BRILLIANT VIDEO: INSIDE THE GREEN BERETS IN AFGHANISTAN

This National Geographic special is inside look at the Green Berets in Afghanistan. Watch the Green Berets from Fire Base Cobra take on the Taliban in Afghanistan. This is a brilliant video with footage never seen before.

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NEW WAR FOOTAGE---AFGHANISTAN WAR

New video showing U.S. troops in action against the Taliban in Afghanistan.

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NAVY SEALS BATTLE TALIBAN (LIVE VIDEO)

Video shows the U.S. Navy Seals in a heated battle with the Taliban in Afghanistan.

Music: "Hunt You Down" by Saliva

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THE BATTLE FOR KORENGAL VALLEY (LIVE VIDEO)

This New York Times video shows American troops in a bloody battle with the Taliban in the dangerous Korengal Valley in Afghanistan.

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RARELY SEEN VIDEO OF U.S. NAVY SEALS IN AFGHANISTAN EXTRACTION MISSION

This video shows U.S. Navy Seals in an extraction mission in Afghanistan.

This a rarely seen video.

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NAVY SEALS IN ACTION IN AFGHANISTAN. MUSIC VIDEO

This is a great video showing U.S. Navy Seals in action in Afghanistan.

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U.S. NAVY SEALS KILLED IN AFGHANISTAN (RAW VIDEO)

Dramatic video of what happens when U.S. Navy Seals on a rescue mission in Afghanistan are shot down and one of the Seals is killed by Al-Qaeda.

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BREAKING NEWS: TWIN BLASTS IN KABUL AFGHANISTAN

KABUL (AFP) – Two blasts were heard in Kabul on Wednesday as President Hamid Karzai delivered a speech at the opening of a "jirga" at which 1,600 delegates will discuss making peace with the Taliban, an AFP reporter said.
Source: http://tiny.cc/xi19n

HEATED ACTION VIDEO: HUMVEE IS HIT TWICE

This action-packed video shows a Humvee hit twice by separate IEDs. One GI ends up with shrapnel in his face, but he is not seriously hurt. Action takes place in Afghanistan against the Taliban.

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MARINES AND TALIBAN CLASH

Video shows a Marine patrol engaging the Taliban during a clash in Afghanistan.

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TALIBAN VIDEO SHOWS THEM SCREWING UP AN ATTACK

This video was turned over to U.S. troops and shows the Taliban making plans to attack an American tank, but the plan is so poorly organized it is total disaster.

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INTENSE AFGHANISTAN FOOTAGE

This video was taken by one of the GIs you see in the footage as our soldiers are involved in an intense firefight with the Taliban.

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SHOCKING VIDEO: WHAT THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA WON'T TELL YOU ABOUT AFGHANISTAN WAR

WARNING: This video is not for anyone with a weak stomach.

The video tells what happens to mostly female soldiers in Afghanistan and what happens to Afghan citizens.

The video can be very graphic at times, but is something that all Americans should know about.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/28/world/asia/28drones.html

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HEART-TUGGING VIDEO: MEMORIAL DAY TRIBUTE 2010

This video should be a MUST VIEW for every American.

It is a tribute to our military on Memorial Day 2010.

Song: "Dream" by Singindork888.

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NEWS ALERT: U.S. RIFLES NOT SUITED FOR FIGHTING IN AFGHANISTAN MOUNTAINS

U.S. Rifles Not Suited For Warfare In Afghan Hills

SLOBODAN LEKIC HUFFINGTON POST
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/05/21/us-rifles-not-suited-for-_n_584856.html


KABUL, Afghanistan — The U.S. military's workhorse rifle – used in battle for the last 40 years – is proving less effective in Afghanistan against the Taliban's more primitive but longer range weapons.

As a result, the U.S. is reevaluating the performance of its standard M-4 rifle and considering a switch to weapons that fire a larger round largely discarded in the 1960s.

The M-4 is an updated version of the M-16, which was designed for close quarters combat in Vietnam. It worked well in Iraq, where much of the fighting was in cities such as Baghdad, Ramadi and Fallujah.

But a U.S. Army study found that the 5.56 mm bullets fired from M-4s don't retain enough velocity at distances greater than 1,000 feet (300 meters) to kill an adversary. In hilly regions of Afghanistan, NATO and insurgent forces are often 2,000 to 2,500 feet (600-800 meters) apart.

Afghans have a tradition of long-range ambushes against foreign forces. During the 1832-1842 British-Afghan war, the British found that their Brown Bess muskets could not reach insurgent sharpshooters firing higher-caliber Jezzail flintlocks.

Soviet soldiers in the 1980s found that their AK-47 rifles could not match the World War II-era bolt-action Lee-Enfield and Mauser rifles used by mujahedeen rebels.

