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“Militants killed more U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan in June than in Iraq for the second straight month, a grim milestone capping a run of headline-grabbing insurgent attacks that analysts say underscore the Taliban’s growing strength.” Read more from dailytexanonline.com

Whitehouse: “It’s evidence that things are going swimmingly in Iraq.”
Dick Cheyney: “The insurgency is in its death throes.”
Bush: *blink,blink* (waiting for teleprompter)
Rice: “You must take into account recent troop-increases in Afghanistan.”
Pentagon: “It’s because we’re pushing into their traditional strongholds.”
CNN: “Should Obama wear a flag lapel pin?”
MSNBCBSABC: “Authorities save the day by catching serial child molester.”
MSNBCBSABC: “Angelina Jolie heads to French hospital where she expects to give birth to twins”
MSNBCBSABC: “Search for missing girls leads to charges for stepfather.”
FoxNews: “MUSLIM TERRORISTS!!!!”

“DAMADOLA, Pakistan, June 27 (Reuters) - Taliban militants in northwest Pakistan publicly slit the throats of two Afghans on Friday after they were accused of spying for U.S. forces suspected of launching a missile strike in May.

The two men, one of them a former Taliban fighter, were brought blindfolded before a crowd of several thousand people near the village of Damadola in the Bajaur region on the Afghan border before they were executed.

. . . .

The crowd shouted Allahu Akbar (God is Greatest) when the Taliban held up the severed heads of the victims who Rehman said were from the eastern Afghan province of Kunar.”

Read more from uk.reuters.com

The Grameen bank is a private bank, pursuing their own interest as they should, but it’s telling that a bank which specializes in anti-poverty micro-lending has chosen to do business in NYC.

The irony is sickening. We’re using tax-payer money to build $200,000 schools, $10,000 retaining walls, multi-million dollar roads in Afghanistan and Iraq like it’s going out of style. We should open a Provincial Reconstruction Team in Queens, or better yet, let American workers keep their salaries and get government out of the business of redistributing wealth, let alone empire-building.

Read more from allheadlinenews.com

See also:
-Senate approves $165 billion to fund Bush’s wars for a few more months. THERE IS NO OPPOSITION PARTY IN WASHINGTON.
-Pentagon cannot account for $15 billion.
-22-Year-Old Miami Beach Resident gets $300 Million Pentagon Contract to Arm Afghan Forces, Provides Defective, Aging Ammunition.

“War is never economically beneficial except for those in position to profit from war expenditures.” - Ron Paul

Road-Building and counter-insurgency in Afghanistan’s Kunar Province.

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“War is never economically beneficial except for those in position to profit from war expenditures.” - Ron Paul

This long NY Times Magazine article describes an infantry company’s life in the Korengal Valley.

(An M249 SAW is NOT a heavy machine gun - but this is still a great article.)

See Also: America’s top intel official comments on Afghanistan

See Also: Bill Moyers interviews Sarah Chayes