
04/30/2013
This Yemeni Man Loves America, Hates Al Qaeda, and Says Drone Strikes Make Them Stronger
He described the time a Hellfire missile hit his home village in testimony before a U.S. Senate committee.
End the War in Afghanistan 10/7/2001 - today
Belligerents:
President George Bush (R)
Vice President Dick Cheney (R)
President Barack Obama (D)
Vice President Joe Biden (D)
Sen.
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Harry Reid (D-NV) Rep. John Boehner (R-OH) Opponents: Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA) Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) Rep. Justin Amash (R-WI) Rep. John Duncan (R-TN) Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) Rep. Walter Jones (R-NC)
Mission: Immediately ending hostilities in Afghanistan and returning all US military and civilian personnel to the United States.
Operating as usual
He described the time a Hellfire missile hit his home village in testimony before a U.S. Senate committee.
C.I.A. Delivers Cash to Afghan Leader’s Office
Millions of dollars have flowed from the Central Intelligence Agency to the office of President Hamid Karzai, but there’s little evidence that the payments bought the influence the agency sought.
Afghan girls' school feared hit by poison gas
TALUQAN, Afghanistan (Reuters) - As many as 74 schoolgirls in Afghanistan's far north fell sick after smelling gas and were being examined for possible poisoning, local officials said on Sunday.While
This disgusts me.
The Army Has Issued Anti-Suicide Nasal Spray.
Aug. 18, 2012, 1:50 AM
The military suicide rate doubled in July. That's one of our troops, almost every day.
To come up with an answer, the Army recently gave 3 million dollars to a university of Indiana research center, and those researchers came back with this: Anti-Suicide Nasal Spray.
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/suicide-rates-double-in-july-army-issues-nasal-spray-2012-8#ixzz2RFALWv8F
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Officials: Six Afghan Police Killed in ‘Insider Attack’ -- News from Antiwar.com
An incident of Taliban forces killing six Afghan Local Police (ALP) has been chalked up to an insider attack according to officials, who say that one of the other ALP let the Taliban into the base as the others slept, then joined them.
US bomb kills 30 at Afghan wedding
At least 30 members of an Afghan wedding party were killed and many more wounded when a U.S. plane bombed a village in the central province of Uruzgan today, Afghan officials and residents said
Three key lessons from the Obama administration's drone lies
Glenn Greenwald: The axiom that political officials abuse their power and lie to the public when operating in the dark is proven yet again
NATO says 2 international troops killed in helicopter crash in eastern Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan — NATO says two international service members have been killed in a helicopter crash in eastern Afghanistan.
Ten children killed in Afghan NATO strike — RT News
A NATO airstrike has killed at least 10 children in the East of Afghanistan, report local officials.
Afghan attacks kill U.S. diplomat, soldiers, others
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) - A car bomb blast killed five Americans, including three U.S. soldiers and a young diplomat, on Saturday, while an American civilian died in a separate attack in the east.The
How A Female Photographer Sees Her Afghanistan : NPR
At age 13, Farzana Wahidy was beaten in the street for not wearing a burqa. To have carried a camera then would have been unthinkable. But she went on to become a pioneering photographer and, after working and studying abroad, returned to Afghanistan to "show the bigger image, not just show we have…
Afghanistan says Pakistan putting conditions on Taliban peace effort, relations at new low
KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghanistan accused Pakistan on Thursday of placing unacceptable conditions on efforts to bring peace to the country after nearly 12 years of war, the latest in a series of barbed exchanges that has sunk relations between the two neighbors to a new low.
Russia rules out setting up bases in Afghanistan
A top Russian military official denied reports that Russia may set up bases in Afghanistan, even while reiterating readiness to assist the Afghan armed forces. “I want to state that ...
Afghanistan 2014: A look one year out - by Jim Marshall | The AfPak Channel
Term limits preclude Hamid Karzai from seeking re-election in the Afghan presidential election slated to occur one year from today (parliamentary elections will follow in 2015). So, for the first time since 2001, Afghanistan will soon have a new chief executive along with a new parliament, a leaders...
