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The Battle for Marjah

February 18, 2010 By Stephen Brown 29 Comments

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The largest U.S.-led offensive to date in Afghanistan targets a Taliban stronghold.

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Breaking the Taliban

February 17, 2010 By Ryan Mauro 8 Comments

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The capture of a top Taliban commander may mark a crucial turning point in the Afghan war.

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U.S. curtails use of airstrikes in assault on Marja – washingtonpost.com

February 16, 2010 By Jacob Laksin Leave a Comment

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MARJA, AFGHANISTAN — To the Marines of Bravo Company, the black-and-white video footage from a surveillance drone seemed to present the perfect shot: more than a dozen armed insurgents exiting a building and heading to positions to attack U.S. and Afghan forces seeking to wrest control of this Taliban stronghold in southern Afghanistan. Facing stiff [...]

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The Homegrown-Terrorist Threat – Commentary

February 11, 2010 By Jacob Laksin 3 Comments

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If 2001 was the year when international terrorism hit American soil, then 2009 was the year when Americans became the targets of domestic terrorism. In November, Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan, born in Virginia to Palestinian Muslim parents, killed 13 and wounded 30 in his one-man attack on fellow soldiers at Fort Hood in Texas. [...]

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Is Binyam Mohamed a Martyr?

February 11, 2010 By Frontpagemag.com 22 Comments

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Thomas Joscelyn reveals the truth about the Left’s terrorist cause célèbre.

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Paying Tribute to Terror

February 11, 2010 By Rich Trzupek 6 Comments

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Why the United States cannot buy off the Islamic fanatics of the Taliban.

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Former Texas Rep. Charlie Wilson dies at 76 – washingtonpost.com

February 10, 2010 By Jacob Laksin 4 Comments

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DALLAS — Charlie Wilson, the former congressman from Texas whose funding of Afghanistan's resistance to the Soviet Union was chronicled in the movie “Charlie Wilson's War,” died Wednesday. He was 76.Wilson died at Memorial Medical Center-Lufkin after he started having difficulty breathing while attending a meeting in the eastern Texas town where he lived, said [...]

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A Non-Violent Jihadi is Still a Jihadi

February 8, 2010 By Ryan Mauro 9 Comments

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How Hizb ut-Tahrir spreads extremism around the world.

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Religious “Truth” Commission to Examine U.S. War “Atrocities”

February 8, 2010 By Mark D. Tooley 19 Comments

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Far-left Christian activists host committee to slander the military.

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U.S. Combat Officers Under Fire For American Troop Deaths Caused By Obama-McChrystal Hearts And Minds Policies

February 5, 2010 By John L. Work Leave a Comment

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There is a saying in police work and in military service that certain very noxious, offensive substances always roll downhill. That is to say, foul-ups instigated by bad policy will always be blamed on the lowest possible links in the chain of command. Such is the case now in Afghanistan.
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