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AlQaeda Woes Fuel Talk of Speeding Afghan Pullback - 6/18/2011 5:51:22 PM

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WASHINGTON — As the Obama administration nears a crucial decision on how rapidly to withdraw combat forces from Afghanistan, high-ranking officials say that Al Qaeda’s original network in the region has been crippled, providing a rationale for an accelerated reduction of troops.

The officials said the intense campaign of drone strikes and other covert operations in Pakistan — most dramatically the raid that killed Osama bin Laden — had left Al Qaeda paralyzed, with its leaders either dead or pinned down in the frontier area near Afghanistan. Of 30 prominent members of the terrorist organization in the region identified by intelligence agencies as targets, 20 have been killed in the last year and a half, they said, reducing the threat they pose.
Their confidence, these officials said, was buttressed by information found in Bin Laden’s compound in Pakistan. They said the trove revealed disarray within Al Qaeda’s leadership, with a frustrated Bin Laden indicating that he could no longer direct terrorist attacks by lieutenants who feared for their own lives.

Too soon to hope its gonna be happening soon, with rumours of peace talks coming to light, this is hopeful news. With the canadian tanks being removed from kandahar, lhopefully we will be celebrating more and more troops home before christmas.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/19/world/asia/19policy.html

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RE: AlQaeda Woes Fuel Talk of Speeding Afghan Pullback - 6/18/2011 5:59:59 PM

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I went to a talk given by a medical anthropologist about Afghanistan soon after Obama had announced his strategy of committing more troops. Now, she said that opinions on the matter will differ about the strategy, but she said something that haunted my thinking on the subject..

She said that the reason why the average Afghani did not cooperate more fully with the military in the region is because if they even talk to Westerners that when the Westerners leave there are reprisals for it, not just from the Taliban, or Al Qaeda, but from other extremists in the region...

So, on the one hand, I am happy we are leaving because we were never making the situation better, and all we could do it make it worse... on the other hand, I wonder how many people we made things worse for while we asserted ourselves there.

I fucking hate military actions and operations....

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RE: AlQaeda Woes Fuel Talk of Speeding Afghan Pullback - 6/18/2011 7:25:24 PM

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So,, mission accomplished then, remind me again, what was the fucking mission and is it over for definate ?

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RE: AlQaeda Woes Fuel Talk of Speeding Afghan Pullback - 6/18/2011 9:01:34 PM

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no one declared a winner... its a step in the right direction for all the clusterfucks since 9/11
THis isnt about parties, this is about a peace treaty, a good sign, will it mean peace for ever more
dont be daft.
Ending the war? its not even verifiable yet...... what they are doing behind the scenes is far from our ken. despite the fact that corruption and greed is still going to be a part of the process ..no one has come up with a way to end any of those three things and probably never will.
Is it a placebo for everyones shattered nerves, time will tellI guess. I doubt it, some people are never happy:)
WhIle there is a light at the end of the tunnel, it might very well be an express train

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RE: AlQaeda Woes Fuel Talk of Speeding Afghan Pullback - 6/19/2011 5:34:25 AM

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If you held Peace Talks....who would you talk with?....Is Mullah Omar "The Man",,,is there some form of representitive government for all the differnt groups?...

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