"These are important considerations in Afghanistan, where NATO forces are frequently attacked by insurgents using ... sharpshooter's rifles, which are all chambered for a full-powered cartridge which dates back to the 1890s," said Paul Cornish, curator of firearms at the Imperial War Museum in London.

The heavier bullets enable Taliban militants to shoot at U.S. and NATO soldiers from positions well beyond the effective range of the coalition's rifles.

To counter these tactics, the U.S. military is designating nine soldiers in each infantry company to serve as sharpshooters, according to Maj. Thomas Ehrhart, who wrote the Army study. They are equipped with the new M-110 sniper rifle, which fires a larger 7.62 mm round and is accurate to at least 2,500 feet (800 meters).

At the heart of the debate is whether a soldier is better off with the more-rapid firepower of the 5.56mm bullets or with the longer range of the 7.62 mm bullets.

"The reason we employ the M-4 is because it's a close-in weapon, since we anticipate house-to-house fighting in many situations," said Lt. Col. Denis J. Riel, a NATO spokesman.

He added that each squad also has light machine guns and automatic grenade launchers for the long-range engagements common in Afghanistan.

In the early years of the Vietnam War, the Army's standard rifle was the M-14, which fired a 7.62 mm bullet. The gun had too much recoil to be controllable during automatic firing and was considered too unwieldily for close-quarter jungle warfare. The M-16 replaced it in the mid-1960s.

Lighter bullets also meant soldiers could carry more ammunition on lengthy jungle patrols.

The M-16 started a general trend toward smaller cartridges. Other weapons such as the French FAMAS and the British L85A1 adopted them, and the round became standardized as the "5.56mm NATO."

The Soviet Union, whose AK-47 already used a shorter 7.62 mm bullet that was less powerful but more controllable, created a smaller 5.45mm round for its replacement AK-74s.

"The 5.56 mm caliber is more lethal since it can put more rounds on target," said Col. Douglas Tamilio, program manager for U.S. Army firearms at the Picatinny Arsenal in New Jersey. "But at 500-600 meters (1,600-2,000 feet), the round doesn't have stopping power, since the weapon system was never designed for that."

The arsenal, which is the Army's center for small-arms development, is trying to find a solution.

A possible compromise would be an interim-caliber round combining the best characteristics of the 5.56mm and 7.62mm cartridges, Tamilio said.

The challenge is compounded by the fact that in flat areas of Afghanistan, most firefights take place at shorter ranges of up to 1,000 feet (300 meters), where the M-4 performs well.

U.S. soldiers in militant-infested Zhari district in southern Afghanistan's Kandahar province said they haven't experienced problems with the range of their M-4 rifles.

Lt. Scott Doyle, a platoon commander in Zhari, said his troops are usually facing Taliban AK-47s.

"When the Taliban get past 300 meters (1,000 feet) with an AK-47, they are just spraying and praying," he said.

Martin Fackler, a ballistics expert, also defended the 5.56 mm round, blaming the M-4s inadequate performance on its short barrel, which makes it easier for soldiers to scramble out of modern armored vehicles.

"Unfortunately weapon engineers shortened the M-16's barrel to irrational lengths," Fackler said. "It was meant for a 20-inch barrel. What they've done by cutting the barrel to 14.5 inches is that they've lost a lot of velocity."

ECONOMIC STIMULUS FOR AFGHANISTAN. WHY?

Editorial comment: Don't we have enough problems in our own country without giving millions of taxpayer dollars into rebuilding Afghanistan?

We haven't been able to plug the hole in the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and yet we are pouring millions of dollars into Afghanistan.

It doesn't make sense.
Bill Corcoran, editor, CORKSPHERE.

In Afghan region, U.S. spreads the cash to fight the Taliban

By Rajiv Chandrasekaran Washington Post Staff WriterMonday, May 31, 2010; A01

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/30/AR2010053003722.html?hpid=topnews

NAWA, AFGHANISTAN -- In this patch of southern Afghanistan, the U.S. strategy to keep the Taliban at bay involves an economic stimulus.

Thousands of men, wielding hoes and standing in knee-deep muck, are getting paid to clean reed-infested irrigation canals.

Farmers are receiving seeds and fertilizer for a fraction of their retail cost, and many are riding around on shiny new red tractors. Over the summer, dozens of gravel roads and grain-storage facilities will be constructed -- all of it funded by the U.S. government.

Pumping reconstruction dollars into war zones has long been part of the U.S. counterinsurgency playbook, but the carpet bombing of Nawa with cash has resulted in far more money getting into local hands, far more quickly, than in any other part of Afghanistan.

The U.S. Agency for International Development's agriculture program aims to spend upward of $30 million within nine months in this rural district of mud-walled homes and small farms. Other U.S. initiatives aim to bring millions more dollars to the area over the next year.

