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Archives for November, 2009

US soldiers: Afghan war more challenging than Iraq

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=64397823&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Veterans of Iraq recall rolling to war along asphalted highways, sweltering in flat scrublands and chatting with city-wise university graduates connected to the wider world.

Biden to Iraq leaders: Settle election law dispute

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=64392089&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Vice President Joe Biden is encouraging Iraq's leaders to resolve differences and agree to legislation allowing a national vote to take place next year.

Last aircraft leave closing Maine Navy base

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=64390630&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The two last planes at Maine's Brunswick Naval Air Station lifted off Saturday in blustery winds, ending nearly 60 years of maritime patrol operations at New England's last active-duty military air base.

Afghanistan to be given timetable for progress

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=64382702&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Countries backing Afghanistan's government are going to demand that it meet specific security benchmarks, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Saturday, outlining a plan to let foreign troops gradually hand control to local forces.

Iranian lawmaker: Iran could leave nuclear treaty

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=64381238&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A conservative Iranian legislator warned Saturday that his country may pull out of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty after a U.N. resolution censuring Tehran — a move that could seriously undermine world attempts to prevent Iran from developing atomic weapons.

Twists and turns snagged missing pilot case

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=64380145&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Saddam Hussein was telling the truth, this time. The United States just didn't believe him.

Afghanistan, Iraq: different wars

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=64377367&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Veterans of Iraq recall rolling to war along asphalted highways, sweltering in flat scrublands and chatting with city-wise university graduates connected to the wider world.

Russia investigates train derailment as terror act

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=64374128&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Investigators on Saturday were considering whether the train derailment that killed at least 26 people was caused by a bomb on the tracks — which would make it Russia's deadliest terrorist strike outside the volatile North Caucasus in years.

Pakistani president turns over nuclear authority

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=64370302&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Pakistan's embattled president has relinquished command of the country's nuclear arsenal amid political wrangling that has posed a major distraction to the U.S.-allied government as it fights Taliban and other militants near the Afghan border.

Costa Rica: Honduras vote must be backed if fair

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=64353113&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Costa Rica promised Friday to restore ties with Honduras if its presidential elections are clean, joining other nations in rejecting ousted President Manuel Zelaya's insistence that recognizing the vote would legitimize a June coup.