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Gates: Military To Adhere To Obama's Decisions
Post Date: 2009-10-05 13:27:23 by Brian S
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(10-05) 08:56 PDT WASHINGTON, (AP) -- Despite the fierce policy divide inside the White House over Afghanistan, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Monday that the military will fall in line with whatever President Barack Obama decides. More News * Police shoot knife-wielding man in the Mission 10.05.09 * Suspects identified in Concord bank holdup 10.05.09 * 3 Americans share 2009 Nobel medicine prize 10.05.09 * A look at women who have won Nobel Prizes 10.05.09 The debate over whether to send as many as 40,000 more U.S. troops to Afghanistan is a major element of the strategy overhaul that senior administration policy advisers will consider this week as they gather for at least two ...
Exit Afghanistan and Leave Iran Alone
Post Date: 2009-10-05 06:26:27 by Ada
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The Obama administration’s quest to control the health-insurance industry has dominated the headlines for months, but finally — with the news out of Iran and Afghanistan —foreign policy has again asserted itself. It was almost easy to forget that the United States maintains a worldwide empire, but the reminders came leaping off the front pages and the television screens. Word that the U.S. commander in Afghanistan wants 40,000 more troops and that Iran has a hitherto undisclosed uranium-enrichment facility gave the empire enthusiasts something to get excited about. The advocates of Pax Americana tell us that we must “win” in Afghanistan and be ready to bomb Iran if ...
Ten US soldiers killed in Afghanistan
Post Date: 2009-10-04 10:10:18 by Jethro Tull
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Ten American troops were killed at the weekend in two surprise attacks that caused alarm in Nato’s US-led coalition. In one, hundreds of insurgents attacked a pair of isolated outposts in eastern Afghanistan, killing eight US soldiers and several Afghan policemen in the deadliest battle in 15 months. Scores more Afghan policemen were reportedly captured by the Taleban. In the other an Afghan policeman opened fire on the American soldiers with whom he was working in central Wardak province, killing two and injuring three. It was unclear whether the policeman was working for the Taleban or simply ran amok but the attack fuelled the distrust that many Nato soldiers already feel for the ...
The Right to a Guilty Verdict
Post Date: 2009-10-03 17:43:07 by Ada
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Obama's empty promise of due process for terrorism suspects President Barack Obama says he is determined to guarantee "meaningful due process rights" for terrorism suspects. But it turns out he is committed to due process only when it achieves the result he wants. In July the Defense Department's top lawyer declared that the president has the authority to detain people accused of belonging to or assisting terrorist groups even after they're acquitted. The only point of prosecuting them, it seems, is to create an impression of due process while continuing Bush detention policies that Obama has repeatedly condemned. We already knew that Obama plans to keep 90 or so ...
Afghan soldier shoots dead two American troops
Post Date: 2009-10-03 13:32:57 by Jethro Tull
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KABUL (Reuters) - An Afghan soldier on guard at a joint base with U.S. troops shot dead two American servicemen and wounded two others as they slept, a provincial official said on Saturday. Shahedullah Shahed, spokesman for the governor of Wardak province west of Kabul, said the shooting took place after a combined team of Afghan and U.S. forces had returned from a joint operation late on Friday. "The Americans were in the middle of sleep when an Afghan soldier on duty opened fire on them," Shahed said. "We have no clue as to why he shot them." A statement from NATO-led forces said two American soldiers died from injuries suffered in a "hostile attack" in ...
More troops are all very well, but what exactly are they going to do?
Post Date: 2009-10-03 00:10:26 by Horse
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General Stanley McChrystal, the coalition commander in Afghanistan, yesterday gave a convincing pitch that without more troops, soon, the eight-year war could be lost. “The situation is in some ways deteriorating,” he said. “This effort will not remain winnable indefinitely. Public support will not remain indefinitely.” McChrystal, in Britain to make that pitch privately to politicians and military before yesterday’s speech at the International Institute for Strategic Studies, is the kind of sophisticated communicator and articulate strategist who sometimes emerges from the top of the US Army. Some of them even run for the presidency. He has arrived here after a ...
