11th October 2011 9:35
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Afghanistan

► reblogged from theothertruths-deactivated20120 (originally simply-war)

simply-war:

May 23, 2011. A suspect is handcuffed and blindfolded in the Marjah district of Helmand province in Afghanistan after being captured by U.S. Marines. He was detained along with 11 others in a raid that day.

(Photography by Massoud Hossaini—AFP/Getty Images)

Source: simply-war
17th August 2011 16:35
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politics
war on terror
afghanistan

► reblogged from letterstomycountry (originally letterstomycountry)
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We’ve shot an amazing number of people and killed a number and, to my knowledge, none has proven to have been a real threat

General Stanley McChrystal, March, 2010, on checkpoints in Afghanistan (via letterstomycountry)

so uh, why are we shooing them?