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Entries by Jeremy Scahill from 05/2009

US Soldiers in Afghanistan Told to "Hunt People for Jesus... So We Get Them into the Kingdom" (Video)

| Posted 05.04.2009 | World
Read More: Bible, Military Chaplain, Bagram, Evangelical Christians, Afghanistan, Christianity, Lieutenant-Colonel Gary Hensley, Al Jazeera, Breaking News, Afghanistan War, Evangelicals, William Boykin, Video, World News

Trying to convert Muslims to any other faith is a crime in Afghanistan. The fact that the video footage is being broadcast on Al Jazeera guarantees that it will be seen throughout the Muslim world.

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Al Jazeera Strikes Back at Pentagon, Releases Unedited Footage of US Soldiers' 'Bible Study' in Afghanistan (Video)

| Posted 05.05.2009 | World
Read More: Pentagon, War in Afghanistan, Bible Study, Afghanistan, Jesus, Christianity, Al Jazeera, Brian Hughes, Breaking News, World News

A day after the Pentagon accused Al Jazeera of being 'irresponsible and inappropriate' for broadcasting the 'hunt for Jesus' in Afghanistan footage, the network releases unedited tapes.

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After US Strikes, Afghans Describe "Tractor Trailers Full of Pieces of Human Bodies"

| Posted 05.07.2009 | World
Read More: Hamid Karzai, Gen. David McKiernan, Afghanistan Air Strike, Red Cross, Afghanistan, Asif Ali Zardari, Farah-Province, Taliban, Barack Obama, World News, Breaking News, Afghanistan War, Red Crescent, Robert Gates, Afghanistan Bombing, Icrc, David McKiernan, International Committee of the Red Cross, World News

As rage spreads in Afghanistan after US bombing that killed up to 130 people, unnamed Pentagon officials are spinning another cover-up. Defiant Obama moves ahead with troop increase.

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