Tag: Afghanistan
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uk & canadian troops investigated over heroin trafficking claims
video: military running heroin smuggling operation from guardian: Military police are investigating claims that British soldiers have been involved in heroin trafficking in Afghanistan. The Ministry of Defence said it was aware of “unsubstantiated” claims that troops were buying the drug from dealers and shipping it out of the country in military aircraft. An inquiry…
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9/11 + 9: Makeshift Patriots
Do the majority of Americans blame Bush for 9/11? // Condoleezza: I told Bush not to come back after 9/11 // Distress signals indicated planes crashed minutes before Flights 11 & 175 hit the WTC // 9yrs on, no trial in sight for alleged 9/11 plotters
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Holywar Psyop Heats Up As Book-Burning Approaches
US Military is preparing to deal with planned Quran burning in Florida on Saturday and how they operate with heightened awareness regarding religious sensibilities when operating in Muslim majority countries.
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Mission Accomplished: The Speech Obama Should Give About Iraq War
Fellow Americans, and Iraqis who are watching this speech, I have come here this evening not to declare a victory or to mourn a defeat on the battlefield, but to apologize from the bottom of my heart for a series of illegal actions and grossly incompetent policies pursued by the government of the United States…
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iran starts a reactor, while israel has ‘hundreds of nuclear bombs’
israel says iranian reactor use ‘totally unacceptable’ from ap: Trucks rumbled into Iran’s first reactor Saturday to begin loading tons of uranium fuel in a long-delayed startup touted by officials as both a symbol of the country’s peaceful intentions to produce nuclear energy as well as a triumph over Western pressure to rein in its…
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defcon 8/19: flashback flares & jackal hacktivism
video: top physicist says solar flare would set us back 100yrs* sun affects earth more than you might realize* call it ‘operation ajax truth’: iranian activists deface uk genetics website* 19 aug ’53 – anglo-american military coup in iran* ‘day of the jackal’ & ‘odessa file’ author/journalist blames nsa for wife’s laptop hack* wikileaks says…
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geopolitiks/warwhores: powderkegs looking for sparks
drills, bolton, harvard – putting pieces together from of goats & men: We mentioned in the blog earlier how John Bolton thinks an Iran attack must proceed within days if it is to occur at all. Terror drills and military exercises have begun in Korea. Harvard has divested itself from Israeli investments which one could…
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8/12 newspurge: how you gonna lift it with your arms folded tight?
9/11 updates: german mosque used by 9/11 attackers shut down* video: c-span tries & fails to cover the facts of 9/11* biowars/envirohealth: scientists say govt gulf oil spill report ‘ludicrous’* disappearing oil & gulf seafood: passing the sniff test?* smoke cloud covers moscow – authorities warn of radioactive cloud* russia declares state of emergency in…
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#NewWorldNextWeek: Wikileaks + MSM Hype = ?
Ladies & gentlemen, welcome to the 40th episode of New World Next Week – the video series from CorbettReport.com & MediaMonarchy.com. This week we look exclusively at the massive media hype surrounding Wikileaks, wider wars & the future of the web.
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‘largest intel leak in history’: wikileaks drops ‘afghan war diaries’
from ap: Some 90,000 leaked U.S. military records posted online Sunday amount to a blow-by-blow account of six years of the Afghanistan war, including unreported incidents of Afghan civilian killings as well as covert operations against Taliban figures. The online whistle-blower WikiLeaks posted the documents on its website Sunday. The New York Times, London’s Guardian…
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most of US want afghanistan pullout deadline; congress says no
from allgov: A strong majority of Americans believe the war in Afghanistan is going badly and want Washington to establish a timetable for bringing home U.S forces. But despite negative opinions about the war among voters, Congress continues to oppose setting any limits on when the U.S. should pull out of the conflict. A new…
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uss harry truman just off iran, as israel plots imminent tehran raid
from zero hedge: As we first reported last week, in an article that was met with much original skepticism, the Pentagon has now confirmed that a fleet of 12 warships has passed the Suez Canal, and is now likely awaiting orders to support the escalation in the Persian Gulf. The attached image from Stratfor shows…
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#NewWorldNextWeek: McChrystal Out, Monsatan, Napolitano vs. Franklin
McChrystal Falls on Sword After Truthful Comments on Afghan War // Monsanto GM Seed Ban Overturned by Supreme Court // Napolitano: US Must Balance Liberties & Cybersecurity
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6/24 Newspurge: War Pigs
Econocrash: Rothschild & World Gold Council put £12.5m in bullion vault* New poor: Peddling relief, firms put debtors in deeper hole* Video: Jailed for debt in the US in the 21st century* Video: Cali city fires its workers, subcontracts everything* Corporate entities as modern-day street gangs* Bank failure is 83rd in ’10; pace more than…
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McChrystal Falls On Sword After Truthful Comments On Afghan War
The farce that is the war in Afghanistan is coming apart at the seams. General Stanley McChrystal’s sharp comments about Obama, Biden, and the administration published by Rolling Stone are not so much about disrespect, as the script-reading corporate media talking heads would have it, but rather about a policy in disarray in Afghanistan.