ianstone
06-16-2010, 10:27 PM
<LI class=item2 itxtvisited="1">Democrats challenge Pentagon on Afghan war
Military leaders acknowledge 'angst' over conflict, but say it's worth it
http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/ap/defense%20budget-1090410747.h2.jpg (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37740680/displaymode/1176/rstry/37741612/) Pablo Martinez Monsivais / AP
Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Daniel Inouye, D-Hawaii, right, speaks with Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/images/icons/slideshow.gif (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37740680/displaymode/1176/rstry/37741612/) View related photos (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37740680/displaymode/1176/rstry/37741612/)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/images/icons/video.gifVideo
http://msnbcmedia3.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Video/100616/nn_06ren_kandahar_100616.vsmall.jpg (http://javascript<b></b>:vPlayer('37742546','2d257a68-721a-4357-b73f-5b5639d4d06c'))
U.S. aims for hearts and minds in Kandahar (http://javascript<b></b>:vPlayer('37742546','2d257a68-721a-4357-b73f-5b5639d4d06c'))
June 16: U.S. military's strategy: Win this city, and the rest of the country will follow. NBC's Richard Engel reports.
Nightly News
Afghanistan in pictures
AP
Nation at a crossroads (http://javascript<b></b>:SSOpen2('34923291/ns/news-picture_stories',null,null,null);)
Afghanistan faces external pressure to reform as well as ongoing internal conflicts. See images from this new era.
<A href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37107690/ns/world_news-south_and_central_asia">http://msnbcmedia2.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Sections/NEWS/A_World%20News/South%20and%20Central%20Asia/100518-afghan-voices-tease.thumb.jpg (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37107690/ns/world_news-south_and_central_asia)</A itxtvisited="1">
AP
Voices from Afghanistan (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37107690/ns/world_news-south_and_central_asia)
Afghans tell msnbc.com how they feel about the situation in their country
http://msnbcmedia2.msn.com/i/msnbc/Components/ColorBoxes/Styles/img/video_icon_v2.gifSouth and Central Asia video
MORE VIDEO (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8004316/ns/video/)
[/URL]
[URL="http://javascript<b></b>:vPlayer('37742546','2d257a68-721a-4357-b73f-5b5639d4d06c')"]U.S. aims for hearts and minds in Kandahar (http://javascript<b></b>:vPlayer('37742546','2d257a68-721a-4357-b73f-5b5639d4d06c'))
Hoping Kandahar will prove to be a turning point in the war in Afghanistan, the U.S. military has adopted a strategy: Win this city, and the rest of the country will follow. NBC's Richard Engel reports.
T-Rex stalks Singapore (http://javascript<b></b>:vPlayer('37729945','29e00190-35c1-4e08-9b78-604bfbf90d26'))
Afghanistan's mineral wealth? Nevermind (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26315908/vp/37697881#37697881)
Interactives
<A href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33210358/ns/world_news-south_and_central_asia">http://msnbcmedia2.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Interactives/_production/091006-afghanistan-timeline/fighting-2002.thumb.jpg (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33210358/ns/world_news-south_and_central_asia)</A itxtvisited="1">
pool via AP
Timeline of Afghan war (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33210358/ns/world_news-south_and_central_asia)
The origins of the war, the battles, and struggle for stability.
<A href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34523606/ns/world_news-south_and_central_asia">http://msnbcmedia2.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Slideshows/_production/ss-090702-afghanistan-troops-NEW/ss-090702-afghanistan-jw-06.thumb.jpg (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34523606/ns/world_news-south_and_central_asia)</A itxtvisited="1">
AP
Best, worst of life in battle (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34523606/ns/world_news-south_and_central_asia)
Three Marines talk about the adrenaline rush and the anguish of fighting in Helmand province.
<A href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34493509/ns/world_news-south_and_central_asia">http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/getty/gyi0059173489.thumb.jpg (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34493509/ns/world_news-south_and_central_asia)</A itxtvisited="1">
Getty Images
A Marine's diary (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34493509/ns/world_news-south_and_central_asia)
Video-based look at the start of Operation Strike of the Sword on July 2, 2009.
<A href="javascript:OCW('http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29058054','int520x400','width=520,height=400');">http://msnbcmedia4.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/Art/NEWS/031107/afghanistan_torn_by_conflict.thumb.jpg (http://javascript<b></b>:OCW('http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29058054','int520x400','width=520,height=400');)</A itxtvisited="1">
msnbc.com
Torn by conflict (http://javascript<b></b>:OCW('http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29058054','int520x400','width=520,height=400');)
A look at Afghanistan's people, geography and tumultuous history.
