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2014/04/282014/04/28

Robert Young Pelton: General Dostom is INNOCENT of the Dasht-i-Leili Massacre [PBI: What’s It Worth To Set Record Straight in Time for Run-Off?]

ROBERT STEELE: General Dostom is accused of the being directly responsible for the Dasht-i-Leili massacre aka container massacre that has been hugely overblown — as well as civilian collateral damage over time — and this remains a sore point with many Pashtuns and of course those that also consider themselves Taliban. What is your understanding? ROBERT …

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2017/01/222020/01/13

On Defense Intelligence – Seven Strikes

Article @ CounterPunch Full Text Below the Fold.

2015/10/172015/10/16

Tom Engelhardt: Fog of Intelligence

The Fog of Intelligence (Or How to Be Eternally “Caught Off Guard” in the Greater Middle East) 1,500. That figure stunned me. I found it in the 12th paragraph of a front-page New York Times story about “senior commanders” at U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) playing fast and loose with intelligence reports to give their air …

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2014/11/092014/12/01

Review: The Good War – Why We Couldn’t Win the War or the Peace in Afghanistan

Jack Fairweather 4.0 out of 5 stars British, CIA, US Flag Level View — Scores Settled, Some Facts Wrong or Missing, November 9, 2014 This is a preliminary review. My usual summary review with detail will be posted in a day or two. I did a fast read last night and formed the following impressions: …

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2014/09/212014/09/22

Mini-Me: Ghani Named Winner in Afghanistan — US Overrides Afghan Constitution and Forces Him to Accept Panjshiri Mob As “Partners”

Ghani named winner of Afghan election, will share power with rival in new government KABUL — Former finance minister Ashraf Ghani was declared the winner of Afghanistan’s contested presidential election Sunday, setting the stage for President Hamid Karzai’s departure from office and a security agreement allowing American troops to remain in the country after this …

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2014/07/072014/07/12

Yoda: Ghani Declared Winner in Afghanistan + RECAP of Prior Posts

Told you so, we did. Ashraf Ghani Wins Afghanistan’s Presidential Election: Preliminary Results KABUL, July 7 (Reuters) – Afghanistan declared former World Bank official Ashraf Ghani the winner of last month’s presidential election run-off on Monday on preliminary results that threaten to split the country along ethnic lines. The Independent Election Commission said Ghani won …

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2014/07/042014/07/04

Robert Young Pelton: Analysis of the Afghan Run-Off — Ghani Won, Abdullah’s Claims Without Merit

In the controversy and protesting stirred up by Abdullah, what is missing is a calm review of today’s political landscape in Afghanistan. Javid Ahmad a Program Coordinator for Asia at the German Marshall Fund of the United States and Ahmad Hemmat, a D.C.-based researcher and advisor to the chairman of International Energy Partnerships makes some …

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