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Taliban Leader Rejects US Attempts to Lure Away Fighters with Money | CNN

Cecille Isidro — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 07:38:00 -0400

While the plan has a "reasonable chance for some success," analyst Nicholas Schmidle said that it may not be a long-term solution. "So long as the Americans ...

Taliban Leader Rejects US Attempts to Lure Away Fighters with Money | CNN International

Cecille Isidro — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 07:23:00 -0400

... very, very temporary allegiance," said Nicholas Schmidle, an expert on the Afghanistan-Pakistan region for the nonpartisan New America Foundation. ...

Detecting IEDs a Daunting Challenge for US Military | CNN

Cecille Isidro — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:06:00 -0400

They do have a deeply felt antagonism of anyone trying to control them or occupy their government," said Steve Clemons, an expert on Afghanistan for the ...

Obama/Nobel | Campbell Brown (CNN)

Erin Drankoski — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 10:27:00 -0400

PETER BEINART, SENIOR FELLOW, COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS: Well, because I think the one thing the Nobel Peace Prize really offers is publicity. The real value of this award is to shine a light on some very dark corner of the world and some person struggling in the shadows, in a brutal situation, a place like the Congo or North Korea. That's when -- when they gave it to Aung San Suu Kyi in Burma or then gave it to Desmond Tutu in South Africa in the '80s, for me, that's the right kind of use of the Nobel Peace Prize. Obama doesn't need any publicity. ...

Afghanistan | American Morning (CNN)

Erin Drankoski — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 10:28:00 -0400

PETER BEINART, SENIOR POLITICAL WRITER, THE DAILY BEAST: First of all, South Vietnam, the country we were trying to defend, was not a real country. It was an artificial country. It's created in 1954 by the French as they were leaving. The country was supposed to be reunited with North Vietnam in two years. The problem in Afghanistan may be that we have a government partner that's problematic. But Afghanistan is a real country that Afghans generally believe in. They have an Afghan national identity. That didn't exist in South Vietnam. That's why we

Afghan Outposts | CNN

Cecille Isidro — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 18:47:00 -0400

Peter Bergen, a CNN terrorism analyst, called the repetition "a huge problem." "It is suposed to be a lessons-learned exercise," Bergen said. ...

The Fight For Afghanistan | Anderson Cooper 360 (CNN)

Erin Drankoski — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 10:33:00 -0400

Spate of Terrorism Arrests Not Connected, Analysts Say | CNN

Cecille Isidro — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 15:08:00 -0400

But CNN's national security analyst Peter Bergen and law enforcement analyst Mike Brooks say not to read too much into it -- the rush of arrests is a ... and more »

Live From the Battle Zone in Afghanistan | CNN

Erin Drankoski — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 08:06:00 -0400

Afghan Election Dispute | CNN International

Erin Drankoski — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 09:10:00 -0400

PETER BERGEN, CNN TERRORISM ANALYST: The kinds of information that was given up by Khalid Sheikh Mohammed after being interrogated were about various plots they had on the drawing board to attack the United States a second time. But most of these plots were not serious. ... Original Transcript