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Pentagon Destroys Copies of Controversial Memoir Written by Army Officer

Pentagon Destroys Copies of Controversial Memoir Written by Army Officer

The Pentagon has burned 9,500 copies of Army Reserve Lt. Col. Anthony Shaffer's memoir "Operation Dark Heart," his book about going undercover in Afghanistan.

A Department of Defense official tells Fox News that the department purchased copies of the first printing because they contained information which could cause damage to national security.

 

9 NATO Members Killed in Afghan Copter Crash

There was no sign of enemy fire, but the incident was under investigation, according to a NATO statement.

 

U.S. soldiers accused of killing Afghans for sport

U.S. soldiers accused of killing Afghans for sport

Platoon members charged with dismembering and photographing corpses, as well as hoarding a skull and other human bones, Army sources reveal.

 

U.S. military: Taliban turns to child soldiers in Afghan fight

U.S. military: Taliban turns to child soldiers in Afghan fight

From 3- and 4-year-olds used as human shields or to gather spent cartridges, to teen-agers offered motorcycles for planting roadside bombs, children ...

 

Florida church to burn Quran, American general fears for troops

Florida church to burn Quran, American general fears for troops

Gen. David Petraeus says burning the Quran could endanger U.S. troops in Afghanistan and Americans worldwide.

Senh: It's dumb shit like this by religious groups that give religion a bad name. Apparently, it's from a tiny church with only a couple dozen members. Looks like some nut looking for his 15 minutes. Nothing more.

 

Afghans protest U.S. church's plans to torch Koran

Several hundred Afghans chanting "Death to America" rallied outside a mosque in the Afghan capital on Monday to protest against an American church's plan to burn a copy of the Koran on the anniversary of the September 11 attacks.

 

$5M reward for Pakistan Taliban leaders

$5M reward for Pakistan Taliban leaders

Hakimullah Mehsud, a key leader of the Pakistani Taliban, has been charged for his alleged involvement in the killings of seven U.S. citizens at an American military base in Afghanistan in 2009, the U.S. Justice Department announced Wednesday.

 

Seven U.S. troops killed in south Afghan bombings

Seven U.S. troops were killed in two separate roadside bomb attacks in southern Afghanistan on Monday, the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said.

 

Karzai Says Corrupt Private Security Firms Are Undermining Afghanistan War

Afghan President Hamid Karzai renewed his demand that private security firms in Iraq disband by year's end, saying they are a source of corruption that's undermining support for the war against the Taliban ...

 

Pentagon Denies WikiLeaks’ Talk of a Pending Deal

In a letter to a lawyer representing the online organization, the Defense Department’s general counsel wrote that the department would not negotiate a new release of classified documents.

 

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