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Fast food making comeback on U.S. bases in Afghanistan
Kabul, Afghanistan — The U.S. Military has lifted a seven-month ban on Fast-food restaurants and retail stores at American bases in Afghanistan. The Shops, ranging from Burger Kings to Oakley sunglasses stores and Military Car Sales outlets, were ordered closed in February by former U.S. commander Gen. Stanley McChrystal, who cited space issues. At the time, McChrystal’s senior enlisted adviser said the profusion of such Shops was contributing to an “amusement park”...

U.S. troops in Afghanistan may get back their fast food
Concessions were banned on bases at one point because they took up space for supplies. U.S. Troops in Afghanistan may soon get their Burgers back. Army Command Sgt. Maj. Marvin Hill, who took over as the senior non-commissioned officer in Afghanistan this month, told Stars and Stripes on Thursday that he was reversing a ban on Fast Food concessions such as Burger King and Kentucky Fried Chicken that had been instituted earlier this year. For Troops to be able to go and grab a Burger or a...

Fast Food Ban Lifted on US Afghan Bases
(NewsCore) - A seven-month ban on Fast Food and American retail outlets on all U.S. Military bases in Afghanistan was lifted Friday, Military newspaper Stars and Stripes reported. Businesses like Burger King and Oakley sunglasses stores were closed in February on the orders of ousted Gen. Stanley McChrystal on the grounds that the presence of the institutions made bases feel like "amusement parks." But Sgt. Maj. Marvin Hill, currently the highest-ranking non-commissioned officer in Afghanistan,...

Fast Food Ban Lifted on US Afghan Bases
(NewsCore) - A seven-month ban on Fast Food and American retail outlets on all U.S. Military bases in Afghanistan was lifted Friday, Military newspaper Stars and Stripes reported. Businesses like Burger King and Oakley sunglasses stores were closed in February on the orders of ousted Gen. Stanley McChrystal on the grounds that the presence of the institutions made bases feel like "amusement parks." But Sgt. Maj. Marvin Hill, currently the highest-ranking non-commissioned officer in Afghanistan,...

U.S. troops in Afghanistan may get back their fast food
Source: CNN U.S. Troops in Afghanistan may soon get their Burgers back. Army Command Sgt. Maj. Marvin Hill, who took over as the senior non-commissioned officer in Afghanistan this month, told Stars and Stripes on Thursday that he was reversing a ban on Fast Food concessions such as Burger King and Kentucky Fried Chicken that had been instituted earlier this year. For Troops to be able to go and grab a Burger or a piece of Chicken or whatever, I dont really think its that bad, Hill told...

U.S. troops in Afghanistan may get back their fast food
Source: CNN U.S. Troops in Afghanistan may soon get their Burgers back. Army Command Sgt. Maj. Marvin Hill, who took over as the senior non-commissioned officer in Afghanistan this month, told Stars and Stripes on Thursday that he was reversing a ban on Fast Food concessions such as Burger King and Kentucky Fried Chicken that had been instituted earlier this year. For Troops to be able to go and grab a Burger or a piece of Chicken or whatever, I dont really think its that bad, Hill told...

NATO: 5 Insurgents, Taliban Commander Killed in Afghanistan
Kabul, Afghanistan A Taliban commander who planned Rocket Attacks on Polling Stations during Elections next week and four other Insurgents were killed in eastern Afghanistan , NATO said Sunday. NATO said the Military alliance and Afghan forces killed the five Insurgents Saturday night in a village compound in the eastern Nangarhar province. The Insurgents were killed after they "displayed hostile intent" as the forces moved in on the compound, it said in a statement. It said...

Why Afghanistan has reacted so sharply to threat of Quran burning
Source: Christian Science Monitor The global response to small-time Florida pastor Terry Jones's on-again, off-again plan to burn the Quran has so far been mercifully muted. Small groups have burned American Flags in Pakistan and the Gulf and condemnation of the plan has poured in from World leaders, Muslim and non-Muslim alike. Even Pope Benedict XVI, not exactly the Muslim World's favorite man, has weighed in. But so far, most of the action has taken place on television or in print, with...

