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EXCLUSIVE: Number of Afghans Gone AWOL in U.S. Reaches 46
fox news ^ | 7/7/10 | Jana Winter

Posted on 07/07/2010 11:22:49 AM PDT by Nachum

LACKLAND AIR FORCE BASE, Texas -- A be-on-the-lookout alert issued last month for 17 Afghan military men who walked away from an Air Force base in Texas has turned out to be just the tip of the iceberg. No fewer than 46 members of the Afghan military have gone absent without leave from the Defense Language Institute’s English Language Center at Lackland Air Force Base in recent years, FoxNews.com has learned.

From a series of interviews with civilians and military personnel conducted over the course of a week, and according to documents obtained from a variety of sources, FoxNews.com has learned that five of these Afghan deserters remain at large; eight are in custody; at least 18 are in Canada and one has been granted conditional U.S. residency. The most recent to disappear fled the Texas base just last Thursday, hours after his graduation ceremony.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: afghans; awol; homelandsecurity; number; obamafailure; yesterday
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To: WhistlingPastTheGraveyard

They’re all vacationing in AZ.


21 posted on 07/07/2010 11:54:32 AM PDT by WOBBLY BOB (drain the swamp! ( then napalm it and pave it over ))
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To: WhistlingPastTheGraveyard

Mmmm... uh-huh. :>)


22 posted on 07/07/2010 11:54:42 AM PDT by TribalPrincess2U (demonicRATS... taxes, pain and slow death. Is this what you want?)
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To: WOBBLY BOB

maybe they should conduct these classes at Gitmo


23 posted on 07/07/2010 11:57:11 AM PDT by notaliberal (It's the Constitution---- Stupid!)
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To: org.whodat

***So you think that we need more dirt bags that would lie under oath??***

You mean like the folks in the WH and Congress????


24 posted on 07/07/2010 12:03:07 PM PDT by sodpoodle (Despair - Man's surrender. Laughter - God's redemption)
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To: Nachum

Why is our money being used to teach them English in our country?


25 posted on 07/07/2010 12:12:59 PM PDT by Leftism is Mentally Deranged (leftism: uncurable mental detioration)
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To: Nachum

Have they checked NASA? Maybe they’re over there working on rockets?


26 posted on 07/07/2010 12:15:41 PM PDT by Scythian
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To: Nachum

Hint: I’d look in the parking lot of the CVS next door to the Kabob Palace in Crystal City, just south of the Pentagon. I think half of Afghanistan and their taxis are there on any given weekday.


27 posted on 07/07/2010 12:27:13 PM PDT by La Lydia
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To: TribalPrincess2U
I am less forgiving on this (even if they are here trying to escape the despair of their country).

They were brought here at our expense to help our soldiers win this war on their behalf, and help them rebuild their own nation. If we have an operational need for them to support our troops, then they are putting our soldiers at risk by not returning for duty.

However, I do not believe that all of them are seeking a better life. I believe their allegiance is to Allah and they are a risk to our nation.

28 posted on 07/07/2010 12:27:26 PM PDT by Never on my watch (Just stop it Barry!)
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To: sodpoodle

I think we are speaking of so called military people, men of Honor. These deserter are not of that type and neither are politicans. The air force needs to account for them and remove them from the country are someone needs to lose a lot of rank.


29 posted on 07/07/2010 12:28:12 PM PDT by org.whodat
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To: org.whodat

You may be speaking of military matters.

I am only speaking to the possibility that these Afghan, non-Americans may have simply decided that returning to the war is less appealing than disappearing into the American dream.(a subsequent post has made a similar point)..

Of course, this is only *thinking out loud* on a public forum - not an official CIA inquiry.


30 posted on 07/07/2010 12:40:39 PM PDT by sodpoodle (Despair - Man's surrender. Laughter - God's redemption)
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To: notaliberal
maybe they should conduct these classes at Gitmo

Excellent idea! The last thing we should be doing is allowing more islamic terrorists into our country.

31 posted on 07/07/2010 12:55:13 PM PDT by John O (God Save America (Please))
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To: Nachum

bttt


32 posted on 07/07/2010 6:40:47 PM PDT by tutstar (Baptist Ping List-freepmail me to be included or removed. <{{{><)
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To: Nightshift

gnip


33 posted on 07/07/2010 6:41:15 PM PDT by tutstar (Baptist Ping List-freepmail me to be included or removed. <{{{><)
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To: TribalPrincess2U

Part of the Muslim mindset is to conquer by outnumbering the rest of us. Have you seen the video detailing the birthrates of them vs the rest of the world?


34 posted on 07/07/2010 6:43:12 PM PDT by tutstar (Baptist Ping List-freepmail me to be included or removed. <{{{><)
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To: TribalPrincess2U
As long as they are loyal to America, I don’t care.

So, will we send back these guys like Elian Gonzalez while others flood in?

35 posted on 07/08/2010 8:21:22 AM PDT by Gondring (Paul Revere would have been flamed as a naysayer troll and told to go back to Boston.)
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To: TribalPrincess2U

Press 1 for English.
Press 2 for Spanish.
Press 3 for Pashto or Dari.


36 posted on 07/08/2010 8:34:47 AM PDT by Lazamataz
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To: Nachum

Marvelous.


37 posted on 07/08/2010 8:43:17 AM PDT by Mad_Tom_Rackham (It is the duty of the patriot to protect his country from its government -- Thomas Paine)
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*


38 posted on 07/08/2010 9:08:53 AM PDT by TornadoAlley3 (Obama is everything Oklahoma is not.)
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To: Nachum

Ahhh, what’s a few more illegals? We let them just walk in from the south.... and this bunch even wants to give blanket amnesty to the millions already here.


39 posted on 07/08/2010 9:37:05 AM PDT by b4its2late (I feel so miserable without you; it's almost like having you here.)
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To: TribalPrincess2U
>>As long as they are loyal to America, I don’t care.

Going AWOL = Loyality in your "tribe"?
40 posted on 07/08/2010 10:01:34 AM PDT by LomanBill (Animals! The DemocRats blew up the windmill with an Acorn!)
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