When Obama Finally Gets Serious About Afghanistan, He’ll…
Post Date: 2009-10-01 22:35:36 by 2big2fail
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… Stop asking for advice from Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, Jim Jones, David Petraeus, Robert Gates, and Richard Holbrooke, who cumulatively know less about Afghanistan than the average UN, embassy, or NGO staffer resident there. He’ll set the strategy and order them to implement it, something at which they are very adept. … Replace the American ambassador to Afghanistan. He wouldn’t send a diplomat to lead soldiers into battle, and he shouldn’t have sent a general to conduct diplomacy. … Stop pretending that we don’t occupy Afghanistan. We do. That’s what it’s called when you put 50,000 soldiers into someone else’s country and declare that ...
U.S. troops call Afghan region 'Vietnam without napalm'
Post Date: 2009-10-01 18:07:52 by 2big2fail
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U.S. troops call Afghan region 'Vietnam without napalm' By Hal Bernton | McClatchy Newspapers JELAWUR, Afghanistan — The men of Bravo Company have a bitter description for the irrigated swath of land along the Arghandab River where 10 members of their battalion have been killed and 30 have been wounded since the beginning of August. "Like Vietnam without the napalm," said Spc. Nicholas Gojekian, 21, of Katy, Texas. A prime agricultural area of vineyards and pomegranate orchards, the 18-miles of valley that the 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment patrols includes Taliban insurgents, booby traps and buried explosives. The troops call the area the "green ...
The McChrystal Method
Post Date: 2009-10-01 12:10:02 by Ada
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“You can’t kid yourself that you know what’s going on. … You just can’t make an assessment.” –Gen. Stanley McChrystal, “60 Minutes“ Gen. Stanley McChrystal’s “60 Minutes” infomercial erases any doubt that the Pentagon and its supporters are waging unrestricted information warfare against our commander in chief. The war lobby would have us believe that unless President Obama accedes immediately to McChrystal’s request for additional “resources” in Afghanistan, all will be lost and the Islamofascist hordes will breach our shores and devour us. What’s missing from the discussion is that the arguments in favor of ...
Obama Meets With Security Team on Afghanistan, as White House Battles Criticism
Post Date: 2009-09-30 21:59:54 by christine
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President Obama met with his national security team Wednesday but did not make a decision on America's reshaped military strategy for the Afghanistan war. The meeting -- the first of a series of sessions -- took place in the Situation Room as the White House fended off charges that the president has been stalling on Gen. Stanley McChrystal's request for more troops. Obama will not make any decision on an Afghan strategy for at least a few weeks, the White House announced Wednesday night. Obama will reportedly meet again with his national security team to discuss Afghanistan and Pakistan on Oct. 7. Wednesday's closed-door meeting marked the first time the president has had any ...
43 U.S. Troops Have Died in Afghanistan Since Gen. McChrystal Called for Reinforcements
Post Date: 2009-09-30 20:46:14 by christine
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Another American died in Afghanistan on Wednesday, the final day of September--and exactly one month after the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan sent a confidential war assessment to the Obama administration, warning that more forces are needed--soon. The as-yet-unnamed American serviceman who died on Wednesday was caught in a suicide attack in Khost Province, in eastern Afghanistan, press reports said. On August 30, Gen. Stanley McChrystal sent Defense Secretary Robert Gates a war assessment in which he said more U.S. troops--and a new U.S. strategy--are needed if the U.S. is to defeat the insurgents in Afghanistan. Since that Aug. 30 date, a total of 43 soldiers, sailors, airmen and ...
