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Get Afghanistan Right
dailykos.com 1/13/2009 — An ad hoc group of bloggers has come together for the purpose of opposing a U.S.-led escalation in Afghanistan that is slated to double the number of American troops there. Organized by Alex Thurston at The Seminal and Robert Greenwald's ...
dailykos.com 1/13/2009 — An ad hoc group of bloggers has come together for the purpose of opposing a U.S.-led escalation in Afghanistan that is slated to double the number of American troops there. Organized by Alex Thurston at The Seminal and Robert Greenwald's ...
Getting Afghanistan Right
agonist.org 1/14/2009 — Memo to President-Elect Obama: "Now it is folly to go against men who could not be kept under even if conquered, while failure would leave us in a very different position from that which we occupied before the enterprise." Thucydides, VI, 11. ...
agonist.org 1/14/2009 — Memo to President-Elect Obama: "Now it is folly to go against men who could not be kept under even if conquered, while failure would leave us in a very different position from that which we occupied before the enterprise." Thucydides, VI, 11. ...
GetAfghanistanRight.com
washingtonindependent.com 1/12/2009 — Today a cohort of progressive bloggers unveils a new effort against the planned 20,000-troop increase of U.S. forces in Afghanistan. A website called GetAfghanistanRight, set up by bloggers at the Seminal and Brave New Films — and with the ...
washingtonindependent.com 1/12/2009 — Today a cohort of progressive bloggers unveils a new effort against the planned 20,000-troop increase of U.S. forces in Afghanistan. A website called GetAfghanistanRight, set up by bloggers at the Seminal and Brave New Films — and with the ...
What, I Was Serious?
windsofchange.net 1/15/2009 — I saw this the other day, and waited for it to get picked up and commented on. It wasn't, so I'll raise it here. Here's Spencer Ackerman writing in the Washington Independent : Today a cohort of progressive bloggers unveils a new effort against ...
windsofchange.net 1/15/2009 — I saw this the other day, and waited for it to get picked up and commented on. It wasn't, so I'll raise it here. Here's Spencer Ackerman writing in the Washington Independent : Today a cohort of progressive bloggers unveils a new effort against ...
Illumination - Updated
mudvillegazette.com 1/9/2009 — UPDATE: Via Email - (Retired Military) When the fuze functions on an illum round, it pushed the flare and attached parachute out of the aft end of the projectile. The baseplate and the casing then go wherever they will -- the casing usually ...
mudvillegazette.com 1/9/2009 — UPDATE: Via Email - (Retired Military) When the fuze functions on an illum round, it pushed the flare and attached parachute out of the aft end of the projectile. The baseplate and the casing then go wherever they will -- the casing usually ...
Iranian Cleric Caught with His Pants Down
taylormarsh.com 1/10/2009 — BY TAYLOR MARSH Daily Beast has the story . The cleric was apparently a member of the government-run Friday Prayers Committee in Hamadan province. Semi-official news sites tried to downplay the impact of the video, which leaked out of an ...
taylormarsh.com 1/10/2009 — BY TAYLOR MARSH Daily Beast has the story . The cleric was apparently a member of the government-run Friday Prayers Committee in Hamadan province. Semi-official news sites tried to downplay the impact of the video, which leaked out of an ...
The Associated Press: Record 151 US troops die in Afghanistan in 2008
google.com 1/11/2009 — Dec 31, 2008 KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) A record 151 U.S. forces died in Afghanistan in 2008, the deadliest year yet in a seven-year war that military officials say is likely to get even bloodier in 2009, as thousands more American troops pour into the ...
google.com 1/11/2009 — Dec 31, 2008 KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) A record 151 U.S. forces died in Afghanistan in 2008, the deadliest year yet in a seven-year war that military officials say is likely to get even bloodier in 2009, as thousands more American troops pour into the ...
