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• Wire: Rendezvous With Indecision, US Army Says Morale Down Among Troops in Afghanistan

  
  THE TENSION — Authority: 148
  O ff the Wire: WASHINGTON, Nov. 13, 2009 -- Newswire services this morning reported that morale has fallen among soldiers in Afghanistan, where troops are seeing record violence in the 8-year-old war, while those in Iraq show much improved mental health amid much lower violence, the U.S. Army said Friday. The ...
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• Wire: Bomber Strikes Near US Military Base in Afghan Capital

  
  THE TENSION — Authority: 148
  O ff the Wire: WASHINGTON, Nov. 13, 2009 -- Newswire services this morning reported that Afghan officials say a suicide bomber struck a convoy of vehicles Friday near a U.S.-run NATO military base in Kabul, wounding six people. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the bombing outside Camp Phoenix. NATO said the ...
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• OEF Update, Nov. 13, 2009: VBIED Attack; Forces Nab Taliban Commander in Wardak

  
  THE TENSION — Authority: 148
  D ispatches from the Front: Kabul, Afghanistan, Nov. 13, 2009 -- A vehicle-borne improvised explosive device detonated on Jalalabad Road in Kabul, Afghanistan, around 8 a.m. today, injuring nine ISAF servicemembers, 10 civilian contractors and several Afghans. No ISAF servicemembers were killed. "The insurgents use ...
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• Pentagon: Task Force to Focus on Afghan Roadside Bomb Threat

  
  THE TENSION — Authority: 148
  N ews in Balance: OSHKOSH, Wisc., Nov. 12, 2009 -- Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates has created a new task force to enhance existing department efforts to counter the threat from roadside bombs, the No. 1 killer in Afghanistan. Gates announced the new task force today, and said he expects its members to spend the ...
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• Pentagon Identifies Marine Casualty (OEF)

  
  THE TENSION — Authority: 148
  N ews in Balance: WASHINGTON, Nov. 12, 2009 -- The following news release made available Thursday by the U.S. Department of Defense is the text of a statement identifying a casualty: The Department of Defense announced today the death of a Marine who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. Lance Cpl. Justin J. ...
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• OEF Summary, Nov. 12, 2009: Forces in Afghanistan Capture Terrorism Suspects

  
  THE TENSION — Authority: 148
  D ispatches from the Front: WASHINGTON, Nov. 12, 2009 -- Afghan and international forces in Afghanistan today captured a sought-after Taliban commander following a firefight in Afghanistans Ghazni province, and also captured a Haqqani terrorist group leader in another area, military officials reported. In the first ...
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• Pentagon: Gates Condemns Leaks

  
  THE TENSION — Authority: 148
  N ews in Balance: EDITORS NOTE: Newswire services yesterday reporting stories detailing further delays on the presidents Afghan strategy attributed their unnamed source as "a senior administration official." EN ROUTE TO OSHKOSH, Wis., Nov. 12, 2009 -- Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates today condemned a spate of ...
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• Continuing the Veterans Day Messages......

  
  'Imagine' A World Of Peace,Understanding,Tolerance — Authority: 134
  On the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, 11.11.09, I caught a couple of important discussions in the continuing known by us veterans are the results of wars and occupations of choice, or any war and occupation, as to the veterans and military personal once theyve been sent to serve in and then ...
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• Wire: Rendezvous With Indecision, Official Says Obama Nixes All Current Afghan Options

  
  THE TENSION — Authority: 148
  O ff the Wire: WASHINGTON, Nov. 11, 2009 -- Newswire services this evening reported that President Barack Obama does not plan to accept any of the Afghanistan war options presented by his national security team, looking instead at clarifying how and when U.S. troops would turn over responsibility to the Afghan ...
  2 days ago

• OEF Update, Nov. 11, 2009: Military Divers Find One Missing Soldier; Forces Nab Taliban Militants

  
  THE TENSION — Authority: 148
  D ispatches from the Front: KABUL, Afghanistan, Nov. 11, 2009 -- One of the two missing U.S. soldiers was found by a military dive team yesterday in Western Afghanistan. Afghan-international forces continue to search for the other soldier missing since Nov. 4. More information will be provided when appropriate. ...
  3 days ago

• Pentagon Identifies Marine Casualty (OEF)

