| Related images from Flickr.com |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
Martin Ewans 0060505087
Afghanistan: A Short History of Its
People and Politics
By Martin
Ewans
This short and quick read easily
lives up to its title. This would be a
good introductory book to anyone who
wants an overview of the history and
culture that is very much alive in
Afghanistan today. The citizens ...
$14.95 : afghanistan
|
|
2008-11-18 Lasting Tribute blog
Soldiers from 16th Air Assault Brigade
marched through their base town of
Colchester today to mark the return of
troops from Afghanistan and to remember
fallen comrades.Some 350 soldiers,
including many from the ill-fated 2nd
Battalion, the Parachute Regiment which
has lost 11 men rece...
, Parachute , soldier , Afghanistan , Colchester
|
|
Is it Too Late for Afghanistan? |
Atlantic Council of the United
States
During his address this evening
to the Atlantic Council, ISAF commander
General David McKiernan emphasized the
many positive trends in Afghanistan,
noting that he preferred a “Glass
Half Full” view. At...
, Featured , International
|
|
2008-11-18 America's North Shore Journal
Silver Star
A 173rd Airborne Brigade
Combat team Soldier was awarded the
Silver Star for valor in a ceremony at
Caserma Ederle here Oct. 31.
Spc. Dillon
Bergstad of Headquarters and
Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion
(Airborne), 503rd Infantry Regiment,
received the medal for his act...
, Afghanistan , Heroes , Military , WOT , War , 173rd , 503rd , hero , silver , Spc.
|
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 13:32:10 PST www.ebay.com
Ebay : Up to the minute bids.
|
|
In Afghanistan heeft sneeuw ervoor
gezorgd dat er geen voedsel kan worden
gebracht naar duizenden mensen die in
grote nood verkeren. Ook is voedselhulp
die was toegezegd niet afgeleverd.
Honger voor duizenden mensen in
Afghanistan door vroege sneeuwval
, IRIN , kofab , raghistan , mohammad , bostan , faryab , pamir , sheghnan , baghlan , ghor , kohistan , badakhshan , daykundi
|
|
2008-11-18 Les Derniers Européens
Source de la traduction :
Islamophile
Biographie du sheykh
Muhammad Sa’id Ramadan al
Bûtî
Qu’ils se réjouissent…les
lâches qui ont loué le courage contre
leurs opposants auprès de leur ennemi
commun !…
Ils l’ont loué à un prix
fort élevé… ils l’ont payé de
l...
, Afghanistan , fatwa , islam , taliban
|
|
2008-11-18 MND: Your Daily Dose of Counter-Theory
With US, Afghan and Pakistani forces
applying pressure on both sides of the
Afghanistan-Pakistan border, the enemy
“is running out of options for
places to go,” a senior US officer
in the region said today.
Army Col.
John M. Spiszer, commander of Task Force
Duke, which is ...
, 2008 , Afghanistan , Analysis , CounterPulse , Crime , Current , Hot , International , Middle , NewsWax , OP/ED , Pakistan , Politics , Terrorism , VOA , Vox , War
|
|
2008-11-18 Minstrel Boy
Pakistan reopened the vital Torkham
border crossing point to NATO traffic
destined for Afghanistan today.
The
border crossing point in the lawless
Khyber tribal agency was closed Saturday
after Taliban forces hijacked and looted
a convoy of trucks containing supplies
and equipment for...
|
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 13:32:18 PST www.ebay.com
Ebay : Up to the minute bids.
|
|
2008-11-17 They Say Nothing!
Italy’s Adnkronos International
news agency quotes a ’senior
militant’ as saying that the
kidnapping of the Iranian Ambassador
“is payback time for Iran and for
its active involvement in destabilizing
the Taliban government in Afghanistan
and for facilitating t...
, Iran , al-Qaeda , kidnapping
|
|
2008-11-18 Kiwiblog
Michael Bassett on Clark’s career
and achievements
NBR Editor Nevil Gibson
on the myth of centre-right and
centre-left equivalence
Kiwi Pundit
critiques the ACT/National agreement
The
Strategist quoting David Kilcullen on
what is going wrong in Afghanistan.
I’ve met Kilcul...
, Uncategorized , Blog
|
|
2008-11-18 Furious Seasons
Thanks to a reader for passing along
this fascinating and saddening article
from Chicago about an Iraq War veteran
who's wound up homeless due to PTSD and
for whom the Veteran's Administration
has had a classic, All-American
response:
"Larson has been treated at
Veterans Administratio...
, American
|
this is a very well-made and quite
moving documentary about an afghani
doctor and his family who return after
many years in the u.s.a. to help out in
the post-taliban era...........the only
thing i can complain about is that
instead of afghani musicians doing the
soundtrack they have u...
$24.95 : Afghanistan
|
|
2008-11-19 [My] State Failure Blog
It was long ago now when I first read
David Axe's dispatches from somewhere.
At the time he was in Uruzgan, and I was
interested in reading anything coming
from there in those days. He created a
bit of a storm when he once claimed that
Dutch soldiers were successfully
attacked by a VBI...
, Somalia , strategy , piracy , Afghanistan
|
Fri, 02 Jan 2009 15:35:35 PST www.ebay.com
US $960.00 (0 Bid)
End Date: Friday Jan-09-2009 13:35:18 PST Buy It Now for only: US $1,260.00 Bid now | Buy it now | Add to watch list Ebay : Up to the minute bids.
|
|
2008-11-16 Enjoy Every Sandwich
About a week ago, I commented about a
prideful and all-around idiotic article
in the New York Times by Thomas
Friedman. Mr. Friedman suggested that
everyone in the world who was pissed off
at President Bush should now ask not
what Obama can do for us, but what we
can do for Obama.
H...
, My
|
