Kandahar

McCarthy: Avoiding CSI Kandahar

National Review Online (Free subscription) | yesterday

Congress needs to act to fix Boumediene.

Speaking of Miranda Warnings for the Enemy ...

The Corner (Free subscription) | yesterday

I have an article on the homepage this morning about Attorney General Mukasey's effort to prevent the Supreme Court's disastrous Boumediene decision from turning the military battlefield into 'CSI Kandahar' -- and effort which Democrats, who can't tell us often enough that they 'support our troops,' seem in no hurry to help. The AG's proposals are modest and urgently needed. For myself, as I...

Citizens Of The World

TalkLeft (Free subscription) | yesterday

In response to Byron York's peeve at an Obama phrasing ("The terrorists of September 11th plotted in Hamburg and trained in Kandahar and Karachi before killing thousands from all over the globe on American soil"), Meteor Blades writes : York's take on this not only begrudges other countries their loss, but also renders that loss a provincial, American loss. Obama is attempting, years after...

Some People Grate on My Ears, Too

Daily Kos (Free subscription) | yesterday

Bryon York over at NRO's The Corner whines : It's a small passage from Obama's Berlin speech, but this formulation, common in some circles, grates on some ears, like mine: The terrorists of September 11th plotted in Hamburg and trained in Kandahar and Karachi before killing thousands from all over the globe on American soil. Yes, the victims were from all over the globe — places like Brooklyn,...

• Americans on American Soil - The Corner
• Byron York Has Amnesia - The RBC
• See the 4 articles on the same subject

Lileks on the Obama Speech

Common Sense and Wonder (Free subscription) | yesterday

More good stuff: “The terrorists of September 11th plotted in Hamburg and trained in Kandahar and Karachi before killing thousands from all over the globe on American soil.” Well, most weren’t from all over the world. Most were Americans. Which makes sense, since the attack was explicitly aimed at America, not The Globe. “American soil” was not [...]

What Are You Doing Tuesday the 5th? GO WEST!

Atlas Shrugs (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008

Atlas readers know I have long supported Allen West in his run for Congress. I love him.His column, Colonel from Kandahar was one of my most popular features when he was stationed in Afghanistan. He embodies the great American. This is the leadership we need NOW. If it were up to me he'd be on the short list for VP. If you want to get involved, support this man. ALLEN WEST FOR CONGRESS! West...

I'm Sorry.

INSTAPUTZ (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008

But is Byron York really offended by this line in Obama's speech? The terrorists of September 11th plotted in Hamburg and trained in Kandahar and Karachi before killing thousands from all over the globe on American soil. Because, says he, the victims were from all over the globe — places like Brooklyn, and the Bronx, and Manhattan, and Queens, and Staten Island, and New Jersey — all over. And...

Americans on American Soil

The Corner (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008

It's a small passage from Obama's Berlin speech, but this formulation, common in some circles, grates on some ears, like mine: The terrorists of September 11th plotted in Hamburg and trained in Kandahar and Karachi before killing thousands from all over the globe on American soil. Yes, the victims were from all over the globe -- places like Brooklyn, and the Bronx, and Manhattan, and Queens,...

Lawyers control air strikes in Afghanistan

PrairiePundit (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008

NY Times: Dawn was breaking over Afghanistan one day this month as Air Force surveillance planes locked in on a top-ranking insurgent commander as he traveled in secret around Kandahar, the spiritual home of the Taliban . But as attack aircraft were summoned overhead to strike, according to a recounting of the mission by Air Force commanders, the Taliban leader entered a building. Intelligence...

Hamdan case is built on his own words

Indian Express (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago

... identify Al Qaeda assets in Afghanistan in early 2002. Hamdan was then being held by US forces in Kandahar. Testimony this week cast Hamdan as a $200-a-month servant in the Al Qaeda network, not a member of Bin Laden’s inner circle. Even the tribunal’s chief prosecutor, Army Col Lawrence Morris, has cautioned journalists against overstating Hamdan’s importance to the terrorist network. Under...

Manmohan Singh hits back at Advani

NHatky (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008

Hitting back at L K Advani for levelling charges of incompetence against him, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today (July 22) asked the BJP leader to do some "introspection" over his role when Gujarat was burning and during the Kandahar hijack crisis.Replying to the debate on the trust vote in the ...

• Advani should do some introspection: PM - Sify
• Advani should do some introspection: PM - rediff News

Advani should do some introspection: PM

rediff News (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008

Hitting back at Lal Kishenchand Advani for levelling charges of incompetence against him, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday asked the Bharatiya Janata Party leader to do some "introspection" over his role when Gujarat was burning and during the Kandahar hijack crisis.

Medivac 'delayed' as digger died

News.com.au (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago

... a helicopter gunship was available to escort it. The mission was to come from the US airbase at Kandahar, 123km south of Tarin Kowt, in accordance with arrangements between the coalition partners. But Colonel van der Zee said US controllers "forgot" to inform the Dutch at Tarin Kowt that the assigned Apache escort helicopter was undergoing maintenance. "It took two hours where it usually...

Juan Cole on Obama & Afghanistan

Liberal Common Sense (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago

... attacks on U.S. forward bases and on institutions such as the prison in the southern city of Kandahar are becoming more frequent. What I find especially troubling is that Afghanistan is supposed to be :NATO’s role is a key part of the Afghanistan Compact, a five-year plan between the government of Afghanistan and the international community, which sets goals relating to the security, governance...

Botched medivac as Digger lay dying

The Australian (Free subscription) | yesterday

... Ministry. One of these could have been available to rendezvous with the US medivac chopper from Kandahar, Colonel van der Zee said. "They 'forgot' to notify us their Apache was in maintenance," he wrote in his July 15 email to colleagues and friends, criticising the Americans.