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...other things, that U.S. troop numbers be reduced and that the military strategy should focus on counterterrorism, not counterinsurgency. How depressing, then, to read that the U.S. is planning to increase the number of troops in the country and is pursuing a counterinsurgency strategy in Helmand province, with running ground battles with the Taliban. The new policy of refraining from air strikes that might kill innocent Afghans is good, but a much broader strategic change is required. Perhaps you should reprint Stewart's article. Jefferson Peck VanderWolk, Hong Kong...
...likened the relationship between Iraqi and U.S. soldiers to a "father teaching his kid to ride a bike without training wheels," explaining, "Our hand on the back of the [Iraqis'] seat is holding them back and causing resentment. We need to let go before we both tumble to the ground...
...Baitullah Mehsud, the Pakistani Taliban chief who had a $5 million bounty on his head, is dead. Pakistan's Foreign Minister, Shah Mahmood Qureshi, told reporters in Islamabad on Friday Aug. 7 that, "According to my intelligence information, the news is correct. We are trying to get on-the-ground verification to be 100% sure. But according to my information, he has been taken out." Local Pakistani media, citing "tribal sources" in South Waziristan, are reporting that Mehsud's funeral prayers had been held and that the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan's shura, or council, was meeting today to choose...
Much will depend now on what the Pakistani military does next. Since June, when the government of President Asif Ali Zardari announced the start of a major offensive against Mehsud, the military has confined itself to aerial attacks. Many officers are thought to be opposed to a ground campaign in difficult terrain against a united TTP. Mehsud's death gives the military the opportunity to go in for the kill. But another U.S. official worries that the Pakistanis will hold off and seek another truce. "There will be some [in the military] who say, 'Enemy No. 1 is dead...
...episode of Bravo reality TV show "NYC Prep" that aired Tuesday night, Manhattan teenager Camille Hughes and two friends make their first-ever college visit, heading up to Cambridge to scope out the Harvard campus—considered "sacred ground" by the private school trio—paying special attention to its social scene. But the disillusionment starts early for these prospective freshmen when they meet their tour guide, Scarlet J. Marquette '93, in front of the Science Center...