Monday, August 2, 2010

THE FOG OF THE AFGHANISTAN WAR (REUTERS VIDEO)


Some 2,000 Dutch troops are leaving Afghanistan and the war strategy continues to adjust to new conditions on the ground.

According to military sources, it is not clear just who we are fighting in Afghanistan and just how many of them there are.

This is why the term "The Fog of the Afghanistan War" is even more apropos today.

HERE IS A REUTERS STORY AND VIDEO EXPLAINING MORE:

http://news.yahoo.com/video/world-15749633/21183219;_ylt=ArQSb_VtpWfWuoTpXDcyfKEBS5Z4

IRAQ DEATH TOLL IN JULY HIGHEST IN TWO YEARS


The death toll in the month of July reached 535 in Iraq which is the highest it has been in two years.

Iraq is still struggling to form some kind of government and there are still over 100,000 U.S. troops deployed to Iraq.

Read more here:

http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/MYAI-87W3CD?OpenDocument&rc=3&cc=irq