The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
2012 Previously rejected report is now key to US effort to curb insider killings in Afghanistan 2012 Pocket Guide Advises US Troops to “Avoid Arrogance,” “Respect Islam” in Order to Prevent “Green on Blue” Attacks 2011 Report Sees Danger in Local Allie: Study Says Killings of Americans by Afghan Security Forces Represent a ‘Systemic Threat’ …
Afghanistan: Afghan Taliban leader, Mullah Muhammad Omar, published his annual Id al-Fitr address, which commemorates the end of Ramadan. The address contained several familiar themes. Most important for NATO forces is that Omar urged the Taliban to continue to attack foreign forces in the name of all Afghans. He said he would support only a …
Afghanistan Drawdown, 20 More Years Of War By lisa savage – Posted on 23 May 2013 In order to reduce the number of boots on the ground in Afghanistan, the Pentagon asked Congress for $9.6 billion of its allowance to be moved from one budget line to another. They asked permission to shift funds away …
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Citation: “Graphic: Updated US Swath of Destruction from Afghanistan to Niger,” Phi Beta Iota the Public Intelligence Blog, 31 May 2013.
The Financial Legacy of Iraq and Afghanistan: How Wartime Spending Decisions Will Constrain Future National Security Budgets Faculty Research Working Paper Series Linda J. Bilmes, Harvard Kennedy School Abstract: The Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts, taken together, will be the most expensive wars in US history – totaling somewhere between $4 to $6 trillion. This …
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This Is What Winning Looks Like – Full Length VICE News NEWS This Is What Winning Looks Like My Afghanistan War Diary By Ben Anderson I didn’t plan on spending six years covering the war in Afghanistan. I went there in 2007 to make a film about the vicious fighting between undermanned, underequipped British …
