| directfiesta |
02-19-2005 09:54 PM |
Rush Limbaugh to visit Afghanistan
in a related story:
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Mr. Ivanov noted that last year, Afghanistan produced over 4,200 metric tons of row opium (equivalent to approximately 400 metric tons of heroin), which amounted to two thirds of the opium drug production in the world.
http://en.rian.ru/rian/index.cfm?prd...-18&do_alert=0
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So Basically, he is getting nearer to the source of his suplly .....
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Conservative radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh is expected to visit Afghanistan with the top U.S. aid official to spotlight America's aid work there, officials said on Thursday.
"It's trying to get people to [b]pay attention to all the good things we are doing in Afghanistan," a U.S. official [/b[who asked not to be named said of the trip, which is expected to take place next week. "This is just a different kind of outreach."
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N17299126.htm
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LOl .. all the good things:
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'Thousands die' in record Afghan cold
By Nick Meo in Kabul
19 February 2005
More than 1,000 children may have died in just one province during Afghanistan's worst winter weather in two decades, aid workers say. They warn many more could perish if help is not sent quickly.
Even in the capital Kabul, dozens of refugees living in appalling conditions - under snow-covered tarpaulins in temperatures as low as minus 18C - have frozen to death.
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/...p?story=612495
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Go Rush Go, wave the flag, junkie liar! |
