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Kilcullen And A Pony
newshoggers.com - 11/16/2008
Kilcullen And A Pony
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By Cernig There's very interesting interview today with counterinsurgency guru David Kilcullen in the New Yorker. My take - he says there's less than a year before Afghanistan is irretreivable, that Pakistan is the true central front and that he can see how to rescue both nations. I ...
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pajamasmedia.com - 11/14/2008
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— pajamasmedia.com — November 14, 2008 "THE WAR IS OVER AND WE WON:" Michael Yon just phoned from Baghdad, and... reports that things are much better than he had expected, and he had expected things to be good. "There's nothing going on. I'm with the 10th Mountain Division, ... (more) Instapundit.com -

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Partnership for Progress
americanprogress.org - 11/18/2008
Partnership for Progress
— americanprogress.org — Advancing a New Strategy for Prosperity and Stability in Pakistan and the Region By Caroline Wadhams ,... Brian Katulis , Lawrence J. Korb , Colin Cookman | November 17, 2008 Download the full report (pdf) Pakistan lies at the nexus of one the world's ... (more) Partnership for Progress

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longwarjournal.org - 11/19/2008
US Predator strikes al Qaeda & Taliban outside of Pakistan's tribal areas
— longwarjournal.org — An unmanned US Predator aircraft attacked a Taliban and al Qaeda safehouse in the Bannu Frontier Region... east of North Waziristan early today, according to reports from the region. At least five people were killed in the early morning airstrike, ... (more) US Predator strikes al Qaeda & Taliban outside of ...

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N/A — Great news: Iraq cabinet signs off on SOFA. Deadline for US out is December 31, 2011. Not so great news?  Afghanistan is going down quickly.  And then there is Pakistan . . .

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