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| President Obama's Secret: Only 100 al-Qaeda Now in Afghanistan
As he justified sending 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan at a cost of $30 billion a year, President Barack Obama's description Tuesday of the al-Qaeda "cancer" in that country left out one key fact: U.S. intelligence officials have concluded there are only about 100 al-Qaeda fighters in the entire country.
A senior U.S. intelligence official told ABCNews.com the approximate estimate of 100 al-Qaeda members left in Afghanistan reflects the conclusion of American intelligence agencies and the Defense Department.Photo Op Panic: 911 Calls Reveal Terror during NYC Air Force One Flyover - ABC News
The relatively small number was part of the intelligence passed on to the White House as President Obama conducted his deliberations.
President Obama made only a vague reference to the size of the al-Qaeda presence in his speech at West Point, when he said, "al-Qaeda has not reemerged in Afghanistan in the same number as before 9/11, but they retain their safe havens along the border."
A spokesperson at the White House's National Security Council, Chris Hensman, said he could not comment on intelligence matters. President Obama's Secret: Only 100 al-Qaeda Now in Afghanistan - ABC News
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| I didnt even watch the address......
IM TIRED OF OUR COUNTRY BEING DESTROYED!! | |
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Originally Posted by Dude111  I didnt even watch the address......
IM TIRED OF OUR COUNTRY BEING DESTROYED!! | America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.---Abraham Lincoln
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| Anyone who believes there is only 100 al Qaeda left in Afghanistan is a fool, but that's beside the point, it's no longer about al Qaeda, we can not just abandon the country... we need to make sure we leave on an up swing... Army Sailor | War in the Sandbox... - Post details: The Case for Afghanistan | 
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The Moment Has Passed! MAY 1, 2003  BRING THEM HOME NOW!
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No, it's about the rich getting richer, just like IRaq was. The Privatized War in Afghanistan | CommonDreams.org Quote:
Sue Sturgis, writing today in Facing South: the Online Magazine of the Institute for Southern Studies: Additional number of American troops President Obama plans to deploy to Afghanistan: 30,000
Total number of U.S. troops that will be there after the deployment: 98,000
Number of private contractors working for the U.S. in Afghanistan as of September 2009: 104,101
Percent by which that number grew between June and September: 40
Percent of the Defense Department's workforce in Afghanistan accounted for by contractors: 57
Number of conflicts in U.S. history involving a higher percentage of contractors: 0
Percent of the U.S. presence on the ground during the Vietnam War accounted for by contractors: 13
Percent of the Defense Department's 2008 budget devoted to contracts and grants: 82
Estimated value of Defense Department contracts in Afghanistan awarded to Texas-based Fluor and Virginia's DynCorp: $7.5 billion
Amount Fluor's PAC contributed to federal candidates in 2008: $305,499
Amount DynCorp's PAC contributed to federal candidates in 2008: $51,999
Date on which a financial analyst announced that Fluor and DynCorp stood to benefit from deployment of additional troops to Afghanistan: 12/2/2009
Amount by which Fluor's share prices rose in that afternoon's trading: 33 cents
Amount by which DynCorp's share prices rose: 30 cents
Month in which DynCorp disclosed in a regulatory filing that it had made payments to expedite visas and licenses, potentially violating the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act: 11/2009
The estimated total for these illegal payments: $300,000
Date on which an investigation was announced on behalf of DynCorp investors over possible securities law violations by the company: 12/3/2009
Value of a U.S. contract with DynCorp to train Iraqi police that federal auditors said was so mismanaged they were unable to determine how the money was spent: $1.3 billion
Year in which the U.S. Commission on Wartime Contracting is scheduled to release a comprehensive study of contracting in war zones: 2011
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12-07-2009, 08:26 PM
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Originally Posted by tadpole256 | How do you define an up swing? How about we leave when the government can assure a non repeat of the base for 9-11? | |
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Originally Posted by Zack How do you define an up swing? How about we leave when the government can assure a non repeat of the base for 9-11? | If we left now, started withdrawing today and quit the fight, the Taliban at it's current strength of about 25,000 (Even if Al-Qaeda only had 100 members in Afghanistan, they aren't the only ones we have to worry about.) could realistically, eventually retake its former power.
A best possible upswing at least IMO would mean a defeated or obliterated Taliban incapable of a resurgence in Afghanistan, a Pakistan that can defeat the Al-Qaeda and Taliban fighters who are trying to take a hold of that nation, we don't want them to have a base ANYWHERE, and a strong and stable government and military that can keep its regions from being taken over by insurgent groups.
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