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8 hours ago ago from Open Pakistan
KABUL: America''s top General in Afghanistan has said that the al-Qaeda is being weakened and the US build up in the country includes more terrorist-hunting forces to chase down militants. Stanley McChrystal, the Commander of US and NATO forces in Afghanistan, said, "al-Qaeda will continue to be made less and less relevant around the world. Their ideology is bankrupt. It takes a while for that to be proven, but I think it is being proven." ...
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9 hours ago ago from Voice of Pakistan
Asif Haroon Raja Like the myth of Osama bin Laden and Al-Qaeda headquartered in FATA which I discussed in my previous write up, another absurd claim has been made that Mullah Omar along with his Shura is based in Quetta. This story woven by spin doctors has caught the imagination of policy makers in Washington and they are playing it impishly. Pakistani leaders already harassed by never ending allegations are at a loss how to respond to the ...
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16 hours ago ago from Rethink Afghanistan War Blog
In his Afghan “surge” speech at West Point last week, President Obama offered Americans some specifics to back up his new “way forward in Afghanistan.” He spoke of the “additional 30,000 U.S. troops” he was sending into that country over the next six months. He brought up the “roughly $30 billion” it would cost us to get them there and support them for a year. And finally, he spoke of beginning to bring them home by July 2011. Those were ...
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21 hours ago ago from The 'Skeeter Bites Report
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Tom Engelhardt: The Nine Surges of Obama's War: How to Escalate in Afghanistan
16 hours ago ago from Huffington Post
Cross-posted with TomDispatch.com . In his Afghan speech at West Point last week, President Obama offered Americans some specifics to back up his new way forward in Afghanistan. He spoke of the additional 30,000 U.S. troops he was sending into that country over the next six months. He brought up the roughly $30 billion it would cost us to get them there and support them for a year. And finally, he spoke of beginning to bring them home by ...
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12 hours ago ago from Huffington Post
Obama's Afghan surge and new strategy attempt sophistication and nuance, but fail to grasp the terrible complexities of the Afghan war. In his speech the President noted two key issues: Afghanistan's rampant corruption and the problematic role of Pakistan. But these problems are more vexing than he admits. I know the depth of these problems from study and from years of -- sometimes bitter and disappointing -- experience working in ...
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11 hours ago ago from Huffington Post
"The surge of troops is needed to provide us with time and space to further build our own security forces," stated the Ambassador of Afghanistan to the U.S. Said T. Jawad at my Center on Politics & Foreign Relations at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies last week in Washington, D.C. Speaking to a crowd of 100 guests with the speech carried live on C-SPAN, the Ambassador pointed out that American troops are in his ...
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19 hours ago ago from Wired.com
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16 hours ago ago from Huffington Post
Some first thoughts on Obama's acceptance speech. For instance, this passage: "Evil does exist in the world. A nonviolent movement could not have halted Hitler's armies. Negotiations cannot convince al-Qaida's leaders to lay down their arms. To say that force is sometimes necessary is not a call to cynicism -- it is a recognition of history, the imperfections of man and the limits of reason." Am I wrong to see a rhetorical attempt here to ...
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