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Afghanistan

  • Blogs

    February 16, 2012

    Florida Mom Stole Money From Her Marine Son While He Was in Afghanistan

    ​Most moms are worried sick when their sons and daughters are deployed to serve in the Middle East. Not, apparently, Paula Barker of Volusia County. She's been arrested for allegedly stealing thousands of dollars from her son while he was deployed with the Marines in Afghanistan.

  • News

    February 2, 2012

    Miami imams accused of funding terrorists: Hate and redemption

    ​Most moms are worried sick when their sons and daughters are deployed to serve in the Middle East. Not, apparently, Paula Barker of Volusia County. She's been arrested for allegedly stealing thousands of dollars from her son while he was deployed with the Marines in Afghanistan.

  • Blogs

    January 22, 2012

    After Joe Paterno: Enough Already With Child Sexual Abuse Hysteria UPDATED

    With news this morning that Penn State coach Joe Paterno has died of lung cancer, I am reposting this column from last November. The scandal, it's now clear, killed the master at age 85.Enough already. This lunacy is past crazy.Joe Paterno, an icon of sport, was fired as coach of the Penn State foot ... More >>

  • News

    November 10, 2011

    Wounded Warriors in Action Foundation uses hunting trips to heal vets

    With news this morning that Penn State coach Joe Paterno has died of lung cancer, I am reposting this column from last November. The scandal, it's now clear, killed the master at age 85.Enough already. This lunacy is past crazy.Joe Paterno, an icon of sport, was fired as coach of the Penn State foot ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 8, 2011

    Do Implant Bombs Mean Miami Is Now More Dangerous Than Mazar-i-Sharif?

    Suspicious.​Miami has long been the unofficial fake boob capital of the country, probably the world (nice try, Caracas).Now, however, the Transportation Security Administration says that terrorists may be plotting suicide bombings using surgical implants.Suddenly our artificially enhanced paradise ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 30, 2011

    Grayer Lady

    Suspicious.​Miami has long been the unofficial fake boob capital of the country, probably the world (nice try, Caracas).Now, however, the Transportation Security Administration says that terrorists may be plotting suicide bombings using surgical implants.Suddenly our artificially enhanced paradise ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 12, 2011

    Soldier On

    Suspicious.​Miami has long been the unofficial fake boob capital of the country, probably the world (nice try, Caracas).Now, however, the Transportation Security Administration says that terrorists may be plotting suicide bombings using surgical implants.Suddenly our artificially enhanced paradise ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 20, 2011

    Tim Hetherington, Director of Restrepo Doc About a South Florida Soldier's Death, Killed in Libya

    ​Tim Hetherington earned an Oscar nomination last year for Restrepo, his harrowing, front-line documentary about an Army platoon mired in a deadly Afghanistan valley. The picture is named for medic Juan "Doc" Restrepo, a Pembroke Pines native whose death during a firefight inspires the rest of the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 1, 2011

    Terry Jones' Koran Burning Inspires Afghan Riot That Kills 12 U.N. Workers

    ​When lunatic Gainesville pastor Terry Jones announced his plan to burn Korans at his tiny church, no less an authority than Gen. David Petreaus warned that there would be consequences in places like Afghanistan where fellow religious lunatics look for any such provocation for bloodshed. Jones wen ... More >>

  • News

    December 9, 2010

    Miami-Dade police buy drones

    ​When lunatic Gainesville pastor Terry Jones announced his plan to burn Korans at his tiny church, no less an authority than Gen. David Petreaus warned that there would be consequences in places like Afghanistan where fellow religious lunatics look for any such provocation for bloodshed. Jones wen ... More >>

  • News

    October 14, 2010

    Florida's fringe candidates want to legalize porcupine sex and draft inmates for war

    ​When lunatic Gainesville pastor Terry Jones announced his plan to burn Korans at his tiny church, no less an authority than Gen. David Petreaus warned that there would be consequences in places like Afghanistan where fellow religious lunatics look for any such provocation for bloodshed. Jones wen ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 11, 2010

    Meet The Senate Candidates Who Want to Legalize Porcupine Sex and Send Inmates to Iraq

    ​Bobbie Bean, the would-be U.S. senator from Florida, glares at the camera and hefts a huge wooden mallet. "You vote for me," he says, "and I got a way to, uh, loosen up the Congress." Sound like your kind of politician? You're in luck, because Bean is not only listed on the absentee ballots that ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 8, 2010

    Angelina Jolie and Hillary Clinton Condemn Koran-Burning Church, But Mayor Bloomberg Supports Congregation's Rights

    Pastor Terry Jones​Pastor Terry Jones and his small Gainesville church known as the Dove World Outreach Center will continue with their plans to burn copies of the Koran, the holy book of Islam, on the ninth anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks despite a growing backlash and warnings ... More >>

  • Film

    September 2, 2010

    The Tillman Story sets the record straight

    An Arizona Cardinals player's death in Afghanistan was spun into a recruiting tool.

