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Can Cheryle Jackson End the War in Afghanistan?

Robert Naiman, Truthout: "Add Illinois to Pennsylvania as states where there is a contested Senate primary in which the war in Afghanistan has become an issue. The Chicago Tribune reports that the two leading contenders for the Democratic nomination for Barack Obama's former seat in the Senate have staked out diametrically opposed positions."

http://www.truthout.org/can-cheryle-jackson-end-war-afghanistan56019

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Soviet war veterans warn US on Afghan strategy

"The Americans are fighting a people and not a regular army. Napoleon never could win in Spain. They should understand that it is impossible to fight against a nation," Gareyev, now president of the Academy of Military Sciences in Moscow, told AFP.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100125/wl_asia_afp/russiaafghanistanusmilitaryunrest


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