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Telegraph.uk 13 May 2009
Just weeks after announcing he would make the images public, administration officials said the president had told his legal advisers that releasing the photos would endanger troops.
 The change of heart is thought to have come after senior military officials gave warning the release could cause a backlash against troops.
CIA ignored warnings [...]

Bloomberg News
March 15, 2009
Pakistan Arrests Opposition Leader to Block Protests
By James Rupert and Farhan Sharif
Pakistani police detained former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, blockaded highways and cities and put army troops on alert to break up a planned protest tomorrow in Islamabad.
Police surrounded Sharif’s home in Lahore, put him under house arrest for three days [...]

New York Times
Afghan Presidential Election Delayed
January 29, 2009
By DEXTER FILKINS
KABUL — Afghan officials said Thursday they had decided to postpone the country’s presidential election until August, saying they needed more time to prepare. But parliamentary opposition figures said that the decision, which appeared to contravene Afghanistan’s constitution, raised doubts about the legitimacy of what [...]

Globe and Mail
January 26, 2009
Taliban turning to more ‘complex’ attacks
GRAEME SMITH
Taliban fighters are increasingly hitting their targets directly instead of relying on bombs, according to a year-end statistical review that contradicts a key NATO message about the war in Afghanistan.
Public statements from Canadian and other foreign troops have repeatedly emphasized the idea that the insurgents [...]