From the Front, 06-08-10 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 Little Pink in a World of Camo: Preparations
Kandahar Diary: Flight Home & Scary Questions
Michael Yon: Gobar Gas – A Gurkha Idea
AfghaniDan, Part II: The press, the shakeup & a TV moment
Army Blogger Wife: Still here….
Army Live: Gold Stars, Golden hearts
The Canada-Afghanistan Blog: Canadian Press Reporter Bloviates Wildly
Unambiguously Ambidextrous: A Blow To Followers Of Canada’s Military
Ssg B: Wikileaks Leaker: Army Specialist Arrested
FaST Surgeon (in Afghanistan): 07 JUN 2010 “Combat Mailman”
Bruce R: Inside the wire
Free Range International: The Heat Is On
Helmand Blog – Afghanistan: British forces push back Taliban in southern Nad ‘Ali
IraqPundit: Some Matter More than Others
Kerplunk: Re: the Wikileaks Kid
Knights of Afghanistan: Tough Questions
New Girl on Post: What’s Going On…
Red Bull Rising: A Change in Command: Dust-up or Sandstorm?
Small Wars Journal: A Chance in Hell
The Two Malcontents: The Rumor Doctor: Can troops in Afghanistan chamber a round on patrol?
The Unknown Soldiers: Darkness falls
Bouhammer: Innocent until Proven Guilty
The Captain’s Journal: Warlord Builds Afghan Empire with U.S. Dollars
Grim: An Answer to a Question
Jules Crittenden: Freedom’s Dues –
From My Position – On The Way!: Ripples in the pond
Soldiers Angels Germany: (VIDEO) Duty, Honor, Country
DAN BERSCHINSKI: The End, But Not Really
News from the Home Front:
I Corps commander bids farewell Tuesday
Army: 5 soldiers implicated in 3 Afghan killings
News from the Front:
Iraq:
Iraqi Students in Baghdad
Tennessee Guardsmen Patrol the Perimeter
Iraqi Forces Target al-Qaida in Mosul, Baghdad
Bombs Explode Outside Homes of Iraqi Police Officers, Killing 4
Afghanistan:
IJC Operational Update, June 8
Marines Near End of Deployment Continue to Patrol Amidst Taliban Attacks
2 Australian Soldiers Die in Afghanistan Explosion
Bomb Kills 2 US Troops; NATO Losses at 23 for June
10 NATO troops killed in Afghanistan
Afghan Troops Fear Life After Foreign Pullout
14 militants killed in Afghanistan
Afghan ex-intel chief opposed Karzai peace plan
Taliban ‘court’ publicly executes tribesman in Pakistan
Oz firm on NATO commitment in Afghanistan
Security Council selects official to assist with Al-Qaida and Taliban sanctions
Afghan Suicide Bombers, Snipers Kill 10
The Thunder Run’s From the Front is a daily series that highlights news and personal dispatches from the front and the home front.
