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War in Afghanistan (2001-present)

(Date: 7/27/2010 - 40 days ago) View the latest stories >>

War in Afghanistan (2001-present)

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MSNBC.com: Top msnbc.com headlines
Miners Likely to Skip Afghan Auction This story's sentiment has been rated as being positive. (3 future stories)     
WSJ.com: What's News US - 7/27/2010 3:17 PM - [direct link]
Afghanistan is preparing to auction off a round of iron ore, copper and natural gas deposits over the next year, but the major international miners aren't likely to go in until stability returns. (2 first ranks, 22%, 3 second ranks, 33%)
Marine general firm on Afghan mission - USATODAY.com News - Top Stories - [direct link]
Pentagon: Leaked Afghan reports are not top-secret - CNN.com - [direct link]
Afghan army struggles with ethnic divisions - MSNBC.com: Top msnbc.com headlines - [direct link]
NYT > NYTimes.com Home - washingtonpost.com - Today's Highlights
all 9 news articles »

Kerry plays down leaked documents  (3 future stories)     
CNN.com - 7/27/2010 10:32 AM - [direct link]
Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Sen. John Kerry said Tuesday the importance of Afghanistan war documents leaked by the whistleblower website WikiLeaks.org should not be overstated. (1 first ranks, 12%, 1 second ranks, 12%)
Obama Responds to Afghan Document Leak as Democrats Split on War Spending Bill - NYT > NYTimes.com Home - [direct link]
Easy to leak secret documents? Apparently so - MSNBC.com: Top msnbc.com headlines - [direct link]
Leak part of plot, ex-general says - washingtonpost.com - Today's Highlights - [direct link]
Los Angeles Times - Top News - StarTribune.com rss feed
all 8 news articles »

Military Probe Again Targets Manning This story's sentiment has been rated as being positive. (2 future stories)     
WSJ.com: What's News US - 7/27/2010 4:17 PM - [direct link]
Pfc. Bradley Manning, a military intelligence analyst charged with providing classified documents and video to WikiLeaks earlier this year, is the Pentagon's prime focus as it investigates the release ... (1 first ranks, 17%, 1 second ranks, 17%)
Pentagon: Leaked Afghan reports are not top-secret - CNN.com - [direct link]
Pentagon launches leak probe - washingtonpost.com - Today's Highlights - [direct link]
Pentagon names sailor thought captured by Taliban - Boston.com -- Latest news - [direct link]
StarTribune.com rss feed
all 6 news articles »

Body of Missing American Sailor Found in Afghanistan  (7 future stories)     
NYT > NYTimes.com Home - 7/27/2010 12:16 PM - [direct link]
The body of a missing sailor, one of two captured by the Taliban in Logar Province on Friday, was found Sunday according to a statement released Tuesday from a NATO spokesman. (2 second ranks, 29%)
U.S. looks for damage after Afghanistan War secrets exposed - MiamiHerald.com: Today's Top Stories - [direct link]
Missing U.S. serviceman confirmed dead in Afghanistan - Los Angeles Times - Top News - [direct link]
NATO recovers remains of missing U.S. sailor - MSNBC.com: Top msnbc.com headlines - [direct link]
Boston.com -- Latest news
all 7 news articles »

Pentagon: Leaked Afghan reports are not top-secret This story's sentiment has been rated as being negative.     
CNN.com - 7/27/2010 2:46 PM - [direct link]
American officials from the president down tried to downplay the leak of thousands of Afghan war documents. (1 first ranks, 33%, 1 second ranks, 33%)
U.S. must work with Pakistan despite leaked reports' picture of ties to Taliban, experts say - Los Angeles Times - Top News - [direct link]
all 3 news articles »

New Air Force program rebuilding faces of soldiers, veterans This story's sentiment has been rated as being negative.     
StarTribune.com rss feed - 7/27/2010 4:32 AM - [direct link]
Master Sgt. Todd Nelson lost his right eye and ear in a flash when a car bomb in Afghanistan exploded, sending fire up his arm and over his head. (1 first ranks, 50%)
New program rebuilding faces of soldiers, veterans - Boston.com -- Latest news - [direct link]
all 2 news articles »

House passes measure to fund Afghan war This story's sentiment has been rated as being positive.     
washingtonpost.com - Today's Highlights - 7/27/2010 4:02 PM - [direct link]
Democratic leaders had to rely on GOP support to pass the almost $59 billion measure to fund additional 30,000 troops, other programs. Democratic - Republican Party - United States - History - ... (1 first ranks, 50%)
Roll Call: House passes a war-funding bill - Boston.com -- Latest news - [direct link]
all 2 news articles »
 
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Early reaction shows no sign of upending war plan

     
Boston.com -- Latest news
- date added: 7/27/2010 6:02 PM - 39 days ago - Evening - 15 rank
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The shock of the disclosure of tens of thousands of secret documents about the war in Afghanistan has inspired a debate on the war, but had few other apparent aftereffects. ...

House to vote on war funding bill This story's sentiment has been rated as being positive.

     
washingtonpost.com - Today's Highlights
- date posted: 7/27/2010 12:00 AM - 40 days ago - date added: 7/27/2010 3:32 PM - 39 days ago - Afternoon - 2 rank
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Chamber appears poised to approve spending $37B on the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. War in Afghanistan - Iraq - Iraq War - Afghanistan - Warfare and Conflict

Anger, but no calls for change

     
washingtonpost.com - Today's Highlights
- date posted: 7/27/2010 12:00 AM - 40 days ago - date added: 7/27/2010 6:02 AM - 40 days ago - Morning - 1 rank
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Officials and experts dismiss impact of WikiLeaks release of Afghan war documents. National security - History - United States - Wikileaks - Wars and Conflicts

New Fodder for War Critics This story's sentiment has been rated as being negative.

