From the Front, 07-01-10 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:
Jeffrey Dressler: (PDF) The Irreconcilables: The Haqqani Network
Kat: General Commentary on Things General
Melanie Phillips: Sanity fights back
Guard Wife: Could Use A Reset Button
Greyhawk: Back to the Long War
From My Position: Where are they now?
The Captain’s Journal: Counterinsurgency and the Enervation of the Warrior Spirit
Blonde Sagacity: Bowe Bergdahl: One Year in Captivity
Uncle Jimbo: Petraeus still countering insurgency
AfghaniDan, Part II: Happenings…
Army of Dude: Spoils
Katherine Tiedemann: Daily brief: Taliban district commander captured
RONALD E. NEUMANN: Fix the Police
FaST Surgeon (in Afghanistan): Picture Of The Day – 01 JUN 2010 “Army Blood Bank”
Home From Iraq: Got a 297 on the PT Test Today!!!
Bruce R: Today’s essential Afghan reading: the SIGAR report
IraqPundit: Chalabi Reacts
Jamie McIntyre: Lara Logan’s Friendly Misfire
JD Johannes: The Commander and the Zombie Killers
Kit Up!: Low Profile Ear Pro
The Kitchen Dispatch: The Waters Of War, and Things That Make Us Whole Again
One Marine’s View: Independence
Red Bull Rising: Zombie Ice Cream Tastes Like Brainz!
The Unknown Soldiers: ‘I love doing what I do’
Wings Over Iraq: Gen. Petraeus’ “Dream Team” assembling in Afghanistan?
War, the military, COIN and stuff: Gen. H.R. McMaster Tapped to go to Kabul
News from the Home Front:
Judges quash UK troops human rights ruling
VA hospital may have infected 1,800 veterans with HIV
House panel denies aid to Afghanistan
Army Works to Right Wrongs at Arlington, Secretary Says
National Guard (In Federal Status) and Reserve Activated as of June 29, 2010
Marine accused in Iraqi war crimes is back on duty
Pentagon recommends Medal of Honor for a living soldier
News from the Front:
Iraq:
2 Police Officers Killed in Iraq Shootout
Iraqis buying tons of U.S. military surplus items
Killers Stalk Politicians as Iraq Seeks Government
Afghanistan:
NATO retools in a key mission: Building an Afghan police force
NATO’s deadliest month in Afghan war
After Afghan Shift, Top U.S. Civilians Face Tricky Future
Petraeus steps in as Afghan war casualty rate steps up
New Zealand won’t join Australian Afghan operation
Defense chief warns British troops may be last to leave Afghanistan
Hollywood star visits Afghanistan to shine light on UN de-mining campaign
No electioneering due to insecurity
Children of five used by Taliban to lay bombs
‘Winning’ Taliban ‘contemptuously’ rule out negotiations with NATO
Nato: Afghan Taliban chief arrested
U.S. Enlists New Afghan Village Forces
Military restricts use of vehicles vulnerable to IEDs
Afghan Militants Fail in Attack on NATO Air Base
UN: Afghan Election Preparations Proceeding
Along Came the Spiders…
IJC Operational Update, July 1
Pakistan:
Drones, Not So Much. F-16s? Yes, Please.
Some Afghan military officers to get training in Pakistan
U.S. wary of Beijing’s nuclear sale to Pakistan
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