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latimes.com - 10/26/2008
U.S. considers sending special ops to Afghanistan - Los Angeles Times
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Reporting from Washington -- In a sign that the U.S. military is scaling back its goals in Afghanistan, senior Pentagon officials are weighing controversial proposals to send additional teams of highly trained special operations forces to narrowly target the most violent insurgent bands in the ...
More US troops to Afghanistan?
csmonitor.com - 10/26/2008
More US troops to Afghanistan?
— csmonitor.com — Before sending more brave men and women there, let's question conventional wisdom. It will take more than... military might to succeed in Afghanistan. (more) More US troops to Afghanistan?

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AFGHANISTAN: Can the U.S. kill its way to victory?
latimesblogs.latimes.com - 11/2/2008
AFGHANISTAN: Can the U.S. kill its way to victory?
— latimesblogs.latimes.com — As the debate over revamping U.S. policy in Afghanistan intensifies, Bing West has checked in with strong... views. West -- a Marine veteran of Vietnam, former assistant secretary of Defense in the Reagan administration and author of three books and... (more) AFGHANISTAN: Can the U.S. kill its way to victory?

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Jurassic Trailer Park
michaelyon-online.com - 10/19/2008
Jurassic Trailer Park
— michaelyon-online.com —   Road from Kabul to Jalalabad 20 October 2008 Afghanistan is like time traveling. Vast expanses of... rugged landscape, mostly unadorned by man-made structures, all framed by stories of savagery and conquest, create a picture of forever. A ... (more) Jurassic Trailer Park

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U.S. considers sending special ops to Afghanistan
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News — ... senior Pentagon officials are weighing controversial proposals to send additional teams of highly trained special operations forces to narrowly target the most violent insurgent bands in the country. The proposals are part of an acknowledgment among senior brass that a large-scale influx of conventional forces is unlikely in the near future because of troop commitments in Iraq. It also reflects the urgency to take some action to reverse recent setbacks in Afghanistan. Read more: http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/front/la-fg-us...

Four to ponder.
Greatscat! — U.S. considers sending special ops to Afghanistan -Despite recent setbacks, a large-scale influx of conventional forces is unlikely because of troop commitments in Iraq. But special operations forces could narrowly target the most violent insurgent bands. ...

Little Regard For International Boundaries
Newshoggers.com — ... helps the White House, if it is simply after a "freebie", that all of these incursions are being carried out by U.S. Special Operations forces, which have their own independent command structure (and an independent budget) headquartered in the U.S. - allowing Proconsul Petreaus and his subordinates to have some plausible denial of culpability when talking to local officials. But it's hardly likely to help long-term strategic planning. Still, the Bush administration now wants to send thousands more of these troops to Afghanistan, a move that ...

Pakistan, Afghanistan, Agree To Talk To Taliban
Newshoggers.com — ... As the U.S. plans to escalate its military component in the region, Pakistan and Afghanistan are moving to defuse the reasons for fighting as a high-level meeting of delegates from the two countries ...

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