civicworldwide.org - 2/17/2009
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Afghanistan Quote NEW! CIVIC RELEASES GROUNDBREAKING REPORT ON AFGHAN CIVILIAN CASUALTIES [click here to download report summary] [click here to download full report] NEW CIVIC EVENTS: CIVILIAN CASUALTIES IN AFGHANISTAN 2/17 - 12:15pm & 2/18 - 4:00pm [click here for more information] BREAKING ...
nytimes.com - 2/17/2009
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WASHINGTON -- President Obama said Tuesday that he
would send an additional 17,000 American troops to Afghanistan...
this spring and summer, putting his stamp firmly on a war that he has long complained is going in the wrong direction. The order will add ...
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Putting Stamp on Afghan War, Obama Will Send 17,000 Troops
whitehouse.gov - 2/18/2009
nsnetwork.org - 2/19/2009
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PRINCIPLES FOR AN AFGHANISTAN STRATEGY As the Obama
Administration begins a 60-day review of its Afghanistan strategy,...
a diverse group of progressive experts in development, counter-terrorism, regional politics and US politics came together to ...
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Principles for an Afghanistan Strategy
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Afghan Civilian Deaths Rose 40 Percent In 2008: UN
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed —
... the NATO-led force in Afghanistan should have a coordinated response to provide compensation payments to the families of victims.
In an example of militant activity killing civilians, the U.S. military said its forces responded to a roadside bomb explosion in Kandahar province on Monday that killed five Afghan civilians. The IED likely had been intended for Afghan police or international troops but instead hit innocent Afghans.
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Civilian Casualties Undermining Afghanistan War Effort, Says Report
MoJo Blog Posts: mojo —
... Islamist foot soldiers has comparatively little impact on the overall war effort, whereas the propaganda value for the Taliban and Al Qaeda is immeasurable. Civlian casualties are unavoidable in a war fought by unmanned drones that cannot always differentiate their targets--and they are the perfect instrument for radicalizing populations that US and NATO forces will need to win over if they hope to meet with any success in stemming the insurgency.
A new report (.pdf) from the Campaign for Innocent Victims in Conflict, released Tuesday, ...
Obama Sending More Troops to Afghanistan, But It's Mission not Numbers that Counts
David Corn —
... The military actions conducted by US and NATO forces in Afghanistan are taking their toll on the mission. On Tuesday, the Campaign for Innocent Victims in Conflict released a ...
Tribute to Marla Ruzicka and the Nameless Aidworkers Around the World
The Moderate Voice —
... When Marla Ruzicka got killed in Bagdad on April 16, 2005, many US newspapers had long and impressive obituaries about the founder of the Campaign for Innocent Victims in Conflict (CIVIC), who convinced Congress to create an Iraqi War Victims Fund. ...
Kerry to Move Soon on Law of the Sea
The Washington Note —
That most famous and frustrating of oceans treaties looks to be back on the Senate agenda. Again.
The momentum is building. Scott Borgeson at the Council on Foreign Relations released a report last week that comprehensively makes the case for U.S. accession to the Law of the Sea Convention. I confess I've only given it a quick skim, but I did notice it hits on all the key points.
Sen. Kerry said last week that he's "gotta get that done." I'm hearing he'd like to start Committee work in June (presumably, the goal would be to have the whole thing wrapped up by August). Joining the Convention ...
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McCain on Afghanistan at AEI
weeklystandard.com 2/25/2009 — Senator McCain is just now delivering a speech at AEI on the war in Afghanistan. Some highlights:
"Success is possible in Afghanistan. Afghans reject the Taliban. Just 4 percent of Afghans wish them to rule the country, and they rate the Taliban ...
More Troops for Afghanistan
attackerman.firedoglake.com 2/18/2009 — He promised to do so on the campaign trail, and now he's done it: President Barack Obama has approved a troop increase to Afghanistan. His just-released statement is below. Notice that the forces approved appears to be less than the 20,000-30,000 ...
Troop Surge in Afghanistan Means No Progressive Consensus
dailykos.com 2/21/2009 — President Barack Obama's Tuesday announcement that the U.S. will be adding 17,000 fresh troops to those already fighting in Afghanistan upended hopes among some progressives that the 60-day policy review he announced February 10 would be completed ...
BBC NEWS | Americas | US to boost troops in Afghanistan
news.bbc.co.uk 2/17/2009 — President Barack Obama has authorised the deployment of up to 17,000 extra US troops to Afghanistan, saying they are to "meet urgent security needs". Two brigades - one army and one marine - are to be sent, Mr Obama said in a statement released by the ...
What, I Was Serious?
windsofchange.net 1/15/2009 — I saw this the other day, and waited for it to get picked up and commented on. It wasn't, so I'll raise it here.
Here's Spencer Ackerman writing in the Washington Independent :
Today a cohort of progressive bloggers unveils a new effort against ...
Kissinger: COIN Won’t Work/McCain: CT Won’t Work
outsidethebeltway.com 2/27/2009 — Within the last couple of days both Sen. John McCain and former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger have offered contrasting strategies for Afghanistan. John McCain’s plan was explained in a speech before the American Enterprise Institute and ...
More thousands of missing US weapons - this time in Afghanistan
newshoggers.com 2/16/2009 — By Cernig
ONE THIRD of all the weapons procured for the Afghan security forces are missing and can be presumed sold onto the black market. Worth roughly $40 million at wholesale cost (and weighing in excess of 200 tons) to the Pentagon, would ...
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Christian Science Monitor | Commentary 2/17/2009
Readers write about a cap-and-trade policy for CO2 emissions, why the West shouldn't lecture China about greenhouse-gases, the need for Afghanistan's neighbors to help contain the volatile country, and mandatory service in the US.
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