Pentagon, American quagmire-building efforts...
continued apace in Afghanistan this week, as the geographically rugged, politically unstable region remained ungovernable, ...
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U.S. Continues Quagmire-Building Effort In Afghanistan
mudvillegazette.com - 29 days ago
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mudvillegazette.com —
( Part one here ) ***** As the
scheduled November 7 second round election date draws near,...
last minute efforts to replace the Karzai government in Afghanistan are moving into high gear. From London : Dr Abdullah Abdullah is meeting his main allies in Kabul today and tomorrow to ...
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Round two (part two)
news.antiwar.com - 28 days ago
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news.antiwar.com —
September was sort of a high water mark
for the war in Afghanistan, at least compared to...
other recent months. It was incredibly destructive, to be sure, but after the massive violence in August’s run-up to the election , it was the first month in ...
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Worst Month Ever for US in Afghanistan; 8 More Killed
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... . The backdrop was Pres. Obama's nighttime visit to Dover AFB, doing something George W. Bush never did or allowed. Not only being present when the C-17 landed with coffins coming back from Afghanistan, but with family permission, allowing the public to view the cost of the wars we fight. None of this is making a dent with ...
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