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A United States F-16 fighter jet piloted by Air National Guard Major Harry Schmidt dropped a laser-guided 500-pound (230 kg) bomb on the Canadians, who were conducting a night firing exercise at Tarnak Farms. The deaths were the first of Canada's war in Afghanistan, and the first Canadian deaths in a combat zone since the Korean War. [1]
Feet of a baby born to a mother who had taken thalidomide while pregnant. In the late 1950s and early 1960s, the use of thalidomide in 46 countries was prescribed to women who were pregnant or who subsequently became pregnant, and consequently resulted in the "biggest anthropogenic medical disaster ever," with more than 10,000 children born with a range of severe deformities, such as ...
There have also been allegations of US and European involvement in Afghanistan's drug trafficking with links to Taliban. [38] On October 28, 2010, agents of Russia's Federal Service for the Control of Narcotics joined Afghan and US anti-drug forces in an operation to destroy a major drug production site near Jalalabad. In the operation, 932 kg ...
Afghanistan is the world’s fastest-growing maker of methamphetamine, a report from the United Nations drug agency said Sunday. The country is also a major opium producer and heroin source, even ...
Helen Brooke Taussig (May 24, 1898 – May 20, 1986) was an American cardiologist, working in Baltimore and Boston, who founded the field of pediatric cardiology.She is credited with developing the concept for a procedure that would extend the lives of children born with Tetralogy of Fallot (the most common cause of blue baby syndrome).
The last image we have of Patrick Cagey is of his first moments as a free man. He has just walked out of a 30-day drug treatment center in Georgetown, Kentucky, dressed in gym clothes and carrying a Nike duffel bag. The moment reminds his father of Patrick’s graduation from college, and he takes a picture of his son with his cell phone.
The first phase of the Australian Defence Force's operation in Afghanistan Operation Snipe: 2 May 2002: 13 May 2002: The remote Afghan mountains: A British Royal Marine search and clear operation over a significant area believed to be used as a base by al-Qaeda and Taliban forces Operation Sond Chara (Red Dagger) 11 December 2008: 26 December 2008
A Missouri mother went on Facebook to share distressing before and after photos of her son in an effort to bring attention to the dangers of drug addiction.. On Wednesday, Jennifer Salfen-Tracy ...