6 Dec 09
CAN Senior Officers Get Out in Harm's Way in AFG
Small Wars Journal: "the first phase of NATO plan for wresting control of (Kandahar City) from Taliban domination is sound"
Blog Watch: More on Mainstream Media Not Picking Up Good News of CAN Work in AFG
CAN Detainee Handling Fracas: Anti-War Academic Calls for War Crimes Investigation by ICC
Obama's Plan: Howz 7K Troops Gonna Happen? - Estonian Vet of Soviet AFG War Writes Obama
ISAF Push in Helmand Continues - More - more
More on AUS Prodigal Poochie Story
Taliban Working on Killing More ISAF, AFG Troops via IED
Taliban Propaganda Watch (all links to non-terrorist web pages): Attacks on Foreign Troops Alleged in Helmand, Uruzgan
5 Dec 09
US National Security Advisor: "While we would encourage everyone to stay engaged as long as possible without summary announcements of total withdrawal, those are national decisions that have to be made"
"Kandahar Cops Won't Go On Patrol Without U.S. Mentors"
Embed Reporter: National Support Element = "Canadian Tire of Joint Task Force"
CAN Detainee Handling Fracas: "A court has confirmed that a watchdog agency can investigate only what military police knew - or should have known - about the controversy over Canada's handling of Afghan detainees."
Obama's Plan: "NATO allies offer 7,000 extra troops for Afghan war" - More - US Sec of State: "All of NATO and ISAF are standing with us in strong support of the President’s strategy." - NATO Talks Leave NATO Supreme Commander ‘Extremely Confident’ - "Analysts say economic leverage should be used to help end corruption in the Afghan government"
Op Khareh Cobra Under Way in Helmand - More
Blog Watch: Give Peace(keeping) a Chance in Afghanistan?
Taliban "facilitator" nabbed in Nurayo Kariz compound search - Son of Helmand's Governor Seeking Asylum in UK - UK Chief of the Defence Staff: "The greatest threat to their morale is not the Taliban, or IEDs, but declining will at home. Support for our servicemen and women is indivisible from support for this mission."
Taliban Propaganda Watch (all links to non-terrorist web pages): Taliban claims 18 killed in booby-trapped house in Arghandab, Kandahar - Taliban Statement (PDF) Disses Warlords - Taliban Alleges Polish Helicopter Downed in Ghazni - Taliban Workout Video Out There
4 Dec 09
CAN BG Commander: "From the edge of Kandahar City to the Arghandab and out west to Zhari and Panjwaii, if required we will go anywhere to conduct operations with the Americans."
Taliban don't allow parents to Kandahar City, so "children have horrible infections and deformities"
Embed Discusses Some Recent Shortages at KAF - On KAF: "Chaotic, sprawling military base has strange allure for workers"
CAN Detainee Handling Fracas: AFG Int Declining to Take CAN Detainees because of Insufficient Evidence?- More
RMC Academic Calls for More UN Involvement in AFG Mission
"USAID rejects NGO concerns over aid militarization"
Obama's Plan: ISAF Boss Tells AFG They're Not Leaving Yet - NATO SecGen Says Allies "Offering" 7,000 Troops.... (Facebook Entry with Promise - Twitter Message with Promise) - ....But No Troops from Turkey - Chair of Joint Chiefs Tells Congress South, East Main Threats - Danger Room on How the Surge was Sold - Opinion: "A glaring omission in President Obama’s speech Tuesday was any attempt to address the propaganda war that is currently being waged with increasing sophistication and success by the Taliban again the U.S. efforts in Afghanistan."
US Marines Start New Push in Helmand - US Medics Win Friends in Helmand - AUS, AFG troops uncover 44 wpn caches in Oruzgan, Afghanistan since end of September - AUS Mil Prosecutor Considering Feb '09 killing of AFG Civvies during Special Forces Op - 13 Feb 09 Release on Original Incident - Meanwhile, "Australian Special Forces are maintaining the pressure on insurgents in Oruzgan Province" - Brits Seize Loads o' Weapons in Kandahar
Blog Watch: Wondering How NY Times Columnist Can Read Afghan Minds - OpEd in Question
Talkin' to the Taliban: Karzai Says He's Willing to Talk to Taliban - More
Taliban Propaganda Watch (all links to non-terrorist web pages): Loads of attacks alleged against British in Helmand
PAK Taliban Detainee Says Colleague Met Osama in AFG This Year - PAK PM: Osama's Not Here, Honest!
3 Dec 09
"Canadian command in Afghanistan grows with addition of U.S. troops" - More - "Canadian troops to form ‘ring of stability' " - More
US SecDef Gates gives CAN, AUS, NLD, DNK, UK and POL "A" Grade in Southern AFG Fighting
Canada's Post-2011 Mission Messaging Mambo ©: CAN Foreign Minister Tells Chinese News Agency "Our position is clear .... We will respect the motion to the letter."
