Tag: Afghanistan
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Are Drones Coming to US Skies?
It likely is just a matter of time before unmanned aircraft, including the type being used in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan, are flying over America’s friendly skies.
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US identifies vast riches of minerals in afghanistan
from nytimes: The United States has discovered nearly $1 trillion in untapped mineral deposits in Afghanistan, far beyond any previously known reserves and enough to fundamentally alter the Afghan economy and perhaps the Afghan war itself, according to senior American government officials. The previously unknown deposits — including huge veins of iron, copper, cobalt, gold…
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Wikileaks Founder Hunted By Pentagon Over Massive Leak
Anxious that Wikileaks may be on the verge of publishing a batch of secret State Department cables, investigators are desperately searching for founder Julian Assange.
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6/9 Newspurge: For What It’s Worth
World trade center i-beam unveiled at Bagram // The Prepper Movement: Growing network preparing for world’s end // Secretive Bilderberg brings decision-makers to Spain // 26ft-tall Anubis statue installed at Denver International Airport // Obama becomes the first US president to hold press conference without any American flags present
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German, Japanese Presidents Resign Over US Military Adventurism
German President Horst Köhler announced his surprise resignation on Monday after appearing to suggest the country’s unpopular Afghanistan mission was partly motivated by commercial interests. // Hatoyama said he has decided to step down to take responsibility for his failure to resolve a dispute over relocating a U.S. military base in the way he promised,…
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5/27 newspurge: wake up the nation
9/11 updates: former cia officials admit to faking bin laden video* top construction firm: wtc destroyed by controlled demolition* gop: US can’t afford to fund health ‘entitlement program’ for 9/11 rescue workers* study finds more male babies miscarried in 9/11 aftermath* drugwar: plummeting marijuana prices create a panic in california* 100s of ‘pot plants’ seized…
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Obama/Bush Retains Right To Detain People With No Habeas Review
court denies habeas corpus rights from nytimes: A federal appeals court ruled Friday that three men who had been detained by the United States military for years without trial in Afghanistan had no recourse to American courts. The decision was a broad victory for the Obama administration in its efforts to hold terrorism suspects overseas…
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5/20 Newspurge: Fall Hard
From cover-up to shakedown, 9/11 continues to haunt Americans // Detroit cop kills 7yr-old child while executing ‘no-knock’ search warrant for A&E TV show ‘the 1st 48’ // Dan Rather: Pornland, Oregon; Child prostitution in Portland // US death toll in Afghanistan passes 1,000; rate rising rapidly
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5/13 Newspurge: One Dose Of Truth
9/11 Updates: Hillary: Pakistan officials ‘harboring’ bin Laden* Some Pak officials know where Osama is* 9/11 families oppose Holder proposal to modify Miranda* Drugwar: Militarized swat drug raids on the rise* California cops prepare to waste more money ‘eradicating’ pot* Govt deals heroin, terrorizes for pot* Video: Pelosi says treating drugs cheaper than stopping drugs*…
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right on time: sec finds no sign 9/11 conspirators bet on attacks
from aolnews: Nearly nine years, two recessions and thousands of conspiracy theories later, the U.S. government has made it official: Initial speculation after the 9/11 terrorist attacks that plotters made financial bets against airlines or other companies hurt by the events was unfounded. The Securities and Exchange Commission began its inquiry into the matter on…
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decider-in-chief bypasses congress, then visits his afghanisurge
obama bypasses senate process, filling 15 posts from nytimes: President Obama, making a muscular show of his executive authority just one day after Congress left for spring recess, said Saturday that he would bypass the Senate and install 15 appointees, including a union lawyer whose nomination to the National Labor Relations Board was blocked last…


