Drugs & Bombs

KABUL, Afghanistan -- The U.S. military bombed about 300 tons of poppy seeds in a dusty field in southern Afghanistan Tuesday in a dramatic show of force designed to break up the Taliban's connection to heroin.
CNN report HERE

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Colbert's Close Shave

Stephen Colbert reminds America it still has young men and women serving our nation in Iraq. He got loud applause from the troops when he poked fun at the fact that many of them have been deployed to Iraq multiple times.
"It must be nice here in Iraq because I understand some of you keep coming back again and again," he said during the taping of the first show on Sunday. "You've earned so many frequent flier miles, you've earned a free ticket to Afghanistan."
But the loudest roars came when his first guest, Gen. Ray Odierno, accepted a videotaped order from President Obama to shave Colbert's head. The president displays his sharp sense of humor while commending and honoring the troops.

Google Earth Maps the Fallen

The project uses Google Earth to honor the more than 5,700 American and Coalition servicemen and women that have lost their lives in Iraq and Afghanistan. A map created for Google Earth that connects with each of their stories—you can see photos, learn about how they died, visit memorial websites with comments from friends and families, and explore the places they called home and where they died.
more HERE

Lone Pig of Afghanistan

Afghanistan's only known pig has been locked in a room, away from visitors to Kabul zoo where it normally grazes beside deer and goats, because people are worried it could infect them with the virus popularly known as swine flu.
The pig is a curiosity in Muslim Afghanistan, where pork and pig products are illegal because they are considered irreligious, and has been in quarantine since last Sunday after visitors expressed alarm it could spread the new flu strain.
more HERE

U.S. Soldiers Proselytizing in Afghanistan

US soldiers in Afghanistan have been filmed with local language Bibles and urged to be "witnesses for Jesus" despite anti-proselytizing rules.
U.S. military forces in Afghanistan have been instructed by the military’s top chaplain in the country to "hunt people for Jesus" as they spread Christianity to the overwhelmingly Muslim population.
more HERE

hummm...how do you convert them if they're dead?