EMM News Explorer: Stanley McChrystal

[-said]: We’re trying to signal to the Afghan people that we are expanding security where they live. We are trying also to signal to the insurgents that it’s about to change,

globalsecurity 05-FEB-10

[-said]: We are trying to signal to the Afghan people we are expanding security where they live,

latimes 05-FEB-10

[-said]: President Karzai, with no body armour or anything, walked through the bazaar, talked to people, had tea,

HindustanTimes 05-FEB-10

[-told]: I am not prepared to say that we have turned the corner. I am saying that the situation is serious. But I think we have made significant progress in setting conditions in 2009, and we'll make real progress in 2010,

earthtimes 05-FEB-10

[-said]: We're not interested in how many Taliban we kill. We'd much rather have them see the inevitability that things are changing and just accept that,

globalsecurity 05-FEB-10

[ said]: This is all in the minds of the participants. And I mean, the Afghan people are the most important, but the insurgents are another one. You're just convincing people,

globalsecurity 05-FEB-10

[-said]: I feel differently now,

latimes 05-FEB-10

[ said]: I am not prepared to say that we have turned the corner. I am saying that the situation is serious. But I think we have made significant progress in setting conditions in 2009, and we’ll make real progress in 2010,

globalsecurity 05-FEB-10

[ said]: What we're doing in the Helmand River valley writ large, we really started last summer increasing security in a number of areas,

telegraph 05-FEB-10

[-said]: President Karzai, with no body armor or anything, walked through the bazaar, talked to people, had tea,

WashingtonPost 05-FEB-10

[ said]: I still will tell you that I believe the situation in Afghanistan is serious,

telegraph 05-FEB-10

[said:]: the overall effort is deteriorating

WashingtonPost 04-FEB-10

[-told]: I believe the situation in Afghanistan is serious. I do not say now that I think it's deteriorating. I think and I said that last summer, and I believed that that was correct. I feel differently now,

reuters 04-FEB-10

[-told]: I still will tell you that I believe the situation in Afghanistan is serious. I do not say now that I think it's deteriorating. I think and I said that last summer, and I believed that that was correct. I feel differently now,

alertnet 04-FEB-10

[-said]: What I will tell you is I think that the Taliban are making a significant effort to expand their influence. So is the government of Afghanistan now, aided by us,

alertnet 04-FEB-10

[-said]: a growing influence in most of Afghanistan's provinces.

reuters 04-FEB-10

[-told]: I believe the situation in Afghanistan is serious,

reuters 04-FEB-10

[-said]: The planning is in great shape... I'm very confident and very impressed with where they are, particularly the partnership,

alertnet 04-FEB-10

[-last month said that]: reconciliation.

smh 02-FEB-10

[ said]: There has been enough fighting,

TurkishDailyNews 30-JAN-10

[-said]: Financial Times.

globalsecurity 26-JAN-10

[-told]: I believe that a political solution to all conflicts is the inevitable outcome. And it's the right outcome,

smh 26-JAN-10

[-said]: As a soldier,

time 26-JAN-10

[-said]: As a soldier, my personal feeling is that there's been enough fighting,

alertnet 26-JAN-10

[-said]: of the Afghan Taleban in a bid to encourage peace in its neighbour. Signaling NATO was open to a political solution even as US President Barack Obama sends an extra 30,000 US troops, the commander of NATO forces in Afghanistan said he hopes increased troop levels will weaken the Taleban enough that its leaders will accept a peace deal and bring the war to an end. As a soldier, my personal feeling is that there's been enough fighting,

kuwaittimes 26-JAN-10

[argued that:]: a political solution to all conflicts is the inevitable outcome. And it's the right outcome. The re-integration of fighters can take a lot of the energy out of the current levels of the insurgency,

guardian 25-JAN-10

[-said]: Way forward

aljazeera 25-JAN-10

[said:]: As a soldier, my personal feeling is that there's been enough fighting, and that what we need to do - all of us - is to do the fighting necessary to shape conditions where people can get on with their lives, and everybody can make a decision where fighting's not the direction that it needs to go in.

thesun 25-JAN-10

[-said]: I think any Afghans can play a role if they focus on the future and not the past,

