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<IMG src="http://www.truthdig.com/images/masthead_newsletter.gif"> Hi, I read this on Truthdig and thought you would find it interesting. =-=-=-=-=-=-= Afghanistan to Get Worse Before It Gets Better At the same time that Afghan President Hamid Karzai organizes a nationwide council to try to broker peace with Taliban insurgents, the U.K.‘s senior military commander forecasts that violence in Afghanistan will <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11186416" title="get worse">get worse</a> before it gets better. <a href="http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/afghanistan_to_get_worse_before_it_gets_better_20100904/">http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/afghanistan_to_get_worse_before_it_gets_better_20100904/</a> Copyright © 2010 Truthdig, L.L.C. All rights reserved. =-=-=-=-=-=-= This is a one-time mailing from Truthdig, (<a href="http://www.truthdig.com/">www.truthdig.com</a>) on behalf of the sender. Please report any misuse to webmaster-at-truthdig.com <IMG src="http://www.truthdig.com/images/masthead_newsletter.gif"> Hi, I read this on Truthdig and thought you would find it interesting. =-=-=-=-=-=-= Afghanistan to Get Worse Before It Gets Better At the same time that Afghan President Hamid Karzai organizes a nationwide council to try to broker peace with Taliban insurgents, the U.K.‘s senior military commander forecasts that violence in Afghanistan will <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11186416" title="get worse">get worse</a> before it gets better. <a href="http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/afghanistan_to_get_worse_before_it_gets_better_20100904/">http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/afghanistan_to_get_worse_before_it_gets_better_20100904/</a> Copyright © 2010 Truthdig, L.L.C. All rights reserved. =-=-=-=-=-=-= This is a one-time mailing from Truthdig, (<a href="http://www.truthdig.com/">www.truthdig.com</a>) on behalf of the sender. Please report any misuse to webmaster-at-truthdig.com