Jul 1, 2010
By Rajiv Chandrasekaran Washington Post Staff Writer Monday, May 31, 2010; A01 NAWA, AFGHANISTAN — In this patch of southern Afghanistan, the U.S. strategy to keep the Taliban at bay involves an economic stimulus. Thousands of men, wielding hoes and standing in...
Jun 30, 2010
NYT, by CARLOTTA GALL, Published: June 19, 2010 NADALI, Afghanistan — More than 600 men, most of them farmers with weathered faces and rough hands, sat on the ground under an awning, waiting all day to deposit their ballots in plastic boxes. They had braved Taliban...
May 21, 2010
Tomgram: Christopher Hellman, May 20, 2010 When it comes to the Pentagon and the U.S. military, wherever you look, there’s money being handed out. Wildly and in staggering amounts. Early this month, for instance, the U.S. Army announced that it had awarded KBR, the...
May 20, 2010
Bill for Afghan War Could Run Into the Trillions … and doesn’t include effective social and economic development Monday 17 May 2010 by: Eli Clifton Inter Press Service Washington – The U.S. Senate is moving forward with a 59-billion-dollar spending...
May 20, 2010
Continued expansion into Africa of military only approaches to instability and ‘terrorism’ Military Manoeuvres in the Sahel By Brahima Ouédraogo A U.S. Marine debriefs a Malian counter-terrorism unit after mission rehearsals as part of Operation Flintlock...
