U.S. Tested Two Afghan Scenarios In War Game, Greg Jaffe & Karen DeYoung, Washington Post
Brother of Afghan Leader Said To Be On CIA Payroll, Filkins/Mazetti/Risen, New York Times
Month: October 2009
Omnivore 27/10/09
The “Safe Haven” Myth, John Mueller, The Nation
Information Black Hole, Salman Massood, At War/New York Times
Combating the Stigma of Psychological Injuries, Thom Shanker, At War/New York Times
Bosnia Faltering, Jon Western, Duck of Minerva
British Muslim Gangs and the Chemical Jihad, Gretchen Peters, AfPak Channel/Foreign Policy
US Is Losing Afghan War on Two Fronts, Peter Bergen, CNN
Iraq vs. Afghanistan: A Surge Is Not a Surge Is Not a Surge, Freier/Leed/Nelson, Critical Questions/CSIS
“NATO Has the Watches, We Have the Time”, James Shinn, Wall Street Journal
Omnivore 23/10/09
Word on the Afghan Street, Martine van Bijlert, AfPak Channel/Foreign Policy
The Missing General and the Phantom Army, David Rothkopf, Foreign Policy
Lessons of War in Afghanistan, Fareed Zakharia/CNN/Small Wars Journal
Allied Commanders Meet at JFC HQ Naples, ACO Public Affairs Office, SHAPE
The Hurry Up Offense, Steven Metz, The New Republic
Pervez Dispenser, Michael Schaffer, The New Republic
A Rope and a Prayer, David Rhode, New York Times
Epilogue, David Rhode, New York Times
Omnivore 22/10/09
Pakistan: Countering Militancy in FATA, International Crisis Group
Nothing to See Here – Move Along, Tyler Hicks, At War/New York Times
In Somalia, A New Template For Fighting Terrorism, Jeffrey Gettleman, At War/New York Times
The Odd Utility of Richard Holbrooke, Daniel Drezner, Foreign Policy
Pakistan: The Human Cost, Anna Husarska, AfPak Channel/Foreign Policy
Omnivore 20/10/09
Four Things to Remember During the Waziristan War, Ahsan Butt, The AfPak Channel/Foreign Policy
Crunching the Numbers on Karzai’s Fraud, J. Alexander Thier, The AfPak Channel/Foreign Policy
You Have Atomic Bombs, But We Have Suicide Bombers, David Rhode, New York Times
The Front: The Taliban-Al Qaeda Merger, Peter Bergen, The New Republic
Is There a Middle Way? Stephen Biddle, The New Republic
The Afghanistan Debate: Assessing the President’s Options For Afghanistan, Brookings Institute
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