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Obama: Anti-terror plans focus on Pakistan, Afghanistan
    #10053638 - 03/27/09 01:21 PM (15 years, 4 days ago)

http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/27/us.afghanistan.troops/index.html

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  • Intelligence shows al Qaeda planning attacks on U.S., President Obama says

  • Part of Afghan strategy is $1.5 billion annually for five years in aid for Pakistan

  • U.S. to send 4,000 more troops to Afghanistan as well as 17,000 announced earlier

  • Hundreds of civilian specialists also to be deployed



WASHINGTON (CNN) -- More troops, new legislation, improved troop training and added civilian expertise highlight President Obama's strategy to fight terrorism in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

President Obama, here with Hillary Clinton on Friday, calls the situation in Afghanistan "increasingly perilous."

Obama on Friday announced his plan to tackle what he called an "international security challenge of the highest order."

Stressing soberly that "the safety of people around the world is at stake," Obama said the "situation is increasingly perilous" in the region in and around Afghanistan, where the United States has been fighting al Qaeda and the Taliban for more than 7½ years after attacks in New York and at the Pentagon.

"The United States of America did not choose to fight a war in Afghanistan. Nearly 3,000 of our people were killed on September 11, 2001, for doing nothing more than going about their daily lives," said Obama, who has vowed to make Afghanistan the central front in the fight against terrorism.

"So let me be clear: Al Qaeda and its allies -- the terrorists who planned and supported the 9/11 attacks -- are in Pakistan and Afghanistan. Multiple intelligence estimates have warned that al Qaeda is actively planning attacks on the U.S. homeland from its safe haven in Pakistan.

"And if the Afghan government falls to the Taliban -- or allows al Qaeda to go unchallenged -- that country will again be a base for terrorists who want to kill as many of our people as they possibly can." Video Watch Obama's speech on Afghanistan, Pakistan threats »

Obama said it is key Americans understand that Pakistan "needs our help" against al Qaeda.

"Al Qaeda and other violent extremists have killed several thousand Pakistanis since 9/11. They have killed many Pakistani soldiers and police. They assassinated [former Pakistani Prime Minister] Benazir Bhutto. They have blown up buildings, derailed foreign investment and threatened the stability of the state. Make no mistake: Al Qaeda and its extremist allies are a cancer that risks killing Pakistan from within."

Flanked by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Defense Secretary Robert Gates, Obama called on Congress to pass a bipartisan bill co-sponsored by Sens. John Kerry, D-Massachusetts, and Richard Lugar, R-Indiana.

The legislation authorizes "$1.5 billion in direct support to the Pakistani people every year over the next five years -- resources that will build schools, roads and hospitals and strengthen Pakistan's democracy," he said.

He also urged Congress to pass legislation that would create opportunity zones in the border region. The goal is to develop the economy and bring hope to places plagued by violence. Obama said, "We will ask our friends and allies to do their part," including at a donors conference next month in Tokyo, Japan.

"After years of mixed results, we will not provide a blank check. Pakistan must demonstrate its commitment to rooting out al Qaeda and the violent extremists within its borders. And we will insist that action be taken -- one way or another -- when we have intelligence about high-level terrorist targets. "

Obama said the United States must work with the World Bank and International Monetary Fund and others to help Pakistan get through the economic crisis.

"To lessen tensions between two nuclear-armed nations that too often teeter on the edge of escalation and confrontation, we must pursue constructive diplomacy with both India and Pakistan."

Afghan President Harmid Karzai watched the speech on CNN from Kabul, said Richard Holbrooke, Obama's special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Karzai "is extremely grateful and will issue his statement of support," Holbrooke said.

Obama stressed that "Afghanistan has been denied the resources that it demands because of the war in Iraq" and now a commitment must be made.

Obama said he is sending another 4,000 troops to Afghanistan, along with hundreds of civilian specialists, such as agricultural experts, educators and engineers. The troops -- which are in addition to the 17,000 announced earlier -- will be charged with training and building the Afghan army and police force.

The stakes are high as al Qaeda and the Taliban have escalated the insurgency and the number of U.S. troops deaths spiked last year -- the highest yearly death toll for them in the war.

Obama said the soldiers and Marines "will take the fight to the Taliban in the south and east" and will work with Afghan troops along the border. He said such an effort will bolster "security in advance of the important presidential election in August." Video Watch Obama tell terrorists U.S. will defeat them »

Obama said the coalition "will accelerate" efforts to "build an Afghan army of 134,000 and a police force of 82,000 so that we can meet these goals by 2011 -- and increases in Afghan forces may very well be needed as our plans to turn over security responsibility to the Afghans go forward."

He said Afghanistan's government has been "undermined by corruption and has difficulty delivering basic services to its people" and its economy is undercut by "a booming narcotics trade that encourages criminality and funds the insurgency." Video Watch Obama's remarks on the Afghan situation »

Obama said the United States will set clear benchmarks for international assistance and won't ignore attention to corruption.

