Petraeus to Talk Obama Out of Pullout
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=138831§ionid=351020403
"Obama had vowed he would start troop withdrawal from Afghanistan in mid 2011. However, officials like VP Joe Biden and US Secretary of State Robert Gates later said the number of troops to be withdrawn could be as low as 2,000. The developments came as the security situation keeps deteriorating in Afghanistan.."
Secret US Assault on Terrorism Widens: Report
http://pakobserver.net/detailnews.asp?id=47295
"The administration's demands have accelerated a transformation of the CIA into a paramilitary organization as much as a spy agency..Michael G Vickers, who helped run the CIA campaign to funnel money and guns to the Afghanistan mujahedeen in the 1980s and was featured in the book and movie 'Charlie Wilson's War' is now the top Pentagon official overseeing Special Operations troops around the globe.."