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http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=57280916&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK As public support for the war in Afghanistan erodes, President Barack Obama soon may face two equally unattractive choices: increase U.S. troops levels to beat back a resilient enemy, or stick with the 68,000 already committed and risk the political fallout if that's not enough.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=57272975&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK When Adrian Wilhelm learned that his son committed suicide just four days into his deployment in Iraq, he knew right away that the facts didn't add up.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=57267208&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK As public support for the Afghanistan war erodes, President Barack Obama is facing with two equally unattractive choices: increase U.S. troops levels to beat back a resilient enemy, or stick with the 68,000 already committed and risk the political fallout if that's not enough.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=57263197&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Pakistani Taliban fighters are committed to helping the fight in Afghanistan and consider Barack Obama their "No 1 enemy," a top commander said amid uncertainty Sunday about whether a new leader has been appointed to head the movement.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=57263182&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The head of an influential committee in Iran's parliament said he believes the nominee for defense minister will be approved despite accusations he was involved in the 1994 bombing of a Jewish cultural center in Argentina, the official IRNA news agency reported on Sunday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=57263322&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad doesn't have to look to the street protests or angry Web sites to get a sense of challenges ahead for his disputed second term. There's enough potential heat coming from right inside the country's leadership.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=57261956&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The outcry over alleged vote fraud in Afghanistan's election escalated Sunday, with President Hamid Karzai's chief opponent charging that turnout figures were padded and the chief fraud investigator saying some of the allegations were serious enough to influence the outcome if true.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=57259976&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Don't call President Hamid Karzai a U.S. puppet. Far from it.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=57250831&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Five members of Iraq's security forces charged in a deadly bank robbery went on trial Sunday, as relatives of those killed in the heist beat and spat on the defendants. One relative was dragged away from the courtroom, screaming obscenities.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=57249212&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The U.S. military says an American soldier has died of injuries sustained during an attack on a U.S. patrol in the Iraqi capital.