KARZAI TO BACK PAKISTAN IF U.S. ATTACKS IT
"Afghanistan would support Pakistan in case of military conflict between Pakistan and the United States... Afghan President Hamid Karzai said... "If ever there is a war between Pakistan and America, Afghanistan will side with Pakistan"... (also) Karzai said he would cease attempting to reach out to the Afghan Taliban and instead negotiate directly with Pakistan, saying its military and intelligence services could influence the militants to make peace."
http://news.yahoo.com/afghanistan-back-pakistan-wars-u-karzai-023316217.html
Sunday, October 23, 2011
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
1 IN 3 VETS SEE WAR AS WASTE
"... Nearly 4,500 U.S. troops have died in Iraq and about 1,700 in Afghanistan. Combined war costs... have topped $1 trillion.... (now) One in three U.S. veterans of the post-9/11 military believes the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan were not worth fighting, and a majority think that after 10 years of combat America should be focusing less on foreign affairs and more on its own problems.. "
http://news.yahoo.com/poll-1-3-vets-sees-iraq-afghan-wars-040253311.html
"... Nearly 4,500 U.S. troops have died in Iraq and about 1,700 in Afghanistan. Combined war costs... have topped $1 trillion.... (now) One in three U.S. veterans of the post-9/11 military believes the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan were not worth fighting, and a majority think that after 10 years of combat America should be focusing less on foreign affairs and more on its own problems.. "
http://news.yahoo.com/poll-1-3-vets-sees-iraq-afghan-wars-040253311.html
MOST IEDs MADE IN PAKISTAN
"Pakistan is the source of explosives in the vast majority of makeshift bombs insurgents in Afghanistan planted this summer to attack U.S. troops... From June through August, U.S. troops detected or were hit by 5,088 improvised explosive devices (IEDs), the most for any three-month period since the war began in 2001... More than 80% of the IEDs are homemade explosives using calcium ammonium nitrate fertilizer produced in Pakistan..."
http://www.usatoday.com/news/military/story/2011-10-02/ieds-traced-to-pakistan/50638686/1
"Pakistan is the source of explosives in the vast majority of makeshift bombs insurgents in Afghanistan planted this summer to attack U.S. troops... From June through August, U.S. troops detected or were hit by 5,088 improvised explosive devices (IEDs), the most for any three-month period since the war began in 2001... More than 80% of the IEDs are homemade explosives using calcium ammonium nitrate fertilizer produced in Pakistan..."
http://www.usatoday.com/news/military/story/2011-10-02/ieds-traced-to-pakistan/50638686/1
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