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02.09.2009, 22:57
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The Bush administration focused so much attention on Iraq that the forces in Afghanistan simply didn’t have the troops or the resources, said Lawrence Korb, a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress.
03.09.2009, 23:29
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The US has extended a contract in Iraq with a company linked with Xe Services, formerly known as Blackwater. George Washington University professor Lawrence Wilkerson says the government has no choice.
03.08.2010, 10:27
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The US is destabilizing Central Asia by means of drug trafficking, disintegrating Kyrgyzstan and putting pressure on Iran, shared Semyon Bagdasarov, member of the State Duma’s International Affairs Committee.
30.12.2009, 02:58
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A former NATO officer claims US Special Forces have conducted secret raids inside Pakistan's border regions. The operations were conducted between 2003 and 2008, but only one was ever made public.
05.08.2010, 15:42
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Police in Kyrgyzstan have used live rounds and tear gas to break up anti-government protesters, just outside the capital Bishkek. Riot police, who have been on standby, opened fire after being attacked with stones.
01.09.2009, 22:00
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The newly-appointed head of NATO and U.S. forces in Afghanistan, General Stanley McChrystal, has announced that he wants to revise their strategy for defeating the Taliban.
25.06.2009, 17:46
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The Secretary General of NATO and Russia’s envoy to the alliance have voiced their differences on family relations in Central Asia.
29.07.2009, 18:50
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The Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), a group of seven countries from the post-Soviet Union, including Russia, could soon establish a new military base in the south of Kyrgyzstan.
12.10.2009, 19:28
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An account of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan by Danish commando Thomas Rathsack have not only landed him in deep trouble, but also forced the country’s defense chief to resign.
18.12.2009, 15:28
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A leading Israeli missile expert said this week that the damage Iranian missiles are capable of causing Israel is limited, whereas Israel is capable of setting back Iran’s nuclear program by several years.
Published: 27 October, 2009, 10:13
Edited: 27 October, 2009, 13:17
The political situation in the US is such that the president isn’t strong enough to stand against the Pentagon, said political commentator and author Pat Buchanan who spoke to RT on the situation in Afghanistan.
It is too much corruption in the Pentagon!!!
Oh, I get it, so Washington D.C. is totally innocent? yeah right! Shut it, Pat! Obama's whole administration is built on doing exactly what they are doing. Why keep on Gates? He could of appointed someone with no spine that would quiver at the threat of Obama the Peace Prize holder. American politics is so backwards it is comical. I wonder if the Roman Empire was a similar laughing stock near the end?