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Odigo Says Workers Were Warned Of 911 Attack 2 Hours Before
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: 9/11 Truth and Justice Movement, islam, Israel lobbyists, afghanistan, iraq, propaganda, Neocons-PNAC, terrorism, bushadministration, corruption, constitution, dishonesty, freedoms, politics )

Gregory
- 30 days ago - rense.com
Odigo usually zealously protects the privacy of its registered users, said Macover, but in this case the company took the initiative to provide the law enforcement services with the originating Internet Presence address of the message, so the FBI could
Obama Visits Afghanistan to Tour War Zone
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: elections, Obama, afghanistan, Afghanistan. war, iraq, democrats )

Gregory
- 33 days ago - abcnews.go.com
VIDEO:"I want to, obviously, talk to the commanders and get a sense both in Afghanistan and in Baghdad of, you know, what the most, their biggest concerns are, and I want to thank our troops for the heroic work that they've been doing," Obama stated.
9 U.S. Soldiers Killed in Attack in Afghanistan
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: war, afghanistan, Taliban, soldiers, attack, war, government, corruption, bush )

Terri
- 38 days ago - nytimes.com
Taliban insurgents mounted a large attack on an American base in eastern Afghanistan, killing nine U.S. soldiers in a fierce battle that lasted for hours.
Change.Org - Tell Congress to Help Veterans Go to College - Take Action
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: bush, ethics, iraq, afghanistan, veterans, GI bill, college, post 9-11 )

Kelli
- 70 days ago - change.org
Senator Jim Webb from Virginia has introduced an expanded version of the GI Bill, called the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Act, to increase education benefits for veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan.
Heroin Economics: The US in Afghanistan
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: afghanistan, middle-east, world, drugs, bushadministration )

Helen and
- 98 days ago - unknownnews.org
The drug business is not run by weird but colorful, isolated nutcases, like one sees in movies. They're very well-connected businessmen. ... If the illegal drug business stopped completely, I think the world economy would collapse.
U.S. May Stop Paying Soldiers After June 15
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: Bush, Republicans, illegal wars, troops, Iraq, Afghanistan, cover-up, crime, corruption, dishonesty, ethics, Congress )

Blue
- 104 days ago - washingtonbureau.typepad.com
It sounds scary, doesn't it? If the U.S. Congress fails to pass the administration's latest request for supplemental war funding by Memorial Day, the Defense Department may not be able to pay its soldiers after June 15
Hillary Clinton Slams MoveOn With Karl Rove's Lies
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: Afghanistan, Bush, Fisa, Hillary Clinton, Hillary MoveOn, Hillary MoveOn.Org, Karl Rove, Moveon, Schip )

Blue
- 123 days ago - huffingtonpost.com
Jane Hamscher: I've tried to stay out of the pie fights of late, but as a long-term defender of MoveOn and other progressive organizations -- this is completely unacceptable.
'One in Five US Servicemen Has Brain Injury'
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: war, Iraq, Afghanistan, troops, mental health, abuse, military )

Elisa
- 124 days ago - telegraph.co.uk
The psychological toll of America's wars in Iraq and Afghanistan has touched one in five servicemen and its consequences will be long-lasting, a study suggested yesterday.
NATO Admits Mistakenly Supplying Arms and Food to Taliban
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: usa, afghanistan, taliban )

Mark
- 124 days ago - guardian.co.uk
Nato forces mistakenly supplied food, water and arms to Taliban forces in southern Afghanistan, officials today admitted. (The Taliban probably wondered why U.S. weapons and aid to them suddenly resumed; the U.S. was their main support in the first place)
Defective Military Equipment 'Is a Breach of Human Rights'
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: war, U.K., usa, Iraq, Afghanistan, defective military equipment )

Mark
- 130 days ago - independent.co.uk
U.K.: The Government suffered a landmark legal defeat yesterday when a High Court judge ruled that sending soldiers to war with defective equipment could be a breach of their human rights. (Why don't U.S. military troops have human rights?)
Opium Brides of Afghanistan
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: this is your war, this is your war on drugs, poppy eradication, Afghanistan )

Mark
- 140 days ago - newsweek.com
approximately half the new brides had been given in marriage to repay opium debts. The new brides included children as young as 5 years old; until they're old enough to consummate their marriages, they mostly work as household servants for their in-laws.
Bush Borrowed More Money Than 42 Presidents Combined
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: Bush, money, borrow, China, Iraq, Afghanistan, presidents )

Ben
- 156 days ago - blogmyway.org
I couldn't believe of what I had read. Bush borrowed more money than the amount of money that borrowed by the 42 presidents of the pasts combined. Based on U.S. Treasury, from 1776-2000, the combined borrowed money of the past 42 presidents added up to
Martial Law, Inc.
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: Halliburton, KBR, Viet Nam, Rwanda, DRC, Afghanistan, Iraq, NAU, concentration camps )

Mark
- 165 days ago - globalresearch.ca
KBR, having financed Lyndon Johnson from the 1940s and into the Vice Presidential position, was rewarded after Kennedy's assassination with lucrative contracts in the escalated Vietnam War.
ABC News: Troop Depression in Afghanistan Rises
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: americans, war, usa, Afghanistan, mental health )

Kelli
- 167 days ago - abcnews.go.com
U.S. troop morale improved in Iraq last year, but soldiers fighting in Afghanistan suffered more depression as violence there worsened, an Army mental health report says.
Afghanistan Supplies Over Ninety Percent of Opium
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: Afghanistan, opium )

Mark
- 172 days ago - feeds.bignewsnetwork.com
According to the US State Department, Afghanistan is responsible for the supply of ninety three percent of opium to world markets.
 

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