Swede Studios put together this video of the 1st Force Reconnaissance Company when they were ambushed by the Taliban in the Afghanistan mountains. Extremely graphic video.
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Friday, February 6, 2009
1st FORCE RECONNAISSANCE COMPANY IS AMBUSHED IN AFGHAN MOUNTAINS (EXTREME VIDEO VIOLENCE)
SIX AMERICAN TROOPS KILLED IN AFGHANISTAN (BBC VIDEO)
Afghanistan is becoming increasingly violent and this BBC report relates how six AMERICAN TROOPS were killed in Afghanistan.
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TALIBAN KILL CHRISTIAN WOMAN FOR PREACHING IN AFGHANISTAN (AP VIDEO)
A Christian woman has been killed by Taliban for preaching in Afghanistan. The number of killings and suicide attacks has spiked in recent days in Afghanistan. This AP video reports on the Christian woman killed for preaching in Afghanistan.
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U.S. AIR RAID KILLS AFGHAN CIVILIANS (RAW VIDEO)
The military term is "collateral damage." What it really means is we goofed up BIGTIME and bombed the wrong house or building. In this video from Al Jazeera, you get to see firsthand the people who were caught in the middle of a U.S. air raid on Afghanistan.
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MARINES RESCUE FELLOW MARINE AFTER IED EXPLOSION IN IRAQ (VERY GRAPHIC VIDEO)
Video shows US Marines rescuing a fellow Marine after he was hit in the face when an IED exploded inside a house in Iraq. The language in this video is very graphic as you might expect after a Marine is wounded.
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AFGHANISTAN: THE WAR THE MEDIA NEVER SHOWS (VIOLENT COMBAT VIDEO)
The media has closed the door on the war in Afghanistan and only the relatives of those who are deployed to the area know anything about what is going on over there.
This video shows you what it is like to fight a war in Afghanistan. It is something the American public should be shown, but the management of television news and the newspapers have decided otherwise.
We haven't and we won't as we continue to bring viewers of this blog videos from "The Forgotten War"---Afghanistan.
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FEMALE COMBAT MEDIC ON FRONTLINES IN AFGHANISTAN (SEE VIDEO HERE)
Senior Airman Robin Mock is a 25 year-old Combat Medic serving her second tour of duty on the front lines in Afghanistan. Listen and watch her describe the work she does in Afghanistan. You see her on foot patrols as well as patching up the wounded.
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WHAT AFGHAN CITIZENS THINK OF MORE US TROOPS TO THEIR COUNTRY (NEW VIDEO)
President Obama is promising to send more troops to Afghanistan, however in this video you get to see and hear what the citizens of Kabul, Afghanistan think about more US troops to Afghanistan.
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SUICIDES IN JANUARY "TERRIFYING"--ARMY OFFICIAL TELLS CNN
Army official: Suicides in January 'terrifying'
Story Highlights
Two dozen soldiers believed to have killed themselves in January, official says
The number of likely suicides more than those killed in combat last month
Army psychologist says long, cold months of winter might have contributed to spike
Army takes rare step of releasing figures for month rather than waiting till end of year
From Barbara Starr and Mike Mount CNN
http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/02/05/army.suicides/index.html
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- One week after the U.S. Army announced record suicide rates among its soldiers last year, the service is worried about a spike in possible suicides in the new year.
The Army said 24 soldiers are believed to have committed suicide in January alone -- six times as many as killed themselves in January 2008, according to statistics released Thursday.
The Army said it already has confirmed seven suicides, with 17 additional cases pending that it believes investigators will confirm as suicides for January.
If those prove true, more soldiers will have killed themselves than died in combat last month. According to Pentagon statistics, there were 16 U.S. combat deaths in Afghanistan and Iraq in January.
"This is terrifying," an Army official said. "We do not know what is going on."
Col. Kathy Platoni, chief clinical psychologist for the Army Reserve and National Guard, said that the long, cold months of winter could be a major contributor to the January spike.
"There is more hopelessness and helplessness because everything is so dreary and cold," she said.
Continue reading here: http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/02/05/army.suicides/index.html
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