NATO says 5 insurgents, including one planning election attacks, killed in Afghanistan
Kabul, Afghanistan — A Taliban commander who planned Rocket Attacks on Polling Stations during Elections next week and four other Insurgents were killed in eastern Afghanistan, NATO said Sunday. Meanwhile, hundreds of Afghans rallied for a third day Sunday to Protest a plan by an American pastor to burn copies of the Quran, the Islamic holy book, despite his decision to call off the action that infuriated Muslims around the world. Three people were injured Sunday as police opened fire on...

Coming up on 'This Week' ... Austan Goolsbee and Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf
He's just been named by the President to chair the White House Council of Economic Advisers and Sunday he's our guest on This Week. It will be Austan Goolsbee's job to steer the President's policy through economic uncertainty and political turbulence. First up, Tax Cuts. The President wants them to expire for upper income Americans. Republicans -- and even some in the President's own party -- don't. Is a Tax Increase the right thing for an economy growing so slowly? (/ABC News) Then, we...

NATO says 5 insurgents killed in Afghanistan
Kabul, Afghanistan (AP) - NATO says a Taliban commander who planned attacking Polling Stations during next week's Elections and four other Insurgents have been killed in eastern Afghanistan. The Military alliance said in a statement Sunday that NATO and Afghan forces killed the five on Saturday night in a village compound in the Nangarhar province after they displayed "hostile intent." It said intelligence reports indicate the Taliban commander was planning to conduct Rocket Attacks against...

US losing in Afghanistan: Taliban
AFP The Taliban marked the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on the US on Saturday by calling on American forces to withdraw unconditionally and end the "illegal occupation" of Afghanistan. In a statement that coincided with the Eid al-Fitr holiday marking the end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, the Taliban said the US had no chance of bringing peace to Afghanistan after nearly nine years of war. As NATO allies pulled out their Troops, Americans had become targets both at home and abroad,...

9/11 " A DAY OF HOPE OR HATE?
“No creature smarts so little as a fool.” (Alexander Pope, 1688-1744.) Numerous commentators on the demented, hate filled ramblings of “Pastor” Terry Jones, who may or may not celebrate his 11th September by an evening of Qur’an burnings, have referred to the potential of Muslim retaliation across the globe. General Petraeus is concerned about backlash to US Troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. President Obama and Secretary of State Hilary Clinton, more or less...

Pakistani officials say airstrike kills at least 4 militants in northwestern Pakistan
MIR ALI, Pakistan -   MIR ALI, Pakistan (AP) — A suspected U.S. Missile Strike early Sunday killed at least four associates of a warlord who is fighting Western Troops in Afghanistan , intelligence officials said. Powerful Militant leader Hafiz Gul Bahadur struck a truce with the Pakistani Military and agreed to stay on the sidelines last year as it waged an offensive in the South Waziristan Tribal Area against the Pakistani Taliban , a group dedicated to attacking the...

Pakistani officials say airstrike kills at least 4 militants in northwestern Pakistan
MIR ALI, Pakistan — A suspected U.S. Missile Strike early Sunday killed at least four associates of a warlord who is fighting Western Troops in Afghanistan, intelligence officials said. Powerful Militant leader Hafiz Gul Bahadur struck a truce with the Pakistani Military and agreed to stay on the sidelines last year as it waged an offensive in the South Waziristan Tribal Area against the Pakistani Taliban, a group dedicated to attacking the Pakistani state, among other targets. Bahadur...

Fast-Food Deal on a Fast Track
About The Deal Professor Steven M. Davidoff, writing as The Deal Professor, is a commentator for DealBook on the legal aspects of mergers, Private Equity and Corporate Governance. A former Corporate lawyer at Shearman & Sterling, he is a Professor at the University of Connecticut School of Law . He is the author of “Gods at War: Shotgun Takeovers, Government by Deal and the Private Equity Implosion,” which explores modern-day deals and deal-making. 3G has not said why it is...

Officials: Airstrike kills 3 militants in Pakistan
Related Articles MIR ALI, Pakistan (AP) A suspected U.S. Missile Strike early Sunday killed at least three suspected associates of a warlord who is fighting Western Troops in Afghanistan, intelligence officials said. Powerful Militant leader Hafiz Gul Bahadur struck a truce with the Pakistani Military and agreed to stay on the sidelines last year as it waged an offensive in the South Waziristan Tribal Area against the Pakistani Taliban, a group dedicated to attacking the Pakistani state,...

