Poll: Support For Afghan War At All-Time Low
16 September 2009
'Poll: Support For Afghan War At All-Time Low', CNN, 16 September 2009
EXCERPT: "Support for the war in Afghanistan is at an all-time low, according to a new national poll. A CNN/Opinion Research Corp. survey released Tuesday morning indicates that 39 percent of Americans favor the war in Afghanistan, with 58 percent opposed to the mission. Support is down from 53 percent in April, marking the lowest level since the start of...
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Taliban Making Deadlier, High-Tech IEDs
16 September 2009
'Taliban Making Deadlier, High-Tech IEDs', Daily Times, 16 September 2009
EXCERPT: "The Taliban have been making simpler, cheaper anti-personnel bombs made of hard-to-detect nonmetal components, increasing the number of lethal attacks on NATO forces in Afghanistan, the Washington Times quoted a confidential military report as saying. The shift in the use of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) away from larger anti-armour bombs...
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Al-Qaeda Calls For Foreign Kidnappings
16 September 2009
'Al-Qaeda Calls For Foreign Kidnappings In Afghanistan', The Australian, 16 September 2009
EXCERPT: "A leading al-Qa'ida strategist once married to a Sydney mother has sanctioned an orchestrated campaign to kidnap foreign civilians, including Australians in Afghanistan, in retaliation for the capture, detention and torture of al-Qa'ida and Taliban prisoners by the US and its allies. The directive has been issued by...
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16 September 2009
'UN Mission Split Over How To Deal With Afghan Election Fraud', Bloomberg, 16 September 2009
EXCERPT: "The United Nations says its mission in Afghanistan is split over how many votes should be recounted after allegations of widespread fraud in last month's elections, with a top UN official leaving the country over the dispute. Peter Galbraith, the deputy UN special representative in Kabul, left after calling for a wholesale...
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