VIOLENT FIREFIGHT IN AFGHANISTAN BETWEEN U.S. TROOPS AND TALIBAN

Video shows a platoon of U.S. soldiers in a violent firefight with the Taliban in the mountains of Afghanistan.

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ASS-KICKING VIDEO OF INTENSE FIREFIGHT BETWEEN 2ND BN. 12TH INF. REG AND TALIBAN IN DONGA AFGHANISTAN

This video takes you right along with 2nd Bn. 12th Inf. Reg. in an ass-kicking firefight against the Taliban in Donga Afghanistan.

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WATCH AS 14 TALIBAN FIGHTERS ARE KILLED BY U.S. APACHE HELICOPTER

Video shows a U.S. Apache helicopter zeroing in on Taliban fighters on the ground in Afghanistan. The chopper waits for the command from ground control to engage and you see the chopper kill 14 Taliban fighters.

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VIDEO FOR EVERYONE WITH SOMEONE IN THE MILITARY. "WHERE HAVE ALL THE FLOWERS GONE?"--THE KINGSTON TRIO

This video is for everyone who has someone in the military. The Kingston Trio sing "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?"


This is a must see video for all reading this who have a loved one in the military or know someone who is in the military.

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NBCs RICHARD ENGEL REPORTS ON VIPER COMPANY BATTLING TALIBAN IN HELMAND VALLEY OR "DEATH VALLEY"

NBC's Richard Engel, the best war correspondent in the business, is right in the thick of it as Bravo Company or as the GIs call themselves, Viper Company, fight the Taliban in Helmand Valley Afghanistan which is also known as "Death Valley." Plenty of action in this video.

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RICHARD MOWRY PROVIDED THIS VIDEO OF U.S. TROOPS TRYING TO TRAIN AFGHAN ARMY

The Afghan army is a complete mess and it could take a decade to train them to takeover security of their country. Thanks to Facebook member Richard Mowry we have been provided with this video showing the struggle U.S. troops are going through in trying to train Afghans in the basic needs to be combat ready.

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WHO ARE THESE TALIBAN OUR TROOPS ARE FIGHTING. WATCH THIS VIDEO AND YOU WILL BE SURPRISED

The Taliban are not what the mainstream media in the United States describes them to be. This video will give you an idea of who and what the various elements of Afghan fighters are and what they are fighting for against U.S. and NATO forces.

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BATTLE FOR AFGHANISTAN IS HEATING UP. WATCH US MILITARY TAKE ON TALIBAN IN THIS VIDEO

Just as predicted by Adm. Mike Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the fight for control of Afghanistan is heating up and U.S. forces are shown in this video in a bloody firefight against the Taliban. Plenty of action in this footage.

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OHMYGOD: WHAT'S NEXT? FIGHTING ALONGSIDE "STONED" AFGHAN SOLDIERS

Troops from the United States and NATO countries are encountering another problem in Afghanistan.

The Afghanistan soldiers fighting with them are usually "stoned" out of their minds.

Watch this video to see for yourself the "stoned" Afghan troops.

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US MARINES ECHO AND FOX COMPANIES FIGHT TALIBAN IN AFGHANISTAN

The song is "Extreme Way" by Moby and underscores this video of US Marines of Echo and Fox Companies facing off against the Taliban in Afghanistan in the newest video of our offensive in Afghanistan.

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FIRST VIDEO OF NEWLY ARRIVED MARINES IN FIREFIGHT IN AFGHANISTGAN MOUTAINS

The first wave of US Marines have landed in Afghanistan and this video shows them in action against the Taliban in the mountains of Afghanistan.

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NEW VIDEO FROM AFGHANISTAN: US TROOPS PUSH INTO AFGHAN TOWNS

The new troops sent to Afghanistan by President Obama are so far meeting little resistance, but they know there will be some ferocious firefights in the not too distant future.

This video describes the mission of the US military in Afghanistan the challenges our forces face as they take on the Taliban.

Video was filmed in Helmand Province in Southern Afghanistan which is the home of poppy production which helps to finance the Taliban military operations.

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OPERATION "STRIKE OF THE SWORD" LAUNCHED BY US MARINES ON POPPY FIELDS IN AFGHANISTAN

Up until recently the U.S. military has stayed away from the poppy fields in Southern Afghanistan, but Gen. Stanley MacChrystal has taken 4,000 of the newly arrived U.S. Marines and sent them into the dangerous poppy fields searching out Taliban. Poppy production is known to have supported the Taliban and the Marines intend to put a dent in the poppy production.

