Tag: Afghanistan
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how about a new fb/twitter app for victims of US warcrimes?
from jeremy scahill: Seeing some of these people online turning their profile pictures green “for Iran” makes me want to create a Facebook and Twitter application that turns profile pictures blood red, in solidarity with all of the Afghans and Iraqis and Pakistanis being killed by US wars today; wars that people in the US…
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warwhores: suicide, cia secrecy & sorry soldiers
lynddie england: why the hell should I feel sorry?*marine reservist pleads guilty to leaking intel docs*suicide rate among soldiers continues on record pace*saic awarded contract by US joint forces command*killer mcchrystal, new US commander in afghanistan*afghanistan’s operation phoenix*audit finds that US overpaid blackwater*soldier’s crime met with clemency, or another murderer goes free*feds want secrecy over…
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house approves $106b bill to fund wars in afghaniraq
from washington post: The House today passed a $106 billion bill funding the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan through September, as House Democrats backed President Obama despite misgivings among the ranks about his strategy in Afghanistan. The 226 to 202 vote came after Obama and Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner had called some reluctant Democrats…
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video: kucinich speaks out against afghaniraq wars
…the man the democrats should’ve nominated… from raw replay: Rep. Dennis Kucinich spoke out against wars in Iraq and Afghanistan on the House floor Wednesday … from C-SPAN, broadcast June 10, 2009. dennis kucinich asks: ‘who are these people?’from poscdpcboet: Whether or not it is a rhetorical question is up to you. aren’t these the…
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geopolitiks: tiananmen anniversary, israeli terror drills & more
the tiananmen square anniversary will not be tweeted censorship on tiananmen anniversary cripples chinese netfrom threat level: June 4 isn’t just the 20th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre in China, it’s also known as Chinese Internet Maintenance day. That’s because many Chinese services are facing so much pressure from the government to keep their…
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fbi sells fake bombs to fake terrorists & foils fake plot
from kyw1060: An alleged terror plot has been foiled in New York City. A year-long FBI investigation ended with the arrests outside a Bronx synagogue. “Four individuals were arrested for planting bombs in front of two synagogues in the area.” NYPD commissioner Ray Kelly says the men were not part of any known terrorist organization,…
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ghosts of admins past & present: tillman, torture, war & more
flashbacks: deliberate & calculated lies about tillman & lynch &officers blamed for tillman case errors tillman’s parents want general’s record reviewedfrom ap: The parents of slain Army Ranger and NFL star Pat Tillman voiced concerns Tuesday that the general who played a role in mischaracterizing his death could be put in charge of military operations…
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obamessiah: more troops, more torture, less change
US military deaths in iraq war at 4,285 obama readies troops as afghans pile up body partsfrom jeremy scahill: As rage spreads in Afghanistan after US bombing that killed up to 130 people, unnamed Pentagon officials are spinning another cover-up. Defiant Obama moves ahead with troop increase… Standing between Hamid Karzai and Pakistani president Asif…
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5/7 newspurge
9/11 updates: fema: no records identifying wtc7 dod office*microcinema intl acquires ‘loose change 9/11: an american coup’*microcinema gets rights to new ‘loose change’*’9/11 press for truth’ to be shown on mainstream tv*feds to seize land in order to build 9/11 memorial by 2011* obamessiah & the apostles of warobamas enjoy post-date stroll around lawn*obamas step…
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100 Civilians Die In Botched US Airstrike On Afghanistan
from wikinews: Afghan officials warned that a United States raid had killed 100 people, “mostly civilians”, in the Afghani province of Farah. Among the dead was a member of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and his family. “Twenty-five to 30 of them are Taliban, including from Chechnya and Pakistan, and the rest…
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obamessiah updates: banksters, nukes & comic books
obama economic advisors linked to bankstersfrom politico: Lawrence Summers, a top economic adviser to President Barack Obama, pulled in more than $2.7 million in speaking fees paid by firms at the heart of the financial crisis, including Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, Merrill Lynch, Bank of America Corp. and the now-defunct Lehman Brothers. He pulled in…
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more troops to guard afghan heroin that props up banks
the use of terms like ‘theater’ & ‘enablers’ should really tell you what’s going on here… this is all about the drugs.from time: Afghanistan became President Obama’s war on Tuesday [feb17], when he ordered two more U.S. combat brigades into the fight. He will send 17,000 combat troops to join the 36,000-strong U.S. force already…
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US military will offer path to citizenship for immigrants
from nytimes: Stretched thin in Afghanistan and Iraq, the American military will begin recruiting skilled immigrants who are living in this country with temporary visas, offering them the chance to become United States citizens in as little as six months. Immigrants who are permanent residents, with documents commonly known as green cards, have long been…
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obamessiah: torture, truth, surge & purge
unredacted documents reveal prisoners tortured to death torture evidence ‘hidden from obama’from guardian: US defence officials are preventing Barack Obama from seeing evidence that a former British resident held in Guantánamo Bay has been tortured, the prisoner’s lawyer said last night, as campaigners and the Foreign Office prepared for the man’s release in as little…
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obamessiah coronation: the police state celebrates ‘change’
inauguration is climax to 2yrs of increasing security around obamafrom washington post: As jubilant Democrats nominated Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) for president in a Denver convention hall in late August, the U.S. Secret Service in Washington placed its largest ever order for bulletproof glass. The service requested about 5 tons of “transparent armor,” laminated with…