CORKSPHERE is devoted to news accounts about AFGHANISTAN, IRAQ, SYRIA and current events. EDITOR: BILL CORCORAN
Friday, December 31, 2010
POLL: 63 PERCENT OF AMERICANS OPPOSED TO WAR. FOX NEWS VIEWERS ARE THE ONLY ONES WHO SUPPORT THE WAR
The ONLY people that are for the Afghanistan War are FOX NEWS viewers who don't care how many Americans are killed as long as it makes OBAMA look bad.
Poll: 63 Percent of Americans Oppose Afghan War -- News from Antiwar.com
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FALLUJAH FALLOUT: U.S. BLAMED FOR USING CHEMICALS IN ATTACK ON FALLUJAH IRAQ THAT HAS CAUSED 11 PERCENT BIRTH DEFECTS
The United States military is being blamed for the use of White Phosphorous during the 2004 attack on Fallujah, Iraq for an 11 percent increase in birth defects in the Iraqi city.
Read more here:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/dec/30/faulluja-birth-defects-iraq
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Thursday, December 30, 2010
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
MARINE FROM CAMP PENDLETON KILLED IN AFGHANISTAN. 23RD TO DIE FROM HIS BATTALION
A U.S. Marine from Camp Pendleton was killed Wednesday in Afghanistan.
He is the 23rd Marine from his battalion to be killed in the Afghanistan war.
READ MORE HERE:
http://tiny.cc/82aiz
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DON'T LET ANYONE TELL YOU THE IRAQ WAR IS OVER. SUICIDE BOMBERS KILL POLICE CHIEF
The situation in Iraq is very fragile and on Wednesday suicide bombers struck and killed a police chief.
Read more here:
http://tiny.cc/qjz1o
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Tuesday, December 28, 2010
U.S. MILITARY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO KEEP UP AFGHANISTAN WAR WITHOUT A MILITARY DRAFT
The war in Afghanistan has been going on now for over TEN years and it has put a terrible strain on the United States military.
Our military will not be able to sustain the war in Afghanistan much longer without a military draft.
READ STORY HERE:
http://tiny.cc/cbvdm
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U.S. SOLDIER IN AFGHANISTAN GETS $16,000 BILL FROM AT&T
A U.S. soldier serving in Afghanistan has been hit with a $16,000 bill from AT&T.
Read the full report here:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-20026118-71.html
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Monday, December 27, 2010
Sunday, December 26, 2010
Saturday, December 25, 2010
NO CELEBRATING CHRISTMAS IN AFGHANISTAN
This video comes from the Taliban and shows them attacking a U.S. base in Afghanistan just before Christmas.
WATCH VIDEO HERE:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iv-jsk-sX4Y
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JUST IN: CHRISTMAS ARRIVES IN AFGHANISTAN
Watch video to see how our troops are celebrating Christmas in Afghanistan.
http://news.yahoo.com/video/us-15749625/raw-video-christmas-arrives-in-afghanistan-23620413
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Friday, December 24, 2010
WHAT A GREAT CHRISTMAS GIFT. SOLDIER WATCHES CHILD'S BIRTH FROM AFGHANISTAN
ABC NEWS arranged for a GI stationed in Afghanistan to watch birth of his child back in the United States.
WATCH VIDEO HERE:
http://news.yahoo.com/video/world-15749633/soldier-watches-his-child-s-birth-from-afghanistan-23617677
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Thursday, December 23, 2010
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
NEWS ALERT: TALIBAN PLANNING "SPECTACULAR ATTACKS" ON US TROOPS IN AFGHANISTAN
According to a UN envoy, the Taliban are planning on a series of "spectacular attacks" on US troops in Afghanistan in the coming weeks.
READ MORE HERE:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20101222/wl_sthasia_afp/afghanistanconflictun_20101222212659;_ylt=AtFSvtBCC9ZI6HNFYeHULFoBS5Z4
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America’s Longest War Gets Worse by Eric Margolis
The war in Afghanistan is getting worse not better.
