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Tim Westwood videos and front line videos from FOB posts in Afghanistan.
http://corksphere.blogspot.com/Tim Westwood videos and front line videos from FOB posts in Afghanistan.... more
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The Department of Defense is getting very stingy in releasing new videos from the Afghanistan war, but we continue to circumvent the DOD and find new videos.
http://corksphere.blogspot.com/The Department of Defense is getting very stingy in releasing new videos from the... more
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This music video war "slice of hell" shows some shocking World War One actual footage courtesy of the US ARMY from 1916This music video war "slice of hell" shows some shocking World War One... more
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Former British prime minister Tony Blair decided up to a year before the Iraq invasion that it would not resist the US drive to oust Saddam Hussein. This is according to the former British ambassador to Washington, Sir Christopher Meyer. Meanwhile, a devastating official memo has come to light that warned the former prime minister that war on Iraq would be illegal eight months before he sent troops into Baghdad.Former British prime minister Tony Blair decided up to a year before the Iraq invasion... more
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US Foreign Service officer Matthew Hoh has become the first US official known to resign in protest over the Afghan war. Hoh, a former Marine Corps captain with combat experience in Iraq, has come to believe the war fuels the insurgency there.US Foreign Service officer Matthew Hoh has become the first US official known to... more
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The New York Times reported this past week that Ahmed Wali Karzai, the brother of the Afghan president and a suspected player in the country’s booming illegal opium trade, gets regular payments from the CIA, and has for much of the past eight years, according to current and former US officials.The New York Times reported this past week that Ahmed Wali Karzai, the brother of the... more
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Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was met with hostile opposition during her recent visit to Pakistan. Prominent women and tribesmen, students and journalists alike delivered the same message: Pakistanis aren't ready to endorse friendship with the United States despite an eight-year-old anti-terrorism alliance between the countries and a multi-billion-dollar new U.S. aid package.Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was met with hostile opposition during her recent... more
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Human Rights Watch says military commissions legislation that President Barack Obama signed into law this week does not remedy the commissions' inherent flaws.Human Rights Watch says military commissions legislation that President Barack Obama... more
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Outgoing UN nuclear watchdog chief Mohamed ElBaradei criticized the United States this week for using what he called a "false pretext" to invade Iraq. He said this false pretext has cost “the lives of possibly hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians.”Outgoing UN nuclear watchdog chief Mohamed ElBaradei criticized the United States this... more
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The Associated Press reports that there are already more than 100,000 international troops in Afghanistan working with 200,000 Afghan security forces and police. This adds up to a 12-1 numerical advantage over Taliban rebels, but it hasn't led to anything close to victory.The Associated Press reports that there are already more than 100,000 international... more
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More than 1,000 US troops have been wounded in battle over the past three months in Afghanistan, accounting for one-fourth of those injured in combat since the U.S.-led invasion in 2001. The dramatic increase in amputees and other seriously injured service members comes as October marks the deadliest month for U.S. troops in Afghanistan.More than 1,000 US troops have been wounded in battle over the past three months in... more
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