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Hoyer uncertain on war tax
Managua :: Nicaragua | about 3 hours ago
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House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) says he doesn’t support Appropriations Chairman David Obey’s (D-Wis.) proposal for a war surtax to pay for the surge in Afghanistan. At least not yet. “I’m going to talk to Obey about it,” Hoyer said in his...
Tags: Afghanistan, Steny Hoyer, Nicaragua, Managua, Barack Obama, Politics, Robert Gates, War in Afghanistan, Iran-Contra affair, Iraq War troop surge, Contras, Presidency of Barack Obama, Texas A&M University System, Sandinista National Liberation Front, War Conflict, International Security Assistance Force, St. Mary's College of Maryland, Surtax, Karzai, Dave Obey, Nancy A. Youssef, Cold War, Director of Central Intelligence, Hamid Karzai
Study: In Afghan Debate, Few Antiwar Op-Eds in Nation's Two Leading Newspapers
Kabul :: Afghanistan | about 3 hours ago
Credibility In Afghan Debate, Few Antiwar Op-Eds in Nation’s Two Leading Newspapers President Obama has issued orders for a major escalation of the U.S. occupation of Afghanistan by sending 34,000 additional troops...A new study by Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting...
Tags: leading newspapers, Afghanistan, Kabul
Headlines for December 1, 2009
Kandahar :: Afghanistan | about 4 hours ago
Credibility Obama Issues Orders to Escalate War in Afghanistan President Obama has issued orders to escalate the war in Afghanistan by sending between thirty and thirty-five thousand additional troops. Obama will outline his war plans tonight in a prime-time address...
Tags: U.S.-Canada, Afghanistan, president obama, Michel Sidibe, Comcast Moves Closer, New York, Supreme Court, Iran, Obama, Bank of America, Kandahar, Barack Obama, Political positions of Barack Obama, Luo people, AIDS, Punahou School alumni, War in Afghanistan
Can he really believe this? | Michael Tomasky
McLean :: VA :: USA | about 4 hours ago
Credibility Preposterous interview in the Politico today with Dick Cheney . Standout graf to me (of many): Cheney was asked if he thinks the Bush administration bears any responsibility for the disintegration of Afghanistan because of the attention and resources...
Tags: Dick Cheney, bush administration, Bush, American, vice president, Afghanistan, Obama, Iraq, McLean, Cheney, United Methodists, Politics, Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Mary Cheney, American Enterprise Institute, Elizabeth Cheney
Princess Mary visits troops
Kandahar :: Afghanistan | about 4 hours ago
Credibility S Crown Princess Mary, the Australian-born wife of Crown Prince Frederik, visited Danish troops in Afghanistan this week, the defence ministry announced today. The visit, which took place on Sunday and Monday, was only disclosed to the media on her return...
Tags: Afghanistan, Kandahar, Helmand Province, Politics, Denmark, NATO, War in Afghanistan, Military of Afghanistan, Sￃﾸren Gade, War Conflict, International Security Assistance Force
AFGHANISTAN: Public space "shrinking" for women - UN official
Kabul :: Afghanistan | about 4 hours ago
Credibility Under the Taliban, women had few rights, and though efforts have been made since then to boost them, progress has been inhibited by armed conflict, weak political commitment, corruption, and strong patriarchal traditions...Compared to 2005 fewer women...
Tags: human rights, UNAMA, Norah Niland, Afghanistan, Kabul, Women's rights, Minister of Women's Affairs, Social Issues, Taliban, United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, War in Afghanistan
Old news about Tora Bora: We knew, watched Bin Laden's caravan, and let him go! Where the hell is the news?
Report Blasts 2001 Battle To Get Bin Laden I am fed up with the charade of Tora Bora and everything 9/11! I first wrote this more than six years ago! Remember September...
Tags: Afghanistan, Tora Bora, 9/11, 9/11 a press for truth, Afghan Civil War, Iraq, Politics, world order, Bush, Bin Laden, Cheney, allnews, Muhammad Atta, Kabul, James Joiner, George W. Bush, 9/11 conspiracy theories, 9/11 Commission Report, Osama bin Laden, Responsibility for the September 11 attacks, War in Afghanistan, Islamic terrorism, Bushco, September 11 attacks
Obama to reveal revised Afghan strategy
West Point :: MS :: USA | about 6 hours ago
Credibility The American people learn of the U.S. strategy in Afghanistan Tuesday when President Barack Obama lays out his military and civilian plans for the country. Obama was to address the nation at 8 p.m., Eastern time, Tuesday from the U.S...Media reports conflict...
Tags: Afghanistan, West Point, Barack Obama, Politics, Richard Holbrooke, War Conflict, Presidents of the United Nations Security Council, War in Afghanistan, Helmand Province, Joe Biden, Presidency of Barack Obama, Punahou School alumni, International Security Assistance Force, Robert Gibbs
Troops may face court over deaths
Kabul :: Afghanistan | about 6 hours ago
Credibility Afghanistan could be charged over an incident in which five children were killed after two internal investigations raised concerns about the operation. The concerns were sufficiently grave to be referred to the Director of Military Prosecutions, which...
Tags: Defence Force, air chief, chief marshal, Afghanistan, Kabul, Australian Defence Force Investigative Service, Jacob Kovco, Politics, Australian Defence Force, War in Afghanistan, Law Crime, War Conflict
Afghanistan Op Herrick 11: 3 Rifles' Sharp Shooters
http://www.soldiermagazine.co.uk/mag/feature2.htm Report: Joe Clapson ARMED with “the big boys’ toys”, the fire support group (FSG) at Forward Observation Base Jackson keep a watch for enemy activity in Sangin from the highest...
Tags: Afghanistan, war, soldier, taliban, Sangin, The Rifles, Operation Herrick, War in Afghanistan, Joe Clapson
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