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pajamasmedia.com - 2/10/2009
Insurgency vs counterinsurgency
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Bill Roggio describe’s al-Qaeda’s shadow army in Pakistan. They are mobilizing locals to fight for them. The Shadow Army is active primarily in Pakistan’s tribal areas, the Northwest Frontier Province, and in eastern and southern Afghanistan, several US military and ...
Al Qaeda's paramilitary 'Shadow Army'
longwarjournal.org - 2/9/2009
Al Qaeda's paramilitary 'Shadow Army'
— longwarjournal.org — At least one squad of the joint Taliban-al Qaeda Shadow Army operating in Swat. Al Qaeda has... reorganized its notorious paramilitary formations that were devastated during the US invasion of Afghanistan in 2001 and 2002. Al ... (more) Al Qaeda's paramilitary 'Shadow Army'

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michaelyon-online.com - 2/10/2009
How Much is Afghanistan Really Worth to Us?
— michaelyon-online.com — 10 February 2009 While we prepare to shunt perhaps 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan (which still will... not be enough), Russia continues to play the Asian chessboard. The Russians are picking off pawn after pawn, and steadily eroding our foreign ... (more) How Much is Afghanistan Really Worth to Us?

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We can win in Afghanistan, unless we lose in Washington
shadow.foreignpolicy.com - 2/10/2009
We can win in Afghanistan, unless we lose in Washington
— shadow.foreignpolicy.com — By Christian Brose The biggest question I brought into the Munich Security Conference this past weekend was,... what is to be done in Afghanistan? I've been struck by how quickly U.S. public opinion has shifted from the "good war" to looming ... (more) We can win in Afghanistan, unless we lose in Washington

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Stones Cry Out:  Things Heard: e54v2

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Stones Cry Out — Zap. COIN and Afghanistan. Snuck in the pork bill. Anti-stimulus stuff in there too. Just a little permutation? Philosophy boners. Mr Polamalu and Orthodoxy, and she didn’t remark that it looks like he’s intoning “Lord have mercy” when he’s crossing himself. The pork bill again, a serious question unanswered alas it seems thus far. Heh. In which I concur completely with the NYTimes. ...

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