Afghanistan War
Afghanistan War
The War in Afghanistan, which began on October 7, 2001 as the U.S. military's Operation Enduring Freedom and the British military's Operation Herrick were launched in response to the September 11 attacks. The stated aim of the invasion was to find Osama bin Laden and other high-ranking Al-Qaeda members and put them on trial, to destroy the whole organization of Al-Qaeda, and to remove the Taliban regime which supported and gave safe harbor to Al-Qaeda. The United States' Bush Doctrine stated... read more
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July is deadliest month of Afghanistan war for US
From The Daily Star Bangladesh Dated 30 July 2010 American forces have experienced their deadliest month in the nine-year-old Afghan war, with 63 US service members killed in July.
Guns out for informers named by WikiLeaks
From Times of India Dated 30 July 2010 The Taliban has warned that it is hunting down Afghans whose names might appear on the leaked Afghanistan war logs on grounds that they were informers for the Nato-led coalition.
WikiLeaks May Have 'Blood on Hands'- Alleged Rogue GI Tied to Leaks Sent to U.S.
From Big News Network Dated 30 July 2010 The 75,000 classified documents about the Afghanistan war released by WikiLeaks have been dismissed by some as badly sourced, merely ground-level intelligence or not particularly earth shattering. Bu...
US urges halt to war secret leaks
From The Age Dated 30 July 2010 The White House has implored the website, WikiLeaks, to stop posting secret Afghanistan war documents as the Pentagon investigates the leaks.
Three more U.S. troops killed in Afghanistan; record toll for July at 66
From The Washington Post Dated 30 July 2010 KABUL-- With the deaths of three more American troops on Friday, July became the deadliest month for U.S. forces in the nine-year Afghan war. Afghanistan - Asia - United States - United States armed forces - War in Afghanistan
White House To Site: Stop Leaking War Secrets
From Local6.com Dated 30 July 2010 The White House on Friday implored the website WikiLeaks to stop posting secret Afghanistan war documents and the Pentagon pressed its investigation of the leaks, bringing a soldier charged with handing over classified video back to the U.S. for trial.
How WikiLeaks Could Change the Way Reporters Deal With Secrets
From ProPublica Dated 30 July 2010 by Stephen Engelberg For the past several decades, there has been an informal understanding between the reporters who uncovered newsworthy secrets and the government intelligence agencies, which tried to keep them from public view. We would...
White House implores Wikileaks to stop posting documents
From The Guardian Dated 30 July 2010 The White House has implored WikiLeaks to stop posting secret Afghanistan war documents.President Obama's spokesman, Robert Gibbs, said the war logs jeopardised national security and put the lives of Afghan informants and US soldiers at risk."I think it's important that...
July the deadliest month of Afghan war for US
From William Raspberry (Washington Post) Dated 30 July 2010 KABUL, Afghanistan -- NATO announced Friday that six more U.S. troops have died in Afghanistan, bringing the death toll for July to at least 66 and surpassing the previous month's record as the deadliest for American forces in the nearly...
White House warns Wikileaks on war papers
From Big News Network Dated 30 July 2010 The White House is imploring the website Wikileaks not to post any more classified documents about the Afghanistan war, saying US national security and Afghan lives are at risk. Press secretary Rob...
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