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More thousands of missing US weapons - this time in Afghanistan
newshoggers.com - 2/16/2009
More thousands of missing US weapons - this time in Afghanistan
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By Cernig ONE THIRD of all the weapons procured for the Afghan security forces are missing and can be presumed sold onto the black market. Worth roughly $40 million at wholesale cost (and weighing in excess of 200 tons) to the Pentagon, would anyone like to guess at the black market ...

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Firedoglake:  30K? 300K? How Many More for Afghanistan - and Why?

nytimes.com - 2/17/2009
Putting Stamp on Afghan War, Obama Will Send 17,000 Troops
— nytimes.com — WASHINGTON -- President Obama said Tuesday that he would send an additional 17,000 American troops to Afghanistan this spring and summer, putting his stamp firmly on a war that he has long complained is going in the wrong direction. The order will add ... (more) Putting Stamp on Afghan War, Obama Will Send 17,000 Troops

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Afghan Pres. Karzai hopes Obama will "settle down," show "better judgment"
latimesblogs.latimes.com - 2/14/2009
Afghan Pres. Karzai hopes Obama will "settle down," show "better judgment"
— latimesblogs.latimes.com — President Barack Obama is moving up in the world in terms of picking fights. Or walking into them. First, came a disagreement over the impact of the administration's economic stimulus package in East Peoria, Illinois with Jim Owens , the ... (more) Afghan Pres. Karzai hopes Obama will "settle down," show ...

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CIVIC - Home
civicworldwide.org - 2/17/2009
CIVIC - Home
— civicworldwide.org — Afghanistan Quote NEW! CIVIC RELEASES GROUNDBREAKING REPORT ON AFGHAN CIVILIAN CASUALTIES [click here to download report summary] [click here to download full report] NEW CIVIC EVENTS: CIVILIAN CASUALTIES IN AFGHANISTAN 2/17 - 12:15pm & 2/18 - 4:00pm ... (more) CIVIC - Home

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30K? 300K? How Many More for Afghanistan - and Why?
Firedoglake — ... Western confidence in the efficacy of military forces to affect massive changes in a primitive society could use tempering. Cernig at Newshoggers suggests the recent news of lost US weapons shows us that This, folks, is a ...

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