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Afghan Concerns Over U.S. Staying Power

Jayshree Bajoria | Posted 11.07.2011

Read More: Corruption, Hamid Karzai, Centcom, US Afghanistan, Taj Ayubi, Pakistan, Terrorism, India, Afghanistan, Silk Road, Afghan Transition, Security, Taliban, US Military Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, Afghan Peace Council, Al-Qaeda, Afghan Peace Talks, Reconciliation, World News
Jayshree Bajoria

The United States and Afghanistan disagree on several points regarding a limited troop presence past 2014, starting with how binding the agreement should be.

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Military Launches Spy Operation Using Fake Online Identities

The Huffington Post | Amy Lee | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fake Online Profiles, Centcom, Operation Earnest Voice, Cyber Security, Cybersecurity, Hbgary, Online Persona Management, Technology News

The U.S. Military has purchased software designed to create and control false online personas in an attempt to use social media and other websites to ...

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Tea Party Republicans Should Tackle Federal Role in Distorting Markets and Causing Bubbles.

David Paul | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Centcom, Mitch McConnell, Cbo, Social Security, Oil Imports, Jim Demint, John Boehner, Economic Crisis, Leverage, Energy Policy, Pharmaceutical Industry, Rand Paul, Jimmy Carter, Rick Santelli, Medicare, Defense Spending, Tea Party, Free Markets, Politics News
David Paul

It did not take long for the conflicts to emerge as Republicans struggle to make good on their commitments to reduce federal spending. In the wake of ...

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Broken Washington: The Cases of Zogby and the Brookings Institute

Hussain Abdul-Hussain | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Centcom, Lebanon, Lobbyists, Hezbollah, Washington DC, Democracy, Bashar Assad, Zogby International, Ray Lahood, Arab Americans, Richard Durbin, James Zogby, Chatham House, Egypt, Arab, Martin Indyk, Freedom, Doha, Israel, Al Jazeera, Brookings Institution, Syria, Foreign Policy, Think Tanks, World News
Hussain Abdul-Hussain

But when it comes to foreign policy, Obama deserves a big bold F. Stories of Washington's self-proclaimed experts and think tanks for hire might give us some clues.

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CENTCOM's Digital Diplomacy

Philip Seib | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Digital Diplomacy, Defense Department, Central Command, Public Diplomacy, State Department, Farsi, Centcom, World News
Philip Seib

In Tampa, a team of fluent Arabic, Farsi, and Urdu speaking civilians comb through online forums in their respective languages, where they're looking for incendiary commentary about the U.S. military.

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Self-Immolation Remains Common Among Afghan Women

The Huffington Post | Nicholas Sabloff and Doug Sarro | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nato, Self-Immolation, James Mattis, Kurram Region, Fallujah, Middle East, Pakistan, Centcom, David Petraeus, Military, Afghanistan, Afghan Women, United States Central Command, Video, World News

Today's AfPak round-up: Self-immolation remains common among Afghan women. Observers disagree over why Afghan women attempt to take their own lives b...

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James Mattis Picked To Replace David Petraeus At U.S. Central Command

AP | ANNE GEARAN and ANNE FLAHERTY | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mattis, James Mattis, Centcom, Mattis Centcom, James Mattis Centcom, US Central Command, Mattis Central Command, Mattis US Central Command, James Mattis Central Command, James Mattis US Central Command, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Marine Corps Gen. James Mattis has been picked to take over U.S. Central Command, the Pentagon announced on Thursday. Mattis would...

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The GAO Transcripts, Part 5: Could the Military Trust the PSCs?

David Isenberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gao Report, Centcom, Iraq, Private Security Contractors, Business News
David Isenberg

This is the fifth installment of the Government Accountability Office interview transcripts that were prepared pursuant to the July 2005 GAO report "R...

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In the Absence of a US Foreign Policy

Hussain Abdul-Hussain | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Arlen Specter, Syria, Centcom, Jeffrey Feltman, Imad Mustafa, David Petraeus, Hezbollah, Lebanon, Bashar Assad, Beirut, Al Qaeda, Damascus, Middle East, John Kerry, Mahmoud Ahmedinejad, Hassan Nasrallah, Gary Ackerman, Foreign Policy, World News
Hussain Abdul-Hussain

America has no vision for the Middle East. Until a policy on Syria is drafted, Washington will be improvising on how to deal with Damascus.

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New Poll on American Attitudes Toward the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

James Zogby | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Centcom, Middle East, David Petraeus, Poll, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel, Zogby Poll, Barack Obama, Arab-Israeli Conflict, World News
James Zogby

A new poll out this week shows that while Israelis retain strong US public support, Americans are deeply concerned that the continuing Israeli-Palestinian conflict puts US interests at risk.

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Israel Must Help US Tackle Iran

Meir Javedanfar | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Netanyahu, Centcom, Danny Ayalon, Joe Biden, Meir Javedanfar, Barack Obama, David Petraeus, Yisrael Beitenu, World News
Meir Javedanfar

For some in Israel, the issues of Jewish settlements and Iran's nuclear program are not connected. But for the United States, they are becoming more and more intertwined.

