From the Front, 06-07-10 by David Marron
In today’s From the Front: (Click on link to read stories highlighted below) This post is courtesy of The Thunder Run
Dispatches:
A Handful of Dust: Enjoying The Little Things
Old Blue: Trending Positive
Afghani Dan, Part II: What it’s like…
Katherine Tiedemann: Daily brief: suicide bombers attack Afghan police
Battle Rattle: Gym controversy heats up, then cools down
CI-Roller Dude: It’s not the dumb questions, it’s the lack of seeming to give a …..
SSG Penn: Blood Brothers
Free Range International: What Is the Problem Here?
IraqPundit: Bad Days Ahead?
Kerplunk: Loony Tunes
Kit Up!: Tiger Stripe Making Comeback in Afghanistan
Bill Roggio: Al Qaeda-linked Taliban commander killed in western Afghanistan
Knights of Afghanistan: Market Rates
airforcewife: The Godfather as a MilSpouse Movie
The Torch: Advocating what?
Unambiguously Ambidextrous: A Bizarre Reversal Of Support For Afghan Mission
The Unknown Soldiers: Like a rock
CounterInsurgency Center: CAN COIN PREVENT POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER?
War is Boring: Inside Dutch Army Special Forces, Part One
War is Boring: Battle Buggy
What? Mermaids?: the end
The Canada-Afghanistan Blog: Rae Comes Through
Battle Rattle: Greetings from Kabul, Afghanistan
Wings Over Iraq: It really is the tribes, stupid…
This Ain’t Hell: The face of treason
News from the Home Front:
Gates Calls Clapper Right Choice for Top Intel Post
News from the Front:
Iraq:
White House Physician Follows Dusty Path to Iraq
Baghdad’s Version of the DMV Staffed by the 72nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team
Car Bombs, Gunmen Kill 10 in Iraq Attacks
Gunmen in Iraq Kill Politician Aligned With Allawi Coalition
At Least Five Killed in Iraq Explosions
Car Bomb Kills Police in Baghdad
Frustrated Iraqis Wait, Hope For Government In Summer Heat
Afghanistan:
IJC Operational Update, June 7
Afghanistan not prepared to go 10 years back, says Afghan MP
Twin roadside bombs kill 6, wound 11 in Afghanistan
Gates courts put-out Azerbaijan, a key Afghan hub
Afghan forces stop rockets, 15 Taliban from attacking peace jirga
Russia urges fight against Afghan drugs
Karzai orders review of Afghan Taliban detentions
Bazaar School Opens at Kandahar Airfield
Convoy Guards in Afghanistan Face an Inquiry
Taliban can join Afghan reconciliation, says US
Karzai defends removal of Afghan security chiefs
Bulgarian Troops Shoot Down Trespasser in Afghanistan
The Thunder Run’s From the Front is a daily series that highlights news and personal dispatches from the front and the home front.