US Speeds Iraq Withdrawal; 4,000 More Headed Home
Post Date: 2009-09-30 10:30:08 by Brian S
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(09-30) 06:41 PDT WASHINGTON, (AP) -- The United States is speeding up its military withdrawal from Iraq, sending 4,000 more troops home next month, the top American commander there says. The reduced number of troops in Iraq — from 124,000 to 120,000 by the end of October — marks the latest U.S. step in winding down the six-year war. The reduction was to be announced Wednesday by Army Gen. Ray Odierno. "We have already begun deliberately drawing down our forces — without sacrificing security," Odierno said in a statement he was to deliver to the House Armed Services Committee. "As we go forward, we will thin our lines across Iraq in order to reduce the risk ...
The Taliban’s Toll
Post Date: 2009-09-30 06:14:44 by Ada
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How American taxpayer dollars are being used to fund our Afghan enemies Forget opium poppies for a moment. The Taliban has another huge source of revenue, worth up to $1 billion a year, which generously supplements its heroin-trafficking income and the cash-flow from rich oil sheiks in the Persian Gulf. This money comes from you. The allegation that millions of dollars of U.S aid and military funds have been siphoned off by the Taliban through elaborate extortion rackets is not something government officials readily discuss. But the departing head of the Army Corps of Engineers recently conceded that there was little his agency could do to stop it, and the U.S. State Department launched ...
McChrystal's Myth
Post Date: 2009-09-30 06:06:46 by Ada
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There is no such thing a "victory" in the kinds of wars we’re fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan. The best one can hope for in these types of conflicts – counterinsurgency efforts in far-flung corners of the globe with fuzzy objectives and vague necessity – is to not be seen as having "lost." For that to happen, unfortunately, you have to stick around for so long and fade away so gradually that, by the time you leave, nobody notices you’re gone. The neoconservative apparatus that got us into Iraq for reasons we still haven’t decided on threatens to keep us in Afghanistan indefinitely for reasons yet to be determined. Everything we’re doing in ...
More Lies, More Deception by the U.S.
Post Date: 2009-09-28 12:16:26 by TwentyTwelve
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More Lies, More Deception Paul Craig Roberts Infowars September 28, 2009 “What does imperialism mean? It means the assertion of absolute force over others.” Robert Lowe 1878 The G-20 ministers declared their meeting in Pittsburgh a success, but as Rob Kall reports in OpEdNews.com, the meeting’s main success was to turn Pittsburgh into “a ghost-town, emptied of workers and the usual pedestrians, but filled to overflowing with over 12,000 swat cops from all over the US.” featured stories More Lies, More Deception edmonds featured stories More Lies, More Deception Ahmadinejad’s speech is reported by the US print and TV media, statements will be taken out ...
September "Surprise"
Post Date: 2009-09-28 10:22:46 by ghostdogtxn
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Another '9/11' warning from the past , Charles Lindbergh's Des Moines Speech on September 11, 1941
Post Date: 2009-09-27 12:34:51 by christine
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It is now two years since this latest European war began. From that day in September, 1939, until the present moment, there has been an over-increasing effort to force the United States into the conflict. That effort has been carried on by foreign interests, and by a small minority of our own people; but it has been so successful that, today, our country stands on the verge of war. At this time, as the war is about to enter its third winter, it seems appropriate to review the circumstances that have led us to our present position. Why are we on the verge of war? Was it necessary for us to become so deeply involved? Who is responsible for changing our national policy from one of ...
Joint Chiefs Chairman Receives Afghanistan Troop Request, Aides Say
Post Date: 2009-09-25 15:34:53 by christine
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Gen. Stanley McChrystal, who is expected to request 30,000 to 40,000 additional troops, met with Joint Chiefs Chairman Mike Mullen at Ramstein Air Base in Germany, FOX News has confirmed. Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, received the widely anticipated troop request Friday from the top commander in Afghanistan, aides told FOX News. Mullen, accompanied by Gen. David Petraeus and other top military officials, met at Ramstein Air Base in Germany with Gen. Stanley McChrystal, who is expected to ask for 30,000 to 40,000 additional troops. Mullen is now headed back to the U.S., FOX News has confirmed. Mullen asked McChrystal for the meeting earlier in the week ...
