VIDEO: WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TO BE SHOT IN AFGHANISTAN

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This happened in Kunar Province, Afghanistan.


I got a hit a total of 4 times. My helmet cam died and i made it down the mountain on my own. I was also hit in the side of my helmet and my eye pro was shot off of my face. We were doing overwatch on the village to recon and gather intel. I was point heading down the face of the hill with the LT. when we got hit. the rest of the squad was pinned down by machine gun fire. I didn't start the video until a few mins into the firefight for obvious reasons. I came out into the open to draw fire so my squad could get to safety." "A round struck the tube by my hand of the 203 grenade launcher which knocked it out of my hands. When I picked the rifle back up it was still functional but the grenade launcher tube had a nice sized 7.62 cal bullet hole in it and was rendered useless.          

LARA LOGAN, CBS NEWS, REPORTS ON "INSIDER ATTACKS" THAT ARE KILLING U.S. TROOPS IN AFGHANISTAN

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A deadly enemy tactic is killing more and more U.S. troops, while in some parts of the country, al Qaeda is making a comeback. Lara Logan reports

2 U.S. SOLDIERS KILLED IN AFGHANISTAN

Just this week the KIA from the Afghanistan war passed the 2,000 mark.

Since then five more U.S. soldiers have been killed and another two today.

Read full story here:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/06/afghanistan-special-forces-killed-insurgents_n_1945555.html


 

VIDEO: HELMET CAM OF CLOSE COMBAT IN AFGHANISTAN

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RAW VIDEO OF ACTION-PACKED FIREFIGHT IN AFGHANISTAN

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New video of action-packed firefight in Afghanistan.

ACTION VIDEO: MARINES in heated battle with TALIBAN

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"HELL'S COWBOYS"--APACHE COMPANY SEES ACTION IN AFGHANISTAN

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Action-packed video of Apache Company in Afghanistan firefight.

COMBAT FOOTAGE FROM AFGHANISTAN WAR

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Afghanistan Withdrawal May Come Sooner Than Expected - NATO SG

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"The retreat of western forces from Afghanistan could come sooner than expected, the head of Nato has said as he conceded that the recent Taliban strategy of "green on blue" killings had been successful in sapping morale.

In an interview with the Guardian Nato's secretary-general, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, responded to pressure for a faster withdrawal from Afghanistan by stating that the options were being studied and should be clear within three months...".* The Young Turks host Cenk Uygur breaks it down.

ACTION VIDEO: MARINES FIGHT OUT OF AMBUSH WITH HELP OF COBRA ATTACK

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U.S. Marines are ambushed by Taliban but with the help of a Cobra attack they fight their way out.

DEATH TOLL REACHES 2,000 IN AFGHANISTAN. TOP U.S. COMMANDER FURIOUS

The Top U.S. Commander in Afghanistan is furious over the "insider" attacks on U.S. troops which has brought the death toll to 2,000 in Afghanistan. 

Read more here:

http://tiny.cc/q1hhlw

INTENSE Firefight | Afghanistan | Live Action Combat Footage |

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A grim milestone has been reached in Afghanistan.  2,000 U.S. troops have been killed since the war started eleven years ago. 

VIOLENT AND BRUTAL BATTLE IN AFGHANISTAN

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The 18 hour siege of a building close to the Afghan Parliament, which saw heavy fighting between Taliban fighters and government troops in Kabul, has ended.

BATTLEFIELD FOOTAGE OF THE WAR IN AFGHANISTAN

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Action-packed video from the war in Afghanistan.

MARINES OF CHARLIE COMPANY BRING PAIN TO THE TALIBAN

ARMY GENERAL REMOVED FROM AFGHANISTAN FACES SEX CHARGES

An Army General is facing sex charges from when he was in Afghanistan and made inappropriate sexual advances on females in the military.

Read more here:

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/09/26/us-usa-crime-army-idUSBRE88P1SD20120926

'Teenage' suicide bomber hits Afghan capital

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I have found I have to go to the foreign press to find out what is happening in Afghanistan because the mainstream press in the United States has written off covering the war.  This report is from Al Jazeera.

MINIGUN SPECIAL FORCES FIREFIGHT IN AFGHANISTAN

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1080p GoPro footage of a Minigun being used to engage enemy positions by U.S. Special Forces in Afghanistan. This video has been cleared for opsec. This footage is part of the ongoing documentation of war in Afghanistan.

FOX NEWS BEATS WAR DRUMS

FOX NEWS is bent all out of shape because they have been shouting from the top of their lungs that OBAMA let AL Qaeda kill the four embassy workers in Libya and the mainstream media is virtually silent on the matter.  What FOX NEWS never complained about is when 4,500 young Americans were KILLED in IRAQ in a phony war started by BUSH and CHENEY under false pretenses.

Fox News has been doing everything they can to start another war with IRAN, SYRIA or even North KOREA.

HOMELESS VETS

President Obama has been working quietly with the Veterans Administration to end homelessness for all veterans by 2015.

Read full story here:

http://tiny.cc/alt5kw

WHEN I WAS IN THE ARMY

 

When I was drafted into the United States Army in 1951 the Korean War was taking a heavy toll of American lives.

Before the war ended in 1953, more than 33,000 young Americans had been killed and another 107,000 were seriously wounded.

During my 16 weeks of basic training at Fort Belvoir, Virginia (8 weeks of infantry training and 8 weeks of combat engineer training), I watched as the Army started to eliminate basic elements from training for Army companies that were behind my company.