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SOBERING VIDEO FROM NEW WAVE OF MARINES IN AFGHANISTAN AND THE IMPOSSIBLE TASK AHEAD

President Obama has dispatched 10,000 U.S. soldiers and Marines to Afghanistan and in this video you hear the Brig. General Larry Nicholson in charge of our forces in one sector of Afghanistan claim it will be an impossible task for our troops to defeat the Taliban.

This is a sobering assessment of the conditions on the ground in Afghanistan by Gen. Nicholson and should be watched by every chicken hawk who thinks defeating the Taliban is going to be a walk in the park.

The Marine unit shown in this video is the only Marine unit in Afghanistan to have two combat doctors assigned to the unit and 200 vehicles converted to ambulances to handle the wounded that are expected to happen in the weeks and months to come.

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FIRST VIDEO OF NEW MARINE OFFENSIVE AGAINST TALIBAN IN AFGHANISTAN

Video shows US Marines trapped by Taliban fire and how they fight their way out of the explosive situation. This is a new video showing for the first time US Marines recently deployed to Afghanistan in an intense battle with the Taliban. There will be more like this.

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HELLUVA VIDEO: WATCH CHARLIE 3/71 RECON COMPANY DISH IT OUT TO TALIBAN IN AFGHANISTAN. BEST VIDEO YOU'LL EVER SEE

We have posted a lot of videos since we started this blog two years ago, but this video ranks right up there with one of the best. You get to see the Charlie 3/71 Recon Company in a ferocious firefight with the Taliban deep in the mountains of Afghanistan. There is a tribute to the soldiers who died in this battle and there are pictures of many of the men assigned to the Charlie 3/71 Recon Company.

Song is "When World's Collide" by Killmen.

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THIS IS HILARIOUS: ARMY COOK KEEPS OUTSIDE BBQ GOING AS TROOPS ENGAGE TALIBAN IN FIREFIGHT ALL AROUND HIM

This is a really fabulous video because you get to see an Army cook continuing to BBQ on an outdoor grill at a FOB (Forward Operating Base) in a mountainious area of Afghanistan as his fellow GIs engage in a firefight with Taliban all around him.

This video proves "an Army travels on its stomach."

WARNING: Strong language

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VETERANS GROUP CALLS ON SOLDIERS TO REFUSE TO DEPLOY TO AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ

Tuesday December 15, 2009
by: Dahr Jamail, t r u t h o u t Report
http://www.truthout.org/1214091

In response to President Barack Obama's announcement on December 1 to deploy 30,000 additional troops to the occupation of Afghanistan, the organization March Forward!, comprising both veterans and active-duty members of the US military, has called on all soldiers to refuse their orders to deploy.

"March Forward! calls on all service members to refuse orders to deploy to Afghanistan and Iraq," reads a press release from the group from December 3. "We offer our unconditional support and solidarity. Join us in the fight to ensure that no more soldiers or civilians lose their lives in these criminal wars."

Michael Prysner, a former corporal in the Army who served from 2001-2005 and a veteran of the occupation of Iraq, co-founded the group with another Iraq war veteran, James Circello.
Truthout asked Prysner how he responds to those who believe a soldier should always follow orders, no matter what.

"In my experience the majority of people joining the military today join out of necessity, like money, jobs, help for their family, etc., so most don't join for ideological or patriotic reasons. Most are driven into the military by economic conditions. We see this playing out now, as people are joining in droves because of the economy."

Prysner added, "Yes, people do sign a contract to follow orders, but those orders are wrong and unlawful. We want to educate people to the fact that these are immoral orders, and they [soldiers] are being used as muscle for corporations, to colonize the developing world, and it's not legitimate. People who join and take this oath seriously who think they are in [the military] to defend the US, this is not what we are being used for in the military today."

Prysner has written about his experience in Iraq, "... there was no computer screen separating me from the suffering civilian population. I spent 12 months in Iraq, doing everything from prisoner interrogations, to ground surveillance missions, to home raids. It was my firsthand experiences in Iraq that radicalized me. I believed I was going to Iraq to help liberate and better the lives of an oppressed people, but I soon realized that my purpose in Iraq was to be the oppressor, and to clear the way for US corporations with no regard for human life."

After he separated from the Army in 2005, Prysner "understood that the occupation I was a part of was a crime against humanity. I understood that illegal conquering of Iraq was for profit, carried out by a system that serves a tiny class of super-rich whose endless drive for wealth is at the expense of working people in the United States and abroad."

According to Prysner, the lessons he learned from being part of the US occupation of Iraq taught him that, "I still had the same drive to fight for freedom, justice and equality as I did when I joined, and I understood that fighting for those things meant fighting against the US government, not on behalf of it."

