New York Times Disses Afghan Troops. Now What?

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Today's New York Times questions the efficacy of Afghan troops. And how. Writer C J Chivers more or less concludes that there's no way on God's green earth (or Afghanistan's wind blasted dirt) that...

Taliban Snipers Replace IEDs as Number One Threat in Marjah

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The New York Times reports that enemy snipers have replaced Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) as threat number one for U.S. troops attempting to "sanitize" Marjah Afghanistan. "Five Marines and two Afghan soldiers have been...