Bodies of 5 Afghan police found in east

washtimes 07-NOV-10

Nato has facilitated Taliban movement: Petraeus

dawn 16-OCT-10

In Afghanistan, a dialogue paving the way to peace

cnn 06-OCT-10

Will Our Generals Ever Shut Up?

middle 08-SEP-10

Stolen treasure

bbc 26-AUG-10

Afghanistan civilian casualties reported this year rise by 31%

dailymail 11-AUG-10

Pakistan summons British envoy

aljazeera 02-AUG-10

Afghan passenger plane 'crashes'

bbc 17-MAY-10

The Road Through Lahore Leads To War

NPRnews 15-MAY-10

Karzai visits Arlington graves of Afghanistan war dead

cnn 13-MAY-10

Obama backs Taliban talks effort

bbc 12-MAY-10

U.N. pulls foreign workers out of Afghan city of Kandahar

latimes 26-APR-10

Britons feared dead in Afghan Kandahar blast

channel4news 15-APR-10

US President Obama to Set out Afghan Troop Strategy

geotimes 01-DEC-09

Five U.S. troops killed in southern Afghanistan

latimes 25-SEP-09

This 9/11, Obama has bullhorn on terrorism

msnbc 11-SEP-09

Bomber kills Afghan intelligence chief.

euronews 02-SEP-09

Editorial Comment: McChrystal’s call

ft 01-SEP-09

Voting begins in tense Afghan elections

euronews 20-AUG-09

US general warns that Taliban is expanding aggressively in Afghanistan

telegraph 10-AUG-09

UK soldier killed in Afghanistan

bbc 09-AUG-09

Roadside bomb kills at least 12 in Afghanistan

dailymail 03-AUG-09

9 NATO troops killed in weekend Afghan fighting

cnn 02-AUG-09

Gunman kills 2 U.S. soldiers near Mosul

latimes 02-MAY-09

Iraq Calls for Prosecution of U.S. Soldiers in Raid

WashingtonPost_B 27-APR-09

Israel-Hezbollah 2006 Lebanon war stokes Pentagon debate

yalibnan 06-APR-09

Obama to send 4,000 more troops to Aghanistan, officials say

cnn 27-MAR-09

US-Afghan units 'kill 33 Taleban'

bbc 20-MAR-09

Gates says Obama more analytical than Bush (AP)

news 01-MAR-09

Democrats voice concern on Obama's Iraq plan

cnn 27-FEB-09

Five children shot in Afghanistan

bbc 13-FEB-09

Eradicating the 'Little Satan'

palestinepost 09-JAN-09

Bush says US will stand by Afghanistan

ft 15-DEC-08

UK, Canadian troops slain in Afghanistan

cnn 14-DEC-08

Report: Taliban's influence again spreading fast

washtimes 09-DEC-08

Civilian cargo plane crashes in Iraq, 7 killed (Reuters)

news 13-NOV-08

Baghdad shaken by series of bombs

bbc 12-NOV-08

Talabani: Iran, Syria pose 'no problem' for Iraq (AFP)

news 10-SEP-08

Pakistan lawmakers to choose Musharraf replacement

washtimes 05-SEP-08

Pakistan angry over territorial intrusion

ft 04-SEP-08

Iraq seeks breakup of Sunni fighters

latimes 23-AUG-08

Iraq beats deadline as Olympic ban lifted

cnn 30-JUL-08

Petraeus: 'Remember How Bad It Was'

ABCnews 29-JUL-08

Gunmen in a Sunni town near Baghdad kill seven Shiite pilgrims

IHT 27-JUL-08

Troops accused of Iraq boy abuse

channel4news 13-JUL-08

UAE waives billions of Iraqi debt

bbc 06-JUL-08

Iraqi prime minister says security deal talks with U.S. at dead end

latimes 13-JUN-08

More Iraq US troop cuts expected

bbc 22-MAY-08

Central Command for Petraeus

bbc 24-APR-08

US air strike kills two, wounds civilians in Baghdad

metimes 13-APR-08

US military death toll in Iraq tops 4000

euronews 24-MAR-08

Iraqi cleric extends ceasefire

ft 23-FEB-08

Admiral: Al Qaeda in Iraq killing ex-allies

cnn 18-FEB-08

Al Qaeda 'training video' released showing pre-teens learning killing techniques

dailymail 06-FEB-08

Couple, son killed during U.S. raid in Iraq

cnn 05-FEB-08

Bombs strapped to Down's syndrome women kill scores in Baghdad markets

guardian 02-FEB-08

Iraq to host Iran leader for first time since nations warred

cnn 24-JAN-08

British serviceman dies in Iraq

bbc 13-DEC-07

US-Iraqi assault 'targets al-Qaeda'