5 US troops killed in southern Afghan attacks
Post Date: 2009-09-25 05:47:41 by Disgusted
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5 US troops killed in southern Afghan attacks The Associated Press Friday, Sept. 25, 2009 | 2:12 a.m. Five American troops were killed in attacks in southern Afghanistan, where the U.S. and NATO have ramped up operations against the Taliban and seen casualties rise quickly in what has been the deadliest year of the war for international forces. Four soldiers died Thursday in the same small district of Zabul province, including three killed when their Stryker vehicle struck a bomb, said U.S. military spokesman Lt. Robert Carr. The fourth was shot to death in an insurgent attack, Carr said. The Stryker brigade in Zabul is part of the influx of U.S. troops sent by President Barack Obama ...
McChrystal: Violence "Worse" Than Expected
Post Date: 2009-09-24 17:46:52 by Horse
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General Also Tells 60 Minutes Overwhelming U.S. Firepower Is Not The Way To Proceed In Afghanistan CBS) As the news from Afghanistan moves to the front pages of Americans' newspapers, the general tasked with turning things around there tells 60 Minutes that the spread of the violence in Afghanistan was more than he expected. Gen. Stanley McChrystal’s interview with CBS News National Security correspondent David Martin will be broadcast on the 42nd season premiere of 60 Minutes this Sunday, Sept. 27, at 7 p.m. ET/PT. Martin spent a week speaking to the general in Kabul and following him on his daily mission overseeing the coalition forces in Afghanistan. Asked if things are ...
A Hypothetical Invasion of Bolivia
Post Date: 2009-09-24 06:36:41 by Ada
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Suppose the world had awakened this morning to the news that the Russian army had attacked and invaded Bolivia. Thousands of Russian paratroopers have landed in the country, securing airports, permitting hundreds of Russian transport planes to bring in tens of thousands of Russian soldiers. Despite being badly outmanned and outgunned, the Bolivians, both military and civilian, are resisting the invasion fiercely. Both the Russians and the Bolivians are suffering hundreds of casualties. When asked why Russia has decided to invade Bolivia, Russian officials respond, “In order to spread democracy, stability, peace, and freedom in Latin America.” What would be the reaction of the ...
Inside the Apocalyptic Soviet Doomsday Machine
Post Date: 2009-09-23 07:02:32 by Ada
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Click on link to read story of the USSR's actual Doomsday machine. Click for Full Text!
FBI says imam Ahmad Afzali worked both sides and tipped off suspects
Post Date: 2009-09-23 06:30:16 by Kamala
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FBI says imam Ahmad Afzali worked both sides and tipped off suspects BY Elizabeth Hays and Helen Kennedy DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITERS Updated Monday, September 21st 2009, 3:40 PM Karp/AP The house where FBI agents arrested imam Ahmad Afzali. Related News Articles Qaeda's training area in Pakistan notorious Feds unsure if arrest of Najibullah Zazi and two others has foiled al-Qaeda terror plot The Queens imam arrested in the Denver terrorism probe is an FBI informant the feds say became a double agent - tipping suspects that they were in the government's crosshairs. Ahmad Afzali, 37, insisted he's been loyally helping the government root out extremists since 9/11. His ...
Obama Needs to Expand on His Good Instincts in Foreign Policy
Post Date: 2009-09-23 06:11:12 by Ada
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Although the tentacles of Baracktopus have slithered into as many parts of American life as those of his "big government Republican" predecessor, Obama does seem to have much better instincts in foreign policy than George W. Bush. But lest that be seen as damning by faint praise, let’s just say that Obama, like the Washington Redskins football team, is moving the ball down the field but needs to get it over the goal line more often. Obama has withdrawn U.S. forces from Iraqi cities and has pledged to end this Bush quagmire by the end of 2011. Because the United States has been reluctant to leave countries in which it has had a military presence – for example, Europe, ...
War Without End
Post Date: 2009-09-22 15:34:13 by ghostdogtxn
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