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uprisingradio.org » Funding the Enemy: How US Taxpayers Bankroll the Taliban - 0 views

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    "Now, a new book by award winning, independent journalist Douglas Wissing, chronicles how the US has in effect, funded both sides of its war in Afghanistan. In "Funding the Enemy: How US Taxpayers Bankroll the Taliban," Wissing establishes a shocking pattern of policies in the Afghanistan war, and their consequences"
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The real Afghanistan - Brattleboro Reformer - 0 views

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    "Everyone knows a bit about the failed U.S. efforts in Afghanistan to win the hearts and minds of the people and to install a stable government, but in historian/journalist Doug Wissing's upcoming book, "Funding the Enemy: How U.S, Taxpayers Fund the Taliban," the stark details are laid bare. Wissing spent months in the country with U.S. soldiers and conducted hundreds of interviews. His conclusions are revelatory and scandalous. "
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Michael Hughes: How U.S. Taxpayers Are Funding the Taliban - 0 views

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    "The U.S. has been financing both sides of the war in Afghanistan since 2001 as a startling percentage of foreign aid continues to flood Taliban coffers on a daily basis, according to Douglas A. Wissing in his new book, Funding the Enemy: How U.S. Taxpayers Bankroll the Taliban."
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Afghanistan: A Bleak Report from the Front | Battleland | TIME.com - 0 views

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    "Now comes a decidedly contrary point of view. It's from Douglas A. Wissing, author of the just-published Funding the Enemy: How U.S. Taxpayers Bankroll the Taliban. After spending time with U.S. troops in Afghanistan, he's come to the conclusion that the U.S.-led effort there is flagging, if not already doomed. "
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Q&A with Douglas Wissing - C-SPAN Video Library - 0 views

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    C-SPAN | Q&A: Douglas Wissing talked about Funding the Enemy: How U.S. Taxpayers Bankroll the Taliban, his book detailing his assertion that much of the U.S. taxpayer money spent in Afghanistan is diverted to the Taliban"
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Exclusive: Karzai family looks to extend boss rule in Afghanistan - National Afghanista... - 0 views

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    "According to journalist Douglas Wissing in his new book, Funding the Enemy, once the unholy alliance was forged between the brothers Karzai, rapacious warlords and incestuous multinational corporations, U.S. taxpayer dollars began to "lubricate an entire system of corruption that eventually extended to the Taliban.""
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Podcasts | Santa Fe Radio Café - 0 views

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    Podcast: KSFR-Santa Fe interview on Radio Cafe Show "Douglas Wissing Historian, journalist, and author of the book Funding the Enemy: How US Taxpayers Bankroll the Taliban"
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U.S. Officials Debate Speeding Up Afghan Pullout - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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    "The Obama administration is discussing whether to reduce American forces in Afghanistan by at least an additional 20,000 troops by 2013, reflecting a growing belief within the White House that the mission there has now reached the point of diminishing returns. "
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Why Karzai is fed up with the U.S. mission in Afghanistan - The Washington Post - 0 views

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    "Why Karzai is fed up with the U.S. mission in Afghanistan: For a decade, American troops have fought and died defending Afghan President Hamid Karzai's government. On Thursday, with the U.S. defense secretary looking on from Kabul, Karzai demanded that those troops stop fighting for him."
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As U.S. Withdraws Troops, Fears That Afghan Aid Will Dry Up - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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    ""I've often worried that the lesson from Iraq and Afghanistan - and especially Afghanistan - is that we don't know how to do foreign aid, and therefore we shouldn't continue to provide aid at the levels we have been," said Ms. Wadhams of the Center for American Progress. "
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    I detailed aid failure in "Funding the Enemy."
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The Afghanistan Analysts Network (AAN) - 0 views

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    "The attacks that took place a week ago in Kabul received more than their fair share of media coverage. The same thing cannot be said for the parallel attacks launched by insurgents simultaneously in three other provincial capitals."
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UK aid projects in Afghanistan must be overseen more closely, warns watchdog | Global d... - 0 views

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    "A report by the Independent Commission for Aid Impact (ICAI), an independent watchdog set up to scrutinise the UK government's aid spending, has raised concerns about the financial management of British development projects in Afghanistan."
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The CIA is Shoveling Millions and Millions of Dollars into Hamid Karzai's Pockets - Aut... - 0 views

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    My interview on the Jerry Doyle Show discussing the CIA "ghost money" payments to Pres. Karzai, and our dysfunctional war in Afghanistan.
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Col. wins award for scathing Afghan war essay - Army News | News from Afghanistan & Ira... - 0 views

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    "An Army lieutenant colonel who accused senior U.S. officials of concealing bad news about the war in Afghanistan will receive the Ridenhour Prize for Truth-Telling on Wednesday at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. Lt. Col. Daniel Davis laid out his concerns in "Truth, Lies, and Afghanistan,""
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U.S. Blames Senior Afghan in Deaths - WSJ.com - 0 views

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    American officials are pressing the Afghan government to prosecute a former governor for what U.S. investigators say is involvement in the killings of an American lieutenant colonel and a U.S. servicewoman, as well as other alleged crimes."
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US aid agency prepares switch to Afghan security | World | DAWN.COM - 0 views

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    "The main US foreign aid agency is preparing to switch from private security contractors in Afghanistan to Afghan government-provided security this month under a new policy mandated by Afghan President Hamid Karzai, raising concern in Washington that this could put US civilians at greater risk. "
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Bernard Bajolet, Leaving Afghanistan, Has His Say - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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    At last, a whiff of diplomatic candor about the Western failure in Afghanistan that I covered in "Funding the Enemy."
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David Isenberg: Milo Minderbinder in Afghanistan: Part 1 - 0 views

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    "Remember Milo Minderbinder, a fictional character in Joseph Heller's famous novel, Catch-22? Minderbinder is a war profiteer during World War II, "perhaps the best known of all fictional profiteers" in American literature. "
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Le point de bascule | Agnès Gruda | Agnès Gruda - 0 views

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    "On entre dans une situation de crise, c'est un tournant pour les Afghans, mais aussi pour l'opinion publique aux États-Unis et pour les soldats américains», dit Douglas Wissing, journaliste qui vient de publier un livre sur l'engagement des troupes américaines en Afghanistan. Le titre de son livre est éloquent: Financer l'ennemi."
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Fight Against Afghan Corruption Pits Few People Against Big Foe - 0 views

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    "Anti-corruption programs established to combat graft and fiscal malfeasance in Afghanistan are struggling with a daunting mission. "
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