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General: Attack may have killed Afghan civilians
11 hours ago ago from FanHouse
KABUL -The No. 2 commanding general in Afghanistan acknowledged Wednesday that a NATO-led attack the day before in eastern Afghanistan possibly resulted in civilian deaths. The statement that some civilians might have been killed in the attack comes amid fears among Afghan citizens that the 30,000 fresh U.S. troops being deployed to the war will result in more violence and deaths of Afghan citizens. Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the top U.S. ...
Related contentPetraeus warns new surge progress will be slow
9 hours ago ago from Good News Now
WASHINGTON -Progress against the insurgency in Afghanistan probably will be slower than during the buildup of U.S. forces in Iraq two years ago, and the war will be "harder before it gets easier," a top U.S. general said Wednesday. Gen. David Petraeus, who executed the Iraq surge in 2007, told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that he supports the upcoming escalation of U.S. forces in Afghanistan. "While certainly different and, in some ...
Related contentTony Blankley: Too Few Troops, Too Much Spin
6 hours ago ago from Huffington Post
A sense of unreality overshadows our debate on Afghan war policy across the spectrum of opinions. The unreality derives from the simple fact that we do not have enough troops to rationally implement an adequate defense of our national interests. So every argument for Afghanistan policy tends to seem unserious, perhaps pointless. For example, Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal's proposal calls for a counterinsurgency war (COIN) modeled on the Army ...
Related contentThe Phrase That's Screwing Up the Afghan Air War
10 hours ago ago from Wired.com
Sections The Phrase That's Screwing Up the Afghan Air War The rules of the new Afghanistan air war appear to be pretty straight-ahead. If a commander on the ground declares that his troops are in contact coming under fire then drones and fighter jets and attack helicopters will immediately streak to his location. Otherwise, the commander's chances of getting air support are fairly slim. ...
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