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anandgopal.com - 12/5/2008
Who Are the Taliban?
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The Afghan War Deciphered If there is an exact location marking the West’s failures in Afghanistan, it is the modest police checkpoint that sits on the main highway 20 minutes south of Kabul. The post signals the edge of the capital, a city of spectacular tension, blast walls, and ...
latimesblogs.latimes.com - 12/8/2008
Terror, recession, oh, workout fiend Obama's still a smoker
— latimesblogs.latimes.com — While you were watching football this morning and afternoon President-elect Barack Obama had a busy day, though... part of it was pre-recorded on Saturday. We have three news videos below, plus the transcript of Obama's Sunday morning interview on ... (more) Terror, recession, oh, workout fiend Obama's still a smoker

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tnr.com - 12/11/2008
Obama vs. Osama
— tnr.com — Around the time of the November election, John Nagl, a retired Army Colonel, took a helicopter ride... across Afghanistan. What he saw below worried him. Nagl, who is 42 with trim brown hair and academic eyeglasses, spent three years in Iraq, including ... (more) Obama vs. Osama

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Taliban in 72 Percent of Afghanistan, Think-Tank Says
abcnews.go.com - 12/8/2008
Taliban in 72 Percent of Afghanistan, Think-Tank Says
— abcnews.go.com — KABUL (Reuters) - The Taliban hold a permanent presence in 72 percent of Afghanistan, a think-tank said... on Monday, but NATO and the Afghan government rejected the report, saying its figures were not credible. The findings by the International Council ... (more) Taliban in 72 Percent of Afghanistan, Think-Tank Says

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Who Are the Taliban?
The Latest on Air America — ... around 40. A couple of weeks later they hit an engagement party, killing three. “We are starting to think that we shouldn’t go out in large numbers or have public weddings,” Abdullah Wali told me. Wali lives in a district of Ghazni Province where the insurgents have outlawed music and dance at such wedding parties. It’s an austere life, but that doesn’t stop Wali from wanting them back in power. Bland weddings, it seems, are better than no weddings at all. Originally Posted via Anandgopal.com

Why Surge When the War is Already Lost?
Firedoglake — ... Is it any wonder that, as Anand Gopal writes in his recent discussion of “Who are the Taliban?:” In a world of endless war, with a predatory government, roving bandits, and Hellfire missiles, support goes to those who can bring security. ...

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