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(Huffington Post) posted 12/02/2010 ... XM-25, a new 'smart gun' designed for the U.S. Army's counterinsurgency operations in Afghanistan. The XM-25 is said to be the first of its kind. As reported by the ... Top Generals Hint at Army Expansion of 60,000 Troops (ABC News) posted 09/28/2006 The strain on the Army from the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan has become so great that top officials are now privately saying the only long-term solution may be to make th ... "Handcuffed and blind-folded, I was told to keep my mouth shut" (IRIN) posted 04/24/2007 KANDAHAR , 23 April 2007 (IRIN) - MS Noori works for the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) in the volatile province of Kandahar in the south of Afghanist ... Close Guantanamo now (Boston Globe) posted 02/11/2006 ... purgatory the United States has created for hundreds of individuals swept up during the Afghanistan war more than four years ago. So far, the government has managed to br ... Right on Time: The laughing 9/11 bombers (The Sunday Times) posted 10/01/2006 ... ringleader of the September 11 hijackers reading his “martyrdom” will inside Afghanistan at Osama Bin Laden’s headquarters has emerged five years after ... My Application To Be a Conscientious Objector (Nathan J. Rodriguez) posted 04/10/2012 ... status this week. I have served four and half years with a deployment to Kabul Afghanistan as a 'Combat Advisor', in the communications field. I wish to share portions ... Buffalo Police Officers Suspended (PoliceMisconduct.net) posted 05/01/2014 ... He has been charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance, suspected heroin and crack cocaine; unlawful possession of marijuana; resisting arrest and obstruc ... Germany knew about rendition of one of its citizens, inquiry told (The Independent) posted 06/23/2006 ... at the Serbian-Macedonian border in December 2003, after which he was abducted, flown to Afghanistan and tortured. Wolf-Dietrich Mengel, a telecoms manager who was w ... Al-Jazeera man 'close to death' at Guantanamo Bay (The Independent) posted 09/14/2007 An al-Jazeera journalist captured in Afghanistan six years ago and sent to Guantanamo Bay is close to becoming the fifth detainee at the US naval base to take his own life, ac ... Afghanistan: Another Untold Story (Information Clearing House) posted 12/06/2008 ... had been producing more than 70 percent of the opium needed for the world’s heroin supply. The government also abolished all debts owed by farmers, and began develo ... Cop Harasses, Threatens Man for Being in "His" City (Infowars) posted 05/22/2010 ... cops. It's pretty crazy when an officer actually tells you that your friend is dying on heroin and there calling paramedics, while at the same time trying to gain infor ... 2005: Record High Marijuana Arrests (BodyHack) posted 09/19/2006 ... medical reasons? St. Pierre also says marijuana arrests have doubled since 1990, while heroin and cocaine arrests have declined sharply. St. Pierre concluded: 'Enforcing ... Drug Warriors Are Despicable Creatures (Laurence M. Vance) posted 02/03/2015 ... Khan, a Pakistani national, who was convicted of smuggling 'a large quantity of heroin' into the Saudi kingdom. He was decapitated by sword in the western province of Mec ... US admits holding teenage son of Pakistani scientist (DPA) posted 08/28/2008 ... scientist held in the United States on charges of trying to kill American soldiers in Afghanistan is in their custody, her family said Sunday. 'We received a letter ... Afghanistan dog hero put down by mistake at Arizona animal shelter (The Daily Mail) posted 11/17/2010 As a stray on the war-ravaged streets of Afghanistan, she had been shot by the Taliban and blasted by explosives. In fact, the plucky German Shepherd cheated death so often th ... Ann Coulter: 'Guest Workers Are More of a Threat to Our National Security Than Iran Is' (Ann Coulter) posted 05/10/2018 ... Iran is. Leave aside the tens of thousands of Americans killed every year by Mexican heroin, illegal alien drunk drivers and straight-up murderers, whom the government re ... Did One Man Massacre and Burn 16 Afghan Civilians at Panjwai? (Michael S. Rozeff) posted 03/20/2012 ... do.'' For U.S. soldiers and/or mercenaries to burn bodies of their victims in Afghanistan is not unheard of. For example, here is a Reuters report from 2005. 3. ... Afghanistan prison 'quietly expanded' (Raw Story) posted 02/26/2006 An Afghanistan prison that currently holds up to 500 terror suspects in 'primitive conditions, indefinitely and without charges' has 'quietly expanded,' according to a front p ... Afghan Christian Convert Arrives in Italy (CBC News) posted 03/29/2006 A man who faced death in Afghanistan for converting to Christianity has arrived in Italy, Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi said Wednesday. Abdul Rahman, 41, will be kept ... |