Obama's Plan = 30K More Troops + Start Pulling Them Out (Speed Depends on Progress) in 2011: "Canada Welcomes Additional U.S. Military and Civilian Resources in Afghanistan" - "NATO Secretary General calls on Allies to step up efforts" - More - 1K More ITA Troops? - Taliban Response - More Troops? More Targets for Us! - More - more - Worries About the Timeline - More - Pullout Date Not Definite? - "The US should withdraw its current troops, not increase them, say some residents of the southern zone of Afghanistan." (PDF permalink) - Aid Groups Worry About Aid Delivered by Military - US Lawmakers Debate New AFG Strategy - US Sec of State: Civilian Effort Vital in AFG
CAN Detainee Handling Fracas: "NDS detention - not just a Canadian problem" - "The International Red Cross met twice with senior Canadian officials in Kandahar to deliver veiled but insistent warnings about torture in Afghan jails a year before Canada acted to protect detainees." - "No physical evidence detainees tortured: official"
Talkin' to the Taliban: McChrystal Quoted saying "the Afghan government and its international partners should use the coming 18 months to convince the Taliban they can't win and offer militants a way to quit the insurgency "with dignity." "
Taliban Propaganda Watch (all links to non-terrorist web pages): Taliban claim responsibility for bombing death of govt worker in Lashkar Gah
2 Dec 09
CAN Troops Get Responsibility of Arghandab Suburb North of Kandahar City - More - more - more - more
Canada's Post-2011 Mission Messaging Mambo ©: DefMin Confirms redeployment to Arghandab "will not change the July 2011 end date of the mission for all Canadian soldiers in Afghanistan"
Obama's Plan = 30K More Troops + Start Pulling Them Out (Speed Depends on Progress) in 2011: Full Transcript of Speech (RFE/RL) - Full Transcript (White House) - Excerpts from Obama's Speech - U.S. AFG/PAK Policy Page - More Troops Likely Headed to South, East - ISAF Boss "Encourged" by New Plan - US Envoy to AFG Supports Moves - NATO Sec Gen "Warmly Welcomes" Plan - EU Welcomes Next Steps - NLD Calls Move "Wise Decision" - Taliban: We'll Recruit More Bad Guys - Other Reactions - Danger Room on Getting Troops There in a Hurry - Next Step: Asking Other Countries for Mo' Troops - POL Sending Some - AFG, PAK Comments - Mullah Omar's Message Upstaged Obama's?!?! - CanWest - Sun Media - Reuters - BBC - Agence France-Presse - Associated Press - Deutsche Welle - Voice of America - Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
CAN Detainee Handling Fracas: "House of Commons has voted in favour of holding a judicial inquiry into the treatment of Afghan detainees" - More - Transcript of 1 Dec 09 Debate (43 pg PDF) - Part 1, Public Inquiries Act - Foreign Affairs Minister Says Documents will be Handed Over
Bad Boy Suspects Nabbed SW of K'Har City
Taliban Propaganda Watch (all links to non-terrorist web pages): Summary of Taliban's Lies of the Month on Canadian Casualties - Attack Alleged on Uruzgan Governor; Attacks Alleged in K'Har, Helmand & Nimroz
1 Dec 09
CAN BG Cdr: "Insurgents targeted the governor of Kandahar province last week to demonstrate the vulnerabilities of the government" - CAN Pushing Taliban Out of Panjwai Villages - CAN Op Highlights
CanWest: "Personality conflict triggers Canadian general's recall from Afghanistan" - General's Last Interview
Think Tank Report: More Troops + COIN Strategy + Understanding of Bad Guy Strategy Needed to Beat Taliban in Kandahar Province - "Kandahar: Taliban’s birthplace, Afghanistan’s crucible"
Obama's Speech: The Leaks Begin - Expect Way Mo' Troops - More - more - Expected to Outline Costs, Limits - Generals Are Reportedly Briefed - And the Asking for More Troops Begins - UK Sending 500 Troops - US Asking FRA for 1500 Tps - US Veep, Not President, Asks CAN for Mo' Troops? - More - AFG Officials Worry About Exit Strategy
Blog Watch: Warlord Wants All Foreigners Out of AFG, Calls for Loya Jirga - "Not everything the Taliban does has al Qaeda’s hands behind it."
Taliban Using Donkey Bombs - Paper: Mistakes the Bad Guys Make (PDF)
Taliban Propaganda Watch (all links to non-terrorist web pages): Attacks Alleged in Kandahar, Helmand and Nimroz - Omar vs. Obama in Info Campaign?
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