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Agence France PresseNovember 24, 2009.
Obama faces a U.S. public sharply divided on the war and calls from some Democratic allies to set a flexible timetable for withdrawal.
Mustafa Saber, Institute for War and Peace Reporting. November 24, 2009.
Residents of Takht-e-Bazaar say U.S. commandos landed in their area on November 6 and began shooting indiscriminately during a search for missing U.S. troops.
Norman Solomon, AlterNet. November 13, 2009.
Fine-tuning the U.S. war in Afghanistan is no substitute for acknowledging -- with words and with policy -- that there will be no military solution.
Priya Satia, The Nation. October 26, 2009.
The media is enamored of high-tech, sexy-sounding airstrikes over Pakistan. They shouldn't be.
Stephen Collinson, Agence France Presse. October 20, 2009.
Washington spent several days pressuring Afghan President Hamid Karzai to enter a second round of voting following his fraud-tainted election win.
Gareth Porter, IPS News. October 16, 2009.
In a 63-page paper reflecting conversations with others who have served in Afghanistan, Lt. Col. Daniel L. Davis argues that it's too late for the U.S. to defeat the insurgency.
ZP Heller, Brave New Films AlterNet: Video. September 23, 2009.
Sarah Palin, Joe Lieberman, Bill Kristol and others want to pressure the president into escalation in Afghanistan.
Conn Hallinan, Foreign Policy in Focus. September 14, 2009.
It's almost as if there is something about that hard-edged Central Asian country that deranges its occupiers.
John Nichols, TheNation.com AlterNet: PEEK. August 20, 2009.
Fifty-one percent of those surveyed for a new Washington Post-ABC News poll now say the human and economic cost of the war is too great.
Danielle Kurtzleben, IPS News. August 13, 2009.
The Obama Administration is touting a new, broad approach to winning the fight against insurgent groups in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Agence France Presse August 3, 2009.
The meeting on Sunday was not publicly announced beforehand and Gates did not bring reporters with him as he usually does on foreign trips.
Sonali Kolhatkar, New America Media. July 18, 2009.
The new offensive is an attempt "to disrupt, dismantle, and defeat al Qaeda." But what will actually be gained such brute force?
Allison Kilkenny, True/Slant AlterNet: PEEK. June 22, 2009.
Americans express outrage and solidarity on behalf of the people of Iran; meanwhile innocent people die every day with our tax dollars.
Agence France Presse June 14, 2009.
McChrystal was tapped after his predecessor was sacked in May when the U.S. said it needed 'new thinking' in an escalating war.
Byard Duncan, AlterNet. June 3, 2009.
Gen. Stanley McChrystal testified before the Senate this week, but no one asked him about the skeletons in his closet.
Tom Engelhardt, Tomdispatch.com. May 22, 2009.
Stanley McChrystal comes from a world where killing by any means is the norm and a blanket of govt. secrecy provides the necessary protection.
Tom Hayden, The Nation AlterNet: Video. May 14, 2009.
Will McChrystal continue his secret war now that he holds a more prominent position?
