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Scott Shane, The New York Times News Service: ''On his second yearlong deployment to Afghanistan, Lt. Col. Daniel L. Davis traveled 9,000 miles, patrolled with American troops in eight provinces and returned in October of last year with a fervent conviction that the war was going disastrously and that senior military leaders had not leveled with the American public.''

http://www.truth-out.org/army-officer-turned-whistleblower-how-many-more-must-die/1328552914

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Truth, Lies and Afghanistan

By Lt. Col. Daniel L. Davis

I spent last year in Afghanistan, visiting and talking with U.S. troops and their Afghan partners. ... What I saw bore no resemblance to rosy official statements by U.S. military leaders about conditions on the ground.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30454.htm



US colonel: Don t believe US statements on progress in Afghanistan

I spent five years covering the Iraq war, and at the end of it I was not inclined to believe anything official spokesmen had to say about Iraq anymore.

http://bit.ly/wt2Ozt



Lt Col Daniel Davis: 'US army does not tell truth'

As Afghan fury over Koran burning by US forces continues, a serving US army officer has said publicly that the US top brass are not telling the truth.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-17183739



Afghan war whistleblower Daniel Davis

'I had to speak out - lives are at stake': Soldier wrote detailed report claiming US generals 'have so distorted the truth ... the truth has become unrecognisable'.

http://bit.ly/IIipH7


From Information Clearing House

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US Paints False Picture of Afghan War: US Army Officer
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/02/07

Congress: Listen to Lt. Col. Daniel Davis
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/04/03-6



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