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Palin Calls Afghans 'Savages'

''We are watching Obama with his naïve apologies to savages in Afghanistan who turn around and kill our soldiers,'' she said.

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0312/73538.html


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Do Afghan riots spell E-X-I-T?

Antiwar.com
by Kelley B. Vlahos

02/28/12

It s got to be hard for most Americans looking at the fleeting images of angry Afghans today shouting 'death to America' and not think, 'What the h... are we still doing there?' Certainly it s not a stupid question, in fact it s a pretty relevant one...

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Afghanistan: Time to declare victory and come home

Fox News Forum
by KT McFarland

02/29/12

The Koran riots have pulled back the veil on the war in Afghanistan. No matter what our political leaders say, we are losing ground fast, and nothing short of another ten years of American blood and treasure will change that. It s time to declare victory and come home, before we have to shoot our way out. Our military men and women have succeeded in everything we have asked of them. It s our political leaders -- from both parties who have failed us...

http://tinyurl.com/7wak9qq


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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Mass Burnings of Korans at Bagram Fuel Anti-Americanism

Michael L. Weinstein, Truthout: ''By adding grist to the mill of escalating regional resentment, America s own religious extremists, racists and anti-Muslim bigots within the military have ensured that they and their comrades in arms will continue to pay the awful price in spilled blood.''

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A US-led NATO airstrike carried out by French troops has claimed the lives of three Afghan civilians, including two children.

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Seven people were killed and 50 wounded in the western province of Herat, while two more were killed in Khost in the east. Three people were killed earlier during protests.

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Outrage Fuels Continued Protest in Afghanistan
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/02/24-0



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Afghans Fleeing War Find Misery in Urban Slums

Half a million Afghans who fled fighting have been abandoned to starvation and death as they subsist in makeshift shelters and they have been let down by their government and international donors, Amnesty International said in a new report released today.

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Afghanistan: ''A Deeply Violated Land''

We don t know how many Afghans have died as a consequence of the war, we don t know where the refugees go or what s happened to the promise of freedom. Basically, we want it to end. For us. And so we let it slip away from our thoughts.

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Remembering the Context of War Crimes: The Crime of War Itself

Camillo ''Mac'' Bica, Truthout: ''War cannot be understood, rationally or intellectually, by watching a film or by reading a book. To ?know? war, you have to experience it, live it, feel it in your gut, the anxiety, fear, frustration, boredom, hopelessness, despair, anger, rage, etcetera. In truth, warriors exist in a world totally incomprehensible to those who have never had the misfortune of experiencing the horrors of the battlefield.''

http://www.truth-out.org/war-crime-or-crime-war/1329930406

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It was time to leave about ten years ago

Campaign For Liberty
by Philip Giraldi

02/26/12

The news media today are reporting how seven US servicemen who were advising Afghan security forces were wounded in a grenade attack carried out by one of their students. That is on top of two US Army officers murdered while advising an Afghan government ministry three days ago. If anything underlines the absolute futility of the US 'mission' in Afghanistan it is the attacks being staged against so-called trainers and advisers by the very people that some in Washington believe we are helping...

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Möglicherweise wurden in der Militärbasis Bagram neben anderen religiösen Schriften auch Ausgaben des Koran verbrannt; ob wissentlich oder unwissentlich, ist noch nicht bekannt.

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Army Officer's Leaked Report Rips Afghan War Success Story

''If the public had access to the classified reports,'' Davis writes, ''they would see the dramatic gulf between what is often said in public by our senior leaders and what is true behind the scenes.''

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'Quran burning' triggers Afghan protests

Top NATO commander apologises and orders investigation into reported incident as protesters besiege Bagram airbase.

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''US burning of Quran was intentional'': Afghan Investigator

The burning of the Koran at a US military base in Afghanistan was intentional, a member of the investigating team told dpa Monday. 'We believe it is intentional,' said Maulavi Khaliqdad, a member of the panel established by President Hamid Karzai.

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How did US soldiers come to be burning copies of the Quran?
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After a Decade, Afghan Forces Don t Trust Americans

Jon Stephenson and Ali Safi, McClatchy Newspapers: ''Afghan soldiers and police say the recent burning of Qurans by U.S. personnel has seriously undermined their trust in their American counterparts, suggesting that the decade-long campaign to win hearts and minds has not only failed but also threatens the Obama administration s exit strategy. ?We are tired of the Americans here,' said Mohammad Aziz, 20, a Kabul police officer. ?We don t want them to stay because they keep insulting our religion.'''

http://www.truth-out.org/after-decade-afghan-forces-dont-trust-americans/1331392048



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Lieutenant Commander James Williams, a spokesman with the NATO-led international forces confirmed the incident saying a joint NATO assessment team was investigating the circumstances.

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The civilians were killed while they were feeding their animals on a mountain in Giawa in Nejrab district, witnesses said.

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