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U.S. Troops Proselytizing Muslims »
Posted by: Spadecaller 6 months, 3 weeks ago in Religion
The U.S. military denies that the video released on May 2, 2009 by Al Jazeera is evidence that our troops have been proselytizing Muslims ...
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U.S. Soldiers Pushing Christianity on Muslims in Afghanistan »
Posted by: metavirus 6 months, 3 weeks ago in Religion
An Army chaplain appears to have come up with a brilliant loophole in the military's clear ban on religious proselytizing and has called on ...
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Karzai: Controversial Afghan women's law to be reviewed »
Posted by: tehranchik 7 months, 3 weeks ago in Political News
Responding to criticism from around the world, Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Saturday that a new law that critics say makes it legal for men ...
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The Mendacity of Nope »
Posted by: jovial 3 months, 4 weeks ago in Political Opinion
Healthcare. Afghanistan. Iraq. Unemployment. TARP. State-level governments going tits up. Homelessness. Hunger. Veteran’s affairs. Torture. Gitmo. Not one piece of the progressive agenda is ...
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Who killed 120 civilians? The US says it's not a story »
Posted by: dissent 6 months, 2 weeks ago in News
I did not meet survivors but I did talk to a reliable witness, a radio reporter called Farooq Faizy, who had gone to Bala Baluk ...
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Please Go Away »
Posted by: tehranchik 9 months, 3 weeks ago in Political News
Let's leave aside the fact that if Dick Cheney and his alleged boss had been more vigilant--if they had listened to the Clinton appointees ...
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DoD Seeks Software to Trick Soldier’s Kids Into Believing They are Talking to Their Parents »
Posted by: jovial 10 months ago in Family
The Department of Defense is soliciting proposals for a computer program that would allow small children whose parents are in Iraq or Afghanistan to “interact ...
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'There is no refuge, no place to go to deal with your grief' - Afghanistan - The Independent »
Posted by: gamahuche 3 months, 2 weeks ago in Political News
In the first ever unauthorised dispatch from an officer on the frontline, one young Captain offers a brutally honest account of life in Afghanistan, revealing ...
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Afghanistan and the new great game - The Toronto Star »
Posted by: gamahuche 1 month, 2 weeks ago in News
Why is Afghanistan so important?
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A glance at a map and a little knowledge of the region suggest that the real reasons for Western military ...Read (716) | Share | Discuss (25) | Read Full Story at thestar.com
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Face down the militarists and get out of Afghanistan. No strings attached - Simon Jenkins - guardian.co.uk »
Posted by: gamahuche 5 days, 8 hours ago in Political Opinion
Simon Jenkins: Obama must call time on the Afghan war. Retreat can be spun as victory. But it can't be conditional on impossible objectives ...
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Did oil influence America's decision to invade Afghanistan? »
Posted by: dissent 6 months, 2 weeks ago in News
America has wanted a new government in Afghanistan since at least 1998, three years before the attacks on 11 September 2001. The official report from ...
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Big week for Obama at UN »
Posted by: luvuobama2 2 months ago in News
When US President Barack Obama faces his first UN General Assembly, he will be seeking to make an impact on world affairs, writes the BBC ...
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Afghanistan: Can Obama succeed in the 'land of the unruly?' »
Posted by: engineer 9 months, 3 weeks ago in Political News
Afghanistan has been called the "graveyard of empires"
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President Obama faces resurgent Taliban
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‘Why Is It We Have Finite Resources For Health Care But Unlimited Money For War?’ »
Posted by: tehranchik 2 weeks, 1 day ago in Political Opinion
Video: Dennis Kucinich:‘Why Is It We Have Finite Resources For Health Care But Unlimited Money For War?’
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Pakistan's Peshawar transformed by Taliban threat - AFP »
Posted by: gamahuche 5 months, 2 weeks ago in News
A deadly hotel bomb in Pakistan's Peshawar underscores its shift from safe metropolis to besieged city where shop keepers are afraid to stock Western ...
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