washingtonindependent.com - 11/25/2008
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To call this unexpected is really quite an understatement. From the Associated Press:
President Hamid Karzai told a visiting U.N. Security Council delegation Tuesday that the international community should set a timeline to end the war in Afghanistan.
It’s hard to know what’s totally ...
latimes.com - 11/24/2008
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Reporting from Marine Headquarters At Al Asad, Iraq
-- Marine Corps leaders are devising a plan to...
send thousands of additional combat troops to Afghanistan to wage aggressive warfare against the Taliban that they expect could take years. The Marines ...
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Marines drafting plan to send more troops to Afghanistan ...
thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com - 11/29/2008
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George W. Bush said he wants to be
remembered as a president who "did not sell his...
soul in order to accommodate the political process."
(more)
Bush Weighs In on His Legacy
msnbc.msn.com - 11/25/2008
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Karzai calls for withdrawal timeline for Afghanistan.
Think Progress —
... , which is negotiations,” Karzai reportedly said. Spencer Ackerman notes, “One thing that’s been entirely missing from the policy debate on Afghanistan — in the U.S., in NATO, in Afghanistan — is that no one even pretends to think about how the war is supposed to end. No one knows the endgame, and no one even proposes endgames.” ...
Into Afghanistan?
Ben Smith's Blog —
... international community should set a timeline to end the war in Afghanistan.
It appeared to be the first time Karzai has called for a time limit on the international effort to defeat Taliban militants and raise a stable and competent Afghan security force and government.
"If there is no deadline, we have the right to find another solution for peace and security, which is negotiations," Karzai was quoted as saying in a statement from his office.
(via Ackerman)
Doing a Maliki: Karzai Demands Timetable In Afghanistan
Crooks and Liars —
... Spencer Ackerman has the essential analysis, as usual. Although he thinks that Karzai is indeed trying to box the US and its allies into accepting a negotiated settlement with the Taliban, Spencer also writes: ...
Tuesday's Mini-Report
Political Animal —
... as Defense Secretary. More on this tomorrow. * Karzai wants a timetable on the war in Afghanistan? * Hank Paulson has used half of the $700 billion bailout package, and is now ...
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longwarjournal.org 10/14/2008 —
Multimedia presentation of the senior Taliban commanders in Pakistan and Afghanistan. Click to view.
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