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The Experience Of American Combat Soldiers In Iraq

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Tags: Iraq war, surge, sanitized war

Good afternoon, welcome to Radioactivity. I’m Rob Lorei. Coming up a look at the realities of the war in Iraq with Washington Post writer- David Finkel. He’s written a new book called The Good Soldiers.

But first some listener comments about yesterday’s program. Yesterday we featured an interview with commentator Jim Hightower. At the end of the program we heard from Tim Curtis- a local organizer with Tampa912- who challenged what Hightower had to say- especially about single payer healt...

CIA vet Michael Scheuer says Afghan war is already lost

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Tags: Afhanistan, NATO, Clinton, Bush, bin-Laden, Al Quaeda, Michael Scheuer, heroin, narco-state, Hamid Karzai, AIPAC, Israel, surge, Iraq, Iran

Good afternoon, welcome to WMNF 's Radioactivity, I’m Rob Lorei. Coming up today we’ll talk about the war in Afghanistan with Michael Scheuer, author of the book Marching Toward Hell.

But first some listener comments about the last few 1 p.m. programs. We’ll hear comments about the state’s budget problems, a possible new source of renewable energy, electioneering by a local public officials, the proposed landfill in East Pasco County, and the closing of the military prison at Guantanamo....

Dexter Filkins, author of 'The Forever War'

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Tags: Shiite, Al Quaeda, Surge, Al-Sadr

Welcome to WMNF’s Radioactivity. I’m Rob Lorei. Coming up later an interview with New York Times reporter Dexter Filkins about his new book, The Forever War, a chronicle of his experiences covering the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. But first some listener comments about yesterday’s program in which we talked about the Nov. 4 election, how to research the candidates and early voting.

New York Times reporter Dexter Filkins is considered by many to be one of this country’s top war corre...