SHOCKING VIDEO: WOMAN IS SHOWN BEATEN BY THE TALIBAN

This shocking video was shown over and over all across the Middle East region as a way of showing how the Taliban beat women in their fanatical way of keeping control of the region.

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WHERE THE HELL ARE WE GOING TODAY? U.S. MARINES ON A RECON PATROL INTO AFGHANISTAN (UNCENSORED VIDEO)

Day after day our troops head out on missions into enemy territory. In this video you see Marines on a recon mission into a desolate and unforgiving part of Afghanistan (isn't it all?) in search of Taliban.

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ACTION-PACKED COMBAT VIDEO: U.S. MARINES BATTLE TALIBAN IN AFGHANISTAN

Video shows members of the 6th Marines in a series of violent firefights with the Taliban in Afghanistan.

Nothing but non-stop combat action in this video.

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OH GOD! THIS IS WAR IN AFGHANISTAN (UNCENSORED VIDEO)

This is what the war in Afghanistan looks like.

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MUST SEE VIDEO: U.S. ARMY TROOPS AMBUSHED IN AFGHANISTAN

This is the kind of war footage you would have seen in past wars, but not now because the media no longer considers the war in Afghanistan is worth covering.

Watch here as U.S. troops are ambushed by the Taliban.

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MARINES IN HEATED BATTLE WITH TALIBAN IN MARJAH AFGHANISTAN (RAW VIDEO)

Watch as U.S. Marines are engaged in a heated battle with the Taliban in Marjah, Afghanistan.

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BREAKING NEWS: RAW COMBAT FOOTAGE FROM AFGHANISTAN WAR (LIVE VIDEO)

Very few people in the United States have an inkling of what our troops are doing in Afghanistan because the mainstream media doesn't report on the war anymore.

In this video you see one platoon in a violent firefight with the Taliban.

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MEDEVAC RESPONSE TEAM SPRINGS INTO ACTION IN AFGHANISTAN (LIVE VIDEO)

They are known as the "Battlefield Angels" and they are the Army Medevac teams that work around the clock to save wounded soldiers from the war in Afghanistan.

This video shows "Battlefield Angels" in action.

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ARMY MEDICS RUSH TO SAVE TWO WOUNDED SOLDIERS IN AFGHANISTAN (LIVE VIDEO)

Two U.S. soldiers are severely wounded and in this video you see Army Medics scramble to get to them off the battlefield and to a Army Hospital in Afghanistan.

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MARINE VEHICLE BLOWN UP BY TALIBAN LAND MINE (RAW VIDEO)

This CBS News video shows what happened when a Marine vehicle is blown up by a Taliban land mine in Afghanistan.

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WHY AFGHANISTAN IS A LOST CAUSE

Why Afghanistan is a lost cause

Joel Brinkley, Tribune Media Services Inc.
Sunday, July 11, 2010

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As Gen. David Petraeus assumed his new command in Afghanistan earlier this month, he took up a strategy that has already failed - though not for the reasons most people assume.

Certainly, as most everyone knows, the battle plan appears hopeless. Every night in Marjah, Taliban killers post "night letters" in mosques and other public places, warning city residents they will be killed if they cooperate with the Americans. The next day, quite often, they follow through on their threats.

American and NATO troops "liberated" Marjah in February, hoping it would become a showplace, and now occupation forces number one for every eight city residents. Still, more people are dying in gunbattles on the city's streets right now than during the operation in February. Local officials are afraid to travel by car to the provincial capital, Lashkar Gah. They take a helicopter instead, even when the drive would take only 20 minutes.

Before he was fired last month, Gen. Stanley McChrystal called Marjah a "bleeding ulcer." All of that is part of a noxious stew of problems on the battlefield. Still, in 2005 and 2006, the war in Iraq looked equally hopeless. Since then, however, the situation there has improved significantly.

But a larger problem afflicts the effort in Afghanistan, one that coalition forces are virtually powerless to address. That is the population's blighted state of affairs. Consider a few statistics that limn the people's lives.

At least 26 of every 100 children born in Afghanistan die before they reach the age of 5. UNICEF says that's the worst child-mortality rate in the world. Of those who survive, almost 60 percent suffer from moderate to severe stunting - also the world's highest rate. Stunting results from sickness or malnutrition during infancy, and it's irreversible. The children grow up to be small and not very smart.

