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47 minutes ago by Jack

I just finished reading an amazing story about Marcus Luttrell in his book: Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10 by Marcus Luttrell, Patrick Robinson. Synopsis Four US Navy SEALS departed one clear night in early July, 2005 for the mountainou ...

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47 minutes ago by Jason Ditz

Marines Find Suspicious Welcome in Helmand River Valley | Villagers tired of empty promises

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1 hour ago by paulfarrell

A timely reminder by Jake Lynch in Online Opinion about some of the internal factors in America of why it’s almost always at war with somebody: For the US to be at war should not be surprising, but seen, instead, as normal: not “man-bites-dog” but “dog-bites-man”. In every case, our attention has be ...

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1 hour ago by Raphael Alexander

Photo: David Guttenfelder / AP The Americans are in their fourth day of an offensive surge in Helmand province, former British stronghold for the ISAF forces in Afghanistan, and the enemy is melting away as they approach. A lightning force of 4,000 marines has been sent to clear out the insurgency t ...

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1 hour ago by Truth Teller

Photo Credit: Spc. Neil Stanfield Local children express excitement about gifts they received. The gifts were received from visiting members of 2nd Platoon, Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 112th Infantry Regiment, 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 28th Infantry Division, Pennsylvania National Guard, a ...

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2 hours ago by orangekite1

Things continue to be hot in Afghanistan, and going to get hotter. 1.) A link with several good stories about what is going on in the Global War on Terror, the GWOT-site called: Long War journal. Link: http://www.longwarjournal.org/ 2.) U.S. general in Afghanistan, Marine Brig. Gen. Larry Nicholson ...

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2 hours ago by Puddy Dunne

Bob Woodward’s piece for the WaPo, in which he recounts national security advisor Jim Jones telling military leaders that any further calls for more troops in Afghanistan would occasion a “Whiskey Tango Foxtrot moment” from Obama, has both COINdinistas and contraCOINers discussing prioritization of ...

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3 hours ago by Nathan Adam

A British solider has today died after an explosion in Afghanistan today, the Defence Ministry have said, that brings the toll for this week up to 5, and the weekend toll to 3, as UK forces take part in a major U.S-led offensive against Taliban strongholds. The MOD have said that the British solider ...

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3 hours ago by mcnorman

The WIP Contributors: Getting a divorce and custody of one’s children is very difficult in Bahrain, even in cases where a husband sexually attacks his wife. The issue was exposed to the public last year, when an Arab woman married to a Bahraini was granted a divorce by the courts after she lost part ...

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3 hours ago by lightbulboverhead

In my last post, I made mention of my support of the Obama Administration. The author of Acre of Independence (http://acreofindependence.com/), regarded as one of the top 100 Libertarian websites and blogs, questioned my assertion of Obama’s progress. When I praised Obama’s work abroad and his succe ...

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