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Snuffysmith

Sep 10 2009, 07:00 AM

Afghanistan by the Numbers: Measuring a War Gone to Hell
Tom Engelhardt, Tomdispatch.com
World: Maintenance cost for the force of 450,000 Afghan soldiers and police U.S. generals dream of creating: approximately 500% of the Afghan budget.
http://www.alternet.org/world/142521/afgha...r_gone_to_hell/

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