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- National security agencies have failed in Iraq, Afghanistan (3/10/08) -- www.GovernmentExecutive.com
  Posted by okami from GovExec
  America's national security institutions have failed and the military has been left holding the bag in places such as Iraq and Afghanistan, conducting nation-building tasks for which it is ill-suited, according to the final report of a House Armed Services Committee panel established in 2007 to examine military roles and missions.
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- Iraq and Afghanistan: Dual Fronts | The Agonist
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  US and Iraqi troops are now repairing breaches in an earthen berm, a 20-foot high barricade built around this northern city in 2004. It's perhaps the most visible part of a grinding fight for control of the last supposed urban stronghold of Al Qaeda in Iraq. US officers here acknowledge that security is the No. 1 priority. But they quickly add that talk of a decisive battle in Mosul is misguided. This, they say, will be a protracted struggle in which US soldiers juggle an array of complicated tasks related to counterterrorism, economics, and politics.
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- Russian state TV suggests USA involved in drug-trafficking from Afghanistan - RAWA News
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  Russian state-controlled Channel One TV has broadcast a report containing allegations that US forces are involved in drug-trafficking from Afghanistan to Europe. It also highlighted the problem of drug abuse in the British army.
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- Afghan suicide blast kills 80
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  A suicide bombing at an outdoor dogfighting competition killed 80 people and wounded scores more Sunday, an Afghan governor said, in what appeared to be the deadliest terror attack in Afghanistan since the fall of the Taliban in 2001.
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- Canada and Obama and the world
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  Toying with the notion of an election over Afghanistan, Canada's fractious political parties peered into the abyss on Tuesday — but the abyss peered back. Funny thing, but what might have stopped them going over the edge looked and sounded remarkably like Barack Obama.
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- Afghan Student Sentenced to Death After Downloading Report
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  A 23-year-old student journalist in Afghanistan has been sentenced to death for downloading and distributing a report that is critical of the oppressive treatment of women in some Islamic societies.
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- TheStar.com | Canada | Afghan detainees decision surprises allies
  Posted by Jwgardner from Toronto Star
  OTTAWA–Canada's allies say they knew nothing about a Canadian decision to stop turning over battlefield detainees to the Afghan authorities, and opposition parties in Ottawa are charging cover-up over the whole affair.
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Jeff comments on:
Obama meets with Karzai, pledges aid to Afghanistan

It does worry me a bit that we’re going to be spending billions in Afghanistan once we leave Iraq … but at least it’s a place that in the past HAS HARBORED Al Qaida militant training camps and Osama bin Laden.

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4:13 pm 7/21/08
papadavid comments on:
Military Chief: US Doesn't Have Enough Troops To Send To Afghanistan on The Huffington Post

here’s the video (i think):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExPiBn5j2ro

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1:24 pm 7/04/08
theangryindian comments on:
22-year old with history of domestic abuse reportedly was awarded $300m Pentagon contract to supply

Sounds like any other average decision made by this administration.

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5:02 pm 3/27/08
Jeff comments on:
22-year old with history of domestic abuse reportedly was awarded $300m Pentagon contract to supply

Rep. Henry Waxman says Congress will investigate the contract.
Shouldn’t incompetence be an impeachable offense?

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3:42 pm 3/27/08
Jeff comments on:
22-year old with history of domestic abuse reportedly was awarded $300m Pentagon contract to supply

Here is a link to the original New York Times story:

Supplier Under Scrutiny on Arms for Afghans

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3:40 pm 3/27/08
admin comments on:
National security agencies have failed in Iraq, Afghanistan (3/10/08) -- www.GovernmentExecutive.com

this sucks

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8:12 am 3/15/08
chaleur comments on:
Canada and Obama and the world

The power to move hearts and minds around-the-world through words and actions at home is a manifestation of true leadership genius.

It’s part of what gives Barack Obama the potential to be a truly transcending historical leader.

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10:25 am 2/14/08

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