Saturday, August 29

Freezer truck deaths part of a "vast" globalized human smuggling network

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Smugglers who drove migrants to their deaths were part of a vast web By Griff Witte and Anthony Faiola August 29, 2015 - 2:40pm EDT T...

Bangkok Erawan Shrine and Sathorn pier bombings: suspect arrested UPDATED 3X

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UPDATE 4:25am EDT August 30 From a BBC report, 3:55am EDT Aug 30 :  [...] Police spokesman Prawut Thavornsiri said the man "is a ...
Friday, August 28

Elysian Fields Lost: The sea is reclaiming Louisiana's Cajun country

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"Louisiana's coastal wetlands are eroding -- more than a football field of land is lost every hour. As the marsh erodes, homes, com...
Thursday, August 27

Afghanistan: Sorry, Col. Kemp; the fix is already in

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There are plenty of things NATO and its U.S.-led command could be doing at their current troop levels to help the Afghan army. For instance,...

"Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal could become the world’s third-biggest." Now you know where all that Western aid money to Pakistan disappeared to.

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Poor widdle Pakistani military, so nervous, so insecure, so frightened, so, so -- predatory.   Report: Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal could ...

Former Afghan gov spokesman on American indifference, disengagement and double dealing

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The U.S. wanted Afghan President Ashraf Ghani to make nice with Pakistan's government, which he did. Until he learned the hard way that ...

NATO snores through large Taliban gathering outdoors in Kunduz

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The Taliban even flew dozens of banners to advertise their location to air surveillance.  "Mullah Abdul Salam was one of se...

Mastermind of Iran-backed 1996 bombing of US Air Force dorm Khobar Towers captured

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"The 209-page ruling found that the truck bomb involved in the attack was assembled at a base in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley operated b...

Taliban kill two Americans Wednesday, capture Afghan district despite heavy U.S. airstrikes

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"We had asked for reinforcements for days but none arrived and this was what happened." "The Taliban currently control t...
Wednesday, August 26

When will Americans act on what Amrullah Saleh says? UPDATED

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" Mullah Omar was never behind making strategies and planning operations. He was a myth kept in a mythical space. It was the ISI that p...
Tuesday, August 25

America's Bay of Pigs moment in Syria and the U.S. Ministry of Silly Walks in Afghanistan

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The United States’ botched effort last month to support a Syrian moderate rebel group known as Division 30 was a chain of errors that reca...