Because aid is so plentiful in Nawa -- seemingly everyone who wants a job has one -- many young men have opted to stop serving as the Taliban's guns for hire. Unlike neighboring Marja, where insurgent attacks remain a daily occurrence, the central parts of Nawa have been largely violence-free the past six months.

But the cash surge has also unleashed unintended and potentially troubling consequences. It is sparking new tension and rivalries within the community, and it is prompting concern that the nearly free seeds and gushing canals will result in more crops than farmers will be able to sell. It is also raising public expectations for handouts that the Afghan government will not be able to sustain once U.S. contributions ebb.

Continue reading here: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/30/AR2010053003722.html?hpid=topnews

AFGHANISTAN OFFENSIVE INTENSIFIES (RAW VIDEO)

U.S. troops are shown in this video attempting to gain the support of Afghanistan elders as the offensive to take control of Afghanistan continues.

The problem is many of the Taliban fighters have melted into the population of the Afghanistan villages and U.S. troops are having a hard time finding them.

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GRIM VIDEO OF U.S. MEDICS RUSHING TO SAVE AMERICAN WOUNDED

The medics call it "The Golden Hour" or the first hour when the medics arrive on the battlefield to extricate wounded American soldiers in Afghanistan.

This video shows some graphic footage of medic teams at work in "The Golden Hour" in Afghanistan.

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CANADIAN SNIPERS PICK OFF TALIBAN (LIVE VIDEO)

Video shows Canadian snipers prepare for their equipment for battle against the Taliban.

The video also shows the Canadian snipers picking off the Taliban during a firefight in Afghanistan.

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MEMORIAL DAY---SECTION 60 ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY (VIDEO)

This video is from the Department of Defense and shows Section 60 of Arlington National Cemetery where more than 450 military personnel from the Iraq War and over 150 military personnel from the Afghanistan War have been layed to rest.

Please take a moment to watch this short video and to say a prayer for all of our military personnel serving our country here in the United States and in Iraq and Afghanistan as well as other countries around the world.

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UNBELIEVEABLE VIDEO DESTRUCTIVE FORCE OF BRADLEY FIGHTING VEHICLES ON TALIBAN

This unbelieveable video is a compilation of M-2/M-3 Bradley Fighting Vehicles and the destruction they bring to the Taliban in the Afghanistan War.

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UPDATED VIDEO: BRADLEY AND HELLFIRE MISSILES RIP INSURGENTS

New Video shows a Bradley Fighting Vehicle and Hellfire Missiles ripping into insurgents.

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AWESOME AND VIOLENT VIDEO OF WAR ON TALIBAN

This video provides non-stop combat action showing U.S. troops in awesome and violent footage as they battle the Taliban in Afghanistan.

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HEATED FIREFIGHT IN AFGHANISTAN (RAW VIDEO)

Compilation of footage showing U.S. and British troops in heated battles with the Taliban in Afghanistan.

Song: "Zombie" by The Cranberries.

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MARINES LAUNCH MAJOR OFFENSIVE AGAINST TALIBAN

The U.S. Marines have launched a major offensive against the Taliban in Afghanistan.

The Taliban are reporting they captured a U.S. Marine.

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SOLDIER LOSES $300,000 HOME WHILE FIGHTING IN IRAQ

Soldier in Iraq Loses Home Over $800 Debt

Capt. Michael Clauer's homeowners' association foreclosed on his family's $300,000 house and sold it for $3,500.

By Nick Baumann Fri May. 28, 2010 3:00 AM PDT
MOTHER JONES

Michael Clauer is a captain in the Army Reserve who commanded over 100 soldiers in Iraq. But while he was fighting for his country, a different kind of battle was brewing on the home front. Last September, Michael returned to Frisco, Texas, to find that his homeowners' association had foreclosed on his $300,000 house—and sold it for $3,500. This story illustrates the type of legal quagmire that can get out of hand while soldiers are serving abroad and their families are dealing with the stress of their deployment. And fixing the mess isn't easy.

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Source URL: http://motherjones.com/politics/2010/05/soldier-iraq-loses-home-homeowners-association-foreclose

AWESOME VIDEO: 173RD AIRBORNE BRIGADE COMBAT TEAM HUNTING FOR TALIBAN

This video shows members of the 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team on a patrol hunting for Taliban in Afghanistan.

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AIR WEAPONS TEAM WIPE OUT TALIBAN

Video shows footage from an air weapons team as they wipe out the Taliban on the ground.

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REMARKABLE VIDEO: 82ND AIRBORNE "SAPPERS" BLOW UP TALIBAN

This video shows members of the 82nd Airborne's Combat Engineers, or "Sappers," blowing things up in Afghanistan and at the same time having a little fun horsing around.

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HOT FIREFIGHT BETWEEN MARINES AND TALIBAN

This video shows the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit in a red hot firefight with the Taliban in Afghanistan.

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