AltWeeklies Wire
Support the Marine Urination Brigade
Memo to U.S. forces: OK to invade foreign nation that posed no threat. OK to occupy said country for years. OK to impose a corrupt puppet government. OK to kill the locals. Probably OK to piss on them. Just don't film it.
August Deadly for Iraqis and U.S. Soldiers in Afghanistannew
August was not easy for U.S. service members in Afghanistan. It was the deadliest month in that part of the Middle East, with 66 casualties.
Weekly Alibi |
Marisa Demarco |
09-01-2011 |
War
The Longest Warnew
After nine years, it’s still hard to tell what American troops are fighting for in Afghanistan -- except one another.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Don Jones |
01-13-2011 |
War
Tags: Military, Afghanistan
American Grocersnew
Samir Itani got rich sending expired food overseas to U.S. troops in the Middle East.
Houston Press |
Paul Knight |
12-17-2010 |
War
How I Conned the Taliban
The Taliban can be fooled too -- as I learned during my own top secret mission deep in the deepest valleys between the highest mountains of the Hindu Kush.
Afghanistan: Back to the Frontnew
Writer and photographer Don Jones went to Iraq for Fort Worth Weekly in 2006, and saw eleven Marines die during the time he was with their unit. Now he's in Afghanistan, to take a look at America's longest running conflict.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Don Jones |
06-02-2010 |
War
Tags: Afghanistan
Planning for a Holiday in Afghanistan
If the war in Afghanistan is going so well, why is everyone so worried about me?
Tags: Afghanistan
Home to Windsurfers, Microbrews, and Drones That Kill America’s Enemiesnew
One day in the Columbia Gorge, Tad McGeer watched a video from a battlefield 7,000 miles away. Filmed from the air, the footage revealed tiny figures moving about an open field below. Suddenly, the figures were engulfed in an explosive fireball.
Willamette Week |
James Pitkin |
03-03-2010 |
War
The Army's Repair Job for Wounded Soldiers Doesn't Always Pass Inspectionnew
After three deployments to Iraq, Spc. James Bell had spent a year in the post's Warrior Transition Unit, getting treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder. His greeting to his new unit came as a barked question from a sergeant major: "ARE YOU READY TO FIGHT?"
Colorado Springs Independent |
Anthony Lane |
12-15-2009 |
War
Juan Cole: Afghanistan 'Needs a Light Touch'new
"You just have to accept that there's going to be a certain amount of disorder in the countryside as long as people are organized tribally. And if you put 100,000 or 150,000 Western troops in there, that's just more people to feud with."
Metro Times |
Curt Guyette and W. Kim Heron |
11-17-2009 |
War
The Difference Between Deaths Here and 'Over There'
Thirteen soldiers die in Texas and it's all we talk about. Two million die in Afghanistan and Iraq and we don't notice -- and we don't even want to hear about it.
One Helicopter Crew Looks Back on an Unforgettable Rescuenew
With the Afghan war back in the headlines, and none of the news good, the rescue led by the Air Force's 305th Rescue Squadron provides a glimpse into one story that began horribly and ended well, thanks to the ordinary Americans who made it happen.
Tucson Weekly |
Leo W. Banks |
11-11-2009 |
War
Drop the Drones: Remote Attacks Inflame Afghan Anti-Americanism
To Afghans on the ground, drones symbolize American callousness and project a smug sense of superiority -- because they protect us at the Afghans' expense.
The Afghan War: Too Illegit to Quit
Eight years. We've been in Afghanistan longer than any other war in American history. The party of the president who invaded Afghanistan has been repudiated at the polls. Yet we still haven't altered the flawed strategy that allowed uneducated tribesmen with outdated weapons to defeat us year after year.
