Monday, September 7, 2009

ALCOHOL BANNED AT U.S. HEADQUARTERS AFTER DEADLY AIR STRIKE
( Rest of bases not affected)

"After a Nato airstrike killed as many as 125 people last week, General Stanley McChrystal... tried to contact his underlings to find out what had happened, however, he found, to his fury, that many of them were either drunk or too hungover to respond... The Isaf headquarters is only half a mile square but it has at least seven bars that serve tax-free beer and wine... (now) General McChrystal, head of International Forces in Afghanistan (Isaf), banned alcohol at his headquarters... the civilian staff, who are free to leave the base, were not concerned. “It’s only on HQ that they’ve banned it. All the other bases that served it, still do..."
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/Afghanistan/article6825321.ece

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