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• Snohomish County Council to appoint interim prosecutor

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  Snohomish County Council to appoint interim prosecutor
  
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 9:26am EST
  by Chad Shue

• Rethink Afghanistan, Part 6: "Security"

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  When all other discussion of our military invasion and occupation of Afghanistan is considered and placed into question; the fall back argument (whether it be the Bush Administration or the Obama Administration) is “the global war on terror”. And so, in the final installment of Robert Greenwald’s new documentary,”Rethink [...]
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  Posted: November 08, 2009, 8:03am EST
  by Chad Shue

• Rethink Afghanistan, Part 5: "Women of Afghanistan"

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  One of the most common refrains we hear about our involvement in Afghanistan is how, if we leave, the people who would be mostly affected would be the women. Conventional wisdom tells us that life under the Taliban holds the worst possible fate for women. However, as with most things [...]
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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 9:37am EST
  by Chad Shue

• IWR News

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  Iraq Body Count: 11/07/09
  Americans Killed: 4359
  Americans Wounded: 51,000
  http://icasualties.org/
  Iraqis Killed or Displaced: 3,000,000+
  http://antiwar.org
  “…a small price…” Rep. John Boehner
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  Latest Confirmed Casualties:
  
  *Maj. Tad T. Hervas, 48, of Coon Rapids, MN died Oct. 6 at Contingency Operating Base Basra, Iraq.
  
  *Pfc. [...]
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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 8:45am EST
  by Chad Shue

• Rethink Afghanistan, Part 4: "Civilian Casualties"

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  9 years into this country’s invasion and occupation of Afghanistan, just as in Iraq, our “mission” continues to evolve to suit the circumstances. From chasing down Osama bin Laden to propping up a government more friendly to the United States; both George W Bush and now Barrack Obama tell us [...]
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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 7:07am EST
  by Chad Shue

• Rethink Afghanistan - Part 3; "The Cost of War"

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  9 years into this country’s military incursion into the Middle East, our economy is on the brink of collapse. Our largest industries; both in manufacturing and the financial realms are failing to provide sustainable and living wage jobs to our citizens. Our national debt and the federal deficit continue to [...]
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  Posted: November 05, 2009, 7:43am EST
  by Chad Shue

• Rethink Afghanistan - Part 2; Pakistan: "The Most Dangerous Country"

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  In the 9 years that the United States has been playing nation builder in Afghanistan and Iraq, it can be argued that we have pushed our country more directly into harm’s way than we were prior to 9-11. Perhaps nowhere is this more evident than in our love-hate relationship with [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 9:02am EST
  by Chad Shue

• Rethink Afghanistan - Part 1

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  For 9 years the United States has been engaged in a military adventure in Afghanistan. The original motivation for our invasion of this impoverished country was to chase down Osama bin Laden and to punish the governing Taliban for refusing to deliver bin Laden into our hands after 9/11. By [...]
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 9:40am EST
  by Chad Shue