Opinion: ISAF Commander General David Petraeus interviewed on Afghanistan, 31-Aug.-2010
I think first Id say is that weve spent the last 18 months in Afghanistan trying to get the inputs right to get the components in place for the conduct of a comprehensive civil-military counter Insurgency campaign, which is what is needed, indeed, to reverse the momentum that the Taliban has established over the course of the past few years. The fact is that when a lot of us really focused intently on Afghanistan in my case when I came out of Iraq in the fall of 2008 and took over...

Muslims Pack Mosques to Mark End of Ramadan
Business was brisk for Ice Cream vendors in Baghdad, where Children decked out in holiday finery rode Ferris wheels at amusement parks and raced horse-drawn carts on traffic-free streets. Some boys battled each other with plastic guns, ignoring a ban on toy weapons imposed so Children would not be mistaken for Militants. Still, Soldiers guarded playgrounds and public parks, and additional Military and police checkpoints were erected across the Iraqi capital - a reminder the country still faces...

Muslims in Bahrain, Pakistan protest Quran burning
MULTAN, Pakistan — A small American church's plan to burn copies of the Quran is stirring outrage in Muslim nations, with lawyers protesting in Pakistan and Bahrain's government calling the burning a shameful attack on interfaith relations. About 200 lawyers and civil society members marched and burned a U.S. flag in the central Pakistani city of Multan, demanding that Washington halt the burning of the Muslim holy book. "If Quran is burned, it would be beginning of destruction of...

Afghans protest Koran burning for second day
By Obaid Ormor PUL-E-ALAM, Afghanistan | Sat Sep 11, 2010 7:56am EDT PUL-E-ALAM, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Protestors clashed with Afghan security forces on Saturday, as thousands of Afghans demonstrated for a second day, despite a U.S. pastor suspending plans to burn copies of the Koran, officials said. The renewed Protests in the war-torn country came after obscure Florida Pastor Terry Jones called off plans to burn copies of the Koran to mark the ninth anniversary of the September 11 attacks...

Man shot at Terry Jones 9/11 Koran-burning protests at Afghanistan NATO base
A pastor's plan to burn copies of the Koran claimed its first Victims today when one Muslim Protester was shot dead and several others were wounded at a demonstration in Afghanistan. The shooting came outside a German-run NATO base in northeast Afghanistan as thousands of angry Muslims took to the streets across the country, some threatening to attack U.S. bases in the country. Demonstrations later spread to the capital, Kabul, and at least four other provinces. Flag burning: Muslims show their...

Quit unwinnable war, Taliban demands
Kabul: The Taliban marked the anniversary of the September 11 attacks on the US yesterday by calling on US forces to withdraw unconditionally and end the ''illegal occupation'' of Afghanistan. The Taliban said in an emailed statement that the US had no chance of bringing peace to Afghanistan after nearly nine years of war. As NATO allies pulled out their Troops, Americans had become targets both at home and abroad, it said. ''Nine years after September 11, despite using all possible...

11 Afghans injured in anti-Quran-burning protests
Kabul, Afghanistan (AP) — Thousands of Afghans are protesting a small American church's plan to burn the Muslim holy book. At least 11 people have been injured. Police in the northern Province of Badakhshan say several hundred demonstrators ran toward a NATO compound where four attackers and five Police were injured in clashes. Protesters also burned an American Flag at a Mosque after Friday prayers. QURAN BURNING: Fla. pastor: Qurans won't burn if N.Y. imam meets In western Farah...

Not unexpected: More violence, threats over Qur'an burning that didn't even happen
It is a sense of entitlement to be above insult and criticism, coupled with the Qur'an's own Endorsement of fighting and killing to establish and ensure Islam's supremacy (9:5, 8:39), that leads to histrionics like those we are seeing in Afghanistan. Indeed, violence against insults to Islam, like so many other problems in the Islamic World, can be traced back to Muhammad's own example in dealing with detractors such as Asma bint Marwan , Abu 'Afak , and Kab bin Ashraf . You know, just like...