It makes sense, then, that fewer than one-third of Afghan adults can read and write. On average, they earn about $250 a year and die before they reach age 45 - also among the lowest figures in the world. Finally, they are served by a government that is practically the most corrupt on the planet. Transparency International rates only one country, Somalia, as worse.

The cornerstone of the coalition's counterinsurgency strategy calls for the Afghan government to step up and provide stronger government institutions and public services. Afghans must begin to regard President Hamid Karzai's administration as an efficient, helpful alternative to the Taliban. The government must also provide security nationwide once the Americans leave.

But consider what the dark social statistics mean for that plan. An estimated 90 percent of the new recruits for the Afghan army are illiterate. You don't have to read to shoot a rifle, but you do need to be able to read the rifle's instruction manual.

The Afghan police are no better educated, but that's not the most serious problem. Across the country, police set up impromptu checkpoints along the road. They stop cars and demand a payment for permission to pass. These are the lawmen who are going to protect the people after the Americans leave? As it is, most won't investigate a crime unless the victim pays a bribe.

What is the Afghan government doing to remedy these pernicious problems? It is sending suitcases full of cash, at least $1 billion a year in bribe proceeds and purloined foreign aid, out of the country to private accounts in Dubai or other banking capitals. That's not a secret; the shipments are declared as they pass through Kabul's airport. The money has been laundered through hawalas, private money-transfer businesses, and the government gives this practice its blessing.
"Taking money out of the country is fine," Karzai said during a news conference last month. "The relatives of government officials can do this," even "my brothers," who are generally regarded as the nation's most avaricious thieves.

More money leaves the country for private bank accounts each year than the government collects in taxes and fees, the Wall Street Journal reported. When pressed, Karzai did allow that "there's a possibility of corruption." The United States is well aware of the problem. Congress is demanding investigations; the military is chartering audits and inquiries.

But that leaves the United States in an impossible position. To win the war in Afghanistan, the United States must turn a nation that stands as a model of bald-faced thievery into a clean, honest institution that cares for its people, now the most neglected in the world.

It can't be done.

Joel Brinkley, a professor of journalism at Stanford University, is a former Pulitzer Prize-winning foreign correspondent for the New York Times.

BREAKING NEWS: IRAQ IN STATE OF CHAOS: CIVILIANS GROW RESTLESS OVER LACK OF GOVERNMENT

Iraqis restless over late govt. formation – analysts

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BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq: Analysts believe that the late formation of a government three months after the parliamentary elections brought Iraqis to feel restless and nervous and opened the door for political conflicts.

“The Iraqis are now exasperated with all political parties and blocs for their failure to reach an agreement over a government lineup,” political analyst Rebin Rassoul told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.

“The Iraqi citizens’ anger just took the form of demonstrations and sit-in strikes, let alone their collapse in this sweltering heat due to the lack of necessary services,” he added.

Rassoul pointed out that if the political blocs remain incapable o solving these problems the citizens would augment their forms of protests, which would add to a deteriorating security condition harming the country’s social harmony.

The political scene in Iraq is now witnessing an intensive dynamics a few days after convening the new 325-seat parliament’s first session on June 14. The session was confined to ceremonial oath-taking procedures due to the blocs’ failure to reach consensus over naming their candidates for the three top posts in the state: a president, a prim minister and speaker of parliament.

The disputes come amidst heated competition between the two largest blocs to for a government as the Iraqi National Alliance (INA), which won 159 seats, seeks winning the prime minister post while al-Iraqiya bloc of former Iraqi premier Iyad Allawi (91 seats) insists on retaining its constitutional right to form a government as it had been the bloc that won the largest number of seats in the March 7 legislative elections.

KICK-ASS VIDEO: U.S. FIGHT BACK AFTER AMBUSH BY THE TALIBAN IN AFGHANISTAN

This video shows U.S. troops fighting back after they were ambushed by the Taliban in the mountains of Afghanistan.