READ THIS REPORT
America’s Longest War Gets Worse by Eric Margolis
DON'T BELIEVE MAINSTREAM MEDIA. THE IRAQ WAR IS STILL GOING ON
The mainstream media would have you believe the war in Iraq is over, but this report indicates there are still incidences of violence all across Iraq.
Source: http://warnewstoday.blogspot.com/
Baghdad:#1: “A group of armed men opened fire from silencer guns on an Iraqi Intelligence officer, with a colonel rank, when driving his car close to central Baghdad’s al-Nisour Square late Tuesday night, killing on the spot” the security source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.Kirkuk:#1: A Katyusha rocket hit a house in Kirkuk, causing material damage, while police forces arrested nine wanted men in southwest of Kirkuk, a source from the joint coordination center said on Monday. “The rocket landed on Monday on a house in Baghdad road region in al-Askari neighborhood, southern Kirkuk, causing material damage to the house,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.Mosul:#1: Three Libyan gunmen were killed in clashes with Iraqi army forces in Mosul's western neighborhood of al-Resala on Monday, a security source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency. The incident occurred when the 2nd division of the Iraqi army fired back at the gunmen, who threw hand grenades at the soldiers in Mosul, the capital of the northern province of Nineveh.#2: On the same day, gunmen opened fire on the president of Mosul University when he was heading from his house to a mosque in the city's eastern al-Kafaat neighborhood. Saeed al-Diwah was seriously injured in the Monday attack.#3: Meanwhile, a Katusha rocket hit a house in the al-Askari neighborhood of the northern city of Kirkuk. The attack did not cause any casualties.
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
FANTASTIC VIDEO TRIBUTE TO OUR MEN AND WOMEN IN THE MILITARY
This is a must view video of our men and women in the military.
WATCH HERE:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WEU4rfmMSA
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Monday, December 20, 2010
U.S. MEDIA HAS ABANDONED COVERING THE AFGHANISTAN WAR IN 2010
Finally someone has come forward and is saying what I have been saying for the past two years on my blog.
Namely: The media in the United States has abandoned all coverage of the war in Afghanistan.
Most of the major news outlets have pulled their reporters out of Afghanistan.
Our troops have been abandoned by the media in the United States.
Read more here:
http://tiny.cc/18jp7
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Sunday, December 19, 2010
Saturday, December 18, 2010
DEATH TOLL OF TROOPS KILLED IN AFGHANISTAN IN 2010 NEARS 700
The number of NATO and U.S. troops killed in Afghanistan in 2010 is near the 700 mark.
READ THE FULL STORY HERE:
http://tiny.cc/8rvj0
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AFGHANS MAY DISTRUST TALIBAN, BUT THEY HATE THE U.S.
The citizens of Afghanistan have a deep distrust of the Taliban, but at the same time they hate the United States because it has invaded their country and killed so many of their women and children.
READ MORE HERE:
http://tiny.cc/7ch7h
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THE TINY GAINS WE ARE MAKING IN AFGHANISTAN IS COMING AT A TERRIBLE PRICE TO AFGHAN CITIZENS BY U.S. TROOPS
President Obama and parts of the media claim we are making gains in Afghanistan, but the truth is the small gains we have made are coming at a terrible price to the citizens of Afghanistan.
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Gains in Kandahar Came with More Brutal US Tactics by Gareth Porter -- Antiwar.com
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Friday, December 17, 2010
THE PRESIDENT OBAMA "DREAM" OF HAVING OUR TROOPS OUT OF AFGHANISTAN BY 2011 APPEARS TO BE A "PIPE DREAM"
President Obama campaigned on the pledge he would have our troops out of Afghanistan by 2011, but the latest survey indicates there will be at least four more years of war in Afghanistan before we can think of pulling our troops out.
READ MORE HERE:
http://tiny.cc/l4m6p
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Thursday, December 16, 2010
MUST READ: DID SOMEONE SAY WE'RE AT WAR?
This op/ed piece in the Washington Post by Matt Miller is well worth your time reading.
It sums up where we are on the war in Afghanistan.
http://tiny.cc/0zepq
CLICK ON LINK ABOVE TO READ ARTICLE.