  • Blogs

    August 4, 2010

    Miami Army Psychiatrist Delvena Thomas Headed to Afghanistan

    The dangers of war, deployed or not: Soldiers hold vigil at Fort Hood, Texas​Fourteen-hour work days in ungodly heat in a city full of Al-Qaeda operatives and insurgents intent on killing you. Daily visits from soldiers whose minds have been shredded, if not by shrapnel than by the stress of fight ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 28, 2010

    WikiLeaks Just a Drop in the Bucket: Top 5 Best Leaks in Recent History

    SilliCilli's on FlikrHistoric leaking.​There's been a lot of leaking lately. First, it was Mel Gibson's heavy-breathing tirade, and now something that is just a tad more relevant -- WikiLeaks' releasing thousands of pages of allegedly classified documents pertaining to the War in Af ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 26, 2010

    Biggest Government Leak in History Attributed to the Internet, WikiLeaks

    ​If you're a fan of getting your conspiracy theories and government leaks first, you've probably heard of WikiLeaks. The international organization publishes anonymous submissions and leaks of sensitive documents while keeping their sources' anonymity. They've been around for a while already, but ... More >>

  • Film

    July 22, 2010

    Sebastian Junger and Tim Hetherington go to war for Restrepo

    ​If you're a fan of getting your conspiracy theories and government leaks first, you've probably heard of WikiLeaks. The international organization publishes anonymous submissions and leaks of sensitive documents while keeping their sources' anonymity. They've been around for a while already, but ... More >>

  • Film

    July 22, 2010

    Restrepo: A South Florida soldier and his comrades, vérité-style

    ​If you're a fan of getting your conspiracy theories and government leaks first, you've probably heard of WikiLeaks. The international organization publishes anonymous submissions and leaks of sensitive documents while keeping their sources' anonymity. They've been around for a while already, but ... More >>

  • News

    July 15, 2010

    South Florida's Juan "Doc" Restrepo did not die in vain

    ​If you're a fan of getting your conspiracy theories and government leaks first, you've probably heard of WikiLeaks. The international organization publishes anonymous submissions and leaks of sensitive documents while keeping their sources' anonymity. They've been around for a while already, but ... More >>

  • News

    July 15, 2010

    Louis Maxwell's forgotten murder, Part 1

    ​If you're a fan of getting your conspiracy theories and government leaks first, you've probably heard of WikiLeaks. The international organization publishes anonymous submissions and leaks of sensitive documents while keeping their sources' anonymity. They've been around for a while already, but ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 12, 2010

    Sundance Winner Restrepo Shows Meaning of a Miami Kid's Death in Afghanistan

    ​Juan "Doc" Restrepo, a 20-year-old Army medic from Pembroke Pines, appears only twice in the new documentary bearing his name. On a train in Italy, he mugs for the camera. South Beach shades cover his eyes, and a huge grin spreads across his face."Tune in next time, where we're still going to be ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 14, 2010

    Miami Free Times: Christopher Hitchens, Andres Escobar, Helio Castroneves, and Sebastin Junger

    A still from Sebastian Junger's doc Restrepo about the frontlines in Afghanistan. ​What's free in the 305 this week? With the exception of one World-Cup-themed film, it's the week of testosterone-fueled book readings. There's a cranky British intellectual, a suave racecar driver, an embedded journ ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 3, 2010

    Adventure in Afghanistan

    A still from Sebastian Junger's doc Restrepo about the frontlines in Afghanistan. ​What's free in the 305 this week? With the exception of one World-Cup-themed film, it's the week of testosterone-fueled book readings. There's a cranky British intellectual, a suave racecar driver, an embedded journ ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 30, 2010

    More Gerald Posner Plagiarism in Miami Babylon, From New Times, PBS, and Many Others

    Back on March 16, Riptide broke the news that South Beach-based author Gerald Posner's latest book, Miami Babylon, had stolen eight passages from Frank Owen's 2003 work Clubland. photo by Bill Cooke New Times and a doctoral student have found more than a dozen new instances of plagi ... More >>