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THE DEADLY WORK OF WAR IN KANDAHAR AFGHANISTAN: GRAVEYARD OF EMPIRES!!! NBC'S RICHARD ENGEL REPORTS

NBC's chief war correspondent in Afghanistan, Richard Engel, reports in this video on the deadly war that is being waged between U.S. forces and the Taliban in Kandahar, Afghanistan, also known as the "Graveyard of Empires."

In this video, Engel reports on the number of Americans killed in the initial phase of the offensive against the Taliban in Kandahar.

It is expected U.S. casualties are going to rise as the full Kandahar offensive is launched later this summer, according to Secretary of Defense Robert Gates.

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VIDEO OF MEDEVAC TEAM RUSHING TO SAVE LIVES IN "VALLEY OF DEATH"--KANDAHAR AFGHANISTAN

Video shows a Medevac rushing to save the lives of American and foreign wounded from the "Valley of Death"---Kandahar Afghanistan.

Missions like this go on all day everyday in Afghanistan.

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BUSIEST HOSPITAL IN WORLD--BALAD HOSPITAL IRAQ (LIVE VIDEO)

Balad Hospital in Iraq is now the busiest hospital in the world.

More trauma cases are treated at Balad Hospital than any other hospital across the globe.

In this vide, you see medical teams from Balad Hospital preparing for the next wave of wounded coming in from the battlefield.

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SHOCKING WAR FACT: 300,000 RETURNING IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN WAR VETS SUFFER FROM PTSD

A shocking 300,000 returning Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans suffer from PTSD.

That adds up to 25% of the number of people in uniform have Post Traumatic Stress Disorder after serving in either Iraq or Afghanistan.

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U.S. TROOPS FACE A DILEMMA IN AFGHANISTAN: WHO DO YOU TRUST? (LIVE VIDEO)

U.S. troops fighting in the dangerous Korengal Valley of Afghanistan are trying to figure out who they can trust in the small villages and how do you identify the enemy.

As this video points out, our troops are not able to distinguish an Afghan civilian from a Taliban fighter.

The rules of engagement are U.S. troops cannot fire on anyone unless they can see they are carrying a weapon. Many times the Taliban putdown their weapon and blend right in with the rest of the Afghan people.

It is a constant nightmare for our troops.

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AMAZING VIDEO SHOWS WHERE OUR TROOPS ARE FIGHTING IN SOUTHERN AFGHANISTAN (LIVE VIDEO)

This video is more like a tutorial look at the region where our troops are fighting in Southern Afghanistan.

It is hot, dirty and dusty and a virtual no-man's land.

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TAKE A RIDE WITH A U.S. ARMY MEDEVAC TEAM (RAW VIDEO)

This video shows you what U.S. Army medics go through as they go on mission after mission to evacuate wounded U.S. soldiers from the battlefield in Afghanistan.

WARNING: Some of the scene are very graphic.

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WARNING: EXTREMELY GRAPHIC VIDEO OF MEDICS CARING FOR OUR WOUNDED (LIVE VIDEO)

This video shows some graphic and sometimes gory scenes of U.S. medics attending to our wounded from the war in Afghanistan.

Song: "Bring me to Life" by Evansence

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DUSTOFF MEDEVAC TEAMS EVACUATE WOUNDED FROM AFGHANISTAN BATTLEFIELD (RAW VIDEO)

Video shows Dustoff Medevac teams evacuating U.S. wounded from the battlefield in Afghanistan.

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BREAKING NEWS: FIVE U.S. SOLDIERS KILLED FIGHTING THE TALIBAN

Five US soldiers die fighting Taliban in Afghanistan


(AFP) – 1 hour ago

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KABUL — Five US soldiers were killed Saturday in separate incidents while battling the Taliban-led insurgency in Afghanistan, NATO said.


Three died in eastern Afghanistan and two were killed in the south, NATO's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said.


A sixth US serviceman also died Saturday, but as the result of an accidental explosion, an ISAF official told AFP on condition of anonymity.


The six deaths bring to 352 the total number of international soldiers to die in the Afghan war so far this year, according to a tally kept by AFP based on the icasualties.org website.


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MARINES AND AFGHAN ARMY ARE AMBUSHED BY TALIBAN ON MOUNTAIN ROAD (LIVE VIDEO)

This video shows U.S. Marines and Afghan National Forces ambushed by the Taliban on a narrow mountain road in Korengal Valley Afghanistan.