aljazeera 16-NOV-07

Sadr 'freezes' militia activities

bbc 29-AUG-07

Progress against Shia mafia is mired in distrust

irishtimes 20-AUG-07

Iraq parties agree on talks agenda

aljazeera 19-AUG-07

US raid kills 30 Iraq 'militants'

bbc 08-AUG-07

Baghdad bombers target soccer celebrations, killing 50

cnn 25-JUL-07

U.S. Deaths Near Grim Memorial Day Mark

ABCnews 27-MAY-07

For Bush, victory is still the only option in Iraq

cnn 12-DEC-06

Iraqi leader calls ISG report an 'insult'

independent 11-DEC-06

Iraq is top issue but majority doubts Democrats have a plan for the war

IHT 14-NOV-06

New Israeli-Hezbollah Fighting Breaks Out

guardian 20-JUL-06

General: Not Much Confidence in Iran Talks

guardian 19-MAR-06

Anti-war march plan unveiled

bbc 18-MAR-06

[-said]: But it helps solve the immediate issue of responding to pressure from allies,

newschannel5 30-APR-11

[-said]: There was a lot of resistance around coalition headquarters in Iraq to the idea of negotiating with the enemy,

news24 29-APR-11

[ said]: The Anbar Awakening was absolutely critical for the violence reduction and in its early stages it was very controversial,

news24 29-APR-11

[ says]: by bringing people together who weren’t likely to agree with each other, and didn’t have much of a relationship with him,

news 28-APR-11

[ says]: It runs the risk of changing the politics of the war,

news 28-APR-11

[-says]: With Petraeus at CIA, it requires him in a sense to grade his own work,

npr 28-APR-11

[ says]: One of the primary responsibilities of the CIA director is passing judgment on how well or badly things are going in Afghanistan and Iraq,

npr 28-APR-11

[-said]: You probably don't want to create an impression that you fired him,

AP 28-APR-11

[-said]: Three of the most forceful advocates for a large effort in Afghanistan are all going to be leaving: Mullen, Gates and Petraeus,

news 28-APR-11

[-said]: less satisfactory,

npr 29-MAR-11

[-said]: People may or may not find that persuasive, but he laid out a case for it,

npr 29-MAR-11

[-said]: That pressure made staying out difficult for perfectly good, reasonable alliance issues,

npr 29-MAR-11

[-said]: Waging the war cheaply doesn't mean waging the war victoriously,

npr 29-MAR-11

[-said]: You invest moderately, you get stalemate,

npr 29-MAR-11

[-said]: What you're trying to do is make the size of the troop presence proportional to the residual fear that the groups feel towards each other,

EgyptianGazette 12-MAR-11

[ said]: The more pressing requirement is less teaching them how to use weapons and more providing reassurance to threatened internal communities that they won't be exploited by their erstwhile internal rivals,

EgyptianGazette 12-MAR-11

[ said]: What you're dealing with is a balance, the assistance you provide gives you some - but incomplete - influence over what they do,

defensenews 03-FEB-11

[ says]: Egypt, more so than anyone else in the region, is dependent on U.S. support,

time 02-FEB-11

[-says]: If these guys are staff and not combat, there are only certain discreet functions that they can physically perform,

NPRnews 04-JAN-11

[-says]: Having soldiers with weapons, and some ability to kill people, visibly part of a column, is different than what amounts to an office worker in a uniform.

