The following are excerpts from a television documentary on the "Neo-Talibans," which aired on Al-Jazeera TV on July 5, 2007:
 
To view clip, visit: http://www.memritv.org/search.asp?ACT=S9&P1=1508 .
"Opium is Known as ‘The Petroleum of the Afghans’… Taliban Itself is Financed By This Crop"  
To view this Special Dispatch visit: http://www.memri.org/bin/opener_latest.cgi?ID=SD165907.

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On Monday, we found a mom on a mission. Jackie McGowan’s 21-year-old son was returning from Iraq after serving nearly two years with the Minnesota National Guard. McGowan wanted to do something special.
How about a parade? It was a lot to throw together in three days, but a group of friends were up for the [...]

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By Gerry J. Gilmore
American Forces Press Service

WASHINGTON, July 17, 2007 – American and Iraqi military forces broke up al Qaeda operations in the Diyala River valley during "Operation Ithaca," conducted July [...]

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American Forces Press Service

WASHINGTON, July 17, 2007 – Afghan and coalition troops detained five militants today, and Afghan police found a large weapons cache yesterday, military officials reported.
 
Credible intelligence led coalition forces to compounds in the Dih Bala district of Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province, where they detained five men suspected of housing militants with ties [...]

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The Stryker story is published at: http://www.michaelyon-online.com/wp/superman.htm

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WASHINGTON (AP) - Al-Qaida is expected to use its contacts and capabilities in Iraq to mount an attack on U.S. soil.
That’s the prediction from a new National Intelligence Estimate focusing on threats to the American homeland.
The declassified key findings are being released later today. They were obtained in advance by The Associated Press. [...]

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Bigger Military Raise, Better Benefits Hit
With President Bush’s popularity scraping bottom in opinion polls, with U.S. casualties rising in Iraq in a force surge that has stretched soldier tours to 15 months, the Bush administration July 10 said it "strongly opposes" key military pay and benefit gains tossed into their fiscal 2008 defense bill. More [...]

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The situation in Afghanistan is confused and complex. The regime will not collapse, the Taleban are not about to prevail, and their eradication can be ruled out as long as their sanctuary in Pakistan guarantees a continued insurrection. So we will be there for as long time, and the United States is devoting renewed interest [...]

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Watch what U.S. soldiers have to go through in Iraq. This reporter follows our soldiers as they hunt down a sniper taking pot-shots at citizens….More

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BAGHDAD: U.S. Marines have launched a new offensive to establish a presence in towns along the Euphrates River long used as insurgent sanctuaries, the U.S. command said Tuesday.
Regimental Combat Team 2 began Operation Mawtini last Sunday to "neutralize any future attempts by anti-Iraqi forces to re-establish a presence in key urban areas along the Euphrates [...]

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