CFR.org Analysis: Afghanistan
Backgrounder: The Taliban in Afghanistan (http://www.cfr.org/publication/10551/l)
Timeline: U.S. War in Afghanistan (http://www.cfr.org/publication/20018/)
Backgrounder: Al-Qaida (http://www.cfr.org/publication/9126/)
Winning the Information War
(http://www.cfr.org/publication/19330/)
</IMG itxtvisited="1">
Pakistani wanted by U.S. is killed by explosives (http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2010/06/14/4507145-pakistani-wanted-by-us-is-killed-by-explosives)
Just don't seem able to get along
Military leaders acknowledge 'angst' over conflict, but say it's worth it
http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/ap/defense%20budget-1090410747.h2.jpg (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37740680/displaymode/1176/rstry/37741612/) Pablo Martinez Monsivais / AP
Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Daniel Inouye, D-Hawaii, right, speaks with Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/images/icons/slideshow.gif (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37740680/displaymode/1176/rstry/37741612/) View related photos (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37740680/displaymode/1176/rstry/37741612/)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/images/icons/video.gifVideo
http://msnbcmedia3.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Video/100616/nn_06ren_kandahar_100616.vsmall.jpg (http://javascript<b></b>:vPlayer('37742546','2d257a68-721a-4357-b73f-5b5639d4d06c'))
U.S. aims for hearts and minds in Kandahar (http://javascript<b></b>:vPlayer('37742546','2d257a68-721a-4357-b73f-5b5639d4d06c'))
June 16: U.S. military's strategy: Win this city, and the rest of the country will follow. NBC's Richard Engel reports.
Nightly News
Afghanistan in pictures
AP
Nation at a crossroads (http://javascript<b></b>:SSOpen2('34923291/ns/news-picture_stories',null,null,null);)
Afghanistan faces external pressure to reform as well as ongoing internal conflicts. See images from this new era.
<A href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37107690/ns/world_news-south_and_central_asia">http://msnbcmedia2.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Sections/NEWS/A_World%20News/South%20and%20Central%20Asia/100518-afghan-voices-tease.thumb.jpg (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37107690/ns/world_news-south_and_central_asia)</A itxtvisited="1">
AP
Voices from Afghanistan (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37107690/ns/world_news-south_and_central_asia)
Afghans tell msnbc.com how they feel about the situation in their country
http://msnbcmedia2.msn.com/i/msnbc/Components/ColorBoxes/Styles/img/video_icon_v2.gifSouth and Central Asia video
MORE VIDEO (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8004316/ns/video/)
[/URL]
[URL="http://javascript<b></b>:vPlayer('37742546','2d257a68-721a-4357-b73f-5b5639d4d06c')"]U.S. aims for hearts and minds in Kandahar (http://javascript<b></b>:vPlayer('37742546','2d257a68-721a-4357-b73f-5b5639d4d06c'))
Hoping Kandahar will prove to be a turning point in the war in Afghanistan, the U.S. military has adopted a strategy: Win this city, and the rest of the country will follow. NBC's Richard Engel reports.
T-Rex stalks Singapore (http://javascript<b></b>:vPlayer('37729945','29e00190-35c1-4e08-9b78-604bfbf90d26'))
Afghanistan's mineral wealth? Nevermind (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26315908/vp/37697881#37697881)
Interactives
<A href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33210358/ns/world_news-south_and_central_asia">http://msnbcmedia2.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Interactives/_production/091006-afghanistan-timeline/fighting-2002.thumb.jpg (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33210358/ns/world_news-south_and_central_asia)</A itxtvisited="1">
pool via AP
Timeline of Afghan war (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33210358/ns/world_news-south_and_central_asia)
The origins of the war, the battles, and struggle for stability.
<A href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34523606/ns/world_news-south_and_central_asia">http://msnbcmedia2.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Slideshows/_production/ss-090702-afghanistan-troops-NEW/ss-090702-afghanistan-jw-06.thumb.jpg (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34523606/ns/world_news-south_and_central_asia)</A itxtvisited="1">
AP
Best, worst of life in battle (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34523606/ns/world_news-south_and_central_asia)
Three Marines talk about the adrenaline rush and the anguish of fighting in Helmand province.
<A href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34493509/ns/world_news-south_and_central_asia">http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/getty/gyi0059173489.thumb.jpg (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34493509/ns/world_news-south_and_central_asia)</A itxtvisited="1">
Getty Images
A Marine's diary (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34493509/ns/world_news-south_and_central_asia)
Video-based look at the start of Operation Strike of the Sword on July 2, 2009.
<A href="javascript:OCW('http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29058054','int520x400','width=520,height=400');">http://msnbcmedia4.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/Art/NEWS/031107/afghanistan_torn_by_conflict.thumb.jpg (http://javascript<b></b>:OCW('http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29058054','int520x400','width=520,height=400');)</A itxtvisited="1">
msnbc.com
Torn by conflict (http://javascript<b></b>:OCW('http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29058054','int520x400','width=520,height=400');)
A look at Afghanistan's people, geography and tumultuous history.
CFR.org Analysis: Afghanistan
Backgrounder: The Taliban in Afghanistan (http://www.cfr.org/publication/10551/l)
Timeline: U.S. War in Afghanistan (http://www.cfr.org/publication/20018/)
Backgrounder: Al-Qaida (http://www.cfr.org/publication/9126/)
Winning the Information War
(http://www.cfr.org/publication/19330/)
</IMG itxtvisited="1">
Pakistani wanted by U.S. is killed by explosives (http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2010/06/14/4507145-pakistani-wanted-by-us-is-killed-by-explosives)
Just don't seem able to get along