Meet the Haqqani network. They are sophisticated, with immense political influence and allied with the Taliban. Meaning, they are eager to destabilize the Afghan government.
They have tried (unsuccessfully) to assassinate president Hamid Karzai. They bombed the Indian Embassy, killing 41, and attacked a luxury hotel in 2008. This year, they stormed government buildings in southeast [...]
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Afghanistan’s No. 1 Domestic Enemy
June 2nd, 2009 No Comments
Tags: afghanistan · al qaeda · haqqani · pakistan · terrorism
Don’t Call These Boy Scouts “Boy”
May 14th, 2009 1 Comment
Who says kids are growing up too fast? Sure, there is an insane amount of hormones in our meat, rampant and indiscriminate mature material on network television, a huge disconnect between generations, and an unending list of narcissistic outlets (youtube, facebook, hipsterdom) and figures (perez hilton, paris hilton). But all that doesn’t mean anything. Right?
Now [...]
