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[LynnTheDem]

Bush touts Afghanistan as model for Iraq

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2004-06/16/content_339861.htm

bush calls Afghanistan a "success"

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2004/06/20040615-4.html

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Unsustainable Casualty Rate in Iraq; Iraq 2004 = Vietnam 1966

http://www.slate.com/id/2111432 /

Chemical Warfare 'Angers Afghans'

http://atimes.com/atimes/Central_Asia/FL15Ag02.html

Let the Afghan Poppies Bloom

http://slate.msn.com/id/2110987/

U.S. Troops Begin Winter Afghanistan Offensive

http://slate.msn.com/id/2110987/

01/04/05 AFGHANISTAN DOD: Army Casualty Identified

Sgt. 1st Class Pedro A. Munoz, 47, of Aquada, Puerto Rico, died Jan. 2 in Shindand, Afghanistan, of injuries sustained Jan. 1 when his patrol encountered enemy fire. Munoz was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group, Fort Bragg, N.C.

http://www.defenselink.mil/releases/2005/nr20050103-1925.html

01/04/05 AFGHANISTAN Shelbyville Soldier Killed in Afghanistan

Green Beret Jeremy Wright was killed by a roadside bomb while in his Humvee this past weekend. The 31-year-old attended Southwestern High School in Shelby County and Wabash College. He was based at Fort Lewis in Washington State.

01/03/05 AFGHANISTAN: Nevada Army Guard unit activated

Members of Company D, 113th Aviation, are scheduled to leave Wednesday for Fort Smith, Okla. They will train there for two months before heading to Afghanistan, where they will remain for 16 months.

http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/nevada/2005/jan/03/010310135.html

01/01/05 AFGHANISTAN: Afghans arrest suspect in deadly bombing

Security forces have arrested a Tajik suspected of organizing the deadly car-bombing of a U.S. security firm in the Afghan capital and believe he was acting on the orders of al-Qaida, an Afghan official said Saturday.

http://www.oregonlive.com/newsflash/topstories/index.ssf?/base/international-20/1104598148142260.xml&storylist=topstories

US military hints at staying in Afghanistan for decades

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-01/03/content_2411354.htm