NPRnews 04-JAN-11

[-says]: That, I think, is a road to a settlement.

reliefWeb 18-DEC-10

[ says]: Once the Taliban decides that the 2011 date doesn't mean that the Americans will pack their suitcases and go home, it isn't going to lead them to run up the white flag and surrender,[*]but it very well may lead them to say,

reliefWeb 18-DEC-10

[ said]: There will be progress but a lot of ambiguity about interpreting it because of the late start to a lot of these offensives and the seasonality of warfare in Afghanistan,

reliefWeb 08-NOV-10

[ said]: Normally, stabilising a situation like this requires peacekeepers,

dailymail 03-NOV-10

[-said]: I think the primary reason he's doing it is that he recognizes that insurgencies almost always end in negotiated settlements,

CBSnews 16-OCT-10

[-said]: I see no evidence that makes the case that this is a turning point,

AP 14-OCT-10

[ said]: It is hard to tell if your negotiator could deliver,

wsj 14-OCT-10

[-said]: Without clear limits on acceptable outcomes, the U.S. and NATO military campaign will be rudderless, as will any negotiation strategy for a settlement with the Taliban,

TurkishDailyNews 07-OCT-10

[-said]: Al-Qaeda found it a recruiting tool. Al-Qaeda also took some lumps in public opinion by the way it (brutally) waged the war in Iraq. So I'm not sure how that nets out,

news 27-AUG-10

[ said]: In Iraq, the SOI (Sons of Iraq) were mostly insurgents. When these insurgents became SOI, it dramatically reduced the threats,

middle 23-AUG-10

[-said]: This kind of corruption and this kind of abuse of power creates serious disaffection on the part of average Afghans with the government that's in league with all of this, and that in turn creates an opening for the insurgency,

CBSnews 20-AUG-10

[ said]: Of all parts of the country, corruption is probably most severe in Kandahar City in Kandahar Province in part because the figure at the top of that network is the president's younger brother,

CBSnews 20-AUG-10

[-said]: If the (current) SOFA is followed, there will be fewer uniformed Americans in Iraq on January 1, 2012, than there are in Great Britain,

thestar 19-AUG-10

[ said]: There are so many debts to be paid on both sides and so much accumulated fear that the other side is going to cash in on those debts. It is very, very easy for these things to spiral upward,

thestar 19-AUG-10

[-said]: make the case the war is winnable and we're in the process of winning it,

AP 16-AUG-10

[-told]: So what we've got is an intermediate outcome where Pakistan isn't as supportive of them as they once were but neither do they completely wipe them out,

HindustanTimes 11-AUG-10

[ said]: When violence is going up you don't know what it's telling you,

usaToday 11-AUG-10

[ said]: Counter-insurgency always has this ‘darkest before the dawn’ quality,

dailytimesPK 03-AUG-10

[ says]: They’re neither in bed with the [Afghan] Taliban nor opposed to them,

msnbc 02-AUG-10

[ said]: I wonder whether the demonstration effect would be the opposite of what we hoped it would be,

iafrica 02-AUG-10

[-said]: It took a superpower within a millimetre of its capacity to get it under control,

iafrica 02-AUG-10

[-said]: It took a superpower within a millimeter of its capacity to get it under control,

middle 01-AUG-10

[ said]: What we ask of these generals is a very unusual skill set,

HindustanTimes 27-JUN-10

[ says]: It jeopardizes the mission,

nrc 23-JUN-10

[-said]: not all that surprising,

WashingtonPost 15-JUN-10

[ said]: I sense the same division of opinion,

WashingtonPost 15-JUN-10

[ said]: some folks are very worried that the picture in December is going to look like it's not worth the price,

WashingtonPost 15-JUN-10

[ said]: When the scale of your commitment diminishes in relative terms, influence diminishes and you lose political positions,

wsj 08-JUN-10

[ said]: I don't think they're going to leave the city or lie low,

HindustanTimes 08-JUN-10

[ said]: Almost by definition, counterinsurgency implies a problematic host government. If the local leadership were effective already, there would be no insurgency to fight,

thestar 13-MAY-10

[ said]: The whole mission here is fence-mending. Both sides have a script, and they're following their script,

usaToday 13-MAY-10

[-told]: If we fail to secure this population, it's hard to see how the campaign could succeed,

CBSnews 13-MAY-10