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huffingtonpost.com: Tom Hayden huffingtonpost.com

McCain Hits Hard

powerlineblog.com     14 hrs ago   3,649 related          

Before a military audience in Denver today, John McCain launched his strongest attack yet against Barack Obama. Here are some excerpts; McCain began by recalling the beginning of the surge: Senator Obama and I also faced a...                

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washingtonpost.com: This Afghan boy was among a large group of civilians injured or killed by a coalition airstrike as they walked in a wedding party, government officials said. washingtonpost.com

Heavy civilian toll blamed on U.S.strikes

upi.com     22 hrs ago   16 related          

KABUL, Afghanistan, July 25 (UPI) -- U.S. and NATO military officials in Afghanistan say they are investigating three U.S.-led air strikes this month that allegedly killed at least 78 civilians. U.N. and Afghan officials say...                

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Foreign troops take casualties in Afghanistan

alarabiya.net     18 hrs ago   124 related          

Forty Taliban were killed in air strikes to take back a district of Afghanistan captured by Islamist rebels while British and Danish units with the international force in the violence-wracked country took more casualties,...                

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Day Before McCain Touts Security, Pro-American Iraqi Leader Killed

huffingtonpost.com     16 hrs ago   275 related          

John McCain was struck with a bit of unfortunate timing on Friday when his speech touting the security benefits of the surge was preceded by news of the death of eight civilians, including a pro-American leader of the Sunni...                

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Ooh-ooh-ooooh!

theglitteringeye.com     22 hrs ago          

USA Today asks “Why can’t Obama admit the obvious? The surge worked” and I, raising my hand and grunting in the style of Arnold Horshack, insist on being called on to answer. Has “the surge” worked? Well, U. S. and Iraqi...                

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Civilian deaths in Afghanistan

drdawgsblawg.blogspot.com     18 hrs ago          

Damian Brooks is annoyed with me. For those of you not in the know, Damian co-blogs at The Torch, one of our better milblogs.Paul at Celestial Junk had thrown out a kind of challenge to the Left on the Afghanistan intervention....                

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Taliban propaganda undermining Afghan government: think-tank (AFP)

yahoo.com     yesterday   2 related          

KABUL (AFP) - Afghanistan's Taliban insurgents use a sophisticated media strategy to portray themselves as stronger than they are and undermine confidence in the government, a leading think-tank says. The administration and its...                

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Obama, the Prince of Bait-and-Switch

antiwar.com     yesterday   2 related          

Excerpt: On 12 July, The Times of London devoted two pages to Afghanistan. It was mostly a complaint about the heat. The reporter, Magnus Linklater, described in detail his discomfort and how he had needed to be sprayed with...                

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bbc.co.uk: Taleban in Musa Qala (20 November 2007) bbc.co.uk

Taleban 'winning propaganda war'

bbc.co.uk     yesterday          

The report says the Taleban is using the full rage of media for propaganda A leading international think-tank says the Afghan government and its foreign allies are in danger of losing the propaganda war with the Taleban. The...                

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Report: Taliban media network projects power, but also exposes militant weaknesses

iht.com     yesterday   10 related          

Using everything from Internet postings to poetry, the Taliban have created a sophisticated media network that undermines support for the Afghan government by projecting the militia's power as greater than it really is, a new...                

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