For example: Bayonet and hand-to-hand combat training was eliminated and yet everyone knew bayonet attacks and hand-to-hand battles were going on all over Korea.

As part of the engineer training, the Army did away with bridge building, road building and airport building which were a very important part of what a combat engineer does in a theater of war.

Also, the Army eliminated physical and mental requirements for draftees and so the new recruits were many times grossly overweight and many of them had severe mental problems.

Why do I mention all of this?

If you have been following the upcoming election as close as I do, you would know Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan are taking nothing off the table including military action against Iran, Syria and possibly even North Korea.

Both Romney and Ryan have surrounded themselves with "hawks" from the Bush/Cheney administration to run their foreign policy if they are elected. All of these foreign policy "experts" are itching to start another war and even expand the war in Afghanistan.

Obama, on the other hand, has been criticized for dealing with these foreign governments by using diplomacy and sanctions instead of boots on the ground.

As many of you know, I have been writing a blog about the wars in the Middle East and everything I have read and printed has to do with how our military is spread to the breaking point and that is why some soldiers are on their fourth and fifth tour to Afghanistan. In short, we don't have enough people joining the all volunteer military and we have to keep sending the same troops back to Afghanistan.

The stress on our ground forces is seen by the number of cases of PTSD that is rising and a suicide rate that has spiked to the point where one out of every six returning GIs take their own lives.

The bottom line is we cannot get into another war without re-instating the military draft. That means that if you have young children or grandchildren, boys and girls, who will be military age soon then under a Romney/Ryan administration they would more than likely be drafted for a minimum of two years of active duty service in the military.

The most dreaded word you could see on your orders after completing basic training in 1951 was: FECOM. What that meant is you were assigned to the Far East Command which meant you were being shipped to Korea.

I hope you and everyone takes this upcoming election very seriously because if you vote for Romney and Ryan you can expect more wars to breakout and with more wars will come a need for more troops and that is when they will have to re-instate the military draft.

Thanks for reading this and pass it on if you care to.

OBAMA MAKES GOOD ON HIS PROMISE AND BRINGS 33,000 TROOPS HOME FROM AFGHANISTAN

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President Obama has brought home 33,000 troops deployed to Afghanistan during the surge.  You won't read much much about this and certainly never hear a word about it on FOX NEWS.













 

REPUB. SEN. LINDSAY GRAHAM WANTS TO KEEP TROOPS IN AFGANISTAN

Republican Sen. Lindsay Graham (R. S.C.) wants to keep troops in Afghanistan much longer than the 2014 deadline set by President Obama.

Graham represents South Carolina which is a major manufacturing base for the military industrial complex.

Read more here:   http://thinkprogress.org/security/2012/09/23/894441/lindsey-graham-pushes-romney-to-keep-troops-in-afghanistan/

SO SAD: PHOTOS OF YOUNG AFGHANISTAN SKATEBOARDING GIRLS KILLED

Six young Afghanistan children were killed in a suicide bomb attack in Kabul, Afghanistan on September 8.  Among them were two young Afghan female skateboarding stars. 

This stupid war continues to bring havoc to innocent people in Afghanistan and this is just one of many examples.

Click on link to read story and see pictures of young Afghan girls killed in the suicide attack:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/19/afghanistan-suicide-attack-skateboarding_n_1893740.html?utm_hp_ref=afghanistan-war-blog

TOUCHING VIDEO: REAL COMBAT HOSPITAL AFGHANISTAN

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Shamrock Black was the call sign that informed the Combat Support Hospital that there was a mass casualty coming in. This is the powerful story of the U.S. service members who worked at the Salerno Hospital in Khost, Afghanistan in 2009 and 2010. This is a shorter version of the EMMY nominated documentary.

ASS-KICKING VIDEO: MINIGUN SPECIAL FORCES FIREFIGHT IN AFGHANISTAN

SENATE REPUBLICANS SHAFT VETERANS

Senate Republicans defeated a one billion dollar jobs bill that would have helped military veterans obtain a job.

Republicans do not want President Obama to get any credit for anything before the election even if it was designed to help military veterans.

You can read more here:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/20/veterans-jobs-bill_n_1897377.html

DRAMATIC VIDEO OF A YEAR IN THE LIFE OF ONE ARMY PLATOON IN AFGHANISTAN

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In March 2010, 1st Battalion 87th Infantry, United States Army deployed to Kunduz Afghanistan, where the Taliban had taken control of nearly the entire province. Without having sufficient supplies, air support or even ammunition, the battalion had one year to effectively neutralize all Taliban forces in the province and restore control to the government of Afghanistan. Village by Village and day by day despite numerous casualties, the battalion achieved all objectives. This footage is dedicated to the men of 3rd platoon, Alpha Company.


All footage is shot by SPC Gannon or SSG Blum.

Reality Check: Afghan Attacks on U.S. Soldiers "trending" in the Wrong Direction

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Ben Swann Reality Check takes a look at how the situation in Afghanistan is trending in the wrong direction and what President Obama says about these so called "Green on Blue" attacks

U.S. SUSPENDS MILITARY OPERATIONS WITH AFGHANISTAN

The recent wave of attacks on U.S. forces by members of the Afghan police have caused the U.S. to suspend all military operations with Afghanistan.


Five people were killed overnight in a an attack on a mini bus in Kabul, Afghanistan.

Read more here: 

http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/09/17/13923373-us-afghan-military-operations-suspended-after-attacks?lite