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Taliban advances in Afghanistan, U.S. and Britain to evacuate embassies

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Taliban advances in Afghanistan, U.S. and Britain to evacuate embassies

“President Biden is finding that the quickest way to end a war is to lose it,” McConnell said, urging him instead to commit to providing more support to Afghan forces. “Without it, al Qaeda and the Taliban may celebrate the 20th anniversary of the September 11 attacks by burning down our Embassy in Kabul.”

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Rapid Taliban advances in Afghanistan have the US military launching strikes to destroy captured artillery and armored vehicles

When Anthrax vaccine became mandatory for the military in 1998 some refused and left the service + Military anthrax shots caused many reactions, prompted some pilots to quit

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When Anthrax vaccine became mandatory for the military in 1998 some refused and left the service

Pentagon statements had noted that about 350 troops refused the anthrax shot between 1998 and 2000; at least 36 of them were “court martialed and hundreds left the service to avoid the vaccine,” the outlet reported. Another 149 service members “were forced out” from 2000 to 2004.

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GAO: Military anthrax shots caused many reactions, prompted some pilots to quit

The survey indicated that 85% of troops who received an anthrax shot had an adverse reaction, a rate far higher than the 30% claimed by the manufacturer in 2000, when the survey was conducted. Sixteen percent of the survey respondents had either left the military or changed their status, at least in part because of the vaccination program.

Capitol Police to use Army surveillance gear to monitor Americans and ‘identify emerging threats’

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Capitol Police to use Army surveillance gear to monitor Americans and ‘identify emerging threats’

“As awful as the events on Jan. 6 were, increased use of biased surveillance technology is never the answer,” he said. “Such technology will inevitably be used to target Black, brown, and Muslim communities and protesters, not White, racist, far-right mobs like those who were given free rein to enter the Capitol. So we need greater civilian oversight of police, not greater police power.”