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FABULOUS COMBAT VIDEO: ALPHA CO., 6TH MARINES ON THE FRONTLINES IN AFGHANISTAN

You've got to see this video of a hardass Marine Sgt. telling his men what to expect when they meet the Taliban and Afghan civilians in Afghanistan.

This is raw combat at its very best.

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U.S. ARMY KICKING TALIBAN ASS WITH 500LB JDAM (LIVE VIDEO)

Video shows a 500 lb JDAM being dropped on the Taliban in Afghanistan.

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1,000 SOLDIERS GONE, BUT NEVER FORGOTTEN. RAW COMBAT VIDEO

New video showing U.S. troops in combat in Afghanistan where the 1,000 killed in action mark was just passed not long ago.

There will be more.

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WHY THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA DOESN'T COVER THE WARS IN AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ (EDITORIAL)

The mainstream media in the United States have collectively decided it is not worth the print space or air time to cover the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq even though we have close to 300,000 troops in both theaters of operation.

Visit any newsroom and ask them why the Afghanistan and Iraq wars are not covered and they will tell you there is "Afghanistan fatigue" and "Iraq fatigue" on the part of the American public.

In short, editors will tell you the American public are no longer interested in either war.

The United States has a population of over 350 million and just 1.7 million are in the Armed Forces.

Most people, and that includes the media and members of Congress, don't have a relative or loved one serving in our military.

The Afghanistan and Iraq wars are the first wars we have fought since before World War II where we didn't have conscription or a military draft.

The all volunteer military is a good idea but it restricts the number of people who care about our men and women in the military.

A military draft would change all that in a heartbeat.

It is not right that the same troops are going on their fifth and sixth tour to Afghanistan and Iraq.

The Iraq war is far from over despite of "the surge." The Iraqi people can't come to terms on which party is going to run their government and if you go to Iraqi websites like Iraq Today (http://warnewstoday.blogspot.com/) you will see violence and bloodshed are a daily ritual in Iraq.

President Obama plans to pull all combat troops out of Iraq by next summer. What will the remaining U.S. troops do? Act as referees in the political dispute going on in Iraq?

The war in Afghanistan is even more complex.

As we enter the 10th year in Afghanistan, the mission has changed so many times nobody seems to know what our troops are supposed to be doing in Afghanistan.

There are over 150,000 U.S. troops in Afghanistan and all experts agree there is no military solution to Afghanistan.

For more detailed information on what is taking place in Afghanistan, you should read the Huffington Post's excellent website devoted to the war here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/news/afghanistan

We started this blog over two years ago and as of today close to 600,000 people have logged on our website looking for news from Afghanistan and Iraq.

The mainstream media in the United States are doing a great disservice to our men and women in uniform by turning a blind eye to events on the ground in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Perhaps if more people in the media had served our country in uniform there would be more interst in both wars. The same goes for members of Congress and the Executive Branch of our government.

This blogger was drafted into the United States Army in 1951 and was trained as a Combat Engineer during the Korean War.

They used to call the "Korean War--The Forgotten War," but thanks to the media the Afghanistan War and the Iraq War are now "The Forgotten Wars."

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Bill Corcoran, editor: CORKSPHERE: http://corksphere.blogspot.com

WHAT YOU ARE NOT BEING TOLD ABOUT AFGHANISTAN WAR (VIDEO)

The military says civilian casualties are inevitable in a war like the one we are fighting in Afghanistan.

Watch this video to learn more and what the mainstream media doesn't tell you.

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AFGHANISTAN: AMERICAN SOLDIER KILLED IN ATTACK

Afghanistan: American Killed in Attack

By REUTERS

An American service member was killed by an insurgent attack in eastern Afghanistan on Thursday, the NATO-led international force said. Two other service members, whose nationalities were not released, died in separate roadside bomb attacks in the south.

On Wednesday, Mohammad Gul, the police intelligence director for western Kabul, was ambushed and killed by gunmen outside his home as he returned from his office, the police said. One of his two bodyguards also was killed. Mr. Gul was in charge of preventing terrorist attacks and tracking down insurgents in the western quarter of the capital. (AP)