This is very odd... U.S. rep Holbrook finds peace talks "troubling?????"

Peregrine Took

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Mon Jun-21-10 03:34 PM
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This is very odd... U.S. rep Holbrook finds peace talks "troubling?????"

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jun/21/uk-special-envoy-afghanistan-quits

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EFerrari

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Mon Jun-21-10 03:35 PM
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1. Was he a PNAC signor? n/t

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RUMMYisFROSTED

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Mon Jun-21-10 03:40 PM
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2. Is that Portugeuse?

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EFerrari

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Mon Jun-21-10 03:54 PM
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5. Looks like he was:

http://www.publiceye.org/pnac_chart/pnac_contributors_signatories_clinton_administration.html

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B Whale

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Mon Jun-21-10 03:41 PM
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3. we should talk to the taliban, no matter how repuslive they are.....and

karzai is completely corrupt. Sounds like this guy had it right!

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elleng

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Mon Jun-21-10 03:47 PM
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4. Some detail:

Cowper-Coles was appointed regional envoy in February 2009, a job that involves shadowing the US special representative Richard Holbrooke. The Briton quickly took an aggressive line on the need to open peace talks with the Taliban, irking US officials who favoured a slower approach.

One western official said Holbrooke found Cowper-Coles's insistence on peace negotiations "troubling"; another said that US officials blamed him for "peddling the idea that Karzai should be removed".

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