May 1, 2012 No Comments ›› American Infidel
Barack Obama is greeted by Lt. Gen. Curtis "Mike" Scaparrotti, left, and U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan Ryan Crocker, second left, as he steps off Air Force One at Bagram Air Field KABUL, Afghanistan (CNN) - President Barack Obama made a previously unannounced visit to Afghanistan on Tuesday, the first anniversary of the ...
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Apr 30, 2012 No Comments ›› American Infidel
Excerpted from FOX News: WASHINGTON – The military is under-reporting the number of times that Afghan soldiers and police open fire on American and other foreign troops. The U.S.-led coalition routinely reports each time an American or foreign solider is killed by an Afghan in uniform. But The Associated Press has learned it ...
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Apr 30, 2012 No Comments ›› Angelia
N.Y. Times One of the world’s most prolific bootleggers of Hollywood DVDs loves his morning farina. He has spent eight years churning out hundreds of thousands of copies of “The Hangover,” “Gran Torino” and other first-run movies from his small Long Island apartment to ship overseas. “Big Hy” — his handle among many loyal customers — would ...
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Apr 27, 2012 No Comments ›› American Infidel
Flir footage, A team of 5 guys fight and penetrate huge US base , while US troops take cover behind vehicles intense firefight.
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Apr 26, 2012 No Comments ›› American Infidel
Excerpted from CNN: -- A man wearing an Afghan National Army uniform killed a U.S. coalition service member, the U.S. military said Thursday. It was the latest in a string of such attacks. The incident took place late Wednesday when the person "turned his weapon against coalition service members," the U.S. military said. The person ...
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Apr 23, 2012 No Comments ›› Angelia
Injured U.S. Army dog handler Aaron Yoder is dragged behind cover by soldiers during a fire exchange with Taliban fighters in Maiwand district. Sgt. Yoder was hit while protecting his dog. He is now stateside and recovering. Below is a picture of him being medivac'd.
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Apr 22, 2012 Comments Off Pat Dollard
Los Angeles Times: REPORTING FROM MAZAR-E-SHARIF, Afghanistan -- Afghan and U.S. officials said Sunday they had agreed to the broad outlines of an accord governing the long-term American presence in Afghanistan after the Western combat role ends in 2014. The heads of the two countries’ negotiating teams, Afghanistan’s national security advisor Rangin Spanta and U.S. Ambassador ...
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Apr 21, 2012 1 Comment ›› Angelia
UT San Diego Camp Pendleton commanders stop potential Afghan "honor killing" The Afghan girl turned up one winter night at the Marine base with fist-sized bruises beginning to blossom across her body. Her name was Malika, and she looked about 16 years old, 17 at the most. More worrisome to military medical staff than the abrasions on her ...
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Apr 20, 2012 Comments Off American Infidel
Excerpted from Fox News: Afghan forces are being trained by the U.S. military to take over the mission by 2014, but new documents obtained by Judicial Watch through a request under the Freedom of Information Act show that some of the Afghan recruits stand accused of dealing drugs to U.S. soldiers. “It's really troubling that ...
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Apr 20, 2012 2 Comments ›› Pat Dollard
"These Marines stomped so much ass that they actually had to stop filming, so they could import colons from other Arab countries to meet the demand!" ~Fire37Rescue
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Apr 19, 2012 Comments Off Angelia
This is UNACCEPTABLE! BayCitizen.Org Letter to veterans secretary cites "extreme disappointment" over decision not to overhaul troubled office Sixteen members of Congress sent a letter to Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric Shinseki Thursday, urging him to "send immediate help" to his agency's Oakland Regional Office, which handles all disability claims filed by veterans from Bakersfield to the ...
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Apr 19, 2012 Comments Off American Infidel
Excerpted from Fox News: WASHINGTON – A U.S. Army helicopter crashed on a nighttime mission in southwestern Afghanistan on Thursday, and initial reports from the scene indicated that as many as four soldiers may have been killed, a U.S. defense official said. In a brief official announcement, the American military command in Kabul said ...
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Apr 19, 2012 Comments Off Pat Dollard
Excerpted from Reuters: The Afghan Taliban, who claimed responsibility for brazen weekend attacks in Kabul and three other provinces, vowed revenge against U.S. forces fighting in the country after the pictures were published in the Los Angeles Times newspaper. "They will be punished for their actions and we will take revenge. When and how is ...
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