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09
Nov
2009
Operational Update for Nov. 9

12 hours ago by Howie

Afghan-International Forces Operational Update for Nov. 9; Missing Service Members Update; ISAF Casualty International Security Assistance Force HQ Public Affairs Date: 11.09.2009 KABUL, Afghanistan – Afghan-international security forces conducted clearing operations Nov. 1-6 in the Chahar Dara Dist ...

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Saudi Strikes Back and Recaptures Jabal Dokhan

13 hours ago by Chandler

Jizan – Saudi security forces have regained control of a large mountainous region from the Huthi rebels who had infiltrated Saudi Arabia last week, routing them from the area. Assistant Minister of Defense and Aviation, Prince Khalid Bin Sultan Bin Abdulaziz informed the Saudi Press Agency [SPA] tha ...

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U.S. Forces Chafe Under Challenges of Working with Afghan Forces

1 day ago by Chandler

SHAH JOY DISTRICT, Afghanistan — An Afghan army commander whom American troops had dubbed “Snoop” was angry, accusing a U.S. dog handler of allowing his Labrador retriever to sniff a copy of the Quran while searching a cluster of villages that U.S. forces suspect is a Taliban stronghold. The command ...

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08
Nov
2009
Give this lackey a new directive

1 day ago by Eric Verlo

BagnewsNotes has juxtaposed two photographs of African colonialism, one taken more than a century ago shows a white bwana being ferried by two porters, the second is the contemporary image at left. The difference is that today’s servants double as security, the continent being more dangerous now tha ...

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Somalia: Clashes Erupt Between Militia and Pirates Holding British Couple

1 day ago by Chandler

Mogadishu – Heavy fighting broke out between the Somali government forces and Islamists insurgents yesterday, resulting in the rebel group recapturing the town of Beledweyn in Hiran region, some 206 miles (332Km) north of Mogadishu. Paul and Rachel Chandler (Times of London) Elsewhere, clashes also ...

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I Will Kill 10 People For Every IED I Find

2 days ago by Christian

And I was just complaining about militias. Here, for fairness’ sake, is the ANP: Just another day with the Afghan National Police. Context, at the Guardian: Guardian photographer Sean Smith documents the methods used by Afghan National police in the arrest and questioning of a group of Pashtuns afte ...

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Afghanistan: President Barack Obama’s advisers prepare three options while ...

2 days ago by R.T.

Updates and commentary regarding Afghanistan and President Barack Obama's potential decision to send more troops can be found here.

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07
Nov
2009
33 Militants Killed in Waziristan by Army and US Drones

2 days ago by Chandler

ISLAMABAD: Renewed pitched battles erupted around the Taliban stronghold of Sararogha with 28 militants and five soldiers killed in fresh clashes, as US drones, after a brief lull fired missiles targeting a hideout in North Waziristan killing five other insurgents. Pakistani forces advancing along t ...

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What Should Hasan’s Fate Be?

2 days ago by Mountain Republic

UNITED STATES CODE TITLE 18 PART 1 CHAPTERS 115 & 2381 Treason Whoever, owing allegiance to the United States, levies war against them or adheres to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort within the United States or elsewhere, is guilty of treason and shall suffer death, or shall be imprisoned n ...

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06
Nov
2009
A book that will be good

4 days ago by Christian

Well, I’m pretty sure it will be a book. I was checking out new dissertations in the Proquest listings today as part of my effort to catalog all the ones that deal with Afghanistan. I found this: The Coils of the Anaconda: America’s First Conventional Battle in Afghanistan by Lester W. Grau, Ph.D., ...

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