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'Human Barbie' Mom Bringing Daughter To Compete In US Pageants

The Huffington Post | Ileana Llorens | Posted 05.07.2012

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Parents on "Toddlers & Tiaras" might have a new pageant mom in their midst. Sarah Burge, a British woman known as the "Human Barbie," wants her dau...

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Afghan Farmers Reportedly Ditch Poppies For Bees

The Huffington Post | Tara Kelly | Posted 10.09.2011

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Afghan farmers are leaving their poppy harvesting days behind them in favor of a more lucrative beekeeping future, reports British Forces News. Af...

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An Obvious, But Ignored Strategy to Defeat the Taliban

Ruth Bettelheim, Ph.D. | Posted 07.18.2011

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Ruth Bettelheim, Ph.D.

The most effective way to critically disable the Taliban is to drastically reduce their income and delegitimize them among local populations. What has not been achieved on the battlefield may yet be accomplished in the marketplace.

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Karzai Blasts Opium Drug Raid As Violation Of Afghan Sovereignty

LA Times | Laura King, Los Angeles Times | Posted 05.25.2011

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Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Saturday denounced a large-scale drug raid in which U.S. forces and Russian drug agents took part, calling it a viola...

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Poppy Day

Sally Thorner | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sally Thorner

This was supposed to be a post about Election Day from the sidelines. My first since 1978 neither voting nor reporting the results. We are in Vancou...

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PHOTOS: 7 Unexpected Uses For Flowers

Huffington Post | Alden Wicker | Posted 05.25.2011

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In their brief but expensive life, flower arrangements are often seen as impractical and even a waste of money. But flowers have a long and rich histo...

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The CIA, The Brothers Karzai and Spinning our COIN Wheels

Richard Allen Smith | Posted 05.25.2011

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Richard Allen Smith

We are partnering with a symbol of government corruption, which undermines any trust we might receive from the population. We are funding the insurgency we are attempting to counter.

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Let's Eliminate Welfare for Terrorists

Mike Gray | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mike Gray

International drug prohibition, headed by the United States, has, in effect, created a global mechanism that is in the process of eating our civilization alive. Fortunately, we can reverse it with a pen stroke.

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Afghanistan: Robin Hood and the Sheriff of Nottingham

Reese Schonfeld | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Strategic Bombing, Karzai, M1117, Sheriff of Nottingham, Mraps, Poppy, Afghanistan, Robin Hood, President Obama, Yugoslavia, Taliban, Al Qaeda, Afghanistan War, Oshkosh Truck Corp, Iraq War, Afghan Poppy Crop, Humvees, Michael Brogin, Iraq, Opium, Belgrade, World News
Reese Schonfeld

I would like to propose that we consider another strategy -- strategic bombing. Take poppy fields, for example ... For once, we could be using our billion dollar bombers on billion dollar targets.

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Afghanistan Elections Could Hinge On Provincial Poppy Production

The Washington Post | Pamela Constable | Posted 05.25.2011

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FAIZABAD, Afghanistan -- The economic fortunes of Badakhshan province, a remote and wildly beautiful corner of far northeastern Afghanistan, have rise...

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Afghan Poppy Palace Photo Tour

True/Slant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Here in Kabul, the poor live in unimaginably squalid conditions and the rich live like kings. Kings in very ugly castles. We call them Poppy Palaces ...

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Rangoon Raids Yield 28 Kilograms Of Heroin

Irrawaddy.org | Posted 05.25.2011

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Police and customs officers in Rangoon have confirmed that a special anti-narcotics task force has seized substantial quantities of heroin in a series...

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A Salute to Those Who Have Fought For Us

John Tepper Marlin | Posted 05.25.2011

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John Tepper Marlin

Our honoring of Veterans Day suffers by comparison with Memorial Day, which has a similar purpose and is more widely observed as a holiday because it starts the U.S. summer season.

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