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Afghanistan: The Top Ten Lies that Recur in the Mainstream Media   : Information Clearing House

Afghanistan: The Top Ten Lies that Recur in the Mainstream Media   : Information Clearing House
Afghanistan: The Top Ten Lies that Recur in the Mainstream Media
By James O’Neill
June 20, 2012 "Information Clearing House" -- Recent announcements by the leaders of several of the nations forming the international assistance force in Afghanistan regarding their involvement post 2014 and their reasons for staying at least until then make it appropriate to consider the ostensible reasons for the invasion and occupation of this strategically located country. In considering recent history and those stated reasons there are at least ten major lies that recur in the mainstream media.

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