Poverty is everywhere in Afghanistan and all the money the U.S. is pouring into the country goes into hands of war lords.
One out of ever four Afghan babies born die in the first year from malnutrition.
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Saturday, July 17, 2010
ONE FOURTH OF ALL AFGHAN BABIES DIE IN FIRST YEAR (SHOCKING VIDEO)
Posted by Bill Corcoran at 11:35 PM 0 comments
AFGHAN CHILDREN TURN TO SMUGGLING TO SURVIVE (NEW VIDEO)
The children of Afghanistan are so desperate for food they have turned to smuggling just to survive.
In this video you will see young Afghan boys smuggling flour across the border from Pakistan.
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http://www.youtube.com/v/fHxSapWp7Qk&hl=en_US&fs=1
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Posted by Bill Corcoran at 11:19 PM 0 comments
VIOLENT COMBAT VIDEOS FROM AFGHANISTAN
Violent combat videos from the front lines of the battle against the Taliban in Afghanistan.
NOTE: This is a playlist of combat videos. Stay with it and more videos will play.
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http://www.youtube.com/v/rVtot3yCDK4&hl=en_US&fs=1
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Posted by Bill Corcoran at 7:10 PM 0 comments
AFGHAN SOLDIER KILLS 3 BRITISH SOLDIERS (VIDEO)
An Afghan soldier turned on British soldiers killing three of them.
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http://news.yahoo.com/video/world-15749633/20845862;_ylt=AvcREfW8h2uTqSlXZ.bPVtgBS5Z4
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Posted by Bill Corcoran at 4:45 PM 0 comments
2 U.S. SOLDIERS, 2 BRITS KILLED IN AFGHANISTAN
KABUL (AFP) – Five NATO soldiers including two British and two Americans have died in Taliban-style bomb attacks in Afghanistan, NATO and British authorities said Saturday.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100717/wl_sthasia_afp/afghanistanunrest_20100717193001
One British and one American soldier were killed in two attacks on Saturday while the other troopers died a day earlier, NATO's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) and Britain's defence ministry said.
Another NATO soldier was killed in a separate attack on Saturday, ISAF said, without giving the trooper's nationality.
Posted by Bill Corcoran at 4:32 PM 0 comments
RACHEL MADDOW: THE HARD CHOICE IN AFGHANISTAN (VIDEO COMMENTARY)
Rachel Maddow, host of the MSNBC "Rachel Maddow Show," recently spent two days in Afghanistan.
In this video, Maddow sums up what she feels are the U.S. choices based on her interviews with military leaders in Afghanistan.
This is well worth watching and probably the best explanation of what our forces face in Afghanistan we have ever seen.
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http://maddowblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2010/07/15/4687273-maddow-the-hard-choice-in-afghanistan
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Posted by Bill Corcoran at 4:10 PM 0 comments
6 PEOPLE KILLED IN IRAQ BLAST
The war in Iraq is far from over.
A blast in Tikrit killed at least six civilians.
Read more here:
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2010/07/201071510468813972.html
Posted by Bill Corcoran at 3:54 PM 0 comments
MORE TROOPS IS NOT THE ANSWER: RETHINK AFGHANISTAN (VIDEO)
Robert Greenwald, producer of BraveNew Films, has produced this documentary showing how more troops to Afghanistan is not the solution to Afghanistan's problems.
This is Part One of the series---Rethink Afghanistan.
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http://www.youtube.com/v/gPUwQGmMSm0&hl=en_US&fs=1
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Posted by Bill Corcoran at 3:32 PM 0 comments
CIVILIAN CASUALTIES ARE HURTING U.S. MISSION IN AFGHANISTAN (RAW VIDEO)
General David Petraeus, who is now in command of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan, vows to curtail the number of civilian casualties but the objective is nearly impossible because the Taliban don't wear uniforms and our troops have no idea who is a "good guy" and who is a "bad guy."
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http://www.youtube.com/v/n-_lQz4AA74&hl=en_US&fs=1
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Posted by Bill Corcoran at 2:48 PM 0 comments
AFGHANISTAN VIOLENCE SOARS (GRAPHIC VIDEO)
The military calls the killing and wounding of civilians "collateral damage."
The truth is violence against Afghanistan civilians is soaring as this video shows.
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http://www.youtube.com/v/QAwaKdhWxFg&hl=en_US&fs=1
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Posted by Bill Corcoran at 1:44 PM 0 comments
MIND-BLOWING VIDEO OF U.S. MARINE FORCE RECON
Video shows the U.S. Marines Force Recon preparing and in action against the Taliban in Afghanistan.
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http://www.youtube.com/v/99G4Vv-YMJo&hl=en_US&fs=1
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Posted by Bill Corcoran at 1:23 PM 0 comments