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WikiLeaks has posted a huge encrypted file named “Insurance” on your its site, increasing speculation that those responsible for the site to disclose more confidential information. According to blog users, the file is 20 times larger than the set of 77 000 U.S. secret military documents on Afghanistan that the site posted in July. Contributors [...]

It is said that there are ‘two poles in Washington: the counterinsurgency experts, or COIN-istas, who believe Afghanistan’s deteriorating security can only be reversed by adding tens of thousands of troops – perhaps as many as 80,000; and those who believe US interests in Afghanistan are few, and the best way to keep it on a low simmer is [...]