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NEWS ABOUT: tribal leaders

tribal leaders stories: 4 news summaries

Obama Looks for Local
Allies in Afghanistan

Administration's decided it can't wipe out Taliban

Oct 29, 09 6:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama has requested detailed, province-by-province analysis of Afghanistan’s local and tribal leaders, hoping to find more effective partners than the country’s weak and corrupt central government. The administration has concluded that no surge in troops will be able to eradicate the Taliban as a political force, but... More »

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Afghanistan • Barack Obama • Taliban • Robert Gates • tribal leaders • Jim Jones • Afghanistan war • Obama administration • Stanley McChrystal

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Army's Role in Iraq Turning Personal

Troops 'all but qualify for Iraqi citizenship,'
for better or worse

Apr 1, 08 11:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - After five years of war, the US military is enmeshed in virtually all aspects of Iraqi life—a common development in such engagements but one that can prove to be a double-edged sword for military efficiency, writes Lawrence Kaplan in the policy forum Bitter Lemons. "American units slowly melt... More »

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Iraq • Iraq pullout • US military • surge • tribal leaders • Vietnam War • Iraq reconstruction

5  Held in Whale Shooting

Makah machine gun marine mammal off Washington coast

Sep 9, 07 1:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - Five members of Washington's Makah Tribe were being held today after a harpooned California gray whale died as it headed out to sea. The AP reports that yesterday the tribesmen harpooned and shot the animal mammal with a .50 caliber machine gun. While the tribe has exercised its whaling rights... More »

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whale • Washington • tribal leaders • Native American • Native Groups • gray whale • tribal rights • California gray whale • Makah tribe

Musharraf Bails on Karzai Meeting

Pakistan chief snubs Afghan jirga; US claims 'good reasons'

Aug 8, 07 2:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - Pervez Musharraf has backed out of meetings with his Afghan counterpart in an abrupt snub that initially shocked Washington. Musharraf told Hamid Karzai he has other “engagements" at home in Pakistan and can't attend the meeting of tribal leaders intended to discuss military violence. The US is looking into... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • Hamid Karzai • United States • Islamabad • Islamic extremism • jirga • tribal leaders

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