Posts Tagged ‘Brig. Gen. Larry Nicholson’

McChrystal on ‘Rising Tide’ of Kandahar : U.S. Can’t ‘Push Against the Culture’

In Afghanistan, History, News, Opinion, Politics, War on 8 March 2010 tagged Brig. Gen. Larry Nicholson, Brig. Gen. Lawrence Nicholson, CNN, Gen. Stanley McChrystal, Kandahar, Kandahar Province, Marja, Marjah, Operation Moshtarak, taliban with Comments

Speaking at a press conference earlier today, General Stanley McChrystal cemented his intent to go after the actual longtime Taliban stronghold of Kandahar in Southern Afghanistan.
McChrystal stated that international forces will be making a much larger effort to secure the Southern province possibly as early as this coming summer.
During the press conference, McChrystal made very [...]

Nicholoson on Marjah : U.S. in Competition For ‘Confidence and Support’ of People

In Afghanistan, News, Opinion, Politics, War on 7 March 2010 tagged Brig. Gen. Larry Nicholson, Brig. Gen. Lawrence Nicholson, CNN, Hamid Karzai, marja’ taghlid, Marjah, Operation Moshtarak, taliban with Comments

Afghan President Hamid Karzai paid an unannounced visit to Marjah, Helmand today. Karzai toured the city with U.S. Marine Corps Brig. Gen. Larry Nicholson, who is leading Operation Moshtarak.
Karzai’s visit, which comes a month after the onset of Operation Moshtarak, must serve as a small step towards assuring the people of Marjah that his [...]

Marjah’s New Governor Meets With People of Helmand

In Afghanistan, Crime, History, News, Opinion, Politics, War, citizenship on 22 February 2010 tagged Brig. Gen. Larry Nicholson, Brig. Gen. Lawrence Nicholson, Faqir Mohammad, Governor, Haji Zahir, Helmand, Kael Weston, Marja, Marjah, NPR, Operation Moshtarak, taliban with Comments

United States Marines flew in the new governor of Marjah to meet with the Afghan people as fighting continues in the town the media has repeatedly referred to as a ‘Taliban stronghold.’
Haji Zahir, a well-to-do expatriate who was living in Germany addressed the people of Marjah today to talk to them about their hopes and [...]

General Nicholson : ‘In Counterinsurgency, People are the Prize’

In Afghanistan, News, Opinion, Politics, War on 8 February 2010 tagged Brig. Gen. Larry Nicholson, Brig. Gen. Lawrence Nicholson, Camp Leatherneck, Counter-Insurgency, counterinsurgency, Helmand, Helmand Valley, Insurgency, insurgent, LA Times, Los Angeles Times, Marja, Marjah, taliban with Comments

As Afghan President Hamid Karzai has called for an end to raids in Afghan villages, and defiant Marjah residents have accused the West of wreckless endangerment of the Afghan civilian population, Brig. Gen. Larry Nicholson told the Los Angeles Times that he has worked hard to ensure civilian safety in Marjah.
If the United States wants [...]

Brig. Gen. Larry Nicholson : More Afghan Forces Needed

In Afghanistan, News, Opinion, Politics, War on 8 July 2009 tagged 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, Afghanistan, Barack Hussein Obama, Brig. Gen. Larry Nicholson, CNN, Helmand, Hilary Clinton, Iraq, Khan Neshin, Operation Khanjar, Police, Richard Holbrooke, taliban with Comments

It seems the combination of President Barack Hussein Obama, Secretary of State Hilary Clinton, U.S. Special Envoy Richard Holbrooke, and Brig. Gen. Larry Nicholson is working very hard at properly assessing the situation in Afghanistan and presenting the on the ground facts of the nation to the world, creating a realistic approach that could be [...]