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• MacKay has to go, NDP says

  
  TheStar.com - Travel — Authority: 849
  The NDP is demanding Defence Minister Peter MacKays resignation, accusing him of misleading the House of Commons over what the government knew about the possible torture of prisoners handed over by Canadian troops to Afghan authorities – and what it did about the allegations.
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• Gates: pieces coming together for Afghan success

  
  AlertNet Newsdesk — Authority: 709
  Source: Reuters * Gates says reinforcements will help get job done * McChrystal expects to reverse tide against Taliban By Adam Entous KABUL, Dec 9 (Reuters) - Secretary of Defense Robert Gates visited U.S. ...
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• General Briefs Coalition, Afghan Forces on Way Ahead

  
  DefenceTalk | Defense & Military News - Forums - Pictures - Weapons — Authority: 563
  KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan: Army Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, the commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan, held a press conference here Dec. 2, to address the way ahead following President Barak Obamas speech regarding the increase of coalition forces in Afghanistan in 2010. Its been a long war, General ...
  8 hours ago

• Obama Afghan Strategy Differs from Earlier Plan

  
  DefenceTalk | Defense & Military News - Forums - Pictures - Weapons — Authority: 563
  President Obamas newly-unveiled Afghan strategy calls for a quick infusion of U.S. troops to fight the Taliban and to train Afghan security forces, followed by a withdrawal of American forces starting in as early as mid-2011. That is a less ambitious undertaking than the administration envisioned 10 months ago. The ...
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• NDP demands MacKay’s resignation

  
  CKA Canadian News — Authority: 167
  OTTAWA — The fury over the Afghan detainee controversy flared anew Tuesday with demands for Defence Minister Peter MacKay’s head following an unprecedented letter from 23 former ambassadors condemning the Harper government.
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• Lawmakers Slam Office Overseeing Afghan Rebuilding

  
  American Conservative Daily — Authority: 504
  Three senators told President Barack Obama  the U.S. office overseeing billions of dollars for Afghanistans rebuilding lacks leadership and focus.
  11 hours ago

• Around The Services

  
  The Republican Temple — Authority: 489
  SecDef Gates takes the President’s Afghan strategy to troops in theater. Plus, GEN McChrystal makes his case to Congress for more troops.
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• Burris tells military to brush up on their Dari, Pashto

  
  Political Fix — Authority: 613
  Sen. Roland Burris WASHINGTON — If the Afghan people are to embrace more American presence in their country, the two sides need to be speaking the same language — literally — Sen. Roland Burris , D-Ill., said this afternoon. During questioning of Gen.…
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• Bin Laden death tied to al Qaeda defeat-McChrystal

  
  AlertNet Newsdesk — Authority: 709
  Source: Reuters * Osama bin Laden is an extremist "icon" * McChrystal says bin Laden survival emboldens al Qaeda WASHINGTON, Dec 8 (Reuters) - Osama bin Laden is an iconic figure among extremists who ...
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• European Commission, European Union and UNICEF reaffirming Afghan child rights

  
  AlertNet Newsdesk — Authority: 709
  Source: UNICEF KABUL, Afghanistan, 8 December 2009 – Representatives for the European Commission, the European Union and UNICEF came together late last month to sign a joint Declaration that reaffirmed the importance of child rights in Afghanistan. The conference was part of the month-long worldwide celebration of ...
  15 hours ago

• FACTBOX-Quotes from U.S. lawmakers on Afghan policy

  
  AlertNet Newsdesk — Authority: 709
  Source: Reuters Dec 8 (Reuters) - The U.S. commander in Afghanistan, General Stanley McChrystal, and the U.S. ambassador, Karl Eikenberry, testified to Congress on Tuesday about President Barack Obamas war strategy ...
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• Somalia chaos making E.Africa a crime, drug hub-UN

  
  AlertNet Newsdesk — Authority: 709
  Source: Reuters * 30-35 tons of Afghan heroin reach East Africa yearly-UN * Heroin, cocaine swapped in Sahel - UN drug boss Costa * Somalia could face serious aid shortfall - UN official (Adds ...
  16 hours ago

• Forces Kill Militants, Detain Suspects

  
  The Republican Temple — Authority: 489
  Combined Afghan and international forces killed seven militants and detained several suspected insurgents in operations today in Afghanistan. A combined force killed seven militants and detained four others in Laghman province while pursuing a Taliban bomb maker responsible for several suicide attacks in the region. ...
  16 hours ago

• Ujjal’s Going Rogue!

  
  The League of Ordinary Gentlemen — Authority: 681
  I must say, I’ve been really quite impressed with the work that Liberal National Defence Critic Ujjal Dosanjh has been churning out on the Canadian Afghan detainee transfer scandal. All too often, National Defence flies under the radar in Canadian politics, as we just don’t exert enough influence on the world ...
  16 hours ago

• Calls for MacKays resignation over Afghan prisoner furor

  
  TheStar.com - Travel — Authority: 849
  The fury over the Afghan detainee controversy flared anew Tuesday following an unprecedented letter from 23 former ambassadors condemning the government.
  17 hours ago

• Somalia chaos making E.Africa a crime, drug hub-UN

  
  AlertNet Newsdesk — Authority: 709
  Source: Reuters * 30-35 tons of Afghan heroin reach East Africa yearly-UN * Heroin, cocaine swapped in Sahel - UN drug boss Costa By Louis Charbonneau UNITED NATIONS, Dec 8 (Reuters) - The chaos in lawless ...
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• Why So Few Afghan National Security Forces?

  
  The Washington Independent Blog — Authority: 154
  “I’m comfortable with the entire plan,” Gen. McChrystal says in reference to a question from Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.). Amb. Eikenberry agrees. About the July 2011 date. “The commitment to a strategic partnership with Afghanistan and the Afghan people … is very, very important,” McChrystal elaborates. ...
  18 hours ago

• The record and the falsehoods – The government’s insistence it knew nothing about the torture of Afghan detainees becomes more and more tenuous

  
  Faisal Kutty.com — Authority: 130
  Editorial in The Globe and MailThe record speaks for itself on what the Canadian government knows, or should have known, about the torture of Afghan detainees. It speaks far louder than the falsehoods from the ... Related Posts B With eye on PM’s China visit, Amnesty demands torture probe (Afghan Detainees) ...
  19 hours ago

• Obama Gets Surge in War Approval

  
  The Political Carnival — Authority: 681
  By GottaLaff Two! Two! Two surges in one! A new Quinnipiac poll finds public support for the war in Afghanistan is up nine points in the last three weeks, as American voters say 57% to 35% that fighting the war is the right thing to do. President Obamas approval for handling of the war is up seven points in ...
  20 hours ago

• War Is Not a Feminist Value

  
  http://www.doublex.com/blog/xxfactor — Authority: 632
  Dana Goldsteins article about the few feminist groups that came out in support of a long-term occupation in Afghanistan sure has tongues wagging, as is inevitable every time a perceived gap between liberal and feminist interests opens up. Eleanor Smeal and a few other feminists object to President Obamas plan to ...
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