From the Front, 06-14-10 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: Burqa Babes: Soraya Tarzi
Bouhammer: Micheal Yon has lost his marbles and is an oxygen thief
Afghani Dan, Part II: Scenes of the city
Huma Imtiaz: The Cloud in the Sky
Brian Fishman: Muddying the ‘Taliban’
CI-Roller Dude: Sight Picture, Breathing control…
FaST Surgeon (in Afghanistan): 13 JUN 2010 “FOB Karaoke”
Family Matters Blog: Avoid Financial Pitfalls During Deployment
Free Range International: Dahla Dam
Home From Iraq: Getting Ready for a Guard Weekend
IraqPundit: Explosions in Baghdad
IraqPundit: New Group, Same Problems
Jalalabad Fab Lab blog: in the heat of the night
Kit Up!: Magpul Quad Stack — Saving the IAR
Knight of Afghanistan: Ummm…….WTF?
Knight of Afghanistan: The Lone Guerilla Paradox
Learning to Live: milestones and photos
Learning to Live: going private
Bill Roggio: Russians capture, kill 2 top Caucasus Emirate commanders
ManryMission: I’m Going To See A Guy About A Suit
Notes From Tommie: Sleep Eternal
C.J.Chivers: As Afghan Fighting Expands, U.S. Medics Plunge In
PRT-Kunar: PSYOP Soldiers: winning the war one friendship at a time
Rajiv Srinivasan: Lost Boys: Father’s Day Post
Red Bull Rising: Getting on the Bus
Guard Wife: Baffled…But Maybe It’s Just the Heat?
She of the Seal: The Things We Do For Our Kids
SemperFi Wife: While Snapshots of Arlington Run Through My Mind
Terry Glavin: Amayun The Talib-Killer; Eshak The Lawyer
Two Brothers, Two Countries, One Army: Bombs, Mice and Stupitity OH My!
War is Boring: Inside Dutch Special Forces, Part Two
Wings Over Iraq: Family Readiness Groups
Noah Shachtman: New U.S. Intel Push Risks Taliban ‘Propaganda Bonanza’
Uncle Jimbo: Michael Yon- Proudly violating OPSEC
Greyhawk: An open letter to Mike Yon
The Armorer: Just when you thought the milblog intramurals were over
News from the Home Front:
More Than 200 Graves Misidentified at Arlington
Rangers at Lewis-McChord have new boss
Friends say man who shot Hillsboro cop fought mental issues after serving in Iraq
News from the Front:
Iraq:
In Life as in Soccer – I Hope the Grays Win
Proud, Painful Art on Baghdad’s Blast Walls
Over Here, Underemployed, Overqualified
Clergy voice frustrations over country’s political drift
At least 24 killed as gunmen storm Iraq’s Central Bank
Bank Raid and Battle Paralyze Baghdad
Armed men carry out coordinated bombings outside Iraq’s Central Bank
At Least 12 Killed in Iraq Central Bank Attack
Vital River Is Withering, and Iraq Has No Answer
New Iraqi Parliament Holds Brief Symbolic Session
Afghanistan:
Regional Command Southwest Stands Up
Afghan, International Force Clears Haqqani Stronghold
U.S. 101st Airborne Begins Command in Eastern Afghanistan
IJC Operational Update, June 14
Afghan Women Take Part in Journalism Workshop in Herat
18 Afghan Police Killed In Insurgent Attacks
United Nations Could Hasten Removal of Taliban Leaders From Terror Blacklist
U.S. Intelligence Puts New Focus on Afghan Graft
Ahmed Wali Karzai, an ally and obstacle to the U.S. military in Afghanistan
Ramping Up Security Is a ‘Go’ for Kandahar
Afghan President Appeals for Support in Southern Afghanistan
In Visit to Kandahar, Karzai Outlines Anti-Taliban Plan
U.S. adopts reintegration strategy to subdue Afghan insurgency
U.S. Identifies Vast Riches of Minerals in Afghanistan
Pakistani agents ‘fund and train Taleban’
Service medal for ‘lucky’ soldier partially blinded in Afghanistan –
British top brass sacked in Afghan strategy rethink
Karzai backs NATO plan to control Kandahar
‘Completely out of the blue’: Canadian commander back in charge in Afghanistan
Dark truth behind Afghan conflict
The Thunder Run’s From the Front is a daily series that highlights news and personal dispatches from the front and the home front.
