Rockets hit NW Pakistani city; militants attack - The Associated Press
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Rockets hit NW Pakistani city; militants attack
The Associated Press Rocket attacks are extremely rare in Pakistan’s cities, although Taliban militants often target security outposts in the countryside with heavy weapons. … 27 Taliban militants arrested in tribal Pakistan Pakistan troops kill 17 militants after brazen attack Pakistan arrests 29 militants in northwest area |
OC soldier dies from crash in Afghanistan - San Jose Mercury News
Newzjunky.comOC soldier dies from crash in AfghanistanSan Jose Mercury NewsA soldier from Orange County has died of injuries he received in Afghanistan. The Department of Defense says 20-year-old Army Spc. Matthew KS Swanson of …Lake Forest soldier d…
Dispatches From Afghanistan: No Young Soldiers - FOXNews
Dispatches From Afghanistan: No Young SoldiersFOXNewsMichael Yon, an independent journalist and former Green Beret, is in Afghanistan reporting on the war against Al Qaeda terrorists and the …and more »
Afghanistan Commander Walks Back Comments on Taliban Successes - NewsHour
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Afghanistan Commander Walks Back Comments on Taliban Successes
NewsHour He said in Monday’s call that the Pakistan Taliban remain united despite government reports that there is infighting. He also insists that Pakistani Taliban … Mr. President, about your war … Weighing Cost and Conscience in Afghanistan Winning in Afghanistan |
Feared Taliban Leader Killed, But Military Strategy is Not the ... - Religion Dispatches
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Feared Taliban Leader Killed, But Military Strategy is Not the …
Religion Dispatches The ties to al Qaeda are thin, especially among the Pakistan Taliban. Most of the leaders are warlords and opportunists, and much of their support comes … Report: Pakistan Nuclear Facilities Attacked at Least Three Times … Life, death and the Taliban: Blowback US pressure on Pakistan relents |
Taliban kill Pakistan militia leader: officials - AFP
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Taliban kill Pakistan militia leader: officials
AFP PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Taliban stormed the home of a pro-government Pakistani militia leader and killed him Wednesday as clashes between troops and Islamists … INDIA–PAKISTAN: Taliban Face Another Mutiny Pakistan Injects Precision Into Air War on Taliban Pakistani Pledge to Rout Taliban In Tribal Region Is Put on Hold |
Influx of Afghan Taliban Worries Pakistan - CBS News
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Influx of Afghan Taliban Worries Pakistan
CBS News “To the best of our knowledge, Taliban move freely across the border. Sometimes the Afghan Taliban, the Pakistan Taliban coordinate, sometimes they don’t. … Pakistan raises concern over US Afghan offensive Pakistan demands US intelligence, ammunition Pakistan’s ‘mock war’ on Taliban |
"It was always a bad year to get out of Vietnam"
Compare and contrast:
Obama’s Vietnam: “Vietnam analogies can be tiresome. To critics, especially those on the left, all American interventions after Vietnam have been potential “quagmires.” But sometimes clichés come true, and, especially lately, it seems that the war in Afghanistan is shaping up in all-too-familiar ways. The parallels are disturbing: the president, eager to show […]
Afghanistan : Vietnam as … ?
Posted by Christopher Allbritton on September 8, 2009 at 1:06 pm +0000 · 1 Comment
A good friend of mine who asked to remain anonymous, but who is very smart and wise on such things, quibbled with my Vietnam analogy. With his kind permission, it is reprinted below:
A good post, though I have to offer one quibble: I hold that all comparisons of Afghanistan to Vietnam are de facto false without there […]
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