Pilot killed in Afghanistan identified; son of retired 2-star
The F-16 pilot killed in an April 3 crash in eastern Afghanistan was the son of retired Maj. Gen. Robert Steel, former commandant of the National War College.
Dempsey: US decision on how many troops to keep in Afghanistan should wait for summer fighting
In order to assess the strength of Afghan government forces, the U.S. should wait until summer or later before deciding how many troops to keep in Afghanistan after the combat mission ends in De...
New Zealand pulls troops out of Afghanistan
New Zealand has withdrawn its small contingent of troops from Afghanistan.
Report Calculates High Cost of Iraq-Afghanistan War | The Harvard Crimson
As the U.S. presence in Iraq and Afghanistan winds down, a recent report by Harvard Kennedy School lecturer Linda J. Bilmes ’80 predicts that the aggregate cost of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan will fall between $4 and $6 trillion.
Security Council extends mission amid calls for continued UN support
Top U.S. commander talks extending Afghanistan mission
Gen. Joseph Dunford tells CBS News' Elizabeth Palmer he lies awake at night worrying he won't provide the leadership coalition forces deserve
54 killed, 90 wounded in attack on Afghan compound
At least 54 people were killed and 90 others wounded Wednesday in an insurgent attack on a government compound in western Afghanistan where Taliban fighters were facing trial, local officials said. Nine insurgents with explosives strapped to their bodies stormed the compound in …
We've heard this all before...
On the Radar As commander of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan, U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Joseph Dunford, Jr. has one of the toughest jobs in the military: preparing Afghanistan to stand on its own by 2014 when the last international troops are set to pull out of the cou...
I don't think this is an April Fools gag. I really hope it isn't.
Nearly 25 years after Soviet troops left Afghanistan in defeat, Russia may return – in order to service the Russian equipment that makes up the backbone of the Afghan military.
Freedom Phoenix
Removing military assets from Afghanistan to cost at least $5 billion | The Raw Story
The US operation to remove military hardware and vehicles from Afghanistan as troops withdraw after 12 years of war will cost between five and six billion dollars, officials said Sunday.
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Iraq, Afghan wars ‘most expensive’ in US history, drained defense budget for decades — RT USA
The US wars in Afghanistan and Iraq will cost taxpayers up to $6 trillion, “the most expensive wars in US history,” a new report has revealed, adding that these campaigns will dominate future federal budgets “for decades to come.”
Bipartisan Group Of Senators Urges Obama To End Afghanistan War
WASHINGTON -- Sens. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) urged President Barack Obama in a letter Wednesday to end the war in Afghanistan and provide a minimal number of U.S. troops beyond 2014. "Mr. President, our valiant men and women have fought bravely in Afghanist...
The war is still going on... The neocons want more and I doubt the neodems have a different opinion. When will the military adventurism stop?
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Tuesday responded to conflicting and unconfirmed reports of chemical weapons being used in Syria by increasing pressure on President Barack Obama to approve U.S. military involvement in the Middle East nation's ongoing strife. "President...
Nothing like adding a war on top of a war
It's time to turn conventional wisdom upside down. Fighting drugs is not a precondition for security. On the contrary, security is a necessary condition for curbing drugs.
Horrifying beyond belief.
If you look at only one story about the Afghan War this year, make it this one. An explosive Congressional investigation revealed horrific new details this week about a U.S. funded military hospita...
The Skeptical Libertarian
Is it Vietnam yet?
Smart move...
All French combat forces will pull out of Afghanistan by the end of the year, France's new president said in Kabul Friday, but some trainers will remain to help Afghanistan's nascent security forces.
Afghanistan Poll: Majority Of Republicans No Longer Support War
The majority of Republicans now think the war in Afghanistan was not worth fighting, according to a Washington Post-ABC News poll conducted last week. For the first time, more Republicans and Republican-leaning independents opposed the war than supported it, with 55 percent saying they considered th...
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