     
Philly.com News
- date posted: 7/27/2010 12:02 AM - 40 days ago - date added: 7/27/2010 12:17 AM - 40 days ago - Night - 5 rank
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WASHINGTON - The leaking of a trove of U.S. documents about the Afghanistan war has put the Obama administration on the defensive and may deepen doubts in Congress about prospects for turning around ...
     
Future/spin-off stories

House Approves Money for Wars, but Rift Deepens


 (future word: the money after a leak)      
NYT > NYTimes.com Home
- date posted: 7/27/2010 6:04 PM - 39 days ago - date added: 7/27/2010 6:17 PM - 39 days ago - Evening - 3 rank
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The House approved a measure to pay for combat operations, but Democrats splintered on the money after a leak of documents showing the Afghanistan war had not been going as well as portrayed.

U.S.: Pakistan Ties Have Strengthened This story's sentiment has been rated as being positive.


 (future word: past several months Pakistan stance, cover the years 2004 to 2009)      
WSJ.com: What's News US
- date posted: 7/27/2010 1:17 PM - 40 days ago - date added: 7/27/2010 10:32 AM - 40 days ago - Morning - 2 rank
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U.S. officials contend that in the past several months, Pakistan's stance on the war in Afghanistan has become much more nuanced than portrayed in the WikiLeaks reports, which cover the years 2004 to ...


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MSNBC.com: Top msnbc.com headlines
Afghan War Leak Prompts Damage-Control Bid This story's sentiment has been rated as being positive. (4 future stories)     
WSJ.com: What's News US - 7/26/2010 5:32 PM - [direct link]
White House officials, already on the defensive over Afghan war strategy, scrambled to keep an impending leak of secret military documents from eroding allies' support. (4 first ranks, 27%, 5 second ranks, 33%)
Leak of Afghan war files creates debate - USATODAY.com News - Top Stories - [direct link]
WikiLeaks founder: Afghan documents reveal 'war crimes' - CNN.com - [direct link]
WikiLeaks founder sees himself as 'information activist' - MSNBC.com: Top msnbc.com headlines - [direct link]
NYT > NYTimes.com Home - Boston.com -- Latest news
all 15 news articles »

Afghan War Leak Prompts Damage-Control Bid This story's sentiment has been rated as being positive. (3 future stories)     
WSJ.com: What's News US - 7/26/2010 5:32 PM - [direct link]
White House officials, already on the defensive over Afghan war strategy, scrambled to keep an impending leak of secret military documents from eroding allies' support. (3 first ranks, 38%, 2 second ranks, 25%)
Leak of Afghan war files creates debate - USATODAY.com News - Top Stories - [direct link]
Afghanistan 'shocked' by leaked U.S. documents - CNN.com - [direct link]
Vast document leak of U.S. records on Afghanistan war - chicagotribune.com - - [direct link]
washingtonpost.com - Today's Highlights - Boston.com -- Latest news
all 8 news articles »

NATO: 1 missing sailor killed in Afghanistan This story's sentiment has been rated as being negative. (1 future stories)     
Boston.com -- Latest news - 7/26/2010 11:02 PM - [direct link]
A NATO official says that one of two sailors missing in Afghanistan since last week has been confirmed dead. The official says the body of the dead sailor has been recovered and family members ... (1 first ranks, 50%, 1 second ranks, 50%)
all 2 news articles »

Leaks create fresh doubt about Afghan war, secrets This story's sentiment has been rated as being positive.     
Boston.com -- Latest news - 7/26/2010 11:16 PM - [direct link]
The monumental leak of classified Afghan war documents threatened Monday to create deeper doubts about the war at home, cause new friction with Pakistan over allegations about its spy agency and raise ... (1 first ranks, 50%)
all 2 news articles »
 
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Q&A This story's sentiment has been rated as being positive.

     
CNN.com
- date posted: 7/26/2010 5:24 PM - 40 days ago - date added: 7/26/2010 6:47 PM - 40 days ago - Evening - 3 rank
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CNN Senior International Correspondent Nic Robertson analyzes the fallout from the publication of tens of thousands of U.S. military and diplomatic reports about Afghanistan by whistleblower website ...

Pakistani spy agency denounces US intel docs

     
Boston.com -- Latest news
- date added: 7/26/2010 4:32 AM - 41 days ago - Night - 1 rank
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Pakistan's most powerful spy agency on Monday lashed out against a trove of leaked U.S. intelligence reports that alleged close connections between it and Taliban militants fighting NATO troops in ...


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7/27/2010
This combination photograph shows portraits of Afghan National Army soldiers following a patrol made on Sunday, July 11, 2010, at the United States Army''s Combat Outpost Ware, in the volatile Arghandab Valley, near Kandahar City, southern Afghanistan.
Afghan army struggles with ethnic divisions
7/26/2010
Australian founder of whistleblowing website, ''WikiLeaks'', Julian Assange, speaks to media after giving a press conference in London on July 26, 2010.
WikiLeaks founder sees himself as 'information activist'
 
 
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