General Stanley A Mcchrystal
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Expect spurt in Afghan violence: General Petraeus
Top American military commander General David Petraeus headed for Afghanistan warned of escalating violence there in the coming months on Tuesday. He said that he would not be surprised by links between Pakistan's spy agency Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and the Taliban, who have established a safe haven in Pakistan's restive tribal region."Let...
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Pakistan exploits US woes in Afghanistan
Pakistan is exploiting the troubled United States military effort in Afghanistan to drive home a political settlement with Afghanistan that would give Pakistan important influence there but is likely to undermine United States interests, Pakistani and American officials said.The dismissal of Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal will almost certainly embolden...
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Gen Petraeus taking control of a 'Tougher Fight'
In late 2008, shortly after he had helped pull Iraq back from the brink of catastrophe, Gen. David H. Petraeus prepared to turn to that other American war. "I've always said that Afghanistan would be the tougher fight," General Petraeus said at the time.Now the burden falls to him, at perhaps the decisive moment in President Obama's campaign to rev...
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Obama sacks General McChrystal, picks Petraeus to lead Afghan war
US President Barack Obama has accepted General Stanley McChrystal's resignation as the top US Commander in Afghanistan and is replacing him with General David Petraeus, head of US Central Command.
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Who is General McChrystal?
Like his boss, mentor and friend, Gen. David H. Petraeus, Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal modeled himself as one of a new breed of American commanders: intellectual, open with the press and as politically savvy as the elected officials he was hired to serve.In that respect, the two four-star generals -- Petraeus in Iraq, McChrystal in Afghanistan -- per...
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US Commander in trouble over rolling stone interview
General Stanley A McChrystal, the top commander in Afghanistan, was ordered back to Washington on Tuesday after a magazine article portrayed him and his staff as openly contemptuous of some senior members of the Obama administration, the United States ambassador to Afghanistan and senior European officials.
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Expect spurt in Afghan violence: General Petraeus
Top American military commander General David Petraeus headed for Afghanistan warned of escalating violence there in the coming months on Tuesday. He said that he would not be surprised by links between Pakistan's spy agency Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and the Taliban, who have established a safe haven in Pakistan's restive tribal region."Let...
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Pakistan exploits US woes in Afghanistan
Pakistan is exploiting the troubled United States military effort in Afghanistan to drive home a political settlement with Afghanistan that would give Pakistan important influence there but is likely to undermine United States interests, Pakistani and American officials said.The dismissal of Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal will almost certainly embolden...
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Gen Petraeus taking control of a 'Tougher Fight'
In late 2008, shortly after he had helped pull Iraq back from the brink of catastrophe, Gen. David H. Petraeus prepared to turn to that other American war. "I've always said that Afghanistan would be the tougher fight," General Petraeus said at the time.Now the burden falls to him, at perhaps the decisive moment in President Obama's campaign to rev...
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Obama sacks General McChrystal, picks Petraeus to lead Afghan war
US President Barack Obama has accepted General Stanley McChrystal's resignation as the top US Commander in Afghanistan and is replacing him with General David Petraeus, head of US Central Command.
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Who is General McChrystal?
Like his boss, mentor and friend, Gen. David H. Petraeus, Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal modeled himself as one of a new breed of American commanders: intellectual, open with the press and as politically savvy as the elected officials he was hired to serve.In that respect, the two four-star generals -- Petraeus in Iraq, McChrystal in Afghanistan -- per...
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US Commander in trouble over rolling stone interview
General Stanley A McChrystal, the top commander in Afghanistan, was ordered back to Washington on Tuesday after a magazine article portrayed him and his staff as openly contemptuous of some senior members of the Obama administration, the United States ambassador to Afghanistan and senior European officials.
