Lies & Distortions From the Pentagon’s Afghanistan Press Conference John Glaser, February 28, 2012 Print This | Share This | Comment | Antiwar Forum George Little, Pentagon Press Secretary and Captain John Kirby, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Media Operations spoke to reporters yesterday about the ruckus unleashed in Afghanistan after the U.S. military burned Muslim holy books. Massive [...]
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Engelhardt and Turse, The End in Afghanistan? Posted by Tom Engelhardt and Nick Turse at 8:21am,February 28, 2012. Blown Away How the U.S. Fanned the Flames in Afghanistan By Tom Engelhardt and Nick Turse Is it all over but the (anti-American) shouting — and the killing? Are the exits finally coming into view? Sometimes, in a moment, [...]
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REUTERS A German Bundeswehr soldier in Iman Sahib: The military is closing a base in Afghanistan early in response to deadly protests. The German military said Friday it would move up the planned closure of a base in northern Afghanistan in response to deadly protests over the inadvertent burning of copies of [...]
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