Archive for the 'Afghanistan' Category
Monday, June 14th, 2010
Think Progress…June 13, 2010
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‘The United States “has discovered nearly $1 trillion in untapped mineral deposits in Afghanistan, far beyond any previously known reserves and enough to fundamentally alter the Afghan economy and perhaps the Afghan war itself,” according to senior U.S. officials. An internal Pentagon memo dubs Afghanistan the “Saudi Arabia of lithium.”’
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How about these […]
Posted in Military, Afghanistan, Iraq, Terrorism, Middle East, Lebanon, Dubai, Pakistan, Iran, Syria, Libya, Egypt, Jordan, Somalia, Natural Resources |
Sunday, April 5th, 2009
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Image: (Karzai) (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)via huffingtonpost.com; (Ferrer) Lawrence of Arabia via gonemovies.com;(quote) thanks to Godfather script of Mario Puzo & Francis Coppola
Posted in Afghanistan, Movies, Hamid Karzai |
Thursday, September 25th, 2008
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ABCNews
Grim’ Afghanistan Report To Be Kept Secret by US
“No Plans to Declassify” New National Intelligence Estimate for White House
By BRIAN ROSS
September 23, 2008
US intelligence analysts are putting the final touches on a secret National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) on Afghanistan that reportedly describes the situation as “grim”, but there are “no plans to declassify” any of […]
Posted in Military, Afghanistan, Bush, Cheney, Movies, War |
Monday, July 21st, 2008
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Imges: (beer) via joesportsfan.com; (Kingsley face) via collider.com; (Kingley suit) via metinberektli.com; (original photo) via huffingtonpost.com
Posted in Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Hamid Karzai, Ben Kingsley |
Sunday, May 11th, 2008
Wake up, Folks! This administration is beneath all contempt.
Think Progress
May 10, 2008
Since 2001, the U.S. military has cremated the remains of approximately 200 service members at Friends Forever Pet Cremation Service, a Delaware facility that primarily cremates pets. The practice was stopped yesterday, as the Washington Post reports:
The revelation came to light when an Army […]
Posted in administration, Military, Afghanistan, Iraq, Pentagon, Pets |
Sunday, April 27th, 2008
Afghan president safe after fleeing gunfire at Kabul event
By AMIR SHAH, Associated Press Writer 6 minutes ago
KABUL, Afghanistan - Suspected Taliban militants attacked a ceremony attended by the Afghan president on Sunday, unleashing automatic weapons fire that sent foreign dignitaries and senior members of the government fleeing for cover.
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(AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)
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Images: (target) practicespote.com via temperaturegauge.blogspot.com
Posted in Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai |
Friday, March 28th, 2008
I wonder if these folks got the idea in JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT?
BIL-KO IMPORT EXPORT?
Nevertheless, there is a big difference between allegedly and guilty.
The truth has always been a problem with the present administration.
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March 27, 2008
Supplier Under Scrutiny on Arms for Afghans
By C. J. CHIVERS
This article was reported by C. J. Chivers, Eric Schmitt and Nicholas […]
Posted in Business, Afghanistan, Weapons, Sleaze |
Thursday, November 22nd, 2007
Taliban control half of Afghanistan, says report
The Telegraph
Last Updated: 2:36am GMT 22/11/2007
The Taliban has a permanent presence in most of Afghanistan and the country is in serious danger of falling into the group’s hands, according to a report from an international think tank.
Taliban control half of Afghanistan, says report
The Senlis Council claimed that the insurgents […]
Posted in Afghanistan, Taliban |
Saturday, October 27th, 2007
DADDY’S $10M ‘BAD’ MITZVAH
By SELIM ALGAR and ANDY GELLER
New York Post
October 26, 2007 — The former CEO of the leading supplier of body armor to U.S. soldiers in Iraq was charged yesterday with looting the company to bankroll a lavish lifestyle that included a $10 million bat mitzvah for his daughter.
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New York Post
In addition to […]
Posted in Business, Afghanistan, Iraq, Pentagon, Wealth, Weapons, Sleaze |
Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007
times daily logo www.TimesDaily.com Oct 23, 2007
Mullen Gets Blunt Questions About Iraq
By LOLITA C. BALDOR
Associated Press Writer
FORT SILL, Okla. Army captains who represent the military’s future pelted the new chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff with blunt questions Tuesday about the strain of long war deployments.
The officers, who are students in […]
Posted in Military, Afghanistan, Iraq, Pentagon, Society |
