Video shows soldiers of the 2nd Co., 173rd Airborne in a violent firefight with the Taliban in Korengal Valley, Afghanistan. The battle cost the life of one U.S. soldier and another was seriously wounded.TURN UP YOUR VOLUMEWATCH VIDEO HERE:http://www.youtube.com/v/2_wP77S18Ng&hl=en_US&fs=1CLICK ON DIAMOND-SHAPED ARROW TO PLAY THIS VIDEO Read Full Story
This video shows what it is like during a night firefight with the Taliban in the mountains of Afghanistan. Tracers are flying everywhere.TURN UP YOUR SOUNDWATCH VIDEO HERE:http://www.youtube.com/v/eLANM2W6LsA&hl=en_US&fs=1CLICK ON DIAMOND-SHAPED ARROW TO PLAY VIDEO Read Full Story
There were only 50 U.S. soldiers stationed at this remote outpost in Wanat, Afghanistan when the Taliban launched an attack on their position. The GIs fought back bravely but in the end nine of the 50 U.S. soldiers were killed.This video is the story of that firefight.TURN UP YOUR VOLUMEWATCH VIDEO HERE:http://www.youtube.com/v/KfDm9cCVyT4&hl=en_US&fs=1CLICK ON DIAMOND-SHAPED ARROW TO PLAY THIS VIDEO Read Full Story
This is a playlist of 21 videos looking at the plan Gen. Stanley McChrystal, commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan, has submitted to President Obama asking for 40,000 more troops to fight the war in Afghanistan.President Obama has been deliberating what to do about the Afghanistan war. The videos present a variety of pros and cons on whether more troops should be sent to Afghanistan.President Obama is justifiably worried that the Afghanistan government under Harmid Karzai is very corrupt an... Read Full Story
This video shows medical teams working to save the lives of wounded U.S. troops at FOB Salerno in Afghanistan. Very dramatic footage.TURN UP YOUR VOLUMEWATCH VIDEO HERE:http://www.youtube.com/v/0UH912Cv0qI&hl=en_US&fs=1CLICK ON DIAMOND-SHAPED ARROW TO PLAY THIS VIDEO Read Full Story
This video shows a platoon of U.S. Marines pounding the Taliban in Now Zad, Afghanistan. Lots of action.TURN UP YOUR SOUNDWATCH VIDEO HERE:http://www.youtube.com/v/V4ocql4bUyk&hl=en_US&fs=1CLICK ON DIAMOND-SHAPED ARROW TO PLAY VIDEO Read Full Story
Almost two years ago, we launched CORKSPHERE, a blog devoted to bringing our readers the latest news and videos from the wars in IRAQ and AFGHANISTAN. We started our blog because we could see with our own eyes that the mainstream media was not covering the wars and we had over 200,000 young Americans combined deployed to both war theaters. Nothing has changed in the two years we have been posting on our blog and as of today we have had over 330,000 "hits" or page views to the blog. Many peopl... Read Full Story
US Marines mortar team engage terrorist mortar team in an incredible battle.3 US marines lost their lives unfortunately.Some of the footage is very gruesome.TURN UP YOUR VOLUMEWATCH VIDEO HERE:http://www.youtube.com/v/TW_MfDhXyq0&hl=en_US&fs=1CLICK ON DIAMOND-SHAPED ARROW TO PLAY THIS VIDEO Read Full Story
U.S. Fears Iraq Development Projects May Go to Waste By TIMOTHY WILLIAMSTHE NEW YORK TIMEShttp://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/21/world/middleeast/21reconstruct.html?_r=1&hpBAGHDAD — In its largest reconstruction effort since the Marshall Plan, the United States government has spent $53 billion for relief and reconstruction in Iraq since the 2003 invasion, building tens of thousands of hospitals, water treatment plants, electricity substations, schools and bridges.But there are growing concerns... Read Full Story
This video is not for young people and should be viewed with extreme caution.U.S. forces are caught in an ambush with Taliban and what follows is a brutal firefight with very explicit language.TURN UP YOUR VOLUMEWATCH VIDEO HERE:http://www.youtube.com/v/mH1X0SNVlkg&hl=en_US&fs=1CLICK ON DIAMOND-SHAPED ARROW TO PLAY VIDEO Read Full Story