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Afghanistan by the Numbers »
Posted by: berkeley 2 months ago in Political Opinion
Here may be the single strangest fact of our American world: that at least three administrations -- Ronald Reagan's, George W. Bush's, and now ...
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Too Close For Comfort - Marines Call In Air Strike »
Posted by: pc25 6 months, 1 week ago in News
Dangerously close airstrike in support of US Marines in Now Zad, Helmand Province, Afghanistan.
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Iraq vet: We're losing 'more soldiers to suicide than to al Qaeda' »
Posted by: tehranchik 8 months, 4 weeks ago in Political News
The Army's suicide rate is the highest it has been in three decades, and a week-long series of articles at Salon.com has been ...
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Fiasco - Why is Obama repeating Bush's Iraq mistakes...in Afghanistan? »
Posted by: Tumultuous 1 month, 3 weeks ago in Political Opinion
With the Iraq war spinning out of control in mid-2005, retired Marine General James L. Jones spoke with his old friend Peter Pace, the incoming ...
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Taliban Attack Afghan Government Buildings, Killing At Least 20, Before Holbrooke Visit »
Posted by: tehranchik 9 months ago in Political News
Eight Taliban gunmen wearing suicide vests attacked three Afghan government buildings Wednesday in a coordinated assault that killed 20 people in the heart of Kabul ...
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US to spend $1 billion on embassy expansions in Pakistan, Afghanistan »
Posted by: dissent 5 months ago in News
Islamabad - The US is embarking on a $1 billion crash program to expand its diplomatic presence in Pakistan and neighboring Afghanistan, another sign that the ...
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Bombshell: Orders revoked for soldier challenging prez »
Posted by: Temlakos 3 months, 4 weeks ago in News
A U.S. Army Reserve major from Florida scheduled to report for deployment to Afghanistan within days has had his military orders revoked after he ...
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Red Cross Says "US Strike Kills Dozens Of Civilians" »
Posted by: Mikunited 6 months, 1 week ago in News
Mr Obama will hold bilateral talks with Mr Karzai and Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari, before all three hold a joint meeting.
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Obama administration keeps Bush view on Afghanistan detainees - CNN.com »
Posted by: Shana4Liberty 8 months, 3 weeks ago in Political News
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The Obama administration told a federal court late Friday it will maintain the Bush administration's position that battlefield detainees held without charges ...
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Petraeus sees value in talking to Taliban »
Posted by: TechnologyExpert 8 months, 3 weeks ago in Political News
U.S. Army Gen. David Petraeus said on Wednesday that negotiations with some members of the Taliban could provide a way to reduce violence in ...
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Obama seeks $83.4 billion in special war money »
Posted by: STONERS 7 months ago in News
President Barack Obama asked Congress on Thursday for $83.4 billion for U.S. military and diplomatic operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, pressing for special ...
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Poverty,Bombs and Emeralds »
Posted by: Mikunited 6 months, 1 week ago in News
A growing number of Afghani men are putting their lives at risk by taking up amateur mining to earn a living
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Robert Fisk: Civilians pay price of war from above -
Robert Fisk, Commentators - The Independent »Posted by: dissent 6 months ago in News
Of course there will be an inquiry. And in the meantime, we shall be told that all the dead Afghan civilians were being used as ...
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Soldier alleges military pattern of Christian bias »
Posted by: Progressive 10 months, 2 weeks ago in Religion
An atheist soldier suing over prayers at military formations claims a larger pattern of religious discrimination exists in the military, citing attempts to convert Muslims ...
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Iraq Was Not Vietnam, Afghanistan Is Not Iraq »
Posted by: btatman22 1 month ago in Political Opinion
The President seems paralyzed in his attempts to decide upon a strategy in Afghanistan. The certainty of his rhetoric during the campaign has apparently been ...
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