TurkishDailyNews 25-JAN-10

[ said]: I believe that a political solution to all conflicts is the inevitable outcome. And it’s the right outcome,

dawn 25-JAN-10

[-tells]: There's been enough fighting,

alertnet 25-JAN-10

[ said]: You can kill Taliban forever because they are not a finite number,

IHT 24-JAN-10

[said:]: The end state of the mission is to protect the population and isolate the insurgency in a way where it doesn't constitute a threat to the Afghan government. 'This will not happen in a short period or in an easy way. It's realistic to expect an increase of risk to coalition forces.

dailymail 23-JAN-10

[-warned]: to create a situation where the security forces stay in their camps, never leave their armored vehicles and have very little contact with the population. The security forces may be there, but they are irrelevant. If the insurgents manage to achieve this, then they have accomplished their mission,

b92net_en 20-JAN-10

[ says]: effectively dealt with the situation and should be commended

TheAustralian 19-JAN-10

[-said]: Today's attack by the Taliban in Kabul is yet another example of their brutality and contempt for the Afghan people,

smh 19-JAN-10

[believes:]: a tremendous number of fighters and commanders

AP 12-JAN-10

[-cited]: I believe we are on the way to convincing the Afghan people that we are here to protect them.

aljazeera 12-JAN-10

[-said]: I think that clock is in the minds of the Afghan people, so I do feel that we have got to move quickly to convince them that we can help them build a country,

ABCnews 11-JAN-10

[-said]: I don't think that this war's in the wrong place,

ABCnews 11-JAN-10

[-said]: It's not a completed mission yet.

guardian 11-JAN-10

[-said]: At the end of the day, Afghanistan must be defended by Afghans, and that's what we will build enabling the Afghans to do that over the coming months and years,

NPRnews 22-DEC-09

[-wrote]: Increasing Indian influence in Afghanistan,

guardian 21-DEC-09

[said:]: It was almost completely insurgent-controlled … with some smart counter-insurgency techniques, violence is down 80 per cent.

thenational 18-DEC-09

[-said]: Increased capability translates to credibility in the minds of Afghans,

globalsecurity 18-DEC-09

[-said]: we can make that same progress clear to the Afghan people, that the insurgency will not win,

globalsecurity 18-DEC-09

[-said]: Canada has made a particular investment in education, with the expansion and repair of 50 schools in Kandahar,

globalsecurity 18-DEC-09

[-said]: The courage and determination of Canadian forces are an inspiration to our coalition,

globalsecurity 18-DEC-09

[-said]: have in some respects foreshadowed how our capability will be employed in the months ahead with the integration of civilian and military expertise,

globalsecurity 18-DEC-09

[-said]: With the decisions made recently by President Obama and other members of the coalition, we have forces moving forward now,

globalsecurity 18-DEC-09

[-explained]: is to partner with Afghanistan to provide them the time and space to assume their own security, and to shape their own future,

globalsecurity 18-DEC-09

[-said]: And, that’s where the bulk, of course, of the Canadian forces have been,

globalsecurity 18-DEC-09

[-said]: is achievable,

globalsecurity 18-DEC-09

[ said]: Canadians continue to play a critical role in mentoring Afghan security forces, training teachers, clearing land mines, vaccinating children, and providing microfinance loans and engineering expertise for critical infrastructure like the Dahla Dam-and that's helping to shape the future for Afghans,

earthtimes 17-DEC-09

[-said]: By this time next year, I believe we’ll have indicators across the country — hard reflections, metrics — that will make it clear to us that the insurgency will be defeated,

CBC 16-DEC-09

[-says]: It was more a misunderstanding than anything,

time 16-DEC-09

[-says]: The clarity, commitment and resolve outlined in the President's address are critical steps towards bringing security to Afghanistan and eliminating terrorist safe havens that threaten regional and global security,

TheAustralian 16-DEC-09

[-said]: What I have come to believe is you take the middle of the network,

TheFrontierPost 16-DEC-09

[-said last week]: I believe he is an iconic figure at this point whose survival emboldens Al-Qaeda as a franchising organization across the world,

arabtimes 15-DEC-09

[-said last week]: I believe he is an iconic figure at this point whose survival emboldens al-Qaeda as a franchising organisation across the world,

telegraph 14-DEC-09

[-said that]: to get this moving in a direction where the Afghans have confidence.

kuna 13-DEC-09

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