Posts Tagged ‘afghanistan’

Ethical Argument: Critical Thinking In Ethics

Monday, May 19th, 2008

Planting them on pot-holed, dirt tracks is easy. Its funny, Afghanistan must be the only country on earth where paved roads make it harder to plant IEDs. If Afghanistan is a unique case, simply stating the theoretical reasons behind it (why, digging under asphalt is hard) is hardly the same as it actually being true. [...]

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THE CARNIVAL STARTS THIS WEEKEND, MAY 8 - 10, 2008

Thursday, May 8th, 2008

Then a promo for Fox 8 News at 10…nowadays they leave storie… Prince Harry received a medal for his service in Afghanistan Monday. The medal was presented by his aunt, Princess Anne. The 23 year old’s deployment was cut short earlier this year after news of his mission became public. The lawyer for rape suspect [...]

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Dr. King, Rev. Wright, Patriotism And COINTELPRO

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

Whatever the Bush administrations main motive for invading Afghanistan might have been, it is clear that, before 9/11/2001, there were already plans to war with Afghanistan. The second link went directly to a section which debunked Rupperts claim about Osama bin Laden meeting a top CIA official at the American hospital in Dubai. Tom says, [...]

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My First Official Craving Sortie

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008

In total, 43 close-air-support missions were flown as part of the ISAF and Afghan security forces, reconstruction activities and route patrols. Eleven Air Force intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft flew missions as part of operations in Afghanistan. In Iraq, an Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon dropped a GBU-38 in order to destroy a house-borne improvised [...]

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Karzai: Leave Taliban Alone

Sunday, April 27th, 2008

This occurs within hours of his declaration that the U.S. Should leave the Taliban alone. One person died and 11 were injured. There have been atlleast 3 earlier attempts to kill him - this is the first time an attempt was made in Kabul. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack and said that it [...]

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Ron White

Sunday, April 27th, 2008

Do not post the full text of copyrighted articles without permission of the owner. Pauls supporters were energetic despite the dim prospects for his candidacy. Foreign policy, Paul spoke on a number of issues including the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, health care, individual liberty and the economy.Were only startingCALDWELL U.S. While he acknowledged [...]

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Glenn Beck: Joel Rosenberg’s Book “Dead Heat “

Saturday, April 26th, 2008

Well, I Joel rosenberg in this case. But one point at a time. The statement that it no In those materials, it said the president responded and the Congress responded to by invading Afghanistan and invading Iraq and doing a number of other things. In the opinion of many, including me. The leader of Iran [...]

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British Army’s Elbit Hermes 450 UAVs Reach 7000 Flight Hours

Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008

Using the UAV’s electro-optical/infrared payload, ISTAR missions have included identifying Taliban repeater stations, following insurgents from a contact back to their hideout and flying low over enemy combatants, causing them to retreat. Hermes air vehicles have flown 3,000h in Iraq and 4,000h in Afghanistan since last year, with the army saying there have been no [...]

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What Middle Name Would Go With Kyle?

Friday, April 18th, 2008

Abe Eric musselman signals new era of afghanistan. Subscribe to a blog search feed for Kyle mclaughlin in Google Reader. He had the lowest rushing total of his career gaining only yards and was Kyle. Before you can subscribe to this channel. The third and final episode of Tonya and Nancy. You get better parties [...]

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First Five Minutes Of NBC Nightly News, April 18

Friday, April 18th, 2008

NBC News discovered that combat uniforms and special equipment designed to protect U.S. Soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan, small patches of infrared material attached to combat uniforms, often bearing the image of the U.S. “When you’re wearing night vision goggles and you look over at someone, you can see the patch right away,” said NBC [...]

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Emotional Aspects Of Being A Doula

Thursday, April 10th, 2008

This was a very interesting article and if you have a chance to read it, I’d recommend it! I don’t know, but it is a good question–what is the availability of homebirth midwives like in Afghanistan? Since the hospital culture described seems similar to US hospital culture in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s when [...]

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