Manuel Noriega was the dictator whose downfall inspired America to sow chaos in Iraq Yahoo Daily News More | So we must bid our final farewells to Manuel Noriega, arguably the most useful bad guy the United States ever had. Folks at the Pentagon and CIA headquarters might want to pause for a few moments to give him thanks. Noriega, who died several w...
Lions of Kandahar give pride back to Kabul zoo The National KABUL // For years, the lions enclosure in Kabul Zoo has remained largely empty. | Nestled between green hills, the zoo was once home to Marjan, the famous one-eyed lion of Kabul - who survived nearly three decades of war, mujaheddin attacks and seve...
The Lions of Kandahar bring new life to Kabul's zoo The National KABUL // For years, the lions enclosure in Kabul Zoo has remained largely empty. | Nestled between green hills, the zoo was once home to Marjan, the famous one-eyed lion of Kabul - who survived nearly three decades of war, mujaheddin attacks and seve...
The Purple Heart Recipient Hunted by the FBI The Daily Beast “Killing people, you either get past it or you don’t,” Jason Amerine tells me. “Fighting the system—taking on the system—is another thing where you either do it or you don’t, but once you’ve done it you realize what’s behind the cur...
Trying To Wring Entertainment Out Of A Quagmire In 'War Machine' National Public Radio Brad Pitt in War Machine. Francois Duhamel/Netflix hide caption | toggle caption | Francois Duhamel/Netflix | Brad Pitt in War Machine. Francois Duhamel/Netflix | Afghanistan has been dubbed the "graveyard of empires" for punishing the hubris of powe...
Brad Pitt's 'War Machine' fizzles on Netflix CNN (CNN)Throwing around money to demonstrate its commitment to the movie business, Netflix has rented Brad Pitt. That's the main headline to take from "War Machine," a muddled satire about the war in Afghanistan awkwardly forced to camouflage its lead c...
Trump and Europe don't mix, and that will have lasting consequences CNN Washington (CNN)"America First" is what Donald Trump promised, and it's what he's delivering, with his expected withdrawal from the Paris climate accord and his upbraiding of fellow NATO leaders in Europe last week. | A possible rejection of the global consensus on fighting climate change and Trump's view of NATO and transatlantic trade as transact...
Global outrage after 'barbaric' Kabul truck bomb kills 90 Daily Star Lebanon President Donald Trump has condemned the "barbaric" truck-bombing in Kabul in a phone call with his Afghan counterpart, as global outrage swells over the massive blast that ripped through the diplomatic quarter, killing at least 90 and injuring hundreds. ... ...
