seminal.firedoglake.com - 11/3/2009
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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 in Afghanistan. IED deaths have increased ...
nytimes.com - 11/5/2009
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nytimes.com —
WASHINGTON The nation’s top military officer said
Wednesday that he expected the Pentagon to ask Congress...
in the next few months for emergency financing to support the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, even though President Obama has pledged to end the ...
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Pentagon Expected to Request More War Funding
mudvillegazette.com - 11/4/2009
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mudvillegazette.com —
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
reuters.com - 11/3/2009
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reuters.com —
* 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 ...
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Europe reluctant to send more troops to Afghanistan
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An Anti-Escalation Bleg
Newshoggers.com —
... By Steve Hynd
The Seminal at Firedoglake is asking for everyone's help in keeping Derrick Crowe, their Afghanistan Fellow, writing his excellent posts.
Derrick has been writing regularly on the war, bringing to bear facts, video testimony, statistics, political insight, and thoughtful arguments to drive home the point that escalating the war in Afghanistan is the wrong policy. Derrick has been writing and researching so prolifically because he’s been ...
Keep the “Anti-Escalation in Afghanistan” Blog Fellowship Going
Firedoglake —
... For the last three months, we’ve all had the pleasure of reading posts on the Afghanistan war by Derrick Crowe.
Derrick has been writing regularly on the war, bringing to bear facts, video testimony, statistics, political insight, and thoughtful arguments to drive home the point that escalating the war in Afghanistan is the wrong policy. Derrick has been writing and researching so prolifically because he’s been on a three month fellowship, using funds provided out-of-pocket by the good folks over at Brave New ...
Support a strong voice against the war in Afghanistan
Crooks and Liars —
... in tens of thousands of new troops to Afghanistan while admitting that there was no strategy. Support for the war in Afghanistan was at 50%. Today, 58% oppose the war in Afghanistan. And President Obama right now is engaged in the process of "rethinking Afghanistan."
For the last few months, too, progressive blogger Derrick Crowe has been writing on the Afghanistan war. And his posts have made a difference.
Derrick has brought to bear facts, video testimony, statistics, political insight, and thoughtful ...
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outsidethebeltway.com 10/16/2009 — For a long time now I’ve been saying that the biggest problem facing our forces in Afghanistan isn’t the absence of a viable partner in the Afghan government or whether we should be pursuing a strategy of counter-terrorism or ...
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taylormarsh.com 10/27/2009 —
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outsidethebeltway.com 10/13/2009 — The debate of Afghanistan continues in the nation’s opinion pages.
Robert Kaplan in The Atlantic makes the case for counter-insurgency:
Obama needs to get behind his chosen general as soon as possible and put this spectacle of ...
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news.antiwar.com 11/1/2009 — 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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