British Defense Secretary Rejects Obama Pullout Pledge Likely Incoming British Leader Also Rejects 'Artificial Timetable'
Marines Launch Massive Assault Against Helmand Ghost Town 'Operation Cobra's Anger' a Prelude to Surge
NATO Commits 7,000 More Troops to Afghanistan, Avoids Details Escalation Will Mostly Be Offset by Netherlands, Canada Pullouts
US May Bypass Karzai, Cede Authority to Local Leaders US to Really Start Undermining Karzai Govt in July 2011
Officials Predict Rise in Afghan Violence in 2010 Escalation Means US 'Going to Take More Casualties'
Military Will Struggle to Add Troops to Afghanistan Quickly No Roads, No Infrastructure? No Problem, Mullen Insists
Obama’s Plan Not What It Seems, Officials Insist Already Expanding Past 30,000, Downplaying July 2011 Deadline