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NATO helicopter crash kills 16 people in Afghanistan

A NATO helicopter crashed into a house on the outskirts of the Afghan capital, Kabul, on Friday, killing 12 Turkish soldiers on board and four Afghan civilians on the ground.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/03/16/us-afghanistan-crash-idUSBRE82F0BP20120316

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Finding a way out of Afghanistan – The Irish Times – Thu, Mar 15, 2012

A recent US intelligence report found the animosity of Afghan soldiers was fed by traffic disruption caused by US convoys; indiscriminate US fire that causes civilian casualties; the use of flawed intelligence sources; US road blocks, night raids, violation of female privacy during searches; past ma…

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/opinion/2012/0315/1224313320548.html

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lol .. noooo .. wait until the general election .. its too early!!!

Exclusive: U.S., Britain to agree emergency oil stocks release

Britain has decided to cooperate with the United States in a bilateral agreement to release strategic oil stocks, two British sources said, in an effort to prevent high fuel prices derailing economic growth in an election year.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/03/15/us-oil-reserves-idUSBRE82E0UM20120315

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Afghan interpreter tried to run down Marines, official says

An Afghan interpreter who breached the security perimeter at a southern Afghanistan airbase Wednesday tried to run over a squad of U.S. Marines assembled to meet Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta’s plane, an American military official said.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/world_now/2012/03/afghan-interpreter-tried-to-run-down-marines-official-says.html

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Karzai asks NATO to leave Afghan villages; Taliban scrap talks

Afghanistan’s President Hamid Karzai called for NATO troops to leave Afghan villages and confine themselves to major bases after the slaughter of 16 civilians by a U.S. soldier, underscoring fury over the massacre and clouding U.S. exit plans.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/03/15/us-afghanistan-idUSBRE82B1F820120315

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When your enemies want you to keep fighting in Afghanistan, maybe its time to realize that you’re doing something wrong.

Russia May Give NATO Air Base for Afghan War — News from Antiwar.com

“We are helping the coalition,” Lavrov said, adding that he was opposed to any NATO deadlines to end the war, and believed that the war should continue as an effort toward “eradicating the threats of terrorism and drug trafficking in Afghanistan.”

http://news.antiwar.com/2012/03/14/russia-may-give-nato-air-base-for-afghan-war/

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ObamaCare: If Possible, The News Is Getting Worse – Forbes

ObamaCare will cost $1.76 trillion over a decade, according to a new projection released Tuesday by the Congressional Budget Office, rather than the $940 billion forecast when it was signed into law.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/gracemarieturner/2012/03/14/obamacare-if-possible-the-news-is-getting-worse/

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Game over for Gingrich, Santorum has taken the south. Romney better not let Santorum take Texas.

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