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Barack of Afghanistan -- Warlord

Posted by: swinginjazzz

Kabul :: Afghanistan | updated Sun Dec 06 13:48:17 -0800 2009 | political-news

Former US Foreign Service official Matthew Hoh has described the Afghan situation as a civil war between the secular, urban, modern Afghans and the religious, rural, traditionalist Afghans. President Obama does not really have a dog in this fight. But...

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Who's yer daddy Al Qaeda? Obama is...that's right.

Posted by: Tristansvoice

Kabul :: Afghanistan | updated Sun Dec 06 18:08:10 -0800 2009 | political-news

This is a delicate subject and normally i'm not a delicate person, especially when it comes to wielding the pen, but how many of you out there living inside the garden walls are still crying about bringing our troops home...

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Clinton: No Italian contacts on Knox case

Source: United Press International

Kabul :: Afghanistan | updated Sun Dec 06 11:00:28 -0800 2009 | political-news

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says she has not contacted Italy about the murder conviction of U.S. student Amanda Knox . Asked Sunday on ABC's "This Week" if she had taken any concerns to the Italian government about the fairness...

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Torkham border closed.

Posted by: ashrafuddin

Kabul :: Afghanistan | updated Sun Dec 06 03:51:01 -0800 2009 | allnews

LANDIKOTAL: After ten hours of relaxation Torkham border had been ultimately closed for illegal repatritors,however, border authorities allowed truckers carrying US and Afghan government consignments to cross the border,an official said. FC sources Sunday said that a high level tripartite...

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Press Conference at NATO Headquarters

Source: Scoop

Kabul :: Afghanistan | updated Sun Dec 06 13:12:46 -0800 2009 | political-news

On Tuesday, as you know, President Obama announced that the United States is sending an additional 30,000 troops to Afghanistan, significantly increasing our civilian aid to the Afghan people and broadening our partnership with Pakistan...I want to thank those nations...

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Thompson to host telephone town hall

Source: Times Standard

Kabul :: Afghanistan | updated Sun Dec 06 01:39:33 -0800 2009 | political-news

Thompson will host a live telephone town hall meeting Wednesday, and he is inviting everyone in his 1st Congressional District to join him. Participants will be able to ask him questions about the issues that are important to them, and...

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Elite US squad flies for survival in Afghan war

Source: Turkish Press

Kabul :: Afghanistan | updated Sun Dec 06 10:49:25 -0800 2009 | political-news

Afghanistan (AFP) When US Captain Andy Gray and his specialist rescue team heard a helicopter was missing in the Afghan mountains, adrenaline kicked in and the pilots raced into action. Commanders told Gray about the missing Mi-8 with three Ukrainians...

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Britain under pressure to seek return of Pakistani detainees

Source: Times Online

Kabul :: Afghanistan | updated Sun Dec 06 16:12:41 -0800 2009 | disasters

In February the Government admitted that British forces captured the men in 2004 and handed them into US custody. They were then taken to Bagram, where both remain without trial. However, the Government had refused to reveal their identities. The...

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Entertainment / Arts › Moore tired of shooting documentaries, ...

Source: Japan Today

Kabul :: Afghanistan | updated Sun Dec 06 12:06:56 -0800 2009 | entertainment-news

Outspoken U.S. filmmaker Michael Moore expressed reluctance recently about shooting new documentaries, saying he is ‘‘tired’’ and disappointed with President Barack Obama’s plan for a troop surge in Afghanistan. Moore, speaking during an interview with Kyodo News in...

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Confronting the cost of war

Source: Courier & Press

Kabul :: Afghanistan | updated Sun Dec 06 12:25:11 -0800 2009 | travel-news

President Obama's decision to send 30,000 more U.S. troops to Afghanistan remains the topic of intense debate. The months it took the president to come to the decision prompted some to accuse him of dithering with American lives. Others say...

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