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WikiLeaks Says It Won't Be Threatened by Pentagon

STOCKHOLM (Aug. 14) -- WikiLeaks will soon publish its remaining 15,000 Afghan war documents, despite warnings from the U.S. government, the organization's founder said Saturday. The Pentagon has said that secret information will be even more damaging to security and risk more lives than WikiLeaks' initial release of some 76,000 war...

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Pat Tillman Documentary Stirring Controversy

(Aug. 13) -- An R-rated letter from Pat Tillman's father to a general and a battle over an R-rating are among the controversies brewing in anticipation of the Aug. 20 release of "The Tillman Story." The documentary is based on the death of the Arizona Cardinals safety turned Army Ranger, who was killed by friendly fire in Afghanistan. Last week,...

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Sarah Palin to WikiLeaks: Don't Release More Files

(Aug. 13) -- The whistle-blowing site WikiLeaks is hearing from Sarah Palin: Don't do it. The group said it plans to release another 15,000 secret Afghan war files, in a move the Pentagon called "the height of irresponsibility." In a tweets to WikiLeaks this morning, Palin wrote: "w/freedom comes responsibility.Free press protection gives no...

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New Video Game Will Let You Play as the Taliban

(Aug. 13) -- It's a standard feature of World War II-themed video games like Electronic Arts' best-selling "Medal of Honor" series: In multiplayer sessions, while some players take the roles of Allied troops, the other half wind up playing as soldiers of the Third Reich. Now EA's next "Medal of Honor" release is set to up the discomfort factor...

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Gulf Oil Spill Workers Find Mom's Message to Dead Son

LONDON (Aug. 10) -- When Sarah Adams dropped a glass bottle containing a heartfelt tribute to her dead son into the sea in January, she had no idea whether it would be swallowed by the ocean or washed up on some faraway shore. Now, seven months later, the British mother's touching letter to the son she lost in Afghanistan has been found by workers...

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Three Western Women Followed Their Hearts to Afghanistan, and Died...

Not surprising, since they're always running off to where the trouble is.

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Mary Tillman: General Lied About My Son's Death in Afghanistan

Pat Tillman was an American hero practically made to order.

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Number of Americans Who Say Afghanistan Was a Mistake Hits New High

While a majority of Americans still believe the U.S. did the right thing in committing military forces to Afghanistan, the number of those who now believe it was a mistake is at its highest point since the war started in 2001, according to a Gallup poll conducted July 27-Aug. 1.

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08/14/10 Sunday shows: November's creeping up Source: The Hill - Washington DC The midterm election and the economy will dominate the Sunday morning news shows as election officials make the rounds on many of the programs.
08/14/10 Insurgent attack kills children Source: The Straits Times - Singapore AN INSURGENT rocket attack on a Nato base in Afghanistan on Saturday killed three children and wounded their mother, the alliance said.
08/14/10 Leaders unite in response to Digger's death Source: The Age - Melbourne VIC - Australia PRIME Minister Julia Gillard and Opposition Leader Tony Abbott united in support for Australia's commitment to Afghanistan yesterday, after the war claimed another Australian soldier — the 18th killed so far and the seventh this year.
08/14/10 Jeb Bladine: Images of 9/11 still fuel the Afghan war Source: News-Register - McMinnville OR I don't usually write about the war in Afghanistan, with good reason.
08/14/10 Lt John Charles Sanderson dies a month after being... Source: Sunday Mirror An officer who left a city career to join the Army has died a month after being injured in an explosion in Afghanistan.