WIBX 950 » afghanistan http://wibx950.com Your News Talk and Sports Leader Sun, 19 May 2013 03:40:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 New York Times Reporting At Least Sixteen People, Including Six Americans, Are Dead After Suicide Bombing In Afghanistan http://wibx950.com/new-york-times-reporting-at-least-sixteen-people-including-six-americans-are-dead-after-suicide-bombing-in-afghanistan/ http://wibx950.com/new-york-times-reporting-at-least-sixteen-people-including-six-americans-are-dead-after-suicide-bombing-in-afghanistan/#comments Thu, 16 May 2013 15:27:19 +0000 Kristine Bellino http://wibx950.com/?p=197258 A suicide attack is being blamed for the deaths and mayhem in Kabul.  The New York Times is reporting at least sixteen people were killed. NBC News says there are at least a dozen deaths, including children.

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]]> http://wibx950.com/new-york-times-reporting-at-least-sixteen-people-including-six-americans-are-dead-after-suicide-bombing-in-afghanistan/feed/ 0 The Today Show / NBCNews.com Video Released Of Plane Crash in Afghanistan Outside Bagram Airfield http://wibx950.com/video-released-of-plane-crash-in-afghanistan-outside-bagram-airfield/ http://wibx950.com/video-released-of-plane-crash-in-afghanistan-outside-bagram-airfield/#comments Wed, 01 May 2013 14:54:20 +0000 Kristine Bellino http://wibx950.com/?p=188942 A video is being released of a plane crash outside the Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan on Monday, April 29, 2013.  The base is home to the United States Air Force's 455th Air Expeditionary Wing.

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]]> http://wibx950.com/video-released-of-plane-crash-in-afghanistan-outside-bagram-airfield/feed/ 0 liveleak.com video Batman Is Now Training Soldiers in Afghanistan http://wibx950.com/bagram-batman/ http://wibx950.com/bagram-batman/#comments Fri, 26 Apr 2013 11:20:45 +0000 Kyle Dowling http://thefw.com/?p=201902 It's good to see these soldiers still have their sense of humor in a place where anything can happen. Then again, should something go down, America's own Caped Crusader has their backs.

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]]> http://wibx950.com/bagram-batman/feed/ 0 Flag in Team USA Dugout Came From Troops in Iraq and Afghanistan http://wibx950.com/flag-in-team-usa-dugout-came-from-troops-in-iran-and-afghanistan/ http://wibx950.com/flag-in-team-usa-dugout-came-from-troops-in-iran-and-afghanistan/#comments Thu, 14 Mar 2013 18:48:53 +0000 Joe Student http://guyspeed.com/?p=121059 Team USA is still very much alive in the World Baseball Classic. When manager Joe Torre's squad takes on the Dominican Republic Thursday night, it will once again have a rather tattered U.S. flag hanging in its dugout

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]]> http://wibx950.com/flag-in-team-usa-dugout-came-from-troops-in-iran-and-afghanistan/feed/ 0 Christian Petersen, Getty Images Flags Half-Staff Today http://wibx950.com/flags-half-staff-today/ http://wibx950.com/flags-half-staff-today/#comments Thu, 16 Aug 2012 13:37:49 +0000 Kristine Bellino http://wibx950.com/?p=95569 Albany, NY (WIBX) - Flags are flying at half-staff across New York today in honour of a Marine killed by an Afghan police officer.

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]]> http://wibx950.com/flags-half-staff-today/feed/ 0 Pearl Gavel for New York Daily News, nydailynews.com Troops In Afghanistan Compete In Boilermaker Shadow Run http://wibx950.com/troops-in-afghanistan-compete-in-boilermaker-shadow-run/ http://wibx950.com/troops-in-afghanistan-compete-in-boilermaker-shadow-run/#comments Wed, 25 Jul 2012 13:17:59 +0000 Gino Geruntino http://wibx950.com/?p=89041 Utica, NY (WIBX) - American troops stationed in Western Afghanistan got a little taste of home, by running their version of the Boilermaker.

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]]> http://wibx950.com/troops-in-afghanistan-compete-in-boilermaker-shadow-run/feed/ 0 Boilermaker, facebook Afghanistan Shadow Run T-Shirt & Banner Unveiled http://wibx950.com/afghanistan-shadow-run-t-shirt-banner-unveiled/ http://wibx950.com/afghanistan-shadow-run-t-shirt-banner-unveiled/#comments Fri, 15 Jun 2012 16:43:11 +0000 WIBX http://wibx950.com/?p=77658 Utica, NY (WIBX) - It was a special unveiling of the t-shirts and banner, heading to Afghanistan for the 5th "Boilermaker Shadow Run" that brought people together in front of the National Distance Running Hall of Fame.

