reuters.com - 26 days ago
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* Obama, Merkel discuss Afghanistan * Barroso: Comprehensive strategy needed for Afghanistan By Ross Colvin WASHINGTON, Nov 3 (Reuters) - European nations are unlikely to contribute more troops to Afghanistan, the head of the European Commission said on Tuesday, as President Barack Obama weighs ...
mudvillegazette.com - 25 days ago
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Al Jazeera : Hamid Karzai listened to a
mixture of congratulations and straight talking down the telephone...
from President Obama on Monday just hours after Mr. Karzai was declared the winner of the Afghan elections by default. President Obama made clear what the United States expects. ...
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Plan B
seminal.firedoglake.com - 26 days ago
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Yesterday, October officially became the deadliest month for
U.S. forces in Afghanistan since the war began ....
The death toll was pushed over that grim marker by improvised explosive devices (IEDs) , the single deadliest weapon used against U.S. forces ...
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IED Deaths Make October Deadliest Month for U.S. Forces ...
mnfwest.usmc.mil - 24 days ago
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CAMP LEATHERNECK, Helmand Province, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
They are not the first Marines in Afghanistan, nor...
are they the first Marines in Helmand province. Combined Task Force-58, the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, Task Force 2/7, Special ...
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100 days in Helmand
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Europe Balks at Sending More Troops to Afghanistan
Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines —
... in Europe,” European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said in Washington.
Barroso said he would discuss the need for a comprehensive strategy in Afghanistan that focused on improving governance and increasing training of Afghan security forces when he met Obama later on Tuesday.
He emphasized that the European Union was already one of the biggest contributors of civilian aid to Afghanistan, sending about 1 billion euros ($1.48 billion) annually.
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So Much for Europe
At-Largely —
... ministers were hot to trot for Gen. Stan McChrystal’s Afghanistan escalation scheme, but Europe isn’t likely to send any more troops to the fray. Opinion polls in most European countries show clear majorities in favor of withdrawing troops from Afghanistan. European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso says, "Honestly in Europe there is not great enthusiasm for sending more troops to Afghanistan.” NATO members currently field 42,000 troops in Afghanistan. American troops there currently number 67,000. It’s a wonder NATO and Europe will play with us at all. ...
So Much for Europe
Antiwar.com Original —
... ministers were hot to trot for Gen. Stan McChrystal’s Afghanistan escalation scheme, but Europe isn’t likely to send any more troops to the fray. Opinion polls in most European countries show clear majorities in favor of withdrawing troops from Afghanistan. European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso says, "Honestly in Europe there is not great enthusiasm for sending more troops to Afghanistan." NATO members currently field 42,000 troops in Afghanistan. American troops there currently number 67,000. It’s a wonder NATO and Europe will play with us at all. ...
Obama’s Wacky War
Antiwar.com Original —
... percent of those killed or wounded by the bombs are Afghans. This is a wacky war we’re about to bury ourselves even deeper into, and it’s going to get wackier. I’m not sure what we’re doing there. We’re not going to disrupt al-Qaeda by occupying a country al-Qaeda’s not in. It looks like we’ve given up trying to get Afghanistan and Pakistan to act like real countries, and while NATO has encouraged us to send more troops to Afghanistan, none of the NATO nations are likely to pony up any more. Opinion polls in Europe show that everybody wants to bring their troops ...
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The Debate on Afghanistan
outsidethebeltway.com 10/13/2009 — The debate of Afghanistan continues in the nation’s opinion pages.
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Searching for the Exit?
outsidethebeltway.com 17 days ago — The scuttlebutt that’s coming out now in Washington is that President Obama doesn’t much like the plans for Afghanistan offered by his advisors:
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