Tuesday, December 14, 2010
FOG OF WAR: SOLDIERS SACRIFICE LIMBS FOR AFGHANISTAN
The price of the Afghanistan War is not measured so much in financial costs as it is in human cost.
This CBS News report chronicles the cost of soldier's who have lost limbs as the result of combat in Afghanistan.
The story also includes a video.
WATCH AND READ HERE:
http://tiny.cc/vhspy
CLICK ON LINK TO READ AND WATCH VIDEO
CBS' CHIEF WAR CORRESPONDENT, LARA LOGAN, IS THE VERY BEST REPORTER COVERING AFGHANISTAN
It is becomming increasingly harder and harder to find any news or get a truthful news story out of Afghanistan, but CBS News' chief war correspondent, LARA LOGAN, has managed to push aside all the Pentagon hype and get right down to the heart of the Afghanistan war.
You can read more about LARA LOGAN and watch some of her videos here:
http://www.zimbio.com/Lara+Logan+Pregnancy#zVideo_961430_anchor
CLICK ON LINK FOR FULL FEATURE AND VIDEOS OF LARA LOGAN
UNLESS YOU HAVE BEEN IN THE MILITARY, YOU REALLY DON'T UNDERSTAND THE PRIMARY FOCUS IS TO LEARN HOW TO KILL THE ENEMY
This story is from an anti-war book and talks about how the military trains young men and women to kill the enemy.
READ THE FULL STORY HERE:
http://tiny.cc/8rxcq
CLICK ON LINK TO READ STORY
Monday, December 13, 2010
LISTEN UP: HERE ARE FOUR NEWS STORIES FROM IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN NOT REPORTED BY U.S. MEDIA
LISTEN UP: Here are four news stories about Iraq and Afghanistan you will NEVER see in the mainstream media in the United States.
Monday, December 13, 2010
Iran conducts military exercise near Iraq border
Thousands quit Afghan police force
With New Violence, More Christians Are Fleeing Iraq
As U.S. assesses Afghan war, Karzai a question mark
CLICK ON LINK BELOW TO READ EACH STORY IN DETAIL:
Source: http://warnewstoday.blogspot.com/
KARZAI TELLS GEN. PETRAEUS HE WOULD RATHER HAVE TALIBAN THAN U.S. TROOPS RULE AFGHANISTAN
In a story posted on the VetVoice website, Hamid Karzai, president of Afghanistan, has told Gen. David Petraeus he would rather have the Taliban in control of Afghanistan than U.S. troops.
READ MORE HERE:
Karzai: U.S. and "enemy", would rather have Taliban.
CLICK ON LINK TO READ THE FULL STORY.
NEWS UPDATE: SEVEN US SOLDIERS KILLED IN AFGHAN SUICIDE ATTACK FOUR MORE WOUNDED
Seven US Soldiers Killed in Kandahar Suicide Attack
Suicide Mini-Van Struck Kandahar Base
by Jason Ditz, December 12, 2010
At least seven US soldiers have been killed and four others wounded, according to Afghan army commander General Abdul Hameed, when a suicide bomber attacked a military base in Kandahar Province.
Accoridng to reports the attacker was in a mini-van filled with explosives and denonated alongside the base. The explosion collapsed a wall, burying the soldiers beneath. NATO had yet to confirm the nationalities but the Afghan forces say all seven were Americans.
The deaths add further to the record 2010 death toll in Afghanistan, which is nearing 700 NATO soldiers killed this year. The vast majority of these deaths have been US soldiers.
The attack came the Zhari District, which NATO has occupied seven times since the 2001 invasion.
Locals have been complaining about the most recent occupation, by US forces, saying that the troops are bulldozing civilian homes en masse.
WASHINGTON POST IS REPORTING MONDAY ALL SIX TROOPS KILLED IN AFGHAN SUICIDE BOMBING WERE U.S. TROOPS
The Huffington Post on Monday is reporting the Washington Post is saying all six troops killed in the suicide bombing in Kabul, Afghanistan were U.S. troops.
READ MORE HERE:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/12/12/afghanistan-suicide-bomber_n_795588.html
CLICK ON LINK ABOVE TO READ FULL STORY
AGHANS GO TO STREETS TO PROTEST NUMBER OF CIVILIANS KILLED BY U.S. TROOPS
Scores of Afghans took to the streets on Sunday to protest the number of Afghan civilians who have been killed by U.S. troops.
READ MORE HERE:
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/155038.html
CLICK ON LINK ABOVE FOR FULL STORY
Sunday, December 12, 2010
We aren't accomplishing anything by staying in Afghanistan
This story and video featuring Matthew Hoh explains how we aren't accomplishing a damn thing by staying in Afghanistan.
READ STORY AND WATCH VIDEO HERE:
http://tiny.cc/rfzz7
CLICK ON LINK FOR STORY AND VIDEO
IDENTITY OF SIX NATO TROOPS KILLED IN AFGHANISTAN SUNDAY NOT RELEASED
The Department of Defense has not released the names or the nationality of the six NATO troops killed Sunday in Afghanistan.
READ MORE HERE:
http://tiny.cc/9c8kz
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BILL CORCORAN, EDITOR OF CORKSPHERE, DURING U.S. ARMY COMBAT ENGINEER DAYS
This collage of me was created by a friend of mine on Facebook and I'm using it here to show some skeptics that I did serve in the United States Army Combat Engineers during the Korean War.
CLICK ON THIS LINK:
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=130249767030867&set=a.115233418532502.20742.100001375345515
CLICK ABOVE.
Saturday, December 11, 2010
TOM ENGELHARDT reports on how quickly our heroic troops are forgotten when they die.
Investigative reporter Tom Engelhardt delves into how quickly our heroic troops are forgotten when die in combat in Afghanistan.
READ THE FULL STORY HERE:
http://tiny.cc/efup0
CLICK ON LINK TO READ COMPLETE REPORT
