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- 22-year old with history of domestic abuse reportedly was awarded $300m Pentagon contract to supply
  Posted by Jeff from Guardian UK
  The Pentagon entrusted a 22-year old previously arrested for domestic violence and having a forged driving licence to be the main supplier of ammunition to Afghan forces at the height of the battle against a resurgent Taliban, it was reported today. AEY, essentially a one-man operation based in an unmarked office in Miami Beach, was awarded a contract worth $300m to supply the Afghan army and police in January last year. The New York Times broke this story earlier today after a lengthy investigation. AEY's president, Efraim Diversoli, 22, supplied stock that was 40 years old and rotting packing material. The vice president of the company was a masseuse.
  
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- Afghan suicide blast kills 80
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  A suicide bombing at an outdoor dogfighting competition killed 80 people and wounded scores more Sunday, an Afghan governor said, in what appeared to be the deadliest terror attack in Afghanistan since the fall of the Taliban in 2001.
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- Taliban Push Poppy Production to a Record Again
  Posted by Jeff from New York Times
  Mr. Wood said the current American programs for eradication, interdiction and alternative livelihoods should be intensified, but he added that spraying poppy crops with herbicide remained “a possibility.” Afghan and British officials have opposed spraying, saying it would drive farmers into the arms of the Taliban.
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- 35 killed in Afghan bus blast
  Posted by Jeff from MSNBC
  An enormous bomb ripped through a police academy bus at Kabul’s busiest transportation hub Sunday, killing at least 35 people in the deadliest insurgent attack in Afghanistan since the U.S.-led invasion in 2001. The Taliban claimed responsibility.
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- Taliban Leader Confirms Bin Laden is Alive and Well
  Posted by theangryindian from Angryindian.blogspot
  Following are excerpts from an interview with Taliban Military Commander Mullah Dadallah, which aired by Al-Jazeera TV on April 30, 2007. Interviewer: Let's move to the issue of Bin Laden, who has not appeared in the media for over a year. How do you, in the Afghan Taliban movement, view his disappearance? Is it true, as has been reported, that he may be dead? Or do you have information that he is alive? Mullah Dadallah: Allah be praised, he is alive, and we have information about him. All
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- Taliban kill six Afghan securitymen
  Posted by Jeff from Al Jazeera
  Suspected Taliban fighters have killed five members of Afghanistan's intelligence service after they blew up the men's car on Monday in Nuristan, a province in the east of the country.
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- Taliban kill kidnapped Afghan journalist
  Posted by Jeff from Rawstory
  Tolo, a private TV channel, reported a claim by Shahbuddin Atal, a purported spokesman for Taliban regional commander south Mullah Dadullah, that the militants beheaded Naqshbandi after the government failed to release two Taliban commanders. The report was not independently confirmed.
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theangryindian comments on:
22-year old with history of domestic abuse reportedly was awarded $300m Pentagon contract to supply

Sounds like any other average decision made by this administration.

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5:02 pm 3/27/08
Jeff comments on:
22-year old with history of domestic abuse reportedly was awarded $300m Pentagon contract to supply

Rep. Henry Waxman says Congress will investigate the contract.
Shouldn’t incompetence be an impeachable offense?

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3:42 pm 3/27/08
Jeff comments on:
22-year old with history of domestic abuse reportedly was awarded $300m Pentagon contract to supply

Here is a link to the original New York Times story:

Supplier Under Scrutiny on Arms for Afghans

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3:40 pm 3/27/08
Damianmann comments on:
Taliban Push Poppy Production to a Record Again

We just needed to control the flow. Know what i mean?

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4:24 pm 8/27/07

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