http://centralasia.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2007/08/24/the-afghanistan-aggregator-august-20-26/ American Foreign Policy Analysis in Central Asia Sun, 23 Nov 2008 09:31:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=wordpress-mu-1.0 http://centralasia.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2007/08/24/the-afghanistan-aggregator-august-20-26/#comment-1279 Sat, 25 Aug 2007 21:53:19 +0000 http://centralasia.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2007/08/24/the-afghanistan-aggregator-august-20-26/#comment-1279 [...] Middle East: ♦ Afghanistan:  Just three out of many from FPA Central Asia’s Afghanistan Aggregator, plus one update: ◊ Afghanistanica has a great post on Afghanistan scholars to watch, read, and study. ◊ Another article on the mystery of not-enough translators for Afghanistan, also at Afghanistanica. ◊ Mr. Foust at Registan.net on basic flaws in reconstruction aid .  A good start on the issue, with links for more. ◊ Friendly fire (what a term) from U.S. aerial bombardment kills 3 British soldiers and injures two more in Helmand Province.  ♦ Iran: ◊ New in-the-works U.S. intelligence report is pessimistic about Iran, as reported by AP.  More nukes, no overthrow of Ahmadinejad, more weapons traffic. . . ◊ Iran plans to continue developing a 2,000 pound ’smart bomb’.  Great. ♦ Iraq: ◊ Iraq’s elites are still leaving as fast as possible.  ◊ A Berlin study says Iraq will disintegrate soon.  The new U.S. NIE  on Iraq is not hopeful.  ◊ The Brits are leaving Basra any day now. [...] […] Middle East: ♦ Afghanistan:  Just three out of many from FPA Central Asia’s Afghanistan Aggregator, plus one update: ◊ Afghanistanica has a great post on Afghanistan scholars to watch, read, and study. ◊ Another article on the mystery of not-enough translators for Afghanistan, also at Afghanistanica. ◊ Mr. Foust at Registan.net on basic flaws in reconstruction aid .  A good start on the issue, with links for more. ◊ Friendly fire (what a term) from U.S. aerial bombardment kills 3 British soldiers and injures two more in Helmand Province.  ♦ Iran: ◊ New in-the-works U.S. intelligence report is pessimistic about Iran, as reported by AP.  More nukes, no overthrow of Ahmadinejad, more weapons traffic. . . ◊ Iran plans to continue developing a 2,000 pound ’smart bomb’.  Great. ♦ Iraq: ◊ Iraq’s elites are still leaving as fast as possible.  ◊ A Berlin study says Iraq will disintegrate soon.  The new U.S. NIE  on Iraq is not hopeful.  ◊ The Brits are leaving Basra any day now. […]

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