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Tuesday Aug 17, 2021
Leid Stories - 08.17.21
Tuesday Aug 17, 2021
Tuesday Aug 17, 2021
TOPICS:
︎Afghanistan in chaos and turmoil in aftermath of U.S. sudden, chaotic withdrawal and the Taliban returning and seizing total control of the country again.
Will Biden's action revive the Islamic state in Afghanistan and in the region?
What does it say about the Biden administration's military judgment calls, and Biden's own ambition to score points as a commander in chief?
︎Yet more pain, suffering and bewilderment befall the nation of Haiti after a magnitude-7.2 earthquake killed an estimated 1,300 people this past Saturday in an early count.
A frantic search for possible survivors trapped under the rubble continues, as Haiti proceeds with its internal investigation into the July 7, 2021 assassination of President Jovenel Moise.