Obama’s new Afghanistan strategy: Protect the cities and cede the countryside to the Taliban; Update: Who feeds whom?

This makes perfect sense to me — as a political strategy. Militarily, it sounds like they’re creating another Lebanon, where Hezbollah dominates the south of the country but by and large leaves Beirut alone (aside from the occasional advance to remind the government who’s boss). If you think having U.S. drones in the sky over Taliban-controlled areas will keep Al Qaeda out — which hasn’t happened in the Pakistani tribal areas, although I guess hope springs eternal — then fair enough. Politica

al-Qaeda’s Terrorist Recruitment in the West: Active and Professionally-Organized

Both the al-Qaeda and the Taliban are feeding on the current dissatisfaction with the war in Afghanistan. It seems that people are more dismayed about what is going on with the war than the fact that Hamid Karzai rigged the elections in his favor. The terror groups have developed ‘sophisticated foreign-recruiting networks’ resulting in an increasing number of Westerners joining al-Qaeda and the Taliban. Latest proof of this development is the discovery that ‘some 30 German citizens have travel

More and More Ex-Gitmo Guests Dying As Transvestites

The Long War Journal : Another former Gitmo detainee killed in a shootout By Thomas Joscelyn On Oct. 13, a former Guantanamo detainee named Yousef Mohammed al Shihri was killed in a shootout at a checkpoint along the Saudi-Yemeni border. Al Shihri and his accomplices were stopped by Saudi security forces after their suspicious behavior drew attention. Two of the travelers, including al Shihri, were reportedly dressed as women. Saudi security personnel decided to search the al Qaeda c

NATO Urges Countries To Continue Support And Exercise Patience In Afghanistan.

The Secretary General of NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) Anders Fogh Rasmussen, urged the member states and the international community to continue their support for NATO efforts in Afghanistan and prevent the now war torn nation into becoming a safe haven for Al-Qaeda again. Taking a shot at the critics of the War on Terror, Mr. Rasmussen stated that even though there has been considerable loss of life, especially soldiers committed in Afghanistan, the repercussions of withdrawing fro

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