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- We're out by Feb. '09: Canada's military mission to Kandahar has an 'expiration date'
  Posted by Shemuses from Globe and Mail
  Canada has made it clear to its NATO allies that they cannot count on our troops to fight on the deadly battlefields of southern Afghanistan after February of 2009, Defence Minister Peter MacKay said Sunday. “Obviously the aid work and the diplomatic effort and presence will extend well beyond that..."
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- Can Americans be convinced Islam isn't the black sheep of religions?
  Posted by VincebusEruptum from Scholarsandrogues.wordpress
  With a recent article, "The List: The World's Stupidest Fatwas," Foreign Policy, of all publications, manifests a lack of political correctness that's not only surprising, but borders on the giddy. In the process, it provides us with a glimpse into how difficult it is to convince Americans that Islam is not the black sheep of religions...
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- Taliban Push Poppy Production to a Record Again
  Posted by Jeff from New York Times
  Mr. Wood said the current American programs for eradication, interdiction and alternative livelihoods should be intensified, but he added that spraying poppy crops with herbicide remained “a possibility.” Afghan and British officials have opposed spraying, saying it would drive farmers into the arms of the Taliban.
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- Troops Will Have To Do With 1,000 Less Armored Vehicles - ToTheCenter
  Posted by theangryindian
  US troops fighting in Iraq will have to do so with at least 1,000 fewer special armored vehicles, says the Pentagon, due to the amount of the time required for shipment. Reuters reports on Wednesday that Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell announced that the Defense Department expected defense contractors to produce 3,900 Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles this year. However only 1,500 are expected to make it into the war zone. “If we could get 1,5000 to theater by the end of this
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- Nato 'Must Do More In Afghanistan'
  Posted by Jeff from Al Jazeera
  Britain's parliament has said Nato must commit more troops and aid to Afghanistan if it is to have a stable democracy.
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- 8 Pakistani soldiers killed in attack
  Posted by theangryindian from Yahoo News!
  MIRAN SHAH, Pakistan - At least eight soldiers were killed Saturday when a suicide attacker struck a military convoy with his explosive-laden vehicle in northwestern Pakistan, the army spokesman said.
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- US admits killing Afghan civilians - Kavkazcenter.com
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  US military officials have admitted civilians were among those killed in a US-led air raid on a village in Afghanistan. Locals say more than 100 people, many of them women and children, died in the US-led attacks on a village close to the frontline in Helmland province. Dur Ali Shah, Gereshk district mayor, said overnight air strikes on Friday targeted Taliban fighters who had moved into the village of Hyderabad after a clash with US-led coalition troops.
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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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Jeff
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Jeff is the founder of NewsCloud. He is also a freelance writer and blogs at Idealog.
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papadavid
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born in nyc 1950. '53 to hs grad: nashua, n.h. two more (which makes the total 14) years of catholic education (jesuits, this time) in ct. attended woodstock. don't remember much after that!
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