Insurgents

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• in Politics
  More U.S. Combat Soldiers in Afghanistan?
  U.S.Army Special Forces Counterinsurgency Efforts Continue Despite shortage on U.S. Green Beret Advisers in Afghanistan.
  by desperatelands / on Nov 3, 2009

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “Insurgents”

• Surging Through the Khyber Pass and into a quagmire - We Will Not Solve the Problem with Troops Alone

  
  Sir! No Sir! Exposing and Debunking Military Lies from Vietnam to Iraq — Authority: 137
  This interview, with National Security Adviser General James Jones, was published by Spiegel Online International, November 9, 2009 US National Security Adviser James L. Jones talks to SPIEGEL about his skepticism regarding calls for more US troops to be sent to Afghanistan, the chances of Pakistans nuclear ...
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• Fighting in north Afghanistan kills 130 insurgents (AP)

  
  Relevant News — Authority: 514
  AP – Afghan and international troops killed more than 130 insurgents in six days of fighting in a once-stable area of northern Afghanistan that has seen a recent spike in Taliban attacks, NATO said Monday. It was some of the heaviest fighting in the north this year. Read the original post: (AP)"> ...
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• NATO forces ‘may abandon most of northern Helmand’

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 725
  London, Nov.9 (ANI): Western military commanders in Afghanistan are considering a radical shift in policy that would see British and US forces conduct a tactical pull-out from most of northern Helmand, including the town of Musa Qala. The Times quoted a NATO source said the plan to withdraw from northern Helmand would ...
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• Arm Afghan Tribes, Experts Say

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 163
  A number of experts think the U.S. should abandon its “top down” strategy of building an Afghan national army and should switch to arming and paying local tribes to fight the Taliban. Former national security adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski, appearing Thursday at a Capitol Hill conference sponsored by RAND, said he ...
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• Give this lackey a new directive

  
  Not My Tribe — Authority: 443
  BagnewsNotes has juxtaposed two photos of African colonialism. One taken more than a century ago shows a white bwana being ferried by two porters, the second is the recent image at left. The difference is that today’s servants are trusted with weapons because they have to double as security, the continent being ...
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• Maoists getting arms from China: Official

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 725
  New Delhi, Nov 8 (IANS) In a first such comment by any Indian official, union Home Secretary G.K. Pillai Sunday said he was “sure” that Maoist guerrillas in India were acquiring weapons from China.The leftist guerrillas follow “the philosophy of Marxism and Leninism and have their own brand of ideology. The ...
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• I Will Kill 10 People For Every IED I Find

  
  Ghosts of Alexander — Authority: 460
  And I was just complaining about militias. Here, for fairness’ sake, is the ANP: Just another day with the Afghan National Police. Context, at the Guardian : Guardian photographer Sean Smith documents the methods used by Afghan National police in the arrest and questioning of a group of Pashtuns after an ...
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• NATO Airstrike Kills Friendly Troops.

  
  Trends Updates — Authority: 599
  The search for the two missing U.S soldiers in Afghanistan turned into a tragedy as eight Afghan soldiers lost their lives due to an alleged NATO airstrike gone horribly wrong. The incident also wounded more than 20 Afghan and U.S troops. The two missing American soldiers from the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd ...
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• Somali insurgents stone man to death for adultery

  
  Abesha Bunna Bet — Authority: 134
  Somali insurgents stone man to death for adultery Mogadishu - The Somali insurgent group al-Shabaab has stoned a man to death for committing adultery in the port town of Marka, officials said. “The 33-year-old man Abbas [Hussein Abdurahman] confessed his crime in front of the Islamic court, and today we have ...
  3 days ago

• A book that will be good

  
  Ghosts of Alexander — Authority: 460
  Well, I’m pretty sure it will be a book. I was checking out new dissertations in the Proquest listings today as part of my effort to catalog all the ones that deal with Afghanistan. I found this: The Coils of the Anaconda: America’s First Conventional Battle in Afghanistan by Lester W. Grau, Ph.D., ...
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• UAE urges UN to adopt Goldstone report on Israel

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 725
  New York, Nov 5 (IANS) The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has urged the UN to implement the recommendations of the Goldstone report that investigated alleged crimes committed by Israel during its brief war against the Gaza militants early this year, WAM news agency reported Thursday.The UAE stressed the need to refer the ...
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• Somali rebels ban musical ring tones, say they are unIslamic

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 725
  London, Nov.5 (ANI): Hardline al Shabaab insurgents who seized the southern Somali port of Kismayu have banned “corrupt” musical ring tones.Al Shabaab, which America says is al Qaeda’s proxy in Somalia, wants to topple the country’s UN-backed government and impose its own strict version of Sharia law.According ...
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• A Hybrid Rumsfeld/Soviet Strategy for Afghanistan

  
  Ghosts of Alexander — Authority: 460
  Two failed strategies from the past, combined into one new strategy? Is this negative × negative = positive? Or negative + negative = negative? And have past failures (i.e., in the title of this blog entry) been ignored? First a brief survey of what may be coming. If you already know this stuff pretty well and ...
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• Pakistan Army storms Taliban stronghold, kill 30 militants

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 725
  Islamabad, Nov 4 (IANS) Pakistani security forces have stormed a Taliban stronghold in South Waziristan killing at least 30 militants, as a fierce battle rages in the volatile region bordering Afghanistan, officials said Wednesday.The army said heavy fighting erupted on the streets of Ladha town after security forces ...
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• Haqqani Network Suffers Defeat, Massive Desertion

  
  Ghosts of Alexander — Authority: 460
  According to sources, Mullah Omar and the Taliban leadership directed “a large sum of money” to Jalaluddin Haqqani to recruit 3,000 fighters for the Kabul front. However, within two months the combined affect of death and desertion left Haqqani with only 300 men. According to Ahmed Rashid, Haqqani’s inability ...
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• Somali Insurgents Impose A Version Of Islamic Law Called "Anti-Woman" [Womans World]

  
  Jezebel — Authority: 825
  Three grassroots womens organizations in the town of Balad Hawa were closed yesterday to prevent women from going to work. Someone "recognized" that women need to stay at home. Also banned: Movies, ringtones, dancing at weddings, playing soccer. [ NY Post ]
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• Are the Negotiators in the Iran Nuclear Weapon Talks Making a Deal With the Devil?

  
  Perfect Argument — Authority: 153
  Dancing with the devil may not be such a wise idea in the case of the nuclear weapons negotiations with Iran and the free-world. And to that point, I do have one question for the International Community; "How can we trust them now?" Iran has lied to the IAEA and stood up in front of the UN while Amedinejad gave a ...
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• Pakistan is selecting some drone targets

  
  Eideard — Authority: 491
  Sometimes politics means not agreeing with the mob.
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• Trapped civilians caught up in shelling in Pakistan’s war

  
  War Victims Monitor — Authority: 124
  rapped civilians caught up in shelling in Pakistan’s war29 Oct 2009 10:44:00 GMTWritten by: Nita BhallaNEW DELHI (AlertNet) – Tens of thousands of civilians in northwest Pakistan need protection from fighting between government forces and Taliban militants and dozens are being injured by shelling and bombardments ...
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• Pakistan: 250,000 displaced in Pakistan’s Waziristan offensive

  
  War Victims Monitor — Authority: 124
  Sun, 01 Nov 2009 17:52:13 GMTPress TVPakistan’s military offensive against pro-Taliban militants in a northwestern tribal area has forced nearly 250,000 civilians to flee their homes.As Islamabad’s military operation against pro-Taliban militants in South Waziristan entered its third week, Lieutenant General ...
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