May 18, 2013 No Comments ›› Jake Hammer
Excerpted from Mustafa Kazemi ADVISORY – This article includes information that may be undesirable, discomfort & upset some audiences. The 8-years-old girl whose story you’ll read in coming lines did not make it to the 2nd night of her wedding nor did she make it to her 9th or 10th birthday. Her name unknown, my source telephoned ...
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May 12, 2013 No Comments ›› Jake Hammer
H/T GATEWAY PUNDIT Lee Branson was at the St. Louis airport today to greet her son Lt. Richard Branson home from Afghanistan. Twelve heroes returned home with Lt. Branson. I just happened to capture the moment. These heroes just served nine months for their country. Thank you all for your service!
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May 12, 2013 No Comments ›› Jake Hammer
Excerpted from FREE BEACON Two stories of nondescript red brick stand behind four oak trees and one sapling. The lawn is immaculate. An empty playground stands at the southeast corner. If you walked by the corner of Patrick Avenue and Louisiana Avenue, you’d take it for a public school. But you’d be mistaken. Military bases are ...
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May 8, 2013 No Comments ›› Jake Hammer
Excerpted from POLITICO The watchdog who tracks the billions of taxpayer dollars spent to rebuild Afghanistan says government officials have tried to silence him because they think he's embarrassing the White House and Afghan President Hamid Karzai by pointing out the waste and fraud. John Sopko, the special inspector general for Afghanistan reconstruction, used a speech ...
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May 5, 2013 No Comments ›› Jake Hammer
Excerpted from NY TIMES KABUL, Afghanistan — The C.I.A.’s station chief here met with President Hamid Karzai on Saturday, and the Afghan leader said he had been assured that the agency would continue dropping off stacks of cash at his office despite a storm of criticism that has erupted since the payments were disclosed. The ...
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May 4, 2013 No Comments ›› Pat Dollard
AFP - An Afghan soldier shot dead two soldiers serving with the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force on Saturday, officials said, in the latest "insider attack" to target the coalition. "Two International Security Assistance Force service members were killed when an Afghan National Army soldier turned his weapon against ISAF service members in western Afghanistan today," ...
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May 4, 2013 No Comments ›› Chuck Biscuits
Excerpted from The Hill: Iraqis and Afghans who risk their lives to help American troops would be eligible for special visas to the United States under the Gang of Eight’s immigration reform bill. The Senate bill would extend programs that provide special immigrant visas for people in Iraq and Afghanistan who serve as translators and guides, ...
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May 4, 2013 No Comments ›› Infidel
Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) — A bomb blast killed five U.S. service members in southern Afghanistan on Saturday, U.S. and NATO officials said. It was a roadside explosion in the Maiwand district of Kandahar province that killed them, said Javid Faisal, spokesman for the provincial governor. ...
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May 2, 2013 No Comments ›› Jake Hammer
Excerpted from THE HILL The top Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee is demanding an explanation for the CIA's decade-long effort to funnel cash to Afghan leaders, including President Hamid Karzai. The reported millions in so-called "ghost money" — delivered and accepted in secret as part of a deal between the CIA and Kabul — undermined ...
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May 1, 2013 No Comments ›› Jake Hammer
Excerpted from TOWNHALL Do you remember what happened last year on 9/14? Where are the White House phone calls for the families who continue to grieve? What is being done to prevent another fatal attack like the one on 9/14? And why is the full truth being withheld from the American public? Benghazi isn't the only bloody ...
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Apr 28, 2013 No Comments ›› Jake Hammer
Excerpted from NYT KABUL, Afghanistan — For more than a decade, wads of American dollars packed into suitcases, backpacks and, on occasion, plastic shopping bags have been dropped off every month or so at the offices of Afghanistan’s president — courtesy of the Central Intelligence Agency. All told, tens of millions of dollars have flowed ...
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Apr 28, 2013 No Comments ›› Jake Hammer
Excerpted from REUTERS - The Pentagon identified four U.S. victims in Saturday's crash of a surveillance aircraft in southern Afghanistan and said the incident appeared unrelated to Taliban violence. The police chief in Zabul province, Rogh Lewanai, told Reuters on Saturday that bad weather caused the plane to crash, in the district of Shahjoi. At the time, ...
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Apr 27, 2013 No Comments ›› Jack Flash
Excerpted from The Los Angeles Times: At a pivotal moment when U.S. forces are winding down combat operations in Afghanistan and handing over the lead security role to the Afghan government, Taliban insurgents announced Saturday the launch of their annual spring offensive. In an elaborately worded statement, the Taliban proclaimed that a "monumental spring operation" ...
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Apr 26, 2013 No Comments ›› Jake Hammer
Excerpted from JPOST European intelligence agencies are worried that European Muslims fighting in Syria will return to carry out terrorist attacks because of their contacts built with al-Qaida, the BBC reported on Wednesday. The UK, Ireland and France are the Western countries believed to have the most fighters in Syria, according to the report, which quotes EU ...
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Apr 22, 2013 No Comments ›› Jake Hammer
Excerpted from AP KABUL, Afghanistan – A Turkish transport helicopter with at least 11 civilians was forced to make an emergency landing in a Taliban-controlled area in eastern Afghanistan, and the insurgents took all the people on board hostage, including eight Turks and a Russian, officials said Monday. The civilian aircraft landed in strong winds and ...
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Apr 17, 2013 No Comments ›› Jake Hammer
Excerpted from WEEKLY STANDARD White House spokesman Jay Carney was asked at today's press briefing, in the context of the Boston bombings, whether U.S. bombings in Afghanistan last month that killed civilians were "terrorism." Carney gave a long answer, but never says "no." "I send my deepest condolence to the victims and familes in Boston," said a ...
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