openleft.com - 4/6/2009
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The entire text of President Obama's Afghanistan speech is in the extended entry. I have to tun, so I don't have time to comment, but there will be more on Afghanistan later today and next week.
This is an open thread on the speech. Good morning. Today, I am announcing a comprehensive, new ...
thehill.com - 4/8/2009
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thehill.com —
U.S. envoys met with Pakistani leaders on Tuesday
to ensure that the $7.5 billion that President Obama...
plans to send their way over the next five years will be used to achieve common goals in the fight against extremism. But according to a Pakistani ...
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Report: Pakistan rejects U.S. plan, wants drones
timesonline.co.uk - 4/2/2009
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timesonline.co.uk —
This grainy footage appears to show a 17-year-old
girl being beaten by Islamic radicals in Pakistan s...
northwestern region of Swat, where Sharia law was introduced after the government reached a truce with the Taleban in February. A local Taleban ...
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Video: radicals beat girl, 17, in Islamic stronghold of ...
csmonitor.com - 4/4/2009
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csmonitor.com —
Lawmakers and others who were against the Iraq
war generally support the president. But they worry about...
another 'quagmire.' By Gail Russell Chaddock | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor from the April 4, 2009 edition Washington - The ...
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Antiwar activists split over Obama's Afghanistan policy
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Jason Rosenbaum: Breaking the Silence: Escalation in Afghanistan Does Not Keep America Safe
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... Last week, President Obama concluded his strategy review on the war in Afghanistan. In his speech announcing his conclusions, he explicitly stated the reason this war continues: ...
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Analysis: US outlines new Afghanistan strategy
longwarjournal.org 3/27/2009 — The long-awaited new US strategy for Afghanistan was released this morning. In a press conference, President Barack Obama outlined the US goals in the region and the plan to stabilize Afghanistan and neighboring Pakistan.
The goal, Obama said, is ...
The Ethics of Afghanistan
openleft.com 4/10/2009 — There are many ways to answer that question. However, the primary way the question should be approached is ethical: will our continued, escalated military action in Afghanistan (and Pakistan) prevent more human suffering than it causes?
As ...
Obama announcement on Afghanistan and Pakistan policy
thecable.foreignpolicy.com 3/27/2009 — Note: Below is U.S. President Barack Obama's statement announcing a new Af-Pak strategy. Good morning. Today, I am announcing a comprehensive, new strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan. This marks the conclusion of a careful policy review that I ...
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pajamasmedia.com 3/29/2009 — The limits of BHO’s efforts in Pakistan were emphasized during an interview given to the press.
WASHINGTON (AP) — As he carries out a retooled strategy in Afghanistan, President Barack Obama says he will consult with Pakistan’s leaders ...
US strikes Haqqani Network in North Waziristan
longwarjournal.org 4/4/2009 —
The front gate of the Haqqani-run Manba Ulom madrassa in North Waziristan. Photo by The Asia Times .
The US has attacked a safe house in the lawless, Taliban-controlled tribal agency of North Waziristan.
An unmanned Predator ...
Obama: Yup, We're at War in Pakistan (Updated Again)
blog.wired.com 3/27/2009 — Perhaps you were wondering whether or not the U.S. was really at war in Pakistan, as well as Afghanistan. Well, President Obama just put those questions to rest. With everyone from Hillary Clinton to Robert Gates to General David Petraeus...
Obama’s Afghanistan Policy: The Four Questions
attackerman.firedoglake.com 3/27/2009 —
photo by Travir
To gaze in one's own navel: I said earlier I'd be listening to Obama's Af-Pak speech for answers to four questions, like this was Passover or something. So what about those answers?
1. Will Obama give an exit strategy, an ...
Kilcullen: "Afghanistan doesn't worry me. Pakistan does."
newshoggers.com 4/25/2009 — By Steve Hynd
The Sydney Morning Herald has an interview today with Australian COIN-guru Dr. David Kilcullen , formerly part of Petraeus' "dream team" and now a consultant to the Obama White House. It makes for very interesting reading.
Although ...
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