  • News

    February 11, 2010

    Coral Gables Police bought a $16,420 robot and other high-tech gadgets

    Back on March 16, Riptide broke the news that South Beach-based author Gerald Posner's latest book, Miami Babylon, had stolen eight passages from Frank Owen's 2003 work Clubland. photo by Bill Cooke New Times and a doctoral student have found more than a dozen new instances of plagi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 6, 2010

    Terrorist Attacks Can Be Predicted with Mathematical Model, Claims UM Researchers

    One of the horrors of fighting a war against a loosely-organized group of insurgents, like the United States is currently doing in Iraq and Afghanistan, is the ever present threat of seemingly random attacks. But what if there was a mathematical pattern that could be used to predict those attacks? W ... More >>

  • Film

    December 10, 2009

    Brothers is a PTSD melodrama

    One of the horrors of fighting a war against a loosely-organized group of insurgents, like the United States is currently doing in Iraq and Afghanistan, is the ever present threat of seemingly random attacks. But what if there was a mathematical pattern that could be used to predict those attacks? W ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 1, 2009

    News Roundup

    Efraim Diveroli, the 23-year-old Miami Beach arms dealer who illegally supplied Chinese-made ammunition to Afghanistan, has pleaded guilty. He face five years in prison and a $250,000 fine. [Reuters] Mitch McConnell and John McCain are confirmed to be at that health-care forum today in Hi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 6, 2009

    News Roundup

    A man stole handbags from Macy's in Aventura Mall and then, during the getaway, hit and killed a woman. [Herald]Police are still searching for a woman involved in the handbag heist. Meanwhile, witnesses say the crash could have been prevented if police weren't so aggressive in their pursuit. [NBCMia ... More >>

  • Film

    July 23, 2009

    Afghan Star

    Now playing.

  • Blogs

    March 23, 2009

    WMC 2009: Your Guide to Surviving Conference

    ZOMG, ya'll! Winter Music Conference is finally here. Hopefully, you've already picked up our kick-ass guide and checked out our listing online to plan your entire week. Still, there a few things you should keep in mind if you are going to come out of this weekend alive. So here are a few pointers t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 7, 2008

    Republicans are Bald, Put On Your Whigs

    ZOMG, ya'll! Winter Music Conference is finally here. Hopefully, you've already picked up our kick-ass guide and checked out our listing online to plan your entire week. Still, there a few things you should keep in mind if you are going to come out of this weekend alive. So here are a few pointers t ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 25, 2008

    Voice of Reason

    Henry Rollins shouts his truth from the Revolution stage.

  • Blogs

    May 16, 2008

    Weekly News Roundup - Permanent Water Restrictions for South Florida

    Henry Rollins shouts his truth from the Revolution stage.

  • Film

    January 17, 2008

    What Would a Jew Do?

    The Miami Jewish Film Festival grapples with eternal questions.

  • News

    December 27, 2007

    Doc Block

    Nonfiction continues its ascent onscreen.

  • Blogs

    May 15, 2007

    Padilla Trial Gets Under Way With a Focus on History

    Nonfiction continues its ascent onscreen.

  • Calendar

    July 6, 2006

    Free to Be

    Nonfiction continues its ascent onscreen.

  • City Life

    May 13, 2004

    BEST MIAMI HERALD PHOTOGRAPHER

    Carl Juste

  • Diversions

    May 13, 2004

    BEST TV NEWS REPORTER

    Mike Kirsch

  • Dining

    May 15, 2003

    You and Me, Global Brother

    Boycott French wines or Asian restaurants? Let's get real, people!

  • Music

    June 27, 2002

    The Silk Road Less Traveled

    Down Asian trade routes and deep into the throat

  • City Life

    May 16, 2002

    BEST NOT-SO-CHEAP THRILL

    Heckler & Koch Mark 23 .45-caliber semiautomatic handgun

  • Film

    February 28, 2002

    Arabian Nightmare

    A road through hell paved with good intentions points the way to Kandahar

  • News

    January 31, 2002

    Live from Havana, It's Mesa Redonda!

    Thanks to one show, an unprecedented amount of foreign news is airing in Cuba -- but it ain't Nightline yet

  • Culture

    January 3, 2002

    Rescue 9/11

    This year, a handful of shows provided the healing power of laughter

  • News

    October 18, 2001

    Fair Game

    A terrorism survivor and expert digs into the bin Laden dilemma

  • News

    February 13, 1997

    News of the Weird

    A terrorism survivor and expert digs into the bin Laden dilemma

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