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Looking beyond terrorism

Campaign For Liberty
by Philip Giraldi

10/05/09

President Barack Obama has stated that he has a low threshold for ’success’ in Afghanistan. He wants an Afghanistan that can no longer serve as a base for any terrorist group that would be able to attack the United States. Assuming that the President of the United States is true to his word, he should perhaps consider the possibility that the minimum objective for an American withdrawal from Afghanistan has already been achieved. If that is so, it is time for the United States to end its de facto occupation of the country and leave the Afghan people to settle on a form of government that will satisfy their needs, not those of a segment of the international community led by Washington...

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The American Conservative
by Patrick J. Buchanan

10/05/09

Concentrating the minds of all on Sunday was news that 10 U.S. soldiers were killed, two by an Afghan solider, eight when their remote outpost near Pakistan was attacked by hundreds of Taliban. As Obama approaches the pivotal decision of his presidency, here is where the major players seem to be lining up. McChrystal believes so strongly in the need for 40,000 troops he could resign his command if denied them. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Adm. Michael Mullen seems to be in the McChrystal camp. Gen. David Petraeus, regional commander for Afghanistan and Iraq, has yet to commit himself. But as architect of the surge in Iraq, he would seem to support McChrystal. What Petraeus will do, if the McChrystal request is denied, is the big question in Washington. For Petraeus reportedly sees himself as a presidential candidate...

http://www.amconmag.com/blog/2009/10/05/the-generals-war/


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CNN

10/05/09

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Defense Secretary Robert Gates, in a rare joint interview, said Monday that the United States is committed to a regional strategy to build long-standing relations with Afghanistan and Pakistan. Speaking at George Washington University for a program to be broadcast Tuesday on CNN, the two members of President Obama’s Cabinet insisted that the president’s deliberate approach to set the right objectives and policies for Afghanistan was necessary and proper...

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The suicide note apologising to his family and blaming his time in Afghanistan was found at the scene in Croydon, South London. Dylan's death comes as the Sunday Mirror can reveal that 67 servicemen have committed suicide in the last six years after returning from Iraq and Afghanistan.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2009/10/04/suicide-of-a-hero-115875-21720839/


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4. Oktober 2009

Zur Diskussion um die Aufstockung des Bundeswehrkontingents in Afghanistan erklärt Christine Buchholz, Mitglied des Geschäftsführenden Parteivorstandes:

Die anhaltende Diskussion um die weitere Aufstockung des Afghanistanmandates auf 7000 Soldaten zeigt, dass die neue Bundesregierung bereit sein wird, die Kriegsaktivitäten in Afghanistan zu verstärken. Nachdem alle Kriegsbefürwortenden Parteien versucht haben, das Thema Afghanistan aus dem Wahlkampf herauszuhalten, kommt die Katze jetzt aus dem Sack. Wir werden der Verschärfung des Krieges in Afghanistan unseren Widerstand entgegen setzen. Wir bekräftigen die Position der LINKEN nach sofortigem Rückzug der Bundeswehr aus Afghanistan. Nur ein Ende von Besatzung und Krieg kann die Voraussetzung für Frieden und Versöhnung in Afghanistan schaffen. Der Bundeswehreinsatz ist wie die gesamte NATO-Intervention in Afghanistan Teil des Problems und nicht der Lösung.

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Delivering what he called an honest assessment of the eight-year-old conflict, McChyrstal said the situation was serious and time was running out.

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Pfc. Bowe R. Bergdahl: 94 Days In Captivity

By Tony Evens

Family, friends await news about soldier. Army is tight-lipped about Bowe Bergdahl's status.

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Washington Post

10/01/09

A NATO airstrike on a compound in southern Afghanistan killed a family of six, a local tribal leader said Thursday, despite orders by Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, the top U.S. and NATO commander in the country, to avoid air power if civilians are at risk. The U.S. military said the airstrike occurred after troops came under fire from the compound late Wednesday. … A British military spokesman, Lt. Col. Nick Richardson, said there were unconfirmed reports that 12 people were killed — six children, two women and four insurgents...

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McChrystal: “Humility” needed in Afghanistan

CNN

10/01/09

The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan said Thursday the coalition in the war-torn country is going to have to do things ‘dramatically differently, even uncomfortably differently’ in order to succeed. ‘We must operate and think in a fundamentally new way,’ Gen. Stanley McChrystal said in a speech at the International Institute for Strategic Studies, a British think thank. He stressed the importance of connecting with the Afghan people, who he said are ‘frustrated’ that more has not been accomplished in the nearly 8-year-old war...

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Ghulam Mohammad Khan, a tribal leader, said a local farmer, his wife and four children were among nine dead in the airstrike Wednesday evening. He said three guests at the compound also died, but he did not know their identities.

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White House Split on Second Afghan Troop Surge
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2009/10/01

Starting Another Year of War in Afghanistan
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/10/01

War Resisters League (WRL): Antiwar Groups Demand End to Afghan War, Demonstrate at White House
http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2009/10/01-4



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