From the Front, 06-11-10 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
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Tales From the Homefront: Digging in
Tales From the Homefront: For my readers from USAISC
A Little Pink in a World of Camo: Things I Miss
Army Live: The “Marshall Plan” for Afghanistan
The Canada-Afghanistan Blog: “A Broad, Multi-Partisan, National Interest Debate”
Katherine Tiedemann: Daily brief: 2 drones strike NW Pakistan
FaST Surgeon (in Afghanistan): 09 JUN 2010 “Fortress”
Air Force Tech. Sgt. Kevin Wallace: Feeding Camels is Tiresome, Yet Important Task
Fraser From Iraq: THE FREAKIN HEAT
Bruce R: Sunk-cost fallacy watch
From Cow Pastures To Kosovo: RESTREPO Screening at the Little Rock Film Festival with SGT Misha Pemble-Belkin & COL Bill Ostlund
Helmand Blog – Afghanistan: Prime Minister pledges extra £67m to counter IEDs
HERMANEUTICS: AFGHANISTAN: SSG Wise
IraqPundit: Iraqi Voters Were Clear
Jalalabad Fab Lab blog: yes, yes I’m alive and in Jalalabad
Jamie McIntyre: Accountability at Arlington
Kerplunk: Perma Soldier Skillz
Kit Up!: UK Royal Marines Get First Sharpshooter Rifles
Kit Up!: New Army Carbine Specs Revealed
Knight of Afghanistan: Defenestrations
Knights of Afghanistan: Ice Cream Music
Bill Roggio: US Predator strike kills 3 in North Waziristan
Bill Roggio: Suicide bomber kills 40 at wedding in Kandahar
C.J. Chivers: What Marja Tells Us of Battles Yet to Come
Christian Bleuer: US Military’s Black Mountain Facility in Tajikistan
She Who Waits: Instant Heart Attack
Air Force Wife: Today My Heart is Heavy
Texas Music: Vacay
Unambiguously Ambidextrous: These Are The Barbarians We’re Losing The War Against
The Unknown Soldiers: ‘He always looked out for everyone’
The Unknown Soldiers: Too many tears
The Unknown Soldiers: ‘He wanted to die for something’
War is Boring: America’s Kandahar Conundrum
The Captain’s Journal: Parts Problems with the M249 SAW?
News from the Home Front:
Peace Protest, London-Style
Three cheers: To Roger Staubach – To Roger Staubach, still Captain America
McHugh Strengthens Arlington National Cemetery Management, Oversight
News from the Front:
Iraq:
US to Close Base Near Camp Housing Iranian Exiles
Iraqis Arrest Suspected al-Qaida Chief
Iraq Car Bomb Kills Two Americans, Three Iraqis
900,000 Iraqis Receiving Clean Water in Dhi Qar
Afghanistan:
IJC Operational Update, June 11
Finances Improve for Developing Afghan Forces
NATO Secretary General Calls for Increased Training for Afghan Troops
Taleban hang 7-year-old boy to punish family
Young Afghan suicide bomber approached wedding guests
Afghan Bombing Targets U.S.-Allied Militia
Afghan Taliban hone hit-and-run tactics, assassination campaign
U.K. Effort Critical in Afghanistan, Petraeus Tells Britons
U.S. Offensive Stalls in Key Afghan City
As Afghan Violence Escalates, U.S. Presses Allies
Green Mountain Boys Make a Difference in Afghanistan
Cameron visits Afghanistan, rules out more troops
Why some Afghanistan opium farmers turn from poppies to saffron
Afghans stone German base over proselytising allegations
The Thunder Run’s From the Front is a daily series that highlights news and personal dispatches from the front and the home front.
