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Afghanistan Resources

  • Reports & Studies
    • President Obama’s Afghan Strategy Announcement (12/01/09): Text of Speech
      • Critical Threats Project Report (October 2009): Enemy Reactions To The US Strategy And Force-Sizing Options In Afghanistan.
        • Gen. Stanley McChrystal (October 2009): Address To The International Institute For Strategic Studies.
          • Institute for the Study of War (September 2009): Securing Helmand
            • Gen. McChrystal’s Report To Defense Secretary Gates (August 2009)
              • Senate Committee on Foreign Relations (August 10, 2009): Afghanistan’s Narco War: Breaking The Link Between Drug Traffickers And Insurgents
                • Recent News
                  • Bloomberg (9/6/10): Afghan Central Bank Governor Says Country’s Top Lender Is `Out of Danger’
                    • Los Angeles Times (4/29/10): Afghan Taliban Getting Stronger, Pentagon Says
                      • CNN (4/26/10): Taliban Suspected Of Sickening Female Afghan Students
                        • Critical Thinking & Analysis
                          • John Noonan (7/26/10): We Can Win & It Is Worth It
                            • Wall Street Journal (4/7/10): The Karzai Fiasco
                              • Tony Blankley (4/7/10): A Sinking Ship Of State
                                • Ralph Peters (4/6/10): Karzai’s New Low
                                  • Frederick W. Kagan & Kimberly Kagan (3/16/10): Why Negotiate With The Taliban?
                                    • Tony Prudori (3/14/10): Taliban Attempts To Drive Wedges Between ISAF Allies
                                      • Washington Times (10/30/09): Muddled Thinking On Afghanistan
                                        • Nevins (10/23/09): A Marine’s Family Says
                                          • Peter Feaver (10/21/09): Obama’s Military Policy Is Getting Worse
                                            • John Bolton (10/18/09): The Danger of Obama’s Dithering
                                              • David Rhode (October 2009): Held By The Taliban (5 Part Series)
                                                • Wazhma Frogh (10/18/09): Risking A Rights Disaster
                                                  • The Economist: Obama’s Faltering War
                                                    • Lieberman & Skelton (10/18/09): Don’t Settle for Stalemate in Afghanistan
                                                      • Max Boot (November 2009): How We Can Win In Afghanistan
                                                        • Fred Kagan (10/12/09): On Afghanistan, President Obama Was Right In March
                                                          • Charles Krauthammer: Young Hamlet’s Agony
                                                            • Michael B. Oren: Deep Denial

                                                                • Myth vs. Fact

                                                                RECENT POLLS:
                                                                • NY Times: Two-thirds of NYC Residents Want Ground Zero Mosque Moved
                                                                  • CBS: 72% of Americans Oppose Ground Zero Mosque
                                                                    • Rasmussen: 62% Oppose Ground Zero Mosque/Only 25% Support
                                                                      • CNN: 68% of Registered Voters Oppose Mosque At Ground Zero
                                                                        • Marist: Strong Majority in NYC Oppose GZ Mosque; Mayors #’s Plummet
                                                                          • Siena: 56% of NYC Residents Oppose Ground Zero Mosque
                                                                            • Quinnipiac: Strong Majority of NYers Oppose Ground Zero Mosque
                                                                              • Gallup: Debt, Terrorism Considered Top Threats to U.S.
                                                                                • CNN: 60% Want Gitmo Kept Open; Up From 47% in Jan. 2009
                                                                                  • Quinnipiac: 59% Favor Military Tribunals For 9/11 Terrorists
                                                                                    • Washington Post/ABC News: 55% Favor Military Tribunals For 9/11 Terrorists
                                                                                      • CBS: Most Americans Want Gitmo Kept Open
                                                                                        • Zogby: 55% Of Independents Want Gitmo Open
                                                                                          • Quinnipiac: 60% Of All Americans Want Gitmo Open
                                                                                            • Gallup: 64% Oppose Closing Gitmo & Moving Detainees To U.S.
                                                                                              • Rasmussen: 58% Support Waterboarding & Aggressive Interrogation Tactics
                                                                                                • Rasmussen: Majority In Illinois Oppose Gitmo Transfers To Prison In IL

                                                                                                    • ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:
                                                                                                    U.S. and Israel Relations
                                                                                                    Guantanamo Bay & Terror Trials
                                                                                                    War On Terror
                                                                                                    CIA Interrogation Program
                                                                                                    Iran
                                                                                                    Afghanistan
                                                                                                    Human Rights & Democracy

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                                                                                                    Abdul Salam Al-Hila

                                                                                                  • Both U.S. and Italian authorities have concluded that al Hilal is an al Qaeda facilitator. While working for Yemen’s Political Security Organization (PSO), al Hilal shuttled al Qaeda terrorists around the globe and arranged for others to be freed from prison. In the summer of 2000, while al Hilal was visiting the Islamic Cultural Institute in Milan, Italian authorities caught him talking to another al Qaeda terrorist in a wiretapped phone conversation. The Italians recorded al Hilal saying: “Well, I am studying airplanes! If it is God’s will, I hope to bring you a window or a piece of a plane next time I see you. .  .  . We are focusing on the air alone. .  .  . It is something terrifying, something that moves from south to north and from east to west: the man who devised the program is a lunatic, but he is a genius. It will leave them stunned. .  .  .”

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