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Tag Archives: Afghanistan
Pulling a Quigley, Down Under(-fire)
I love it when life imitates art. You know, like when you see something in some Hollywood flick, and you say to yourself, “Self, that could NEVER happen in real life.” But then you find out it can. Has. Did. … Continue reading
Posted in Crime and Punishment, War
Tagged Afghanistan, Brad Kozak, British sniper, Iraq, Quigley, sniper, Taliban, terrorist, Tom Selleck
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The REAL Miss America
I received the following email from a friend. (A female friend, no less.) I present it here, verbatim, for your reading pleasure: The real Miss America There’s a Proud Papa out there somewhere.
Posted in Entertainment
Tagged Afghanistan, Brad Kozak, cheerleader, Iraq, Miss America, Poly-Jan Bobseine, sniper, terrorist
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US Marines Hunt Sangin Sniper
The town of Sangin is best known as the southern epicenter of the Afghanistan opium trade. Today, however, the Pashtun town of 14,000 captured a headline at the Wall Street Journal (Sniper in Afghan Town Puts Marines on Edge) for another … Continue reading
Army’s Quick Fix for Afghanistan Range Deficit: 5000 M14 Enchanced Battle Rifles
TTAG has reported the U.S. Army’s ongoing sloth re: equipping troops in Afghanistan with rifles capable of effective range. And now, finally, they’re doing something about it. allvoices.com reports that the Army is sending M14 Enhanced Battle Rifles to forces … Continue reading
Marines Mount Mini-Gun on MV-22 Tilt Rotor Transports
After a decade of dithering, the U.S. Marines are equipping two tilt-rotor transport aircraft bound for Afghanistan with the GAU-2B machine-gun. Strategypage.com reports that the Marines will retro-fit the guns to the rest of their Afghan-based fleet of MV-22 aircraft. … Continue reading
Gun Bribes Highlight Afghan Corruption
And it’s one, two, three, what are we fighting for? Don’t ask me I don’t give a damn. I’m going to Afghanistan. A country whose rigged elections and endemic corruption was the focus of the Obama Administration’s pre-surge anxiety—until it … Continue reading
Posted in Handguns, War
Tagged Afghanistan, General McChrystal, INIS, Nour al-Maliki, Saddam Hussein, Sheikh Sabah] Sayedi, The Guardian, U.S. taxpayers, War on Terror
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Blackwater Stole 500 AK-47s from Afghan Police/U.S. Taxpayers
The U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee spent a good part of today hearing testimony about the misadventures of Afghan defense contractor Blackwater (a.k.a. Xe Services a.k.a. Paravant). The senators were not happy, calling the company (and its shell companies) “reckless” … Continue reading
