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Mass Child Freezing Deaths, Proof of Mass Starvation

By Ralph Lopez

Within short distances of the camps, at Camp Phoenix outside of Kabul, for example, warehouses are stacked high to the rafters with blankets, sleeping bags, Meals-Ready-to-Eat, heat tabs.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30598.htm



In Grip of Cold, Afghan Family Buries 8th Child

The war refugee Sayid Mohammad lost his last son on Wednesday, 3-month-old Khan, who became the 24th child to die of exposure in camps here in the past month.

http://nyti.ms/zOZwNB


From Information Clearing House

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U.S. Legacy in Afghanistan: Giant Prisons
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/02/20

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Political prisoners rot in US prisons

Freedom s Phoenix
by Stephen Lendman

02/21/12

With around 2.4 million incarcerated, America has by far the world s largest prison system. Two-thirds in it are Black or Latino. Most held are non-violent. Over half are for drug related charges. Around 75% are Blacks or Latinos. On all charges, many are persecuted political prisoners...

http://bit.ly/xqIXwH


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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