Needless to say, a run on the banks in Kabul is really bad sign and just so there is no question who is charge…. Sources said Afghan President Hamid Karzai ordered the Central Bank to move on Kabul Bank after Gen. David H. Petraeus–the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan–urged him to take action. At...
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Here is a nice piece from McClatchy News, tells of an American unit storming a village and building a base. All by invitation or so were are told. This despite the fact it being very clear in the article, the people, the locals, the one’s “we protect” did not want the Christian soldiers in...
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New rule, can’t carry cash out of Kabul airport without record of it, a transfer, it would seem to be common sense Authorities also said they intend to eliminate an arrangement that has allowed top government officials and other well-connected Afghans to board planes — even while carrying suitcases packed with cash — without...
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Jim Michaels is a military writer at USA TODAY and author of the just-released A Chance in Hell: The Men Who Triumphed over Iraq’s Deadliest City and Turned the Tide of War. The USA Today on August 12th published Fog of war: What are we missing? Penned by Mr. Michaels, it serves as a...
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“This is a deplorable and cowardly act which is against the interests of the people of Afghanistan”… British Foreign Secretary William Hague said in a statement. They told them not to do what they were doing, they continued, they warned them to not go into Badakhshan, they were not worried for “they we’re doctors...
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“I.A.M. is a Christian-supported group ,it does not engage in proselytizing.”-Dirk Frans, director of the International Assistance Mission, Sure thing and when shit stops smelling, Christians will stop proselytizing. A Christian organization that does not proselytize despite the fact it is a major part of the Christers’ belief and not to mention these clowns...
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“It was our civilian car that made the mistake and bears the blame,” Mr. Ghaffar said. “We cannot turn a blind eye to the evidence, although in the heat of the moment we might be tempted.”
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Forgien owned and driven SUV runs into and kills 4 Afghan nationals but don’t worry the “paper of record”  does not even bother to mention that fact only this According to a person briefed on the episode, none of the contractors were injured in the crash, but three suffered injuries in the riot; one...
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What the “War Log” documents show are numerous violations of international law, there can be no question in that regard.  But international law is no issue, the USG only honors international law when it fits its interest, a fact confirmed many times over by the any credible history book.   Law can be defined many...
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General Mattis, nominated to become commander of the U.S. Central Command, with authority over Iraq, Afghanistan and other potential hot spots warns of casualties and warns of more deaths, see in the modern military if you say that deaths are coming it some how makes them more just and understandably. Yet the reason these...
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