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Afghanistan: Civilian Deaths From Airstrikes | Human Rights Watch

Mon, 15 Dec 2008 17:26:24 -0000

Afghanistan: Civilian Deaths From Airstrikes

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Human Rights Watch report revealing steep rise in Afghan civilian deaths resulting from US and NATO airstrikes from 2006 - 2007 - Marika Theros
Afghanistan: Civilian Deaths From Airstrikes - Marika Theros

Tags: Afghanistan

by: Marika Theros

Corruption, bribes and trafficking: a cancer that is engulfing Afghanistan - Times Online

Mon, 15 Dec 2008 17:20:29 -0000

Corruption, bribes and trafficking: a cancer that is engulfing Afghanistan

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Involvement of corrupt government officials in drug trade. - Marika Theros
Corruption, bribes and trafficking: a cancer that is engulfing Afghanistan - Marika Theros

Tags: Afghanistan

by: Marika Theros

Backlash from Afghan Civilian Deaths - TIME

Mon, 15 Dec 2008 17:14:57 -0000

Backlash from Afghan Civilian Deaths

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Backlash from Afghan Civilian Deaths - Marika Theros
Afghans lose patience with international military presence - Marika Theros

Tags: Afghanistan

by: Marika Theros

Professor Marc Herold, Phd

Mon, 15 Dec 2008 17:10:29 -0000

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Online database created by Professor Marc Herold from the University of New Hampshire of Afghan civilians killed by US bombings from 2001-2004. - Marika Theros

Tags: Afghanistan

by: Marika Theros

PARAMETERS, US Army War College Quarterly - Spring 2006

Mon, 15 Dec 2008 17:05:29 -0000

The Future of Afghanistan

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Farmers receive only 20 percent of drug revenue - Marika Theros
The Future of Afghanistan - Marika Theros

Tags: Afghanistan

by: Marika Theros

U.S. GAO - Afghanistan Security: Further Congressional Action May Be Needed to Ensure Completion of a Detailed Plan to Develop and Sustain Capable Afghan National Security Forces

Mon, 15 Dec 2008 17:01:04 -0000

The United States has invested over $10 billion to develop the ANA since 2002. However, only 2 of 105 army units are assessed as being fully capable of conducting their primary mission and efforts to develop the army continue to face challenges

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US government report find that the Afghan National Security Forces still lack the skills and resources necessary to conduct military operations. - Marika Theros
The United States has invested over $10 billion to develop the ANA since 2002. However, only 2 of 105 army units are assessed as being fully capable of conducting their primary mission and efforts to develop the army continue to face challenges - Marika Theros

Tags: Afghanistan

by: Marika Theros

ReliefWeb » Document » Afghanistan: ACBAR Press Release Sunday Apr 29th 2007

Mon, 15 Dec 2008 16:55:17 -0000

Widespread disillusionment with the state of development in Afghanistan requires urgent efforts to improve the effectiveness of aid

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ACBAR Report examining Aid effectiveness (link to actual report within the body of the text) - Marika Theros
Widespread disillusionment with the state of development in Afghanistan requires urgent efforts to improve the effectiveness of aid - Marika Theros

Tags: Afghanistan

by: Marika Theros

UN survey: Afghan opium production remains ‘shockingly high’

Mon, 15 Dec 2008 16:43:36 -0000

UN survey: Afghan opium production remains ‘shockingly high’

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Discusses the increase in opium production in the southern parts of the country (there is a link to the actual UN Opium Survey) - Marika Theros
UN survey: Afghan opium production remains ‘shockingly high’ - Marika Theros

Tags: Afghanistan

by: Marika Theros

p4m

Mon, 15 Dec 2008 16:38:50 -0000

Poppy for Medicine / P4M: Poppy for Medicine

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Discusses the legalisation of opium for medicines as a way to confront the drug trade and to provide jobs for Afghans - Marika Theros
Poppy for Medicine / P4M: Poppy for Medicine - Marika Theros

Tags: Afghanistan

by: Marika Theros

Foreign Affairs - Saving Afghanistan - Barnett R. Rubin

Mon, 15 Dec 2008 16:34:16 -0000

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Not a single high ranking official prosecuted for drug-related corruption - Marika Theros

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Saving Afghanistan

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by: Marika Theros

Did the Surge Work? (Economist's View)

Fri, 26 Sep 2008 07:55:25 -0000

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Did the Surge Work?

New evidence suggests that "ethnic cleansing by rival Shiites may have been largely responsible for the decrease in violence for which the U.S. military has claimed credit":

Tags: new-thinking

by: tony curzon price

Rethinking the National Interest (Condoleezza Rice, Foreign Affairs)

Fri, 26 Sep 2008 07:57:15 -0000

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Rethinking the National Interest

American Realism for a New World

Condoleezza Rice

From Foreign Affairs, July/August 2008

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by: tony curzon price

Nuclear Nose Cones Mistakenly Shipped to Taiwan (Slashdot)

Fri, 26 Sep 2008 07:57:34 -0000

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"The Pentagon announced that the United States had mistakenly shipped to Taiwan four electrical fuses designed for use on intercontinental ballistic missiles, but has since recovered them. The mistaken shipment to Taiwan did not include nuclear materials, although the fuses are linked to the triggering mechanism in the nose cone of a Minuteman nuclear missile. Taiwanese authorities notified U.S. officials of the mistake, but it was not clear when the notification was made. An examination of the site in Taiwan where the components had been stored after delivery indicated that they had not been tampered with. The fuses had been in four shipping containers sent in March 2005 from F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyo., to a Defense Logisitics Agency warehouse at Hill Air Force Base, Utah. It was then in the logistics agency's control and was shipped to Taiwan "on or around" August 2006, according to a memo from Defense Secretary Robert Gates ordering Navy Adm. Kirkland H. Donald to investigate the incident."

Tags: new-thinking

by: tony curzon price