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Two Blackwater guards arrested by FBI on murder charges

Posted on January 8, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Two former Blackwater operatives were arrested by US federal agents on murder charges, stemming from their alleged involvement in the shooting deaths of two Afghan civilians in Kabul in May. They have been identified as Justin Cannon, 27, of Corpus Christi, Texas, and Christopher Drotleff, 29, of Virginia Beach, Va. They have been charged with “crimes including second-degree murder, attempted murder and firearms offenses while working as contractors for the U.S.

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Religious writer claims Golden Girls causes homosexuality

Posted on December 19, 2009 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

The guarantee of free speech in the USA doesn't guarantee intelligent speech. Sometimes, though, free speech yields unintentionally hilarious results, as is the case with an article by Stephenson Billings.

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Afghan-Americans express sharply different views on the war

Posted on December 19, 2009 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

President Obama's decision to escalate the war in Afghanistan is provoking strong and sometimes conflicting feelings among Afghan-Americans. Moe Hashem, the owner of the Afghan Kabob restaurant in Springfield, VA, paints a rosy picture of post-U.S. occupation life in Afghanistan

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Officials press Obama’s Afghan strategy; Build and withdraw

Posted on December 2, 2009 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and the nation’s top military officer laid out a muscular defense of President Obama’s decision to send 30,000 additional troops to Afghanistan on Capitol Hill on Wednesday morning, but senators of both parties objected to major parts of the new strategy.

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Pullout from Afghanistan to begin in 2011; McCain Balks

Posted on December 1, 2009 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

WASHINGTON — President Obama plans to announce Tuesday night that he will begin to transition American forces out of Afghanistan beginning in July 2011, setting the first time frame to wind down the war there nearly a decade after the United States first sent troops in to topple the Taliban government, senior administration officials said. Mr. Obama will set the drawdown goal even as he orders another 30,000 troops to deploy to Afghanistan over the next six months in an effort to reverse the momentum of Taliban insurgents fighting to regain control of the country

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Pullout from Afghanistan to begin in 2011

Posted on December 1, 2009 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

WASHINGTON — President Obama plans to announce Tuesday night that he will begin to transition American forces out of Afghanistan beginning in July 2011, setting the first time frame to wind down the war there nearly a decade after the United States first sent troops in to topple the Taliban government, a senior administration official said.

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Obama orders 30-35,000 more troops for Afghanistan, surge to begin by Christmas

Posted on December 1, 2009 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

After months of debate, President Barack Obama will spell out a costly Afghanistan war expansion to a skeptical public Tuesday night, coupling an infusion of as many as 35,000 more troops with a vow that there will be no endless U.S. commitment. His first orders have already been made: at least one group of Marines who will be in place by Christmas.

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U.S. seeks 10,000 troops from allies for Afghan war

Posted on November 25, 2009 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

WASHINGTON — The United States is scrambling to coax NATO allies to send 10,000 additional troops to Afghanistan as part of President Obama’s strategy for the region. NATO members and other foreign allies have expressed reluctance to send more soldiers because of the Afghan war’s growing unpopularity in their countries and increasing concerns over corruption in President Hamid Karzai’s government. The Obama administration views a substantial contribution from its allies as a way to keep the American troop increase lower and blunt domestic political criticism of the Afghan war

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Hamid Karzai sets target for US withdrawl from Afghanistan within five years in inauguration speech

Posted on November 19, 2009 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

President calls for Afghan forces to take control of security within five years, and vows to tackle corruption.

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Official: Obama rejects all Afghan war options

Posted on November 12, 2009 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama does not plan to accept any of the Afghanistan war options presented by his national security team, pushing instead for revisions to clarify how and when U.S. troops would turn over responsibility to the Afghan government, a senior administration official said Wednesday

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