Category Archives: Sandbox

This is a great propaganda victory for the “good guys.” GIZAB, Afghanistan – The revolt of the Gizab Good Guys began with a clandestine 2 a.m. meeting. By sunrise, 15 angry villagers had set up checkpoints on the main road … Continue reading →

This should come as no surprise.  It is in Pakistan’s best interest to keep Afghanistan as weak and unstable as possible.  The US is trying to pay off the debt established by the Durand Line in 1893. KABUL – Pakistani … Continue reading →

  I really like this article.  You should read the whole thing. Asia Times Online :: Middle East News, Iraq, Iran current affairsWe’ve now been at war with, or in, Iraq for almost 20 years, and intermittently at war in … Continue reading →

Why don’t they get together for a joint venture? Israel’s national infrastructure minister, Uzi Landau, is due to speak publicly about the idea Tuesday at an international nuclear energy conference in Paris. "Building a nuclear reactor to produce electricity will … Continue reading →

I’m thinking this “offensive” has taken as many noncombatant lives as it has Taliban…. KABUL, Afghanistan – A NATO airstrike killed at least 27 civilians in central Afghanistan, the Cabinet said Monday, the third time a mistaken coalition strike has … Continue reading →

This should keep more units stuck on the FOBs because their commanders and sergeants major will fear for their OERs/NCOERs. The U.S. military has reprimanded an unusually large number of commanders for battlefield failures in Afghanistan in recent weeks, reflecting … Continue reading →

I wonder if they have a plan for re-entry…. TEHRAN, Iran – Iran announced Wednesday it has successfully launched a 10-foot-long research rocket carrying a mouse, two turtles and worms into space — a feat President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said showed … Continue reading →

First we shoot their clerics, and now we bomb their Army.  Then we wonder why they view us as occupiers. GHAZNI – NATO troops clashed with their Afghan army allies and called in air strikes, killing four Afghan soldiers and … Continue reading →

  I don’t know if this guy Kai Eide is extremely shrewd or naïvely stupid in wanting to remove senior Taliban from the terrorist list.  Could this be a clever move to cause a rift between the Taliban and al-Qaida? … Continue reading →

This should come as no surprise. When al-Qaeda’s No. 2 leader, Ayman al-Zawahiri, called off a planned chemical attack on New York’s subway system in 2003, he offered a chilling explanation: The plot to unleash poison gas on New Yorkers … Continue reading →