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
VIDEO REPORT OF PITTSBURGH MARINE KILLED IN AFGHANISTAN
This is a video report of a US Marine from Pittsburgh who was killed in Afghanistan.
WATCH VIDEO HERE:
http://tiny.cc/nu3v8
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Tuesday, December 14, 2010
FOG OF WAR: SOLDIERS SACRIFICE LIMBS FOR AFGHANISTAN
The price of the Afghanistan War is not measured so much in financial costs as it is in human cost.
This CBS News report chronicles the cost of soldier's who have lost limbs as the result of combat in Afghanistan.
The story also includes a video.
WATCH AND READ HERE:
http://tiny.cc/vhspy
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CBS' CHIEF WAR CORRESPONDENT, LARA LOGAN, IS THE VERY BEST REPORTER COVERING AFGHANISTAN
It is becomming increasingly harder and harder to find any news or get a truthful news story out of Afghanistan, but CBS News' chief war correspondent, LARA LOGAN, has managed to push aside all the Pentagon hype and get right down to the heart of the Afghanistan war.
You can read more about LARA LOGAN and watch some of her videos here:
http://www.zimbio.com/Lara+Logan+Pregnancy#zVideo_961430_anchor
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UNLESS YOU HAVE BEEN IN THE MILITARY, YOU REALLY DON'T UNDERSTAND THE PRIMARY FOCUS IS TO LEARN HOW TO KILL THE ENEMY
This story is from an anti-war book and talks about how the military trains young men and women to kill the enemy.
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http://tiny.cc/8rxcq
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Monday, December 13, 2010
LISTEN UP: HERE ARE FOUR NEWS STORIES FROM IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN NOT REPORTED BY U.S. MEDIA
LISTEN UP: Here are four news stories about Iraq and Afghanistan you will NEVER see in the mainstream media in the United States.
Monday, December 13, 2010
Iran conducts military exercise near Iraq border
Thousands quit Afghan police force
With New Violence, More Christians Are Fleeing Iraq
As U.S. assesses Afghan war, Karzai a question mark
CLICK ON LINK BELOW TO READ EACH STORY IN DETAIL:
Source: http://warnewstoday.blogspot.com/
KARZAI TELLS GEN. PETRAEUS HE WOULD RATHER HAVE TALIBAN THAN U.S. TROOPS RULE AFGHANISTAN
In a story posted on the VetVoice website, Hamid Karzai, president of Afghanistan, has told Gen. David Petraeus he would rather have the Taliban in control of Afghanistan than U.S. troops.
READ MORE HERE:
Karzai: U.S. and "enemy", would rather have Taliban.
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NEWS UPDATE: SEVEN US SOLDIERS KILLED IN AFGHAN SUICIDE ATTACK FOUR MORE WOUNDED
Seven US Soldiers Killed in Kandahar Suicide Attack
Suicide Mini-Van Struck Kandahar Base
by Jason Ditz, December 12, 2010
At least seven US soldiers have been killed and four others wounded, according to Afghan army commander General Abdul Hameed, when a suicide bomber attacked a military base in Kandahar Province.
Accoridng to reports the attacker was in a mini-van filled with explosives and denonated alongside the base. The explosion collapsed a wall, burying the soldiers beneath. NATO had yet to confirm the nationalities but the Afghan forces say all seven were Americans.
The deaths add further to the record 2010 death toll in Afghanistan, which is nearing 700 NATO soldiers killed this year. The vast majority of these deaths have been US soldiers.
The attack came the Zhari District, which NATO has occupied seven times since the 2001 invasion.
Locals have been complaining about the most recent occupation, by US forces, saying that the troops are bulldozing civilian homes en masse.
WASHINGTON POST IS REPORTING MONDAY ALL SIX TROOPS KILLED IN AFGHAN SUICIDE BOMBING WERE U.S. TROOPS
The Huffington Post on Monday is reporting the Washington Post is saying all six troops killed in the suicide bombing in Kabul, Afghanistan were U.S. troops.
