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Article:	Who are the Taliban? - The Afghan war deciphered	View Article
Published:	12/4/2008 by TomDispatch.com	View Comments (1)
Submitted by:	Picka 30 days ago	Add Comment
Categories:	Wars and Conflicts & Military and Defense

Article Details: Who exactly are the Afghan insurgents? Every suicide attack and kidnapping is usually attributed to "the Taliban." In reality, however, the insurgency is far from monolithic. There are the shadowy, kohl-eyed mullahs, head-bobbing religious students, erudite university students, poor, illiterate farmers, and veteran anti-Soviet commanders. The movement is a mélange of nationalists, Islamists, and bandits that fall uneasily into three or four main factions of competing commanders.

Quote:	Barack Obama on Military and Defense 7/22/2008	View Quote
Published:	7/22/2008	View Person
Submitted by:	Shayon 167 days ago	View Comments (0)
Category:	Military and Defense	Add Comment

Quote Details: "We don't know what would have happened if the plan that I preferred in January 2007 -- to put more pressure on the Iraqis to arrive at a political reconciliation, to begin a phased withdrawal -- what would have happened had we pursued that strategy."

Article:	Obama: Stability ultimately in hands of Iraqis	View Article
Published:	7/22/2008 by CNN	View Comments (0)
Submitted by:	Shayon 167 days ago	Add Comment
Categories:	Military and Defense & 2003 Iraq War

Article Details: Sen. Barack Obama said Tuesday he was pleased with the reduction of violence in Iraq since the deployment of more U.S. troops, but added it was a result of several factors, not just the "surge."

Quote:	John McCain on 2003 Iraq War 5/27/2008	View Quote
Published:	5/27/2008	View Person
Submitted by:	Picka 195 days ago	View Comments (3)
Categories:	2003 Iraq War & Military and Defense	Add Comment

Quote Details: "By the way, I will never surrender in Iraq. Our American troops will come home with victory and honor" -- University of Denver campaign speech