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Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Afghanistan Front News
MOD: Has released the name of the soldier killed on Monday, the soldier was " Lance Corporal Christopher Roney of A Company, 3rd Battalion The Rifles " Our thoughts are with the family of LCpl Roney.
Obama and the Liberals in the House
The Hill: Reports how President Obama will have to work on House Liberals for them not to change the Senate Bill, if the House changes the Bill that will pass tomorrow that could be a threat to the survival of the Bill. This is the test for the Obama White House, can they keep liberals in the House from bolting but also get the moderate and conservative blue dogs to accept the Senate version on abortion, that is tricky. On whole this should be PR, and the President should have a bill on his desk to sign by the end of January 2010. Then the real job comes, selling the hike in taxes when the benefits don't kick in till four years later, that will be interesting to see from the Obama White House.
Memorial Service in Iran - Mass Arrests of Dissenters
The Times: Reports on the arrests of protesters at the memorial service for the dissenting cleric, Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri. As stated many times, the protesters in Iran can only win if the security services and the Army think the regime in Tehran will fall, otherwise a lot of good people will be beaten up or worse killed. Thus this the time for the Obama Administration to place the MAX pressure on Tehran, make sure the UN sanctions next year bring down the regime.
Death in Afghanistan
MOD: Reports on the third death of a British soldier in Afghanistan this week, the soldier was from " The Parachute Regiment ". Thus since 2001 the UK has lost 243 of its Armed Forces Personnel in Afghanistan, of that total it has lost 210 in combat operations, while 33 have died due to illness, accidents or other incidents.
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