<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/c6580e5f-4950-4945-9737-467550c7ab2a/4BF6233F-83E7-414A-9B17-B202904CD439/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.nrc.nl/international/article2372994.ece/Phased_withdrawal_is_best_option_for_Afghanistan,_says_US_expert" href="http://www.nrc.nl/international/article2372994.ece/Phased_withdrawal_is_best_option_for_Afghanistan,_says_US_expert" style="font-size: 11px;">www.nrc.nl</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nrc.nl/international/article2372994.ece/Phased_withdrawal_is_best_option_for_Afghanistan,_says_US_expert"><H1> Afghanistan needs timetable for withdrawal, says US expert</H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nrc.nl/international/article2372994.ece/Phased_withdrawal_is_best_option_for_Afghanistan,_says_US_expert"><DIV class="article_introduction"> America is not paying much attention to it, and neither are the other Nato countries involved in Afghanistan. But the underlying assumption for the war, says CIA veteran Paul Pillar, is no longer valid.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nrc.nl/international/article2372994.ece/Phased_withdrawal_is_best_option_for_Afghanistan,_says_US_expert"> Terrorists don't need a sanctuary to plan attacks from. We are investing enormously in an operation that is based on a flawed assumption. The reality is that the terror threat to the West would not significantly increase if we were to leave Afghanistan. </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nrc.nl/international/article2372994.ece/Phased_withdrawal_is_best_option_for_Afghanistan,_says_US_expert">"Look at the record of 9/11. Al Qaeda's training camps in Afghanistan did not play a big role in that operation. </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nrc.nl/international/article2372994.ece/Phased_withdrawal_is_best_option_for_Afghanistan,_says_US_expert">the planning by Khalid Sheik Mohammed – was done away from the camps. The preparations were made in apartments in Germany, hotel rooms in Spain and flight schools in the US. And don't forget: if a group really needs a safe haven it doesn't have to depend on Afghanistan. We already know they are able to operate in Pakistan, and there is Somalia and Yemen too." </blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/4BF6233F-83E7-414A-9B17-B202904CD439/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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