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Daily Briefing—28th-29th June 2010
Posted: 28 June 2010 by Editors in Daily BriefingTags: Afghanistan, Alexander Cockburn, ANA, Andy Worthington, Anthony Fenton, ASF, Behzad Yaghmaian, Blackwater, BP, Brazil, Burundi, Canada, Chicago Police, China, CIA, David Petraeus, Dennis Kucinich, espionage, France, G20, Germany, Glenn Greenwald, Guantanamo Bay, Gulf oil spill, Hezbollah, Hizbollah, IMF, India, Iran, Israel, Jon Burge, journalism, Lara Logan, Leon Panetta, Manuel Noriega, media, Michael Hastings, Middle East, military industrial complex, Mississippi, Noah Shachtman, NYPD, Palestinians, Panama, Pierre Nkurunziza, police brutality, propaganda, renminbi, Right to Information Act, Russia, SCOTUS, Spencer Ackerman, Stanley McChrystal, Syria, Taiwan, terrorism, torture, Turkey, USS Harry Truman, Xe
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Officials: 80,000 Additional Troops Sought for Afghan Occupation
Posted: 16 October 2009 by Little Alex in Af-Pak WarTags: Afghan surge, Afghanistan, ANA, ANP, ASF, COIN, counterinsurgency, counterterrorism, Daivid Ignatius, diplomacy, ISAF, Jonathan Landay, Middle East, Nancy Youssef, Newspeak, Nobel Peace Prize, Obama, Stanley McChrystal, Taliban, terrorism, US, War, War on Terror, Washington Post
General Stanley McChrystal proposed a “low risk” option to the White House calling for an additional 80,000 troops in Afghanistan.
Military Sources: McChrystal Report Calls for 500,000 Troops in Afghanistan
Posted: 27 September 2009 by Little Alex in Af-Pak War, Political ScienceTags: Afghan surge, ANA, Andrea Mitchell, ANP, Bob Woodward, COIN, conscription, counterinsurgency, David Petraeus, draft, Iraq Surge, ISAF, Kimberly Kagan, Middle East, MSNBC, NATO, Newspeak, Pentagon, Stanley McChrystal, terrorism, US, War, War on Terror, Washington Post
msnbc’s Andrea Mitchell reports that–according to military sources–redacted in the report [.pdf] submitted to the Pentagon by the top U.S.-NATO commander, General Stanley McChrystal, is the assessment that 500,000 troops are needed in Afghanistan between the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) and the Afghan National Army (A.N.A.). By this fall, the U.S. share of the—over 100,000-troop—ISAF coalition is to be around 68,000 and the A.N.A. is currently numbered at around 92,000 (0:53):
