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Dateline Afghanistan
By Michael BroihierSome will rejoice, others not so much, but my time as your editor has come to an end. For several reasons I have accepted a yearlong job in Afghanistan. Remuneration aside, the two main reasons I’ve decided to leave the paper...Tags: Al-Qaeda, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Passover, Newspaper and Magazine, Afghanistan
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Jessamine soldier receives bronze star
news@jessaminejournal.comThis weekend in Richmond, Congressman Ben Chandler presented Sgt. First Class Timothy McClish of Jessamine County with a Bronze Star for his service during Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan. “To get a medal or token from the U.S. military,...Tags: U.S. Military, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Wars and Interventions, Afghanistan
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U.S. helicopter shot down, killing 30 US troops, 8 Afghans
Associated PressKABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Insurgents shot down a U.S. military helicopter during fighting in eastern Afghanistan, killing 30 Americans, most of them belonging to the same elite Navy SEALs unit that killed Osama bin Laden, as well as seven Afghan...Tags: Hamid Karzai, NATO, Osama bin Laden, Manufacturing and Engineering, Al-Qaeda
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First, do no harm
By Michael Broihier
In 1999, a Marine general wrote as part of a concept he called the Three Block War of an actor he called the “Strategic Corporal,” and after hearing that a US soldier probably murdered over a dozen Afghans, mostly women...Tags: Mogadishu (Somalia), Armed Forces, Crime, Law and Justice, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Murder
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The right tool for the right job
Tuesday, a Pentagon spokesman warned about “reading too much into a single combat incident” that killed 30 U.S. servicemen over the weekend, but there is a danger in not considering it at all, and questioning the planning and execution of a...Tags: Mogadishu (Somalia), Terrorism, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Afghanistan
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Bin Laden op vindicates Bush
Justice has been done. Nearly 10 years since the 9/11 attacks that left more than 3,000 Americans dead, Osama bin Laden was killed by a small team of U.S. military personnel operating under the authority of the Central Intelligence Agency. We first want...Tags: September 11, 2001 Attacks, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Defense, Osama bin Laden, Pakistan
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Mission not accomplished
Almost exactly nineteen years ago, a plane lumbered across the pocked runway of the Mogadishu airport and a young Marine, a veteran of two wars in three years, looked out of the departing plane’s window, sniffed and said, “Thirty days.”...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Central Intelligence Agency, Justice and Rights, Civil Rights, Somalia
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In Afghanistan, businesswomen must seek a delicate balance
KABUL, Afghanistan — Roya Mahboob navigates the potholes of doing business in Afghanistan like any other entrepreneur. Corruption is rife. Kidnappings are common. Bomb blasts remain an overarching reality. But as the female chief executive of a...
Tags: Employees, Science and Technology, Crime, Law and Justice, Politics, Technology
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Khaled Hosseini sets 'And the Mountains Echoed' against Afghan history
Although Khaled Hosseini has lived in the United States since he was 15, he remains engaged in the struggles of his native Afghanistan, which he has made palpable for Western readers in two bestselling novels, "The Kite Runner" and "A Thousand Splendid...Tags: Book, Nabi, Health and Medical Professionals, Kabul (Afghanistan), Afghanistan
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Julian Bond: Race relations progress still has long way to go
I have always suspected racists didn't like being called out for their racism. Now I have proof. When I told MSNBC's Thomas Roberts on May 14th that the tea party was "the Taliban wing of American politics", a firestorm erupted. Arguing the IRS was...Tags: John Lewis, Sociology, NAACP, Crime, Law and Justice, Politics
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Jailing of Afghan women for 'moral' crimes is increasing, group says
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- The number of women and girls jailed by Afghan authorities for “moral crimes” has risen by 50% in the last 18 months, an alarming statistic that reflects the Afghan government’s need to step up efforts to protect...
Tags: Rape, Crime, Law and Justice, Pakistan, Politics, Justice and Rights
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Afghan women's rights in peril, group says
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — The number of women and girls jailed by Afghan authorities for "moral crimes" has risen by 50% in the last year and a half, an alarming statistic that reflects the Afghan government's need to step up efforts to protect women'...
Tags: Hydroelectricity, Hamid Karzai, Environmental Issues, Bombings, Executive Branch
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