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by Will, 9 October 2008

Note to Canadians — don’t worry — the US election result will make this scenario most unlikely.

More information for Canadians — cost of Afghanistan mission in fiscal terms — ‘not very much’.

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Ooh, The Germans! I’m so scared!

by Transmontanus, 9 October 2008

Germany’s elite Special Forces regiment, Kommando Spezialkrafte, has spent three years in Afghanistan without carrying out a single mission, and now they’re going home. All this time they’ve been sitting around the base at Mazar-e Sharif, with helicopter pilots who aren’t allowed to fly in the dark. The airbase features a a series of bars and a nightclub.

Ooh. They’re so big and strong

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For no reason - other than it may piss off dickheads and that

by Will, 9 October 2008

Hegemony

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