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This US-Israeli Crisis Has Yet To Peak: Diverging Interests Never Clearer

Sharmine Narwani | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Joe Biden, Israeli Settlers, Barack Obama, Palestinian Authority, Gaza, Benjamin Netanyahu, David Axelrod, Israel, Aipac, Hillary Clinton, David Petraeus, Israeli Palestine Conflict, Centcom, East Jerusalem, World News
Sharmine Narwani

In the Mideast, only one thing is ever certain. Expect the unexpected. The smallest incident can flare up overnight and alter even God's well-laid plans.

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Iran's Defiant Dare = Crunch Time for Obama

Amb. Marc Ginsberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Syria, Persian Gulf, Obama, UN Security Council, Hezbollah, China, Ahmadinejad, Centcom, Iran, Uae, Secretary Gates, Secretary Clinton, Middle East, Saudi Arabia, Tehran, Kevin Chilton, Russia, Israel, Iaea, Nuclear Bomb, World News
Amb. Marc Ginsberg

Biting economic sanctions -- the type that hit at the very economic and financial heart of the regime and not the Iranian people -- must be aggressively pursued and carefully constructed.

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Anthropology Association Condemns Work with U.S. Counterinsurgency

Jeff Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Africom, Cia, Counterterrorism, Centcom, Anthropology, Social Science, Spying, Military-Intelligence, Espionage, Counterinsurgency, Afghanistan War, Paccom, U.S. Army, World News
Jeff Stein

Anthropologists should not be helping U.S. military forces gather information about Afghan villagers and their way of life, a study commission sponsored by their academic organization said today.

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Are We Really Fighting Them Over There So We Don't Have to Fight Them Here?

Kathleen Reardon | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cyber Snooping, Afghanistan, Fort Hood Shootings, Cyber Attacks, Centcom, Obama Administration, Politics News
Kathleen Reardon

The tragedy at Fort Hood last week raises the question of whether we are indeed fighting in Afghanistan in order to protect ourselves from having to do so on our own soil.

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Zinni Calls on Obama to Release "National Strategy Report" and for US "Smart Power" Functions to be Organized in a New Military Command

Steve Clemons | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: National Security Strategy, Defense Depoartment, Smart Power, Anthony Zinni, National Security, Centcom, Defense Policy, US Aid, Soft Power, Envoys, State Department, Politics News
Steve Clemons

Zinni's proposals are provocative and substantive. I have asked someone at the Department of State about possibly responding. Hopefully this will happen in the near term.

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10,000 More Troops Requested By US Commanders For Afghanistan

Washington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Centcom, Afghanistan Surge, War in Afghanistan, Afghanistan, Foreign Affairs, David Petraeus, General Petraeus, Advocacy, Afghanistan War, World News

Gen. David Petraeus disclosed today that American commanders have requested the deployment of an additional 10,000 U.S. troops to Afghanistan next yea...

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McKiernan Gets Control of Disputed U.S. Raids In Afghanistan

Inter Press Service | Gareth Porter | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON, Mar 20 (IPS) - U.S. Special Operations forces in Afghanistan, whose commando raids and airstrikes against suspected Taliban targets have...

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Commanders In Iraq Challenge Petraeus On Pullout Risk

Inter Press Service | Gareth Porter | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Oates, David Petraeus, Centcom, Violence in Iraq, Barack Obama, Ray Odierno, Iraq Security, War Wire, Michael Oates, General Petraeus, General Odierno, Iraq, Iraq Troop Withdrawal, Commanders in Iraq, Commanders in Iraq Challenge Patraeus on Pullout Article, Inter Press Service, World News

WASHINGTON, Feb 17 (IPS) - CENTCOM Commander General David Petraeus and Multinational Force Iraq (MNF-I) Commander General Ray Odierno have submitte...

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Military Dominance In Mideast Proven A Costly Myth

Inter Press Service | Gareth Porter | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Afghanistan War, Centcom, Pakistan, Iran, Khyber Pass, Iraq Sectarian Violence, Odierno, David Petraeus, Bush Administration, Barack Obama, US Military Strength, Ray Odierno, Iraq War, War Wire, Gareth Porter, Afghan Supply Route, Inter Press Service, World News

WASHINGTON, Mar 5 (IPS) - The arguments for maintaining a major U.S. combat force in Iraq at least through 2011, escalating U.S. military involvemen...

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Generals Seek To Reverse Obama's Iraq Withdrawal Decision

Inter Press Service | Gareth Porter | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mike Mullen, Odierno, David Petraeus, Obama Odierno, Centcom, Ray Odierno, Barack Obama Iraq War, Barack Obama, War Wire, Iraq, Inter Press Service, Robert Gates, Obama Iraq, Generals on Obama's Iraq Decision, General Petraeus President Obama, Petraeus Obama, Obama, Obama and Iraq, Iraq Withdrawal, Obama Iraq Withdrawal, Generals Seek to Reverse Obama Withdrawal Decision, Generals Seek to Reverse Obama's Iraq Withdrawal Decision, World News

WASHINGTON, Feb 2 (IPS) - CENTCOM commander Gen. David Petraeus, supported by Defence Secretary Robert Gates, tried to convince President Barack Oba...

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Fallon Resigns As Mideast Military Chief

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: William Fallon, Central Command, Centcom, Centcom Chief Fallon, Fallon Iran War, Fallon Resigns, Iran War, Fallon Iran, Fallon Bush, Fallon Esquire, Politics News

"The top U.S. military commander for the Middle East resigned Tuesday amid speculation about a rift over U.S. policy in Iran," the AP reports. Defens...

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