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17
Dec
2009
And This Is Different – - How?

7 hours ago by richmc

It seems we have a knack for deluding ourselves and it seems we are deluding ourselves once more. Again we have a president telling us that if we do not make a stand in place X (Afghanistan on this occasion) our whole way of life is in jeopardy. Keenly reminiscent of our experience in Vietnam, where ...

From The Rooftops - richmc.wordpress.com

16
Dec
2009
Success in Afghanistan is a Complex Problem

19 hours ago by pkrf1end

The U.S. must win hearts and minds in Afghanistan. Over time, with enough U.S. troops, the population will come to feel protected and the insurgents will be marginalized. But after eight years of war, this approach is surprisingly ignorant of the realities of Afghan society. Source: http://articles. ...

Pkrf1end's Blog - pkrf1end.wordpress.com · Rank: 66,841 · 2 references

15
Dec
2009
Operational Update, Dec. 15

1 day ago by Howie

IJC Operational Update, Dec. 15: Taliban Commander Detained in Zabul; Militants Killed in Kandahar; ISAF Casualty International Security Assistance Force HQ Public Affairs Date: 12.15.2009 KABUL, Afghanistan – An Afghan-international security force detained a Taliban commander and other militants in ...

Chandler's Watch - chandlerswatch.com · Rank: 35,621 · 57 references

Loud explosion in Afghan capital

2 days ago by Copywriting Tips

A loud explosion has rocked the centre of the Afghan capital, Kabul, reports and witnesses say. Reports said that the blast happened in the city’s high-security Wazir Akbar Khan area where many diplomats and foreigners live and work. Windows on nearby buildings have been shattered and a cloud of smo ...

Copywriting - copywritingx.com · 1 reference

Outward Bound Middle East?

2 days ago by paytosh

Sometime this summer 3 Americans were detained by the Iranian government. The story has been kind of pretty vague as far as I can see in the US media but from what I’ve heard the story is this, 3 American students while hiking the beautiful mountians along the Iraq/Iran border, good one dipshits. Wh ...

Paytosh's Blog - paytosh.wordpress.com

When I Think Of Faith And Loyalty I Think of The Taliban, Doesn’t Everyone?...

2 days ago by aconservativeedge

Taliban can be admired for their faith and loyalty, says bishop The Taliban can be admired for their conviction to their faith and their sense of loyalty to one another, the new bishop for the Armed Forces has claimed. The Church of England’s Bishop to the Forces warned that it will be harder to rea ...

AConservativeEdge - aconservativeedge.com · Rank: 48,571 · 30 references

14
Dec
2009
Coppola: A Pediatric Surgeon in Iraq– book review

3 days ago by Amy Steele

Title: Coppola: A Pediatric Surgeon in Iraq Author: Christopher Coppola, M.D., LTC, USAF ISBN: 978-0984053117 Pages: 285 Publisher: NTI Upstream (February 1, 2010) Category: non-fiction Review source: Library Thing Early Reviewers Rating: 4.5/5 There is no one around and the housing compound is sile ...

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Guest Post: Christopher Coppola, M.D. [Coppola: A Pediatric Surgeon in Iraq]

3 days ago by Amy Steele

Guest Post by Dr. Christopher Coppola Author: Coppola: Pediatric Surgeon in Iraq It is difficult to select the most memorable operation from my time in Iraq, for several reasons. On the one hand, so many of the operations have blurred together in my mind. Night after night we were treating so many p ...

Entertainment Realm - entertainmentrealm.com · Rank: 171,178 · 9 references

13
Dec
2009
McChrystal’s Weak Comments on the Weakening of the Taliban

3 days ago by Christian

We’ve heard something like this before: The Taliban is weakening and “prominent” members/commanders are making overtures to the government and would like to leave the insurgency. And so we hear it once again – this time about Taliban “rank-and-file” members lower down the ladder – from General McChr ...

Ghosts of Alexander - easterncampaign.wordpress.com · Rank: 4,929 · 86 references

11
Dec
2009
Blackwater and Cia Collaberated on Raids

5 days ago by MG

Private security guards from Blackwater Worldwide participated in some of the C.I.A.’s most sensitive activities — clandestine raids with agency officers against people suspected of being insurgents in Iraq and Afghanistan and the transporting of detainees, according to former company employees and ...

DarkGovernment - darkgovernment.com/news · Rank: 28,511 · 53 references

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