Tag: Afghanistan
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Opium Cultivation Rose This Year in Afghanistan, U.N. Survey
from nytimes.com: Opium poppy cultivation rose substantially in 2012 in an “alarming” trend, despite a major opium eradication effort by Afghan governors, United Nations officials said Tuesday as they released the organization’s 2012 opium survey, which was undertaken with the Afghan Ministry of Counternarcotics. The higher cultivation levels were driven by high prices for the…
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#Newspurge: We’re Not Gonna Take It
Banks Can Legally Steal Customer Funds From Private Checking Accounts // ‘No one really cares’: US deaths in Afghanistan hit 2,000 in ‘forgotten’ war // Anti-Obama Doc Drawing Big Box Office Crowds, Even in New York City // Marine veteran detained for posting about ‘conspiracies’ on Facebook // Fluoride hearing set for Portland City Council…
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#Newspurge: The Hunter Gets Captured By The Game
Econocrash: Stocks waver; signs on the economy hard to read* Joseph Stiglitz: ‘This Deficit Fetishism Is Killing Our Economy’* Standard Chartered may lose NY license over Iran ties: “You F*cking Americans. Who Are You To Tell Us, The Rest Of The World That We’re Not Going To Deal With Iranians?”* Video: The Truth about TARP*…
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#Newspurge: It’s Not My Place
Econocrash: Rhode Island First State to Pass Homeless Bill of Rights* Five dead after German gunman ‘took hostages when bailiffs arrived to evict him from his flat’* Video: Chris Hedges Says: “Brace Yourself” – The American Empire is over and the descent is going to be horrifying; Slow motion coup d’etat underway* Video: “We are…
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“America’s Got Talent” Singer Believed He Was Injured In War
from ap: A soldier-turned-TV contestant whose claims of being injured in battle were dismissed by military officials says he believed he was telling the truth, but he doesn’t know what is real. Timothy Michael Poe appeared on Monday’s episode of the NBC show “America’s Got Talent,” claiming he was injured by a grenade in Afghanistan…
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#FoodWorldOrder: Episode022 – Potland, Oregon (Video)
On Thursday nights, Media Monarchy joins Corbett Report Radio live on Republic Broadcasting to go over all the latest stories from the world of food, environment and health. This week James Evan Pilato guest hosts the show one last time and goes out in a blaze of medical marijuana glory in Oregon + headlines, the…
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#FoodWorldOrder: Episode022 – Potland, Oregon (Audio)
On Thursday nights, Media Monarchy joins Corbett Report Radio live on Republic Broadcasting to go over all the latest stories from the world of food, environment and health. This week James Evan Pilato guest hosts the show one last time and goes out in a blaze of medical marijuana glory in Oregon + headlines, the…
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DrugWar: Opium Wonderland Afghan Style
from brasschecktv.com: I’ve said in the past that governments are the biggest drug dealers in the world. More opium/heroin comes out of Afghanistan now than ever has before. Since the beginning of the U.S. occupation of Afghanistan in 2001, heroin use has skyrocketed here at home and worldwide. Geraldo Rivera says we ‘tolerate’ their culture…
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Swiss Company Accused of Stiffing U.S. for $750 Million Supplying Food to Troops in Afghanistan
Seven years after it was hired to provide food to troops in Afghanistan, a Swiss company has been accused of overcharging the Department of Defense about three-quarters of a billion dollars.
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#Newspurge: Blink and You’ll Miss a Revolution
U.S. Has Spent $642 Billion on Afghan War, Including Almost $200 Billion for This Year and Next // Kucinich: “NATO Talks a Sham, Afghan War Not Ending” // Chinese Firm Buys AMC Movie Theater Chain in Largest Sale Ever of U.S. Company to China // NATO Signs $1.7B Contract to Buy US-Made Drones // WV…
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US Vets Renounce Wars, Throw Medals at NATO Summit
from brasschecktv.com: What’s going on in Chicago? As the war machine visited Chicago yesterday, American war veterans renounced the wars they fought in and threw their medals in the direction of the summit. Protesters, including the children of Afghan refugees, have come from all over the world to voice their opposition to the death and…
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May Day #Mayday! “Sunlight Glistens Off Soaring New Towers”
Occupy Beltane: Anarchists Plot To Bomb Cuyahoga Bridge // 5 arrested for allegedly trying to blow up Ohio bridge // Pentagon admits it has no photo evidence of Bin Laden’s death


