As in Vietnam, Karzai is going to rule over an equally tiny island of corruption
by Robert Fisk
Published: Nov. 04, 2009 – The Independent
Could there be a more accurate description of the Obama-Brown message of congratulations to the fraudulently elected Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan? First the Palestinians held fair elections in 2006, voted for Hamas and [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘War on Terror’
November 4, 2009
America is performing its familiar role of propping up a dictator
October 30, 2009
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Hundreds of Pakistanis gather in anti-US rally
Mon. Nov. 02 – Hundreds of Pakistanis have demonstrated against a US bill that the army and opposition say have negative impacts on Pakistan’s national security.
Karzai declared Afghan president
Mon. Nov. 02 – Afghanistan’s Independent Election Commission has declared Hamid Karzai as the country’s [...]
October 29, 2009
The Rotten Fruits of War: U.S. Drone Attacks over Pakistan
by Dan Pearson and Kathy Kelly
Published: Oct. 21, 2009 – Voices for Creative NonViolence
Five months ago, shortly after the Pakistani government had begun a military offensive against suspected Taliban fighters in the northernmost area of the country, we arrived in Islamabad, the capital, as part of a small delegation organized by Voices for Creative Nonviolence [...]
October 26, 2009
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Kabul shootout over, 12 killed
Thu. Oct. 29 – A deadly attack on a guesthouse in central Kabul has ended with the deaths of three gunmen and six foreign UN employees staying at the hostel, an Afghan official has said.
Six dead, dozens wounded as violence rages in Iraq
Thu. Oct. 29 [...]
October 23, 2009
Pakistan: state of chaos
As violence escalates in Pakistan, Geoff Brown interviews Riaz Ahmed of the International Socialists of Pakistan about the background to the crisis
Published: Oct. 20, 2009 – SocialistWorkerOnline
What is happening in Pakistan?
Pakistan is in a state of chaos. The whole society has been damaged by the US’s “war on terror”. Pakistan’s rulers are divided and [...]
October 23, 2009
Drone Assassinations Are Only Making Things Worse
by Jacob G. Hornberger
Published: Oct. 22, 2009 – fff.org
Jane Mayer, author of the great book The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How the War on Terror Turned Into a War on American Ideals, was interviewed yesterday on NPR on the CIA’s drone attacks in Pakistan. She discussed the morality and legality of those attacks [...]
October 21, 2009
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Danish troop falls in Afghanistan
Sat. Oct. 24 – A Danish trooper has reportedly died in the southern Afghan province of Helmand, after being fired at by unidentified attackers.
Eight years on, US still says Afghanistan ‘a test’
Sat. Oct. 24 – The United States says that the upcoming run-up to Afghanistan’s [...]
October 21, 2009
An Imperial Strategy for a New World Order: The Origins of World War III
Part 1
by Andrew Gavin Marshall
Published: Oct. 16, 2009 – Global Research
Introduction
In the face of total global economic collapse, the prospects of a massive international war are increasing. Historically, periods of imperial decline and economic crisis are marked by increased international violence and war. The decline of the great European empires was marked by World War [...]
October 3, 2009
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16 Iraqis killed in terrorist attacks
Wed. Oct. 07 – At least sixteen people have reportedly lost their lives and dozens more were injured in separate militant attacks across Iraq.
NATO ‘to increase troops in Afghanistan’
Wed. Oct. 07 – British Home Secretary Alan Johnson says NATO member countries, including the UK, [...]
October 2, 2009
September 11th: Propaganda Day
by Larry Yu
Published: Oct. 01, 2009 – uruknet.info
“As far as the Americans were concerned, the Iraqi people were sub-human, untermenschen. You could almost split the Americans into two groups: ones who were complete crusaders, intent on killing Iraqis, and the others who were in Iraq because the Army was going to pay their college fees.”
– [...]
September 23, 2009
Obama administration shields CIA torturers
by Tom Eley
Published: Sep. 22, 2009 – WSWS
In response to a public campaign by the CIA, the Obama administration has decided to further scale back an already narrow investigation of Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) torture during the Bush years that was announced last month by Attorney General Eric Holder.
In announcing the probe, Holder had made [...]
September 13, 2009
Has Osama Bin Laden been dead for seven years – and are the U.S. and Britain covering it up to continue war on terror?
by Sue Reid
Published: Sep. 12, 2009 – Mail Online
The last time we heard a squeak from him was on June 3 this year.
The world’s most notorious terrorist outsmarted America by releasing a menacing message as Air Force One touched down on Saudi Arabian soil at the start of Barack Obama’s first and much vaunted Middle [...]
