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Since I’ve been back from Iraq (after a tour as commanding general of the Multi-National Security Transition Command-Iraq from June 2007 to July 2008), one of the questions I’m asked most often is: “What was the thing that made the surge work?”
Reuters - Mother appeals for release of U.S. hostage in Pakistan
LA Times - Suicide bomber kills 28 in northern Pakistan, by Laura King
Washington Post - Blast Fuels Sectarian Strife in Pakistan, by Pamela Constable and Haq Nawaz Khan
The latest information and regular updates on Iraq's Provincial Elections taking place on January 31, 2009.
Associated Press - Iraqi Provincial Elections Results
Times Online UK - Iranian builders win contracts in city that Shias helped to wreck, by Michael Evans
Reuters - FACTBOX: Security developments in Iraq
Highlights from a Capitol Hill briefing lunch hosted by ISW on February 12, 2009
Associated Press - Surge troops see combat in Afghanistan, by Jason Straziuso
Times Online UK - Britain 'has no plans' to deploy more soldiers to Afghanistan, by Tom Coghlan
Associated Press - U.S. to investigate Afghan bomb site, by Jason Straziuso
New York Times - Afghan Civilian Deaths Rose 40 Percent in 2008, by Dexter Filkins
Washington Post - A Terrain's Tragic Shift, by Pamela Constable
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