Posts Tagged ‘US Military’
“Afghanistan is getting more dangerous by the month”
MSNBC | By Evan Vucci, Photojournalist, AP | 22 July 2010 'We don't have enough power to fight' Three weeks into the fight in the volatile Arghandab Valley, an American platoon of the Army's 101st Airborne Division is heading to the rear, weakened by horrific war injuries and unable to continue its mission. The platoon -- 1st platoon, Alpha [...]
On the Coming Fall of the American Empire
Campaign for Liberty | By Daniel McCarthy | 23 July 2010 Bruce Fein's American Empire: Before the Fall is not for the faint of heart. "You, your family, your friends, your professional colleagues, and your elected and appointed officials in the nation's highest circles will fiercely resist the truths this book expounds," the author warns. He's [...]
Persistent Engagement: The Obama Doctrine of Neo-Imperialism in Execution
Special Warfare | May-June 2010 (Vol. 23, Issue 3) PERSISTENT ENGAGEMENT Civil Military Support Elements Operating in CENTCOM By Maj. Ross F. Lightsey, Sr. In ongoing irregular conflicts, the civil-military support element, or CMSE, is a unique resource that provides military commanders and United States ambassadors in various regions and [...]
The Daniel Ellsberg Moment: Wikileaks Reveals War Crimes, Lies, and Cover-Up in the Af/Pak War
Wikileaks on Sunday published more than 90,000 documents, which cover a period from January 2004 to December 2009, containing classified information about the war in Afghanistan. Wikileaks posted the documents directly to its site, and provided them in advance to The New York Times, The Guardian, and Germany's Der Spiegel, all of which ran [...]
Pakistani spy agency denounces US intel docs
China Daily | 26 July 2010 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan's most powerful spy agency on Monday lashed out against a trove of leaked US intelligence reports that alleged close connections between it and Taliban militants fighting NATO troops in Afghanistan, calling the accusations malicious and unsubstantiated. The reports, which were released [...]
QRC (ERMP-UAS) Detachment to Provide Continuous Persistent Surveillance in Afghanistan
Clarksville Online | 22 July 2010 By 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment Public Affairs UAV company to wear USASOC patch Fort Huachuca, AZ – At a modest ceremony in a hangar at Libby Army Airfield July 19th, a monumental moment transpired in the field of Army Special Operations Aviation. The Quick Reaction Capability 2, an [...]
Taliban: 2 U.S. soldiers captured in Afghanistan
MSNBC | 24 July 2010 NATO says search underway for 2 missing service men KABUL — Two U.S. troops are missing in eastern Afghanistan, a military official said Saturday. An Afghan official said one may have been killed and the other captured by the Taliban. Also, five American troops died Saturday in bombings in the south where [...]
U.S. Special Operations Forces Operating in Civilian Garb in Pakistan
Wall Street Journal | By Julian E. Barnes | 20 July 2010 U.S. Forces Step Up Pakistan Presence WASHINGTON—U.S. Special Operations Forces have begun venturing out with Pakistani forces on aid projects, deepening the American role in the effort to defeat Islamist militants in Pakistani territory that has been off limits to U.S. ground [...]
Afghans may not mind a return of the Taleban
Kabul Press | By Matthew Nasuti | 21 July 2010 America’s war plan founded on a fading premise It may be a myth that most Afghans remember the harshness of Taliban rule The Taliban of today is not a reclusive monolith of rural mullahs and students. It is a broad-based grouping of religious, tribal and nationalistic forces (provincial [...]
America’s Resentful, Reluctant Partnership with Pakistan
Al Jazeera | By Robert Grenier (Ex-CIA) | 20 July 2010 US seeks Pakistan PR triumph A preacher I once knew said something which has resonated with me ever since. "There is no end to the good you can do," he said, "provided you are willing to give someone else the credit." No doubt, a substantial amount of good will come from the $500mn in [...]
