This is a really good article from a reporter who is about as remote and front line as you can get in Afghanistan. I have read his articles before and been impressed with his ability to capture the moment in text. He finds a way to show the weird sense of humor that soldiers have, even in the worse of times.
Another great film from Snagfilms. Guy Gabaldon died on August 31, 2006 and the world lost someone very special. During the bloody struggle for Saipan in July 1944, U.S. Marine PFC Guy Gabaldon is officially credited with capturing over 1500 Japanese soldiers and civilians - single-handedly, a record that is untouchable in the annals of American military history. For over sixty years, Guy talked about his exploits on that island, sharing his experience and using his celebrity to inspire new generations who valued bravery and bravado. However, war experience alone does not make a life, and Guy’s didn’t stop in 1944. He lived many different lives and most importantly he took it upon himself to help the less fortunate, particularly the wayward teenagers he encountered when he returned to the Mariana Islands in 1980, where he would live for twenty years.
A strike by coalition troops against a bomb-making cell in eastern Afghanistan killed 10 militants, according to the U.S. military. The troops were targeting several key figures in a network run by Jalaluddin Haqqani, a militant leader believed to operate out of Pakistan.
A strike by coalition troops against a bomb-making cell in eastern Afghanistan killed 10 militants, according to the U.S. military. The troops were targeting several key figures in a network run by Jalaluddin Haqqani, a militant leader believed to operate out of Pakistan.
No students showed up at Mirwais Mena girls' school in the Taliban's spiritual birthplace the morning after it happened. A day earlier, men on motorcycles attacked 15 girls and teachers with acid.
More than a year after Blackwater Worldwide security guards opened fire in a crowded Baghdad square, top Justice Department prosecutors are reviewing a draft indictment against six of the contractors, people close to the investigation said.
An Iraq War veteran said he will not take the witness stand in his defense on a charge of first-degree murder. Louis Bressler, 25, is suspected of shooting Fort Carson Spc. Kevin Shields to death Dec. 1 in Colorado Springs.
Philippine Muslim rebels recently shot down a US spy drone flying inside their territory in the restive southern region of Mindanao, where American forces are aiding local troops in fighting separatist and communist insurgents.
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