He said the United States will develop a new contact group for Afghanistan and Pakistan that would include not only NATO allies and other partners but also Central Asian states, Gulf nations and Iran, Russia, India and China.

Reacting to Obama's plan, Sen. Russell Feingold, D-Wisconsin, said he is pleased the president is focusing on al Qaeda and is addressing the role of Pakistan but expressed concern the strategy could remain "overly Afghan-centric."

Citing Friday's suicide attack on a mosque in the Pakistani tribal region near Afghanistan, Feingold said, "This new administration must ensure that we do what we must not only in Afghanistan but also in Pakistan."

He said, "As the bombing near the Khyber Pass this morning highlights, we need to fully address the inextricable links between the crisis in Afghanistan and the instability and terrorist threats in Pakistan."

The bombing killed at least 48 people and wounded 80 to 90 others.


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Re: Obama: Anti-terror plans focus on Pakistan, Afghanistan [Re: Racist Polarbear]
    #10053671 - 03/27/09 01:27 PM (15 years, 4 days ago)

Send over 20000 military troops to Afghanistan to stabilize Pakistan?

hope and change........


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America's debt problem is a "sign of leadership failure"

We have "reckless fiscal policies"

America has a debt problem and a failure of leadership.

Americans deserve better

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Re: Obama: Anti-terror plans focus on Pakistan, Afghanistan [Re: Racist Polarbear]
    #10053687 - 03/27/09 01:30 PM (15 years, 4 days ago)

and BTW what is the exit strategy for Obama´s War?


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America's debt problem is a "sign of leadership failure"

We have "reckless fiscal policies"

America has a debt problem and a failure of leadership.

Americans deserve better

Barack Obama

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Re: Obama: Anti-terror plans focus on Pakistan, Afghanistan [Re: lonestar2004]
    #10053705 - 03/27/09 01:34 PM (15 years, 4 days ago)

The "Overseas contigency operation" is designed to be a war with no exit plan.  A sustained war to protect the financial interests of a small few elitists.  We are fighting a war on 'Terrorism.'  Its not like WWII where the US was waging a war against the nazis.  Nazi was a political party, something that can be defeated using force.  Terrorism is a word, and intangible enemy.  You cannot defeat it, its not possible.  And that's exactly what the elitists want.  A war that is fed to the public by the media as "helping protect the homeland."


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Re: Obama: Anti-terror plans focus on Pakistan, Afghanistan [Re: lonestar2004]
    #10053706 - 03/27/09 01:34 PM (15 years, 4 days ago)

Wait until the world ends.


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Re: Obama: Anti-terror plans focus on Pakistan, Afghanistan [Re: Icelander]
    #10053712 - 03/27/09 01:35 PM (15 years, 4 days ago)

its coming, you better find jesus or something....:smirk:


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We have "reckless fiscal policies"

America has a debt problem and a failure of leadership.

Americans deserve better

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Re: Obama: Anti-terror plans focus on Pakistan, Afghanistan [Re: lonestar2004]
    #10053929 - 03/27/09 02:02 PM (15 years, 4 days ago)

I'll take "or something" :jennajameson:


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Re: Obama: Anti-terror plans focus on Pakistan, Afghanistan [Re: Icelander]
    #10053937 - 03/27/09 02:04 PM (15 years, 4 days ago)

porn? :grin:


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Re: Obama: Anti-terror plans focus on Pakistan, Afghanistan [Re: lonestar2004]
    #10053963 - 03/27/09 02:06 PM (15 years, 4 days ago)

Sounds like as good a way to go as any.

I got my fiddle too, and a balcony to watch the fireworks from.


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Re: Obama: Anti-terror plans focus on Pakistan, Afghanistan [Re: Icelander]
    #10054726 - 03/27/09 04:02 PM (15 years, 4 days ago)

Quote:

Icelander said:
I got my fiddle too, and a balcony to watch the fireworks from.




So that's you across the street sitting up late at night looking over in this direction. :nono:


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Re: Obama: Anti-terror plans focus on Pakistan, Afghanistan [Re: fireworks_god]
    #10055733 - 03/27/09 06:24 PM (15 years, 4 days ago)

Actually I'm trying to see Mushroomtrip. :satansmoking:


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Re: Obama: Anti-terror plans focus on Pakistan, Afghanistan [Re: Racist Polarbear]
    #10056528 - 03/27/09 08:06 PM (15 years, 4 days ago)

i guess i need to give Obama credit for creating 17,000 new jobs for Americans (in Afghanistan)....


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America has a debt problem and a failure of leadership.

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Re: Obama: Anti-terror plans focus on Pakistan, Afghanistan [Re: Racist Polarbear]
    #10059556 - 03/28/09 11:25 AM (15 years, 3 days ago)

FYI the war on terror is over it is now ....the Global Struggle Against Violent Extremism

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2009/03/23

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