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Wednesday, April 12, 2006
Come to the bazaar!
Buy some secrets!
BAGRAM, Afghanistan — No more than 200 yards from the main gate of the sprawling U.S. base here, stolen computer drives containing classified military assessments of enemy targets, names of corrupt Afghan officials and descriptions of American defenses are on sale in the local bazaar.
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A reporter recently obtained several drives at the bazaar that contained documents marked "Secret." The contents included documents that were potentially embarrassing to Pakistan, a U.S. ally, presentations that named suspected militants targeted for "kill or capture" and discussions of U.S. efforts to "remove" or "marginalize" Afghan government officials whom the military considered "problem makers."
Really. So after all the ballyhoo about the Afghan elections, we're still looking to "remove" Afghan goverment officials? What was all that talk about "letting them choose their own government" for?
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