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Journalist Captured By Taliban Tweets His Location On Twitter

» by September 13th, 2010 at 5:09 pm » Comments (14)

This article is interesting not so much in regards to the captured journalist using Twitter to Tweet his location, but it gives a glimpse on who some of the so ...more »

Fast Food Coming Back For U.S. Troops in Afghanistan “Update”

» by September 10th, 2010 at 10:44 pm » Comments (5)

Here is an update to posts written on the ROK Drop here and here. KABUL, Afghanistan — The U.S. military has lifted a seven-month ban on fast-food restaurants and retail stores ...more »

Who Wouldn’t Want Co-ed Showers With Dutch Soldiers?

» by August 24th, 2010 at 3:48 am » Comments (12)

So how many people agree with this Staff Sergeant's assessment?: Unisex showers? Raw herring for breakfast? Australian Rules football? Must be Multinational Base Tirin Kot.Soldiers with 1st Squadron, 2nd Stryker ...more »

Afghan Scam Behind RPG Attack On ROK Army Base In Afghanistan

» by August 8th, 2010 at 5:54 pm » Comments (2)

Via a reader tip comes this article that shows the RPG attack during the construction of the ROK Army base in Afghanistan was nothing but a scam: Afghan authorities have found ...more »

More Details On North Korea Selling Weapons to Al Qaeda & the Taliban

» by July 30th, 2010 at 11:16 pm » Comments (2)

One Free Korea has more on the North Koreans selling weapons to Al Qaeda and the Taliban from the WikiLeaks report that I posted on a few days ago. Here ...more »

Did Osama Bin Laden Buy Weapons From the North Koreans?

» by July 26th, 2010 at 9:09 am » Comments (8)

That is what classified documents released on the WikiLeaks website says: There are fleeting — even taunting — reminders of how the war began in the occasional references to the elusive ...more »

Chinese Media Claims Taliban Using Monkey Soldiers To Attack US Troops

» by July 12th, 2010 at 10:20 pm » Comments (12)

It looks like the the People's Daily from China has taken journalism lessons from the Korea Times considering this absurd article: Afghanistan's Taliban insurgents are training monkeys to use weapons ...more »

Great News, General Mattis Nominated for CENTCOM Command

» by July 8th, 2010 at 9:59 pm » Comments (0)

Here is some great news for the war efforts in both Iraq and Afghanistan: Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Thursday nominated Marine Corps Gen. James Mattis to take over as ...more »

Korean Base In Afghanistan Has Two RPG’s Fired At It, Big Deal

» by July 3rd, 2010 at 9:53 am » Comments (4)

The Taliban has been doing these small scale attacks against various NATO bases across Afghanistan with no effect other than the media hyping them: South Korea‘s team tasked with helping rebuild ...more »

General Petraeus Questioned By Democratic Congresswoman On Using Solar Panels in Afghanistan

» by June 24th, 2010 at 10:50 pm » Comments (34)

With this year likely to be the bloodiest yet in Afghanistan and the US war effort on shaky ground and Democratic Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords is wondering what General David Petraeus ...more »

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