READ MORE HERE:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/12/12/afghanistan-suicide-bomber_n_795588.html
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AGHANS GO TO STREETS TO PROTEST NUMBER OF CIVILIANS KILLED BY U.S. TROOPS
Scores of Afghans took to the streets on Sunday to protest the number of Afghan civilians who have been killed by U.S. troops.
READ MORE HERE:
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/155038.html
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Sunday, December 12, 2010
We aren't accomplishing anything by staying in Afghanistan
This story and video featuring Matthew Hoh explains how we aren't accomplishing a damn thing by staying in Afghanistan.
READ STORY AND WATCH VIDEO HERE:
http://tiny.cc/rfzz7
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IDENTITY OF SIX NATO TROOPS KILLED IN AFGHANISTAN SUNDAY NOT RELEASED
The Department of Defense has not released the names or the nationality of the six NATO troops killed Sunday in Afghanistan.
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http://tiny.cc/9c8kz
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BILL CORCORAN, EDITOR OF CORKSPHERE, DURING U.S. ARMY COMBAT ENGINEER DAYS
This collage of me was created by a friend of mine on Facebook and I'm using it here to show some skeptics that I did serve in the United States Army Combat Engineers during the Korean War.
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Saturday, December 11, 2010
TOM ENGELHARDT reports on how quickly our heroic troops are forgotten when they die.
Investigative reporter Tom Engelhardt delves into how quickly our heroic troops are forgotten when die in combat in Afghanistan.
READ THE FULL STORY HERE:
http://tiny.cc/efup0
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Friday, December 10, 2010
HOW THE AMERICAN PRESS HAS LIED TO AMERICAN PUBLIC ABOUT HORRORS OF WAR
This video shows what happened when we first invaded Iraq and how the mainstream press hid the killing of innocent Iraqi citizens from news reports.
WATCH VIDEO HERE:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reDGrNPW9ak
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FIGHTER CHOPPERS GONE WILD
Watch video of fighter choppers gone wild.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2sDNT91Rzw
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EXCELLENT ARTICLE FROM HUFFINGTON POST: "What's to win in Afghanistan?"
This is an excellent article from the Huffington Post asking the question what so many Americans are asking.
"What's to win in Afghanistan."
READ FULL ARTICLE HERE:
http://tiny.cc/swvrb
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WAR IN IRAQ IS NOT OVER: NEWS REPORT ON WHAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING IN IRAQ
The war in IRAQ is far from over despite what FOX NEWS and the mainstream media are reporting.
Here is a list of incidents that have taken place in IRAQ over the past two days:
SOURCE: http://warnewstoday.blogspot.com/
Friday, December 10, 2010
War News for Friday, December 10, 2010
MNF-Iraq (OIF) is reporting the death of a United States Forces – Iraq soldier while conducting operations in an undisclosed location in southern Iraq on Thursday, December 8th. News reports that a soldier died from small arms fire/gunshot wounds in al-Nuaamaniya, Wassit province.
Reported security incidents Baghdad:#1: Police and hospital officials say a roadside bomb struck a civilian bus in the southern part of Baghdad on Friday morning, killing two people and wounding seven.
#2: In a southwestern Baghdad neighborhood, two other officers were wounded when a roadside bomb hit a police patrol.“An explosive charge went off on Friday morning (Dec. 10) in al-Aalam region, western Baghdad, targeting a police vehicle patrol, killing a policeman and injuring two more,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.
#3: Another bomb exploded inside a popular restaurant in southern Baghdad, killing a civilian and wounding five others.
Tikrit:#1: Police and hospital officials say two policemen died in Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit when gunmen in a speeding car opened fire at a checkpoint early Friday. Two policemen were wounded in the attack. A policeman was killed and four others were wounded in an armed attack on a police checkpoint in west of Tikrit, a security source said on Friday. “Unknown gunmen attacked early Friday (Dec. 10) a police checkpoint in al-Bu Ebeid village, west of Tikrit, killing a policeman and injuring four more,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.
Sulaimaniya:#1: Two policemen and a civilian were wounded Thursday during a demonstration in the city of Sulaimaniya, according to a medical source.