The Surge in Afghanistan
agonist.org 1/12/2009 — The US will soon double the number of its troops in Afghanistan from about thirty thousand to sixty thousand, and several other NATO countries will also up their troop levels. The move comes with little surprise and considerable bipartisan support, ...
agonist.org 1/12/2009 — The US will soon double the number of its troops in Afghanistan from about thirty thousand to sixty thousand, and several other NATO countries will also up their troop levels. The move comes with little surprise and considerable bipartisan support, ...
Future of Afghanistan, the Book : Center for Post-Conflict Peace and Stability Operations: United States Institute of Peace
usip.org 1/8/2009 — Stability in Afghanistan Requires Fundamental U.S. Policy Shift New USIP volume identifies weaknesses of early approaches, Outlines a vision for success going forward US policy toward Afghanistan will require a fundamental change in order to achieve ...
usip.org 1/8/2009 — Stability in Afghanistan Requires Fundamental U.S. Policy Shift New USIP volume identifies weaknesses of early approaches, Outlines a vision for success going forward US policy toward Afghanistan will require a fundamental change in order to achieve ...
Afghanistan and Pakistan take center stage in 2009
csmonitor.com 1/11/2009 — Under Obama, the US may send 20,000 more troops and encourage talks with the Taliban in an effort to reclaim the upper hand in Afghanistan. By Anand Gopal | Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor from the January 2, 2009 edition Kabul, ...
csmonitor.com 1/11/2009 — Under Obama, the US may send 20,000 more troops and encourage talks with the Taliban in an effort to reclaim the upper hand in Afghanistan. By Anand Gopal | Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor from the January 2, 2009 edition Kabul, ...
Detainees in Afghan seeking right for release
(AP) — Yahoo! News: Politics News 1/7/2009
AP - Four men being held as terror suspects at a U.S. military base in Afghanistan are asking a federal judge for the right to sue for their release a right already given to detainees at Guantanamo Bay.
AP - Four men being held as terror suspects at a U.S. military base in Afghanistan are asking a federal judge for the right to sue for their release a right already given to detainees at Guantanamo Bay.
Joint Chiefs: No final agreement on Iraq and Afghanistan — CNN Political Ticker 1/7/2009
Gen. Petraeus and President-elect Obama can not reach a consensus on troop plans for Iraq and Afghanistan. WASHINGTON (CNN) – A closed door meeting Monday with Joint Chiefs of Staff and General David Petraeus, who is in charge of the Iraq and ...
Gen. Petraeus and President-elect Obama can not reach a consensus on troop plans for Iraq and Afghanistan. WASHINGTON (CNN) – A closed door meeting Monday with Joint Chiefs of Staff and General David Petraeus, who is in charge of the Iraq and ...
Report: US had unrealistic goals in Afghanistan
(AP) — Yahoo! News: Politics News 1/8/2009
AP - The United States and its partners have shortchanged Afghanistan by focusing on short-term goals pursued without a cohesive strategy or a clear understanding of the way the poor, decentralized country works, an independent study concludes.
AP - The United States and its partners have shortchanged Afghanistan by focusing on short-term goals pursued without a cohesive strategy or a clear understanding of the way the poor, decentralized country works, an independent study concludes.
Officials: new NATO routes to Afghanistan likely
(AP) — Yahoo! News: Politics News 1/8/2009
AP - Talks aimed at setting up alternative supply routes to the Khyber Pass for U.S. and other NATO forces fighting in Afghanistan are at an advanced stage, officials said Thursday.
AP - Talks aimed at setting up alternative supply routes to the Khyber Pass for U.S. and other NATO forces fighting in Afghanistan are at an advanced stage, officials said Thursday.
NATO chief says financial crisis poses risk
(AP) — Yahoo! News: Politics News 1/9/2009
AP - NATO's top commander says the global financial crisis could force U.S. allies to scale back their efforts in Afghanistan, or possibly even pull out.
AP - NATO's top commander says the global financial crisis could force U.S. allies to scale back their efforts in Afghanistan, or possibly even pull out.
