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More Birds Than Bullets: a book review

10,000 Birds

McMullan had some sort of spiritual awakening in Bosnia when he saw a woman weeping outside her destroyed home. What he calls “extreme birding” is part of his unique fun, as well – by that he means looking for lifers or other interesting birds while involved in such things as a firefight with the Taliban in Helmand Province in Afghanistan.

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Mad about the Congo

Critter News

This whole mess reminds me of other similar situations.Kosovo, Bosnia, Rwanda. I am no supporter of the Iraq War. There is a crisis and the UN and the EU do the proverbial "fiddling while Rome burns." What is the point of having UN peacekeepers when they are incapable of keeping the peace? How far can diplomacy really go?

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