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		<title>US/ISAF Chain of Command in Afghanistan</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 05:59:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arshad Zaman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Arshad Zaman &#124; 23 June 2010 The chain of command out of Afghanistan has sometimes perplexed analysts. The confusion arises because of a latent de facto US forces chain of command, that sails under the much publicised NATO flag as an International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), of which the U.S. ostensibly is just one [...]


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		<title>Five Myths on Afghanistan</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 19:38:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Truthout.org &#124; Op-Ed &#124; by Melvin Goodman &#124; 8 October 2009 President Barack Obama is entering a crucial decision-making phase on Afghanistan at a time when geopolitical mythology is dominating the debate, the Pentagon is requesting additional forces in Afghanistan. The military bureaucracy is particularly vulnerable to such mythology. It is unfortunate that the intelligence [...]


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		<title>Rift with Karzai worsens as 95 perish in Nato air strike</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 14:21:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Independent &#124; Article &#124; 5 September 2009 By Kim Sengupta in Kabul and David Usborne Deadly attack undermines politicians’ attempts to convince public that Afghan war is worth fighting Western forces were engulfed in bitter controversy yesterday after Nato air strikes on two oil tankers hijacked by the Taliban in northern Afghanistan led to [...]


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		<title>The Primary War Objective is to Deceive Americans: Bribe Iraq&#8217;s Militia and Declare the &#8220;Surge&#8221; a Success</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2009 05:48:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The People&#8217;s Voice &#124; Jeff Huber (US Navy, Retired) &#124; 10 August 2009 Perpetual War: Get ready for a “lasting military presence” in Iraq URUKNET: U.S. Army Col. Timothy R. Reese says it’s time for the U.S. to &#8220;declare victory&#8221; in Iraq and &#8220;go home.&#8221; It was time to declare victory and go home in January [...]


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		<title>Fond Illusions: The &#8220;$10 Taliban&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2009 04:55:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arshad Zaman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[TIME &#124; By Mark Thompson &#124; Washington 14 August 2009 An Afghanistan Exit Strategy: Buying Off the Taliban? By measure both of blood and of treasure, the war in Afghanistan is a costly business. To date, 782 U.S. troops have been killed there, and the conflict is costing Washington $4 billion a month. Is that [...]


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		<title>U.S. commanders: more troops to Afghanistan</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 04:39:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arshad Zaman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Militant &#124; Article by Róger Calero &#124; Vol. 73/No. 31 &#124; 17 August 2009 Imperialist war rages after nearly 8 years Top U.S. military and government officials are saying they need further increases in troop levels for their war in Afghanistan. It has been nearly eight years since a U.S.-led imperialist invasion overthrew the [...]


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		<title>Pentagon Delays Afghan War Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 04:17:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Antiwar.com &#124; Article by Jason Ditz &#124; 5 August 2009 Secretary Gates Wants Gen. McChrystal to Consider &#8216;A Few Other Ideas&#8217; General Stanley McChrystal’s long awaited assessment of the situation in the ongoing Afghan war is to be delayed indefinitely, according to the Pentagon, as following his meeting with Secretary of Defense Robert Gates the [...]


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		<title>Americans won&#8217;t accept &#8216;long slog&#8217; in Afghanistan war, Gates says</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 19:17:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Los Angeles Times &#124; By Julian E. Barnes &#124; July 19, 2009 The Defense secretary says forces must show progress in a year or risk losing public support &#8212; especially as casualties mount with at least 50 U.S. and NATO deaths in July, the deadliest month yet. Reporting from Washington &#8212; After eight years, U.S.-led [...]


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		<title>Persistent Engagement &#8212; Preview of an Emergent Obama Doctrine</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 16:37:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In his Posture Statement [pdf] submitted, in advance of his testimony, to the US Senate Committee on Armed Services hearings [partial transcript] on Thursday 14 May 2009, Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff, US Navy Admiral Michael G. Mullen has outlined a strategic vision of perpetual war that may well provide an early glimpse into much [...]


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		<title>US &#8220;Trainers&#8221; and Funds for the War in Pakistan</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 18:17:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In executing the Obama administration&#8217;s plan to expand the war in Afghanistan across international borders to Pakistan (hence &#8220;Af/Pak&#8221; war), two major bureaucratic shifts are being worked out: In pursuit of a comprehensive (&#8220;all government&#8221;) approach to the war, much of the traditional responsibility for diplomacy, and military and economic assistance, is being shifted from [...]


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