Petraeus ignites political fight : Afghanistan no graceful exit yet
Gen. David Petraeus, in an interview with The New York Times, says he didn’t go to Afghanistan to preside over a “graceful exit” from the war there. Petreaus is campaigning to win over Americans who are quickly growing skeptical of the U.S.’s ability to win in Afghanistan. The general said the war plan had been…
Afghanistan: Boots on the Ground Assessment
Reflecting on my coverage of the latest UN report released on Tuesday showing a 31 per cent increase in overall Afghan civilians casualties, a couple of questions raised in my mind about the overall chances for success by the US-led coalition. Number-crunchers from the UN’s Assistance Mission Afghanistan (UNAMA) now say the Taliban and other…
SpyTalk: North Korean missles to Taliban
Ex-spies ponder N. Korean missile sale to Taliban CIA-supplied Stinger missiles proved to be a game-changer for mujaheddinAccording to one of the intelligence reports obtained by WikiLeaks, one of the Afghan insurgency’s most powerful figures, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, traveled to North Korea in 2005 with a top aide to Osama bin Laden and purchased ground-to-air missiles….
Wikileaks published Truth : war logs Afghanistan
The ongoing WikiLeaks saga The truth is out there, but what does it all mean? On this episode of The Listening Post, we turn our attention to figures involved in the WikiLeaks Afghan war logs and the debate over what the US government should do about it.
Shocking And Explosive Secret Files Largest In Military History
SCANDALOUS COVER UP The 92,000 American classified military documents released by WikiLeaks add to the evidence that Pakistan’s intelligence service backs the Taliban, to the point of helping the Taliban plan assassinations of American and Afghan officials. This raises the question: Who covered up a scandalous arrangement known to everyone with a casual acquaintance of…
WikiLeaks founder makes rare public appearance
WikiLeaks head steps out of the shadows By Richard Galant, CNN July 20, 2010 — Updated 1131 GMT (1931 HKT) Why the world needs Wikileaks STORY HIGHLIGHTS WikiLeaks.org founder Julian Assange makes rare public appearance He says the site has been overwhelmed by disclosures from whistle-blowers Assange said site has disclosed more classified documents than…
America`s Secret Army
Daniel Craig as James Bond. When Ian Fleming wrote his thrillers, spies lived in an exclusive world. In the US, there’s nearly 1 million. In the cloak and dagger world of intelligence, the assumption fed by countless spy novels and TV dramas is that top-secret security clearance is restricted to an elite few known only…
AFGHAN OFFENSIVE ‘AIMED TO SHAPE U.S. OPINION OF WAR’
Battle for Marja not only militarily significant Story Highlights MARJA, AFGHANISTAN — The Afghan official responsible for governing Marja paid his first visit to this strife-torn community Monday, imploring residents to forsake the Taliban and promising employment programs as an inducement for local men to put down their weapons. Greg Jaffe and Craig Whitlock, both…
U.S. Army closes in on south Afghan town
U.S. Army soldiers launch preliminary operation Tuesday in support of a planned U.S.-Afghan attack on the largest Taliban-controlled town in southern Afghanistan STORY IN DEPTH NATO and Afghan officials, meanwhile, urged militants holding Marjah, where an offensive is expected, to lay down their arms and warned civilians there to “keep your heads down.” About 400…