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CASEY J. PORTER, ARMY VET WITH 2 TOURS TO IRAQ, ENTERED HIS CAMARO IN THE SEMA AUTO SHOW. THE FEMALE MODELS IN THIS VIDEO ARE ALL "FRIENDS" OF CASEY

Casey J. Porter served two tours in Iraq in the United States Army and was discharged not long ago and has been working on his Camaro and getting it ready for the SEMA auto show, the largest auto show in the world. Casey is also the producer and director of this video and personally "interviewed" each of the models seen in this video.

This video shows the various cars in the show including Casey's Camaro.
Casey's car also sponsors the "Wounded Warrior Project" serving veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

PS: The female models do not come with the cars.

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NEWS ALERT: NEW VA PATIENTS ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE YOUNG WOMEN IN THEIR 20s FROM AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ WARS

New VA patients younger, more likely to be women

By KIMBERLY HEFLING, Associated Press Writer
Monday, December 14, 2009

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(12-14) 10:45 PST Martinsburg, W.Va. (AP) --

Doctors at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in this quiet, bucolic town tucked between coal country and the nation's capital used to go months without treating a female veteran.

Today, they're reporting the beginning of a boom.

Mixed with the Vietnam and World War II-era patients waiting for a doctor are 20-something women who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, reading Allure magazine and, in some cases, coming in for pregnancy tests.

The hospital sees nearly twice as many women it did before the Sept. 11 attacks. Administrators opened a women's clinic and are trying to take female veterans into consideration when deciding everything from the color of the walls to the size of the prosthetics offered. Waiting areas soon will have kid-friendly tables. An onsite day care for veterans with medical appointments is under review.

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REMARKABLE VIDEO OF CAPTURED ENEMY FOOTAGE AS THEY FIRE ON US TROOPS IN FALLUJAH IRAQ

This is captured enemy combat footage showing the enemy firing on US troops in the battle for Fallujah Iraq.

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WATCH THIS ACTION-PACKED VIDEO OF THE 2ND BN, 12TH INF. REGIMENT FIGHT THE TALIBAN NEAR DONGA AFGHANISTAN

There is more than enough action in this video to keep you interested as you get to see the 2nd Bn., 12th Inf. Regiment fighting it out with the Taliban near Donga Afghanistan.

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VIDEO TAKEN FROM AN OUTPOST AS US TROOPS BATTLE TALIBAN AT NIGHT IN AFGHANISTAN

This fantastic video was taken at a FOB (Foreward Operating Base) deep in the mountains of Afghanistan and shows U.S. troops at night fighting the Taliban.

Every sixth round (bullet) is a tracer.

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KICK-ASS VIDEO OF 173rd AIBORNE DRAGON PLATOON IN FIERCE FIREFIGHT IN PECH RIVER VALLEY AFGHANISTAN

RONNIE SOMMERFELT, whose grandson David is with the 173rd Airborne in Afghanistan, sent me this remarkable video of the 173rd Dragon Platoon in a fierce and heated battle with the Taliban in the Pech River Valley of Afghanistan.

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WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TO DRIVE THROUGH THE STREETS OF KABUL AFGHANISTAN

Kabul, Afghanistan is the capitol of Afghanistan, but you would never know this is the major city in Afghanistan from this video of a military vehicle driving through Kabul.

Afghanistan has been described as one of the poorest countries in the world and this video proves it.

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YOU GOTTA SEE THIS VIDEO: THE MOTLEY CREW SING "IF I DIE TOMORROW"

A video made up of some of the most graphic shots from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan you will ever see. The Motley Crew put it all in perspective by singing "If I Die Tomorrow."

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HEART-WRENCHING VIDEO FROM AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ: SONG "HURT" BY JOHNNY CASH

This is a must see video for all those who feel the pain of what our troops are going through in Afghanistan and Iraq. The video is enhanced by Johnny Cash singing "Hurt."

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FANTASTIC VIDEO STREET FIGHTING IN AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ: MUSIC: THE ROLLING STONES

This video is action-packed and shows US forces fighting the insurgents in both Afghanistan and Iraq.

SONG: "Sympathy for the Devil" by "The Rolling Stones"

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"HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THE RAIN"---CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL

Montage of combat footage from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan set to "Have You Ever Seen the Rain" by Creedence Clearwater Revival.

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THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE: VIDEO ALBUM OF OUR FALLEN SOLDIERS

This video album is posted as a solemn reminder how these soldiers will not be coming home for this Christmas or any Christmas because they have died in the Afghanistan war.

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