From the Front, 06-21-10 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: When Humvees Still Aren’t Big Enough
Old Blue: Answer To A Comment On “RC South”
Andrew Lubin: Patrol Base McElhinney # 1
Andrew Lubin: Patrol Base McElhinney # 2
Huma Imtiaz: Illusions in Punjab
Maj. Gen. Gordon Messenger RM.: Hope in Helmand
CAPT. JOSEPH HIMPELMANN: Changing the Rules
Battle Rattle: Back in the office and putting it in perspective
Citizen Soldier: I HOPE YOU MISSED ME
IraqPundit: For the Sake of Killing
IraqPundit: Hell or Home?
Kit Up!: Oshkosh M-ATV Saves Lives
The Kitchen Dispatch: The Chaplain Picks Up The Letters, Part II
Bill Roggio: Al Qaeda commander killed in US strike in North Waziristan
Our Army Life: Deployment 2010: Wolfpack Prepares For Deployment To Afghanistan
Red Bull Rising: A Letter to Lena
Michael Hancock: Unconscionable Story
Christian Bleuer: Formula for Success in Afghanistan
Terry Glavin: “Enlightenment, you know? All that beauty.”
Unambiguously Ambidextrous: Taliban Step Up Attacks On Civilians
The Kitchen Dispatch: War: The Lumbering Guest On My Sofa
Katherine Tiedemann: Daily brief: U.K. Afghan death toll reaches 300
The Captain’s Journal: Rules of Engagement too Prohibitive to Achieve Sustained Tactical Success
Jules Crittenden: Ding Dong Ditch
Neptunus Lex: Tipping Point
Some Soldier’s Mom: The Grind & the Grindstone
Mail Call!: A local Fallen Hero makes his final journey home
News from the Home Front:
WikiLeaks Preparing to Release Video of Alleged U.S. ‘Massacre’ in Afghanistan
25 Saudi Guantanamo Prisoners Return to Militancy
Al-Qaida Warns of New Attacks Deadlier Than Before
News from the Front:
Iraq:
Journalist who hurled shoes at President Bush says stunt had been carefully planned
Suicide bombs kill 33 in Iraq, officials say
Twin suicide car bombings in central Baghdad kill 26
Top cleric warns Iraq leaders as deal hopes dim
Former Iraqi prime minister accuses government figures of plotting to kill him
Baghdad Nights Glitter, Behind Shatterproof Glass
Protest in Basra over sporadic electricity, lack of potable water leaves 1 dead
Turkey’s PM Erdogan vows to ‘annihilate’ PKK rebels
Turkey Troops, Kurdish Rebels Clash Near Iraq Border
Twin suicide blasts outside Baghdad bank kill 27
Afghanistan:
U.S. eager to replicate Afghan villagers’ successful revolt against Taliban
US takes gentle approach in Kandahar
Firm Once Known as Blackwater Gets Afghan Contract
With US Help, Miners Dig In at Former Taliban Base
NATO Says 4 Troops Die in Afghan Helicopter Crash
2 Blasts Rock S. Afghanistan in Weekend Violence
Afghan Civilians Said to Be Killed in an Airstrike
Bomb Kills 3 Near a Bank in Southern Afghanistan
Working to Help a Haven for Afghan Women Blossom
Soldiers race against political clock in Afghanistan
U.S. Hopes Afghan Councils Will Weaken Taliban
Afghan forces’ apathy starts to wear on U.S. platoon in Kandahar
Afghanistan violence is soaring, U.N. says
Afghanistan fighting brings on ‘weariness’
Gates touts progress in Afghanistan
Gates: War in Afghanistan is a ‘Tough Pull’
Taliban suspects released after Afghan jirga deal
18 militants, two soldiers killed in Pakistan
Afghan anti-graft body lists asset of Karzai
Afghan filmmakers defy Taliban, one bad movie at a time
Roadside bomb targets NATO forces in northern Afghan province
US criticized for purchase of Russian copters for Afghan air corps
Roadside bombs injure six German soldiers in Afghanistan
US hesitant about endorsing LSE report on ISI-Afghan Taliban links
Anti-Taliban tribal militias not paying off for the US as expected
UN pulls foreign staff out of Afghanistan amid rising violence
The Thunder Run’s From the Front is a daily series that highlights news and personal dispatches from the front and the home front.
