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Did Osama Bin Laden Buy Weapons From the North Koreans?

» by July 26th, 2010 at 9:09 am » Comments (8)

That is what classified documents released on the WikiLeaks website says: There are fleeting — even taunting — reminders of how the war began in the occasional references to the elusive ...more »

Chinese Media Claims Taliban Using Monkey Soldiers To Attack US Troops

» by July 12th, 2010 at 10:20 pm » Comments (12)

It looks like the the People's Daily from China has taken journalism lessons from the Korea Times considering this absurd article: Afghanistan's Taliban insurgents are training monkeys to use weapons ...more »

Great News, General Mattis Nominated for CENTCOM Command

» by July 8th, 2010 at 9:59 pm » Comments (0)

Here is some great news for the war efforts in both Iraq and Afghanistan: Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Thursday nominated Marine Corps Gen. James Mattis to take over as ...more »

Korean Base In Afghanistan Has Two RPG’s Fired At It, Big Deal

» by July 3rd, 2010 at 9:53 am » Comments (4)

The Taliban has been doing these small scale attacks against various NATO bases across Afghanistan with no effect other than the media hyping them: South Korea‘s team tasked with helping rebuild ...more »

Will Burger King Be On the Next Plane Back to Afghanistan With General Petraeus?

» by June 28th, 2010 at 4:24 pm » Comments (9)

That is what the Stars & Stripes is reporting as a possibility now: Gen. David Petraeus faces one billion pressing issues once he assumes command of all U.S. and NATO ...more »

General Petraeus Questioned By Democratic Congresswoman On Using Solar Panels in Afghanistan

» by June 24th, 2010 at 10:50 pm » Comments (34)

With this year likely to be the bloodiest yet in Afghanistan and the US war effort on shaky ground and Democratic Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords is wondering what General David Petraeus ...more »

So Is General McChrystal A Racist for Comments About President Obama?

» by June 24th, 2010 at 4:51 pm » Comments (16)

I was checking out the Marmot's Hole comments section on a posting on the General McChrystal issue and of someone is already throwing out a claim that General McChrystal is ...more »

If General McChrystal Is Fired Who Should Replace Him?

» by June 22nd, 2010 at 8:51 pm » Comments (13)

Update: Welcome Thomas Ricks readers.  The quote you are looking for from Mattis is below. You may also enjoy the Libya discussion we are having here at the ROK Drop ...more »

Is General McChrystal’s Comments In Rolling Stone the Greatest Military Insubordination Since MacArthur?

» by June 22nd, 2010 at 9:01 am » Comments (43)

If what is in this Rolling Stone article is true, this has to be greatest insubordination by a US military general since General MacArthur during the Korean War and we ...more »

Picture of the Day: Eureka In Afghanistan

» by June 16th, 2010 at 1:28 pm » Comments (14)

Jonn Lilyea called it that the tin foil hat crowd would come out in force on this story: Via the Korea Times. more »

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