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Afghanistan: when gentle Mazar-e-Sharif erupted in violence
The Guardian
But the dramatic events of Friday – events that shocked the world, imperilled the entire UN mission and raised serious doubts about how Afghanistan will handle the handover of power from its foreign backers – were of marginal interest to Jamal and the ...
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The Guardian
Bush, Women and Afghanistan
The Seattle Times
It's in Afghanistan. It's not our country, and it's not our business. It is our business if there is a base in Afghanistan for terrorists to attack us. Our government destroyed that base--and almost 10 years ago. To say US forces are there to prevent a ...
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Mass. Guardsman killed in Afghanistan
Boston Globe
By Meghan E. Irons The war in Afghanistan has taken the life of a 26-year-old member of the Massachusetts National Guard who died of injuries he s uffered during a “nonhostile incident,'' according to the Massachusetts National Guard. ...
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Boston Globe

Glendale soldier killed in Afghanistan remembered
AZ Central.com
by Alexa Chrisbacher - Apr. 2, 2011 07:58 AM A 20-year-old soldier from Glendale who wanted to join the military since he was a boy was among the latest military casualties in Afghanistan. Dustin J. Feldhaus wrestled in high school and earned the ...
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10 Iowa Guard members back from Afghanistan
cbs4qc.com
AP - April 2, 2011 3:44 PM ET SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) - Ten members of an Iowa Air National Guard unit have returned home from deployment to Afghanistan. KTIV-TV reports the airmen with the 185th Refueling Wing based in Sioux City reunited with their ...
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Royal Navy Forces in Libya Hit by Defense Cuts, Telegraph Says
Bloomberg
By Abigail Moses - Sat Apr 02 13:30:36 GMT 2011 Royal Navy personnel in Libya and soldiers in Afghanistan will be told next week they may be made redundant under defense cuts, the Sunday Telegraph reported, citing the Ministry of Defense. ...
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Romanian president sends condolences to Romanian killed in UN attack in ...
Winnipeg Free Press
By: AP BUCHAREST, Romania - Romania's president has sent his condolences to the family of a Romanian who was killed in Afghanistan in an attack on United Nations' offices. Traian Basescu also expressed his solidarity with other countries whose ...
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Women aren't pet rocks
Washington Post
By Kathleen Parker, Friday, April 1, 8:28 PM Whether the topic is Libya's rebels or Afghanistan's “reconciliation” with the Taliban, the pivotal question is, or should be: What about the women? “Yes, well, the women. Too bad about the women. ...
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Canada pours money, effort into Afghan irrigation project
Vancouver Sun
By Keith Gerein, Postmedia News April 2, 2011 12:41 PM Three replacement gates adorn the diversion weir, a vital water control point in the Dahla Dam irrigation network in Kandahar province, Afghanistan., March 14, 2011. Replacing the gates has been a ...
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Local services set for Huntington grad killed in Afghanistan
Chillicothe Gazette
CHILLICOTHE -- Funeral arrangements have been announced for a local man killed last week while serving his country in Afghanistan. The funeral for Army Staff Sgt. Joshua S. Gire will be at 1 pm April 12 at Huntington High School. ...
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Afghanistan Horror. UPDATE: Jones' Koran burning sparks violent ...
By John Amato
Is Pastor Terry Jones happy now? The controversial Florida pastor who halted plans to burn a Quran on the 9/11 anniversary last year oversaw the burning of the Islamic holy book on Sunday after it was found 'guilty' during a 'trial' at ...
Crooks and Liars - http://crooksandliars.com/comment/permalink/1648969
Massacre at UN Outpost in Afghanistan Responded to US Pastor ...
By David Dayen
Marcy already noted the terrible killing of at least 10 UN staff members in Mazar-i-Sahrif, Afghanistan, after wingnut pastor Terry Jones burned Korans in Florida. The subsequent Afghan protest turned deadly.
Firedoglake - http://firedoglake.com/
Glendale soldier killed in Afghanistan remembered
By Alexa Chrisbacher
Glendale soldier killed in Afghanistan remembered, Pfc. Dustin J. Feldhaus, a graduate of Deer Valley, wanted to join the military since he was a boy. {mnl} Send condolences to Dustin J. Feldhaus's family.
azcentral.com | news - http://www.azcentral.com/members/User/AmFeelingl11
Sensitivity Training? Female U.S. Soldiers in Afghanistan ...
By Emily Esfahani Smith
The Blaze is a news, information and opinion site brought to you by Glenn Beck and a dedicated team of writers, journalists & video producers. Our goal is to post, report and analyze stories of interest on a wide range of topics from ...
The Blaze - Stories - http://www.theblaze.com/stories/tony-blair-christopher-hitchens-debate-religion-in-public-life/
Indiana fleebagger: Like troops heading out to Afghanistan ...
By Allahpundit
Indiana fleebagger: Like troops heading out to Afghanistan, sometimes people have to leave to do good.
Hot Air » Top Picks - http://www.hotair.com/
Afghanistan: United Nations mission rocked by mob killings | World ...
Death toll unconfirmed after protesters storm Mazar-e-Sharif compound in response to Qur'an burning by US pastor.
www.guardian.co.uk/.../01/afghanistan-united-nations-killings
Afghanistan: when gentle Mazar-e-Sharif erupted in violence
But the dramatic events of Friday – events that shocked the world, imperilled the entire UN mission and raised serious doubts about how Afghanistan will ...
www.guardian.co.uk/.../afghanistan-mazar-sharif-united-natio...
UN workers killed in Afghanistan - ABC News (Australian ...
At least seven foreigners, mostly UN staff, have been killed in anti-US protests in northern Afghanistan, but the UN says the final death toll could be as ...
www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/04/02/3180509.htm
Behind the American 'Kill Team' in Afghanistan - World news ...
How U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan murdered innocent civilians and mutilated their corpses – and how their officers failed to stop them.
www.msnbc.msn.com/id/.../world_news-south_and_central_as...
Afghanistan: Mob kills 7 U.N. workers in Afghanistan - latimes.com
A mob inflamed by a mosque sermon describing the burning of the Muslim holy book by an American pastor attacks a United Nations compound in a northern ...
www.latimes.com/.../la-fg-afghan-deaths-20110402,0,743439...



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