Afghanistan: "The Forgotten War"#1: Afghanistan's Interior Ministry says a suicide attack in the country's volatile east has killed two civilians. The ministry says the attacker blew himself up inside his car on Friday in the Surkh Rod district of Nangarhar province.DoD: Lance Cpl. Michael E. Geary
Thursday, December 9, 2010
War News for Thursday, December 09, 2010
NATO is reporting the death of an ISAF soldier from an insurgent attack in an undisclosed location in southern Afghanistan on Thursday, December 9th.
Reported security incidents
Baghdad:#1: Gunmen using silenced weapons shot dead Omar Jassim Mohammed, head of the auditing department in the Supreme Judiciary Council, in his car in Baghdad's southwestern Amil district on Wednesday, a source in the interior ministry said.
#2: Gunmen using silenced weapons shot dead an off-duty police captain on Wednesday in Baghdad's western district of Amiriya, a source in the interior ministry said.
Taji:#1: Gunmen killed a member of a government-backed Sunni militia and wounded another when they attacked a security checkpoint in Taji, 20 km (12 miles) north of Baghdad, a source in the interior ministry said.
Thursday, December 9, 2010
ABC-TV NEWS REPORT on father and son camera crew caught in middle of gunfire in Afghanistan
ABC-TV video report of a father and son camera crew caught in the middle of ferocious Taliban gunfire in Afghanistan.
WATCH VIDEO HERE:
http://news.yahoo.com/video/world-15749633/23403206;_ylt=Arp68qCUAun2JQUF.ZpiabkBS5Z4
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Wednesday, December 8, 2010
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Monday, December 6, 2010
US MARINES EXPECTED TO TAKE HEAVY LOSSES IN AFGHANISTAN
The Commander for U.S. Marines in Afghanistan says he expects heavy losses as the Marines takeover for the Brits who are leaving Afghanistan.
READ THE FULL STORY HERE:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20101207/wl_asia_afp/afghanistanunrestsouthus_20101207035151;_ylt=Ao00YkRwscCCRfc7ilMS8_wBS5Z4
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Sunday, December 5, 2010
Saturday, December 4, 2010
Friday, December 3, 2010
SOUTH KOREA THREATENS TO BOMB NORTH KOREA
It's gettting very dicey between South and North Korea.
South Korea is threatening to bomb North Korea if North Korea fires artillery shells into South Korea again.
This type of high-stakes talk is how the first Korean War started in 1950.
My US Army Combat Engineer company suffered over 60% casualties during the war.
In all, more than 33,000 Americans were killed in the Korean War that last two-and-one-half years.
CHECK OUT MORE HERE:
http://www.aolnews.com/world/article/seoul-threatens-to-bomb-north-korea-us-japan-launch-drills/19743027?icid=main%7Chtmlws-main-n%7Cdl1%7Csec1_lnk1%7C187981
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BREAKING NEWS: FIRST VIDEO OF PRESIDENT OBAMA VISITING TROOPS FRIDAY IN AFGHANISTAN
This CNN story and video shows President Obama visiting our troops on Friday at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan.
TURN UP YOUR SOUND
WATCH VIDEO AND READ STORY HERE:
http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/bestoftv/2010/12/03/exp.sot.obama.afgh.cnn.html
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WIKILEAKS: BRIBERY, GRAFT RAMPANT IN AFGHANISTAN
The Wikileaks documents indicate Afghanistan is rife with bribery and graft.
READ THE FULL STORY HERE:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101203/ap_on_re_as/as_wikileaks_afghanistan_1;_ylt=At8gZMtBTeUKJKK9ymFReEsBS5Z4
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Thursday, December 2, 2010
FOX NEWS MILITARY ANALYST HAS TIES TO DEFENSE INDUSTRY
Fox News military analyst, Retired Major General Robert Scales, joins a long list of FOX NEWS military analysts who have ties to the defense industry.
CLICK ON LINK TO VIEW VIDEO AND READ MORE.
http://rethinkafghanistan.com/blog/2010/02/fox-news-contributor-wants-reduced-civilian-protection-days-after-children-killed-in-afghanistan/
Remember when you see a military analyst on FOX NEWS, he or she are working for corporations who make money off of war.