CORKSPHERE is devoted to news accounts about AFGHANISTAN, IRAQ, SYRIA and current events. EDITOR: BILL CORCORAN
Monday, February 28, 2011
Sunday, February 27, 2011
MUST VIEW VIDEO: CHARLIE ROSE INTV. WITH GREG MORTENSON ON BUILDING SCHOOLS IN AFGHANISTAN
This video is an interview between Charlie Rose and Greg Mortenson who has authored two books on Afghanistan. "Three Cups of Tea" and "Stones Into Schools."
Mortenson tells Rose the war in Afghanistan cannont be won by military means, but by assisting the elders of Afghanistan to build schools and educate the chilldren of Afghanistan.
Watch video here:
http://www.charlierose.com/view/interview/11140
Click on link to view video
Saturday, February 26, 2011
Friday, February 25, 2011
Thursday, February 24, 2011
READ HOW ARMY USED PSY-OPS ON U.S. SENATORS VISITING AFGHANISTAN
There is an invesigation underway based on a Rolling Stone story that indicates the U.S. Army used psy-ops on visiting Congressman in Afghanistan.
Read more here:
http://tiny.cc/u23a4
Click on link to read full Rolling Stone story.
U.S. SODIERS BOMB TALIBAN SAFE HOUSE IN AFGHANISTAN
Video shows U.S. soldiers bombing a Taliban safe house in Afghanistan.
Watch video here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-YWob4i5Eo&feature=relmfu
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Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
SUICIDE ATTACK IN AFGHANISTAN KILLS 26 AND WOUNDS 36
A suicide attack in Afghanistan has killed 26 and wounded 36.
Read more here:
http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/02/21/afghanistan.suicide.attack/index.html?section=cnn_latest
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Sunday, February 20, 2011
FRIENDLY FIRE??? NATO AND AFGHAN FORCES KILL 64 AFGHAN CIVILIANS
NATO and Afghan forces have killed 64 Afghan civilians.
Read more here:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41689010/ns/world_news-south_and_central_asia/
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LARA LOGAN, CBS FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT, BRUTALLY AND SEXUALLY ATTACKED IN EGYPT BREAKS CODE OF SILENCE
Lara Logan, CBS foreign correspondent, who was brutally and sexually attacked in Egypt has broken the code of silence.
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Saturday, February 19, 2011
Friday, February 18, 2011
Thursday, February 17, 2011
THE BATTLE FOR MARJAH, AFGHANISTAN: NEW HBO DOCUMENTARY
Click on the link below to read all about the battle for Marjah, Afghanistan that has been made into an HBO documentary.
http://tiny.cc/1iz3q
Click on link above.
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
NY TIMES COLUMNIST MAUREEN DOWD ON AFGHANISTAN
New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd spells out what is actually taking place in Afghaistan in her column.
Read more here:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/16/opinion/16dowd.html?_r=1&hp
Click on link to read Maureen Dowd's column
Monday, February 14, 2011
Sunday, February 13, 2011
WHAT MAINSTREAM MEDIA DOESN'T TELL YOU ABOUT DEMOCRACY IN IRAQ
The mainstream media in the United States would make you think democracy has come to IRAQ but the truth is there are outbreaks of violence all across the country as shown here on this IRAQ TODAY website:
http://warnewstoday.blogspot.com/
Click on this link to read about both IRAQ and AFGHANISTAN and news you are not getting from the mainstream media in the United States.
Saturday, February 12, 2011
Friday, February 11, 2011
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
ARMY OFFICIAL SAYS U.S. TROOPS MIGHT BE NEEDED IN MEXICO
Now we have an Army official suggesting U.S. troops might be needed to stop the border crossings in Mexico.
Read more here:
http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/home/51207681-76/mexico-westphal-army-drug.html.csp
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Tuesday, February 8, 2011
TOUCHING STORY OF BOMB-SNIFFING DOG ADOPTED BY PARENTS OF MARINE KILLED IN AFGHANISTAN
This is a heart-breaking story of how the family of a U.S. Marine killed in Afghanistan adopted the Marine's bomb-sniffing Labrador dog.
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http://tiny.cc/i76sm
Monday, February 7, 2011
SEN. JOHN KERRY AT ODDS WITH PRESIDENT OBAMA'S AFGHANISTAN STRATEGY
SEN JOHN KERRY told the the Boston Globe he differs with President Obama on the strategy now being employed to conduct the war in Afghanistan.
READ MORE HERE:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_theticket/20110206/ts_yblog_theticket/john-kerry-questions-obamas-afghanistan-strategy
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