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]]> http://wibx950.com/afghanistan-shadow-run-t-shirt-banner-unveiled/feed/ 0 Jeanette Lenoir, WIBX WIBX Poll Results: Are You Participating In The Boilermaker? http://wibx950.com/wibx-poll-results-are-you-participating-in-the-boilermaker/ http://wibx950.com/wibx-poll-results-are-you-participating-in-the-boilermaker/#comments Wed, 06 Jun 2012 14:34:50 +0000 Kristine Bellino http://wibx950.com/?p=75146 Marcy, NY (WIBX) - With just a little more than a month to go before the 35th Running of the Boilermaker, WIBX listeners chimed in with 100% support for the event.

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]]> http://wibx950.com/wibx-poll-results-are-you-participating-in-the-boilermaker/feed/ 0 Boilermaker, Facebook CNY Soldiers Deploy To Afghanistan For Intelligence Mission http://wibx950.com/cny-soldiers-deploy-to-afghanistan-for-intelligence-mission/ http://wibx950.com/cny-soldiers-deploy-to-afghanistan-for-intelligence-mission/#comments Wed, 09 May 2012 16:56:41 +0000 WIBX http://wibx950.com/?p=66771 Syracuse, NY (WIBX) - More than a dozen Army National Guard Soldiers based in Syracuse are on their way to Afghanistan today.

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]]> http://wibx950.com/cny-soldiers-deploy-to-afghanistan-for-intelligence-mission/feed/ 0 Getty Images Cuomo Directs Flags At Half-Staff For Soldier Who Died During Video Chat http://wibx950.com/cuomo-directs-flags-at-half-staff-for-soldier-who-died-during-video-chat/ http://wibx950.com/cuomo-directs-flags-at-half-staff-for-soldier-who-died-during-video-chat/#comments Mon, 07 May 2012 15:32:41 +0000 WIBX http://wibx950.com/?p=66016 Utica, NY (WIBX) - Governor Andrew Cuomo is directing that flags on state government buildings be flown at half-staff today, in honor of the Army medic who died last week while video chatting with his wife.

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]]> http://wibx950.com/cuomo-directs-flags-at-half-staff-for-soldier-who-died-during-video-chat/feed/ 0 Getty Images Former Navy SEAL Honors Fallen Comrade With Touching Gesture http://wibx950.com/navy-seal-buys-drinks-from-fallen-comrade/ http://wibx950.com/navy-seal-buys-drinks-from-fallen-comrade/#comments Tue, 27 Mar 2012 13:07:17 +0000 Don Deane http://thefw.com/?p=111516 In one of the most poignant ways of honoring a fallen comrade we’ve ever seen, former Navy SEAL Marcus Luttrell recently went to a Newtown, CT, pub and offered to pay the owner enough money to buy a random person a pint of Guinness every hour for the entire day.

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]]> http://wibx950.com/navy-seal-buys-drinks-from-fallen-comrade/feed/ 0 Marcus Luttrell/Facebook Is the Afghan War Worth the Costs? – Survey of the Day http://wibx950.com/afghan-war-survey/ http://wibx950.com/afghan-war-survey/#comments Tue, 13 Mar 2012 14:52:48 +0000 Jeremy Taylor http://tsminteractive.com/?p=79925 The tragic shooting of 16 Afghan civilians by an American soldier has put the spotlight back on the United State’s military campaign in the Central Asian country, which has been going on for more than 10 years.

According to a new ABC News-Washington Post of 1,003 adults, 60 percent think the Afghan war is no longer worth the costs, whereas 35 percent think it is still worth fighting.

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]]> http://wibx950.com/afghan-war-survey/feed/ 0 Charlie Moore, Getty Images US Military Suffers Deadliest Month in Afghanistan in August with 66 Fatalities http://wibx950.com/us-military-deadliest-month-afghanistan/ http://wibx950.com/us-military-deadliest-month-afghanistan/#comments Wed, 31 Aug 2011 15:46:48 +0000 Jade Walker http://tsminteractive.com/?p=41756 August was officially the deadliest month for US troops fighting in the nearly decade-long war in Afghanistan.

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