Iraqi Ambassador: Al-Qaida Leaving Iraq For Afghanistan
24 July 2008
'', The Associated Press, 24 July 2008
EXCERPT: "Al-Qaida's foreign fighters who have for years bedeviled Iraq are increasingly going to Afghanistan to fight instead, the Iraqi ambassador to the United States said Wednesday [24 July 2008]. 'We have heard reports recently that many of the foreign fighters that were in Iraq have left, either back to their homeland or going to fight in Afghanistan....
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Taliban Propaganda: Winning The War Of Words?
24 July 2008
'Taliban Propaganda: Winning The War Of Words?', International Crisis Group, 24 July 2008
EXCERPT: "The Taliban has created a sophisticated communications apparatus that projects an increasingly confident movement. Using the full range of media, it is successfully tapping into strains of Afghan nationalism and exploiting policy failures by the Kabul government and its international backers. The result is weakening public support for nation-building,...
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Is Afghanistan A Narco-State?
24 July 2008
'', The New York Times, 24 July 2008
EXCERPT: "On March 1, 2006, I met Hamid Karzai for the first time. It was a clear, crisp day in Kabul. The Afghan president joined President and Mrs. Bush, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Ambassador Ronald Neumann to dedicate the new United States Embassy. He thanked the American people for all they had done for Afghanistan. I was a senior counternarcotics official...
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