Eight die of anthrax in Scotland
A drug user in Scotland is the eighth victim of apparent anthrax-contaminated heroin …
Heroin often comes from parts of the world where anthrax is more prevalent, and bone meal, an animal product, is sometimes used as a cutting agent, the Scotsman said.
Can anyone think of a way to dust Other […]

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14 terror suspects mistakenly kill themselves - CNN.com
Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) — Fourteen suspected terrorists died Tuesday night when the bus they rigged with explosives blew up prematurely, police said.
The explosion occurred as the suspects were riding the bus in the province of Kunduz, said police chief Abdul Raziq Yaqobi.
Yaqobi said the suspects wanted to attack […]

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Commentary » Blog Archive » The Unmasking of Barack Obama
Mr. Ainsworth took the unprecedented step of publicly criticizing the U.S. President and his delays in sending more troops to bolster the mission against the Taliban. A “period of hiatus” in Washington — and a lack of clear direction — had made it harder for ministers […]

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Official: Obama wants his war options changed - Boston.com
WASHINGTON—President Barack Obama does not plan to accept any of the Afghanistan war options presented by his national security team, pushing instead for revisions to clarify how and when U.S. troops would turn over responsibility to the Afghan government, a senior administration official said Wednesday.
Yes, of course. […]

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Afghan President Karzai Gets Another Term - WSJ.com
Afghanistan’s messy election ended yesterday with President Hamid Karzai securing another five-year term after his challenger withdrew and a run-off was called off.
I wonder how much the American taxpayer had to pony up in cold, hard cash to pull that one off?

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Yesterday’s GDP news breathed fresh life into the market for about fifteen minutes. Today, however, the methamphetamine rush has dissipated, and the landscape reappears in all its bleakness.
Traders love this kind of volatility. Investors, on the other hand, can only regard it with a kind of dismal foreboding, as it promises little in […]

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Let Them Fight or Bring Them Home: The Letter that Started Everything
President Obama has seen fit to replace the sitting ISAF commander with a General McChrystal (see Bio at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_A._McChrystal). Suffice it to say that Gen McChrystal’s understanding of the Warrior ethos is somewhat askew from the mainstream. Also let us cut to the chase […]

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The Non-Tragedy of the Commons - TierneyLab Blog - NYTimes.com
From the comments:
think Dr. Ostrom’s work has something to teach us about Afghanistan.
Afghan is naturally polycentric and Americans are failing to understand just how polycentric it is. We’re trying to impose a model of government by central authority but history has already proven that this isn’t […]

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Islam In Action: Official: Taliban Better Financed Than al-Qaida
“We assess that al-Qaida is in its weakest financial condition in several years, and that, as a result, its influence is waning,” Cohen said at the conference, sponsored by the American Bankers Association and the American Bar Association.
But Cohen cautioned that situation could reverse quickly because a […]

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Gateway Pundit: Feinstein Blasts Obama For Poo-Pooing Gen. McChrystal’s Troop Recommendations (Video)
Senator Dianne Feinstein (Dem.- Calif.) blasted the Nobel Peace Winner today for ignoring his top general’s troop recommendations as soldiers continue to die in Afghanistan.
I think Obama’s attempts to encroach on Congress’ control of its own agendas is generating some blowback, which is being […]

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Over at the always-interesting Maggie’s Farm, Bruce Kesler posted a friend’s view on what seems an all-too-likely - and altogether darker - true rationale for the Nobel Committee’s undeserved award, calling it the “Taliban Peace Prize For Obama”.
Based on the description in the post, said friend seems rather well qualified to expound on the subject. […]

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Vodkapundit » Live on Tape from Kabul
I don’t want to sound too blasé, but I was more excited when I manage to use six hyphens in the single sentence linking to the story.
Later on, they’ll hold a town hall meeting.
By cellphone.

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Why not?

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Michelle Malkin » Fort Carson’s heroes
Stephan Mace of the Army’s 61st Cavalry Regiment knew the Taliban would be waiting for him when he returned to eastern Afghanistan in September.
During a two-week leave in early September, the 21-year-old specialist sat on his father’s couch in Winchester, Virginia, and discussed his concerns over Forward Operating Base Keating […]

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The Weekly Standard
Rep. Eric Cantor (R-Va.) just wrapped up a conference call with reporters following a meeting he attended with other members of Congress, the president and his advisers at the White House this afternoon. Cantor said that during the meeting President Obama made “very clear” his goal is to “dismantle al Qaeda and its […]

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Vodkapundit » Muddling Through
Steve explains what he means by the term. I still don’t really think that he defines the meaning of “victory,” so much as he explains a strategy for remaining in Afghanistan and gathering intel and killing bad guys.
He describes Afghanistan as being “not so much a country as it […]

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Vodkapundit » The Really Very Totally 100% Necessary War
Steve cites Jules Crittenden:
The big question now is whether this is going to be about Obama’s ego, or about winning in Afghanistan.
And I ask once again: Would somebody please explain specifically what they mean by “victory in Afghanistan?” Without that, we have no way of […]

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Michelle Malkin » Dear Leader furious at General McChrystal for showing…leadership
One word comes to mind when reading the account of how President Obama is “furious” with US General Stanley McChrystal over his speech on Afghanistan.
The word is “feckless.”
“Stupid” is the first thing that pops into my mind.
Americans still think that the generals understand better how […]

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Afghanistan in the Opinion Pages
My own preference for Afghanistan would be something along the lines of the one put forward by Afghanistan authority Rory Stewart in the London Review of Books:
The best Afghan policy would be to reduce the number of foreign troops from the current level of 90,000 to far fewer – perhaps 20,000. […]

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From Michael Yon on Twitter:
Americans hit hard in Afghanistan. Casualties “considerable.” I first got this more than 12 hours ago but is still hush.
The word to me is that a base was hit hard. Little other news other than casualties “considerable.”
Nothing on the wires about a large attack.
If this pans out, the repercussions […]

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Mud Men: Polanski & Le Miserable Patrick Goldstein of the Los Angeles Times @ AMERICAN DIGEST
To my mind, stealing a loaf of bread to feed a starving sister and your family doesn’t quite track with drugging and anally raping a minor. Perhaps it does to Goldstein who may well cherish an incident of being anally […]

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CNSNews.com - 43 U.S. Troops Have Died in Afghanistan Since Gen. McChrystal Called for Reinforcements
This would have been headline news in every MSM venue under President Bush. Under Dear Leader Barack “Tingle-Thighed” Obama, not so much.

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Rules of Enragement » Cold Fury
You people aren’t going to “Vietnam” me again. Either get them the hell out of there or let them win. Either one. But do it Today.
Well, they’re sure as hell not going to let them win, because that might irritate Obama’s new Islamofascist buddies in Iran and Saudi Arabia, […]

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Kandahar Falls in a Week - Rich Lowry - The Corner on National Review Online
“You can’t just do CT,” argues one of Britain’s top Afghanistan experts. “If you pull your forces out, the place would collapse. Kandahar would be in Taliban hands in a week, and Lashkar Gah [the capital of Helmand province] would follow […]

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A Comprehensive Strategy for Afghanistan: Afghanistan Force Requirements | Institute for the Study of War
To inform the national discussion, therefore, we have produced a report that argues for an addition of 40,000-45,000 US troops in 2010 to the 68,000 American forces that will be there by the end of this year.
How nice. […]

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