  
  THE TENSION — Authority: 148
  N ews in Balance: WASHINGTON, Nov. 10, 2009 -- The following news release made available Tuesday by the U.S. Department of Defense is the text of a statement identifying a casualty: The Department of Defense announced today the death of a Marine who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. Sgt. Charles I. ...
  3 days ago

• OEF Summary, Nov. 10, 2009: Forces in Afghanistan Seize Bomb Materials

  
  THE TENSION — Authority: 148
  D ispatches from the Front: KABUL, Nov. 10, 2009 -- Afghan National Police and international forces seized 250 tons of suspected bomb-making material and detained 15 people in a Nov. 8 raid in southeastern Afghanistan, military officials reported. Based on reliable information, the combined force searched a ...
  3 days ago

• Combat Camera Video: Firefight in the Waterpur Valley, Afghanistan

  
  THE TENSION — Authority: 148
  NOTE: News readers click here to watch the video. D ispatches from the Front: WASHINGTON, Nov. 10, 2009 -- Embedded above is a b-roll video of U.S. Army 3rd Platoon, C Company, 2-12 Infantry engaging insurgents in a two and a half hour firefight outside the village of Qatar Kala, Afghanistan. Scenes include ...
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• OEF Update, Nov. 10, 2009: Forces Seize 250 Tons of Suspected Bomb Making Material in Kandahar; US Casualty

  
  THE TENSION — Authority: 148
  D ispatches from the Front: KABUL, Afghanistan, Nov. 10, 2009 -- Afghan National Police and ISAF forces seized 500,000 lbs. of ammonium nitrate fertilizer, 5,000 IED components and detained 15 people after a raid in Kandahar Nov. 8. Based on reliable information, the patrol discovered 1,000 100-lb. bags of ...
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• Pentagon Identifies Army Casualties (OEF)

  
  THE TENSION — Authority: 148
  N ews in Balance: WASHINGTON, Nov. 9, 2009 -- The following news release made available Monday by the U.S. Department of Defense is the text of a statement identifying casualties: The Department of Defense announced today the death of two soldiers who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. They died Nov. 5 in ...
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• 1/5 Marines Inhabit Taliban Fortress

  
  THE TENSION — Authority: 148
  U.S. Marines walk down an alley during a patrol in the Nawa district of Afghanistan’s Helmand province, Sept. 21, 2009. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance.) D ispatches from the Front: HELMAND PROVINCE, Afghanistan, Nov. 9, 2009 -- Marines have an uncanny ability to call any place “home,” even if it’s a ...
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• OEF Summary, Nov. 9, 2009: Forces Clear Taliban From Northern Afghan Province

  
  THE TENSION — Authority: 148
  D ispatches from the Front: WASHINGTON, Nov. 9, 2009 -- More than 750 Afghan and international forces in recent days completed the largest operation to date in Afghanistan’s Kunduz province, clearing the northern border area of hundreds of insurgent fighters, military officials reported. The combined forces ...
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• Outside The Wire

  
  'Imagine' A World Of Peace,Understanding,Tolerance — Authority: 134
  The newest episode to the reports from the online series In Their BootsThree women service members return from Iraq and Afghanistan to find they face a new battle—a battle to treat their wartime injuries. American Women VeteransAmerican Women Veterans is the nations preeminent Women Veterans organization dedicated ...
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• OEF Update, Nov. 7, 2009: Forces Interdict Taliban IED Facilitator in Zabul, Nab Militants in Khowst, Logar Provinces

  
  THE TENSION — Authority: 148
  D ispatches from the Front: KABUL, Afghanistan, Nov. 7, 2009 -- Afghan-international security forces killed an enemy militant and detained a few suspected militants in Zabul Province, one of which was a Taliban IED facilitator operating out of Qalat City. This facilitator was responsible for financial support of ...
  1 week ago

• Wire: Friendly Fire May Have Wounded 25 NATO Troops in Afghanistan

  
  THE TENSION — Authority: 148
  O ff the Wire: WASHINGTON, Nov. 7, 2009 -- Newswire services this morning reported that NATO officials in Afghanistan say 25 international troops wounded during a recent operation may have been hit by friendly fire. NATO initially blamed "insurgent activity" for the casualties. But officials Saturday said they do ...
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