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Nearly 40 dead, up to 80 wounded in Afghanistan truck bombing - CNN.com »
Posted by: travelcn 2 months, 2 weeks ago in News
Nearly 40 people were killed and up to 80 wounded Tuesday night when a truck bomb exploded in front of a construction company in Kandahar ...
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We must get out of Afghanistan - Adrian Hamilton - The Independent »
Posted by: gamahuche 7 months, 2 weeks ago in News
If you're in a hole stop digging. Denis Healey's admonition to politicians has been so often quoted that it's become almost a ...
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U.S. Soldier Captured in Afghanistan »
Posted by: TimALoftis 4 months, 1 week ago in News
KABUL (July 2) -- Insurgents have captured an American soldier in eastern Afghanistan, a U.S. miltary spokewoman said.
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Obama quietly deploying 13,000 more US troops to Afghanistan »
Posted by: Katie21 4 weeks, 1 day ago in Political News
President Barack Obama is quietly deploying an extra 13,000 troops to Afghanistan, an unannounced move that is separate from a request by the US ...
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Color Revolutions, Geopolitics and the Baku Pipeline »
Posted by: dissent 4 months, 2 weeks ago in News
After a short-term fall in price below the $50 a barrel level, oil is now bounding back towards $60 a barrel and likely far higher ...
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Book tells of female U.S. soldiers raped by comrades »
Posted by: bruhaha 6 months, 3 weeks ago in News
Female U.S. soldiers serving in Iraq and Afghanistan have more to fear than roadside bombs or enemy ambushes. They also are at risk of ...
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US broke bombing rules in Afghanistan »
Posted by: STONERS 5 months, 1 week ago in Political News
American troops made substantial errors and did not strictly follow rules for avoiding casualties during an air assault on Taliban fighters last month, a U ...
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25 Must-Know Facts about Afghanistan »
Posted by: PMolinero 10 months, 1 week ago in Political News
What do you know about Afghanistan? What is there to know besides there's a war going on "way over there"?
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Pardon The Interruption: CNN Drops Afghanistan Discussion For Serious Breaking News About Rush Limbaugh »
Posted by: tehranchik 3 weeks, 6 days ago in Political News
So, it's half past six or so on a Wednesday evening and I am watching that evening's edition of CNN's Wolf Blitzer ...
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Hasan Was Mortified About Deployment to War »
Posted by: tehranchik 5 days, 21 hours ago in Political News
Born and reared in Virginia, the son of immigrant parents from a small Palestinian town near Jerusalem, he joined the Army right out of high ...
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Soldiers pulled from Iraq duty, sent straight to Afghanistan - CNN.com »
Posted by: Klarissa 6 months, 3 weeks ago in News
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (CNN) -- The soldiers had barely arrived in Iraq before they got new orders -- get ready for Afghanistan.
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Afghanistan and Iraq: War Crimes Against Children ascribed to former President Bush »
Posted by: dissent 7 months, 3 weeks ago in News
Torture has received the most attention among the many war crimes of the Bush administration. But those who support Bush’s pursuit of the “war ...
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Pro-War Officials Play Up Taliban-al Qaeda Ties »
Posted by: Tumultuous 3 weeks, 6 days ago in Political Opinion
WASHINGTON (IPS) — U.S. national security officials, concerned that President Barack Obama might be abandoning the strategy of full-fledged counterinsurgency war in Afghanistan, are claiming ...
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Interrogation Debate Sharply Divided Bush White House »
Posted by: tehranchik 6 months, 1 week ago in Political News
The proclamation that President George W. Bush issued on June 26, 2003, to mark the United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture ...
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Could Afghanistan Become Obama?s Vietnam? »
Posted by: travelcn 2 months, 2 weeks ago in Political Opinion
WASHINGTON ? President Obama had not even taken office before supporters were etching his likeness onto Mount Rushmore as another Abraham Lincoln or the second coming ...
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