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Jalalabad Urination: Facebook Censorship

06 August 2013 On Saturday a suicide attack unfolded near the Indian Consulate in Jalalabad, Afghanistan. A dozen people were reported killed with another twenty wounded. Eight of the killed were reported to be children. The next day, 04 August, another...

Published Tue, Aug 06 2013 6:05 AM by Michael Yon - Online Magazine

Filed under: Michael's Dispatches, Michael Yon, Featured

Question for Congressman Pompeo: What is your Position?

08 November 2011 Forward Operating Base Pasab is in the upper left corner of this image. It’s the little rectangle looking area bristling with machineguns. Well, you can’t see the machineguns in this picture, but they are there. One time I walked by a...

Published Tue, Nov 08 2011 7:44 AM by Michael Yon - Online Magazine

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Every Step is Your Last

21 September 2011 Zhari District, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan Task Force Spartan, 4-4 Cav The moon in September was special and the war kept going. Bombs are planted everywhere. The dogs catch some, but the dogs will get blown up, too. Task Force Spartan...

Published Wed, Sep 21 2011 5:21 AM by Michael Yon - Online Magazine

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Afghan Faces

13 September 2011 Zhari District, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan Today there were some attacks far away in Kabul. The attacks meant practically nothing from a military perspective but they garnered much press. We’ve seen this unfold many times in many...

Published Tue, Sep 13 2011 10:03 AM by Michael Yon - Online Magazine

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Michael Yon's War

Republished: 27 September 2011 Author: D.B. Grady 1 June 2010 It began with a bridge. On the morning of March 1, a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device detonated on Tarnak River Bridge near Kandahar, Afghanistan, killing multiple civilians and one...

Published Tue, Sep 27 2011 1:24 PM by Michael Yon - Online Magazine

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Threat from American Soldier

25 September 2011 Kandahar Province, Afghanistan Every American service member is a representative of the United States of America. If an American Soldier were to write about President Obama, “I want to rip his head off and piss down his windpipe!” we...

Published Sun, Sep 25 2011 12:17 PM by Michael Yon - Online Magazine

Filed under: frontpage

Canadian Cover Up?

04 January 2010 (Unfortunately, this news comes as I wait to board a flight from Hong Kong to the United States. It must be written quickly and without editing.) A reporter at Canwest News Service, emailed Saturday asking for information on the four Canadian...

Published Sun, Jan 03 2010 8:29 PM by Michael Yon - Online Magazine

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Princess Salerno

Published: 22 March 2010 MAJ JF Sucher, MD FACS USAR MC Surgeon, 909th FST The 909th FST saw many children during their first deployment of 2002-2003 in Salerno, Afghanistan, Paktya province, but one beautiful child gripped their hearts. Anyone who saw...

Published Mon, Mar 22 2010 7:00 AM by Michael Yon - Online Magazine

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YON: The Greatest Afghan War

01 October 2009 By Michael Yon The Greatest Afghanistan War has deteriorated so noticeably that one can now feel the enemy's growing pulse. Each month it beats steadier, stronger, and in 2010 it will finally be born. On Sept. 11 in Kandahar, a South...

Published Wed, Sep 30 2009 11:33 PM by Michael Yon - Online Magazine

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Two big military scalps for Michael Yon

Published in the Daily Telegraph at telegraph.co.uk Published on June 24th, 2010 By Toby Harnden Well, I wouldn’t cross Michael Yon, the intrepid independent war reporter and photographer who has covered the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan with distinction...

Published Thu, Jun 24 2010 6:14 PM by Michael Yon - Online Magazine

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Just got this Email from Office of Secretary Gates

Q: WikiLeaks: Post-WikiLeaks reaction. What's your sense on whether the information-sharing climate and environment created after 9/11 to encourage greater cooperation and transparency among the intelligence communities and the military led to these...

Published Tue, Nov 30 2010 5:24 PM by Michael Yon - Online Magazine

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Hostages Press Release

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Published Thu, Dec 16 2010 4:09 AM by Michael Yon - Online Magazine

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13 Military Pilots Rebuke the Joint Chiefs of Staff

An overview of harmful Army medical evacuation practices not endorsed by other service branches, and a response to official arguments defending this policy provided by the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) to the House Armed Services Committee (HASC). Introduction...

Published Sun, Jan 29 2012 11:48 AM by Michael Yon - Online Magazine

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Our Weak Government Must Stop Apologizing for Criminal Behavior of Others

27 February 2012 The recent Koran-burning in Afghanistan has again inspired lunacy and murder. And while the US civilian and military leadership burdened by their oleaginous apologies tumbles down a moral stairwell, Afghan security forces continue to...

Published Sun, Feb 26 2012 10:19 AM by Michael Yon - Online Magazine

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The Battle for Mosul: Dispatch II

First Published: May 21, 2005 The Players There is the perception that fanatical insurgents bubble like oil from the Iraqi sands. Yet, having traveled in Iraq for nearly half a year, I have seen little real desert, and true fanatics are rare. In an effort...

Published Sat, May 21 2005 8:32 AM by Michael Yon - Online Magazine

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Question for Congressman Pompeo: What is your Position?

Every Step is Your Last

Afghan Faces

Michael Yon's War

Threat from American Soldier

Canadian Cover Up?

Princess Salerno

YON: The Greatest Afghan War

Two big military scalps for Michael Yon

Just got this Email from Office of Secretary Gates

Hostages Press Release

13 Military Pilots Rebuke the Joint Chiefs of Staff

Our Weak Government Must Stop Apologizing for Criminal Behavior of Others

The Battle for Mosul: Dispatch II