NEWS ANALYSIS

Similarities to Iraq Surge Plan Mask Risks in Afghanistan

By DAVID E. SANGER
Published: December 5, 2009
President Obama is heading into his new strategy with warnings that many of the conditions that made the Iraq surge work do not exist in Afghanistan, but some similarities do exist.
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