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Another U.S. Atrocity in Afghanistan

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:53:02 +0000

By DAVE LINDORFF - March 15, 2010 Another night-time raid on a housing compound in Afghanistan. Another bunch of innocent Afghans killed. Another round of lies by the US-led forces of the so-called International Security Assistance Force (ISAF). Only this time, among the dead are two pregnant mothers and a teenage girl. read more

US-NATO "strategic concept": Global warfare

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:17:00 +0000

On March 12, North Atlantic Treaty Organization Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen arrived in Warsaw to participate in the NATO’s New Strategic Concept – Global, Transatlantic and Regional Challenges and Tasks Ahead conference. His address reiterated the now standard demand that NATO combine Article 5 so-called collective defense for its members – in Poland’s case that can only be a reference to Russia – with expeditionary deployments outside NATO’s self-defined area of responsibility as exemplified by recent wars and other armed missions in the Balkans, Afghanistan, the Gulf of Aden and the Horn of Africa, the Mediterranean Sea and the Darfur region of Sudan.

Soldiers back from Afghanistan march in Newark

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:55:00 +0000

what should we do, support or protest?

JOE GLENTON DAY OF ACTION 27 MARCH

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:15:00 +0000

"Stop the War has called a protest on Saturday 27 March at the prison where Lance Corporal Joe Glenton is being held after being court martialled and sentenced to nine months imprisonment for refusing to fight in Afghanistan."

Afghanistan: NATO-Lüge aufgedeckt

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:14:00 +0000

GIs erschiessen fünf Menschen: Schwangere Frauen, Mütter und 2 Regierungsbeamte ... Blutiges Ende einer Feier in Afghanistan: Bewaffnete US-Amerikaner stürmten in dem Ort Khataba in der ostafghanischen Provinz Paktia ein Haus und erschossen fünf Menschen: Zwei schwangere Frauen, Mütter von zusammen 15 Kindern, eine Achtzehnjährige und zwei Regierungsbeamte, die sich unter den Gästen befanden. Das geschah am 12. Februar. Etwa 25 Menschen hatten sich an diesem Abend versammelt, um die Namensgebung eines neugeborenen Jungen zu feiern. Obwohl zahlreiche Überlebende die Vorgänge in allen Einzelheiten schilderten, verbreitete die NATO zunächst routinemäßig ein von Lügen strotzendes Kommunique. »Mehrere Aufständische verwickelten die gemeinsame – aus US-Amerikanern und Afghanen bestehende – Einsatzgruppe in ein Feuergefecht und wurden getötet«, hieß es damals in einer Presseerklärung der Besatzer.

Survivors of family killed in Afghanistan raid threaten suicide attacks

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 07:59:47 +0000

The Times: A family whose members were killed in a botched night raid in eastern Afghanistan have rejected “blood money” from the Government and vowed to carry out suicide attacks unless the perpetrators are brought to justice. Two pregnant women, a teenage girl, a policeman and his brother were shot dead on February 12 by unidentified gunmen. Eight men were arrested in the raid on the village of Khataba in Paktia province. They have all been released.

Nato ‘covered up’ botched night raid in Afghanistan that killed five

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:07:27 +0000

The Times: A night raid carried out by US and Afghan gunmen led to the deaths of two pregnant women, a teenage girl and two local officials in an atrocity which Nato then tried to cover up, survivors have told The Times. In a statement after the raid titled “Joint force operating in Gardez makes gruesome discovery”, Nato claimed that the force had found the women’s bodies “tied up, gagged and killed” in a room.

Afghanistan’s Kandahar hit by suicide bombers, 30 dead

Sun, 14 Mar 2010 11:35:06 +0000

BBC News: At least 30 people have been killed and 46 wounded in four suicide bombings in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar, hospital officials say. The first blast happened at about 2000 (1530 GMT). Officials said the biggest attack was aimed at the city's main prison. The Taliban said they carried out the bombings as a "message" to Nato.

WaPo: Unemployment rate for young veterans hits 21.1 percent

Sun, 14 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000

The unemployment rate last year for young veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars hit 21.1 percent, the Labor Department said Friday, reflecting a tough obstacle that combat veterans face as they make the transition home from war.

Afghan police recruits abusing drugs, US report finds

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:57:56 +0000

BBC News: Drug abuse is rife in the Afghan police force with up to four out of 10 recruits testing positive for illegal drugs in some areas, a US report says. The report for the US Congress said the illegal drugs trade "undermines virtually every aspect" of efforts to secure Afghanistan. Afghanistan produces 90% of the world's opium and the drugs trade is a key source of funding for the insurgency.

Anatomy of Conspiracy Theory By Zahir Ebrahim

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:25:00 +0000

In fact, some of the best cloaking devices for clandestine covert-operations and hidden agendas have been invented by the most brilliant minds – here is one exposition for instance from Ezra Pound: “invent two lies and have the public keep arguing which one of them might be true”. Another is by Leo Strauss – the erudite teacher of the majority of the neo-cons – called “Noble Lies”. A third by the White House, often referred to as “plausible deniability”. Lastly, we also have the “limited hangout” and “modified limited hangout” conspiracies to mislead the public in case “plausible deniability” for governmental wrong-doing doesn't work. But wait, we also have “beneficial cognitive diversity” through “cognitive infiltration” - previously known as COINTELPRO and undercover operations - thanks to the academic regurgitation of Harvard Law Professor Cass Sunstein, now President Obama's Chief Information Officer.

One Month of the Obama Killing Machine in Afghanistan: Data and a Lesson for the UNAMA and its Groupies

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:54:48 +0000

RAWA News:Let the numbers tell the story. The following presents a detailed summary and analysis of Afghan civilians killed directly - so-called impact deaths - by U.S/NATO forces in Afghanistan during a single month, February 2010. The Obama killing machine left 80-86 dead Afghan and Pashtun civilians. By contrast, the number in February 2009 was 50. The intent here is to set the record straight as regards Afghans killed by the U.S/NATO, and in so doing challenge the UNAMA to move beyond its “faith-based” counting.

Women’s worst world-wide

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0000

A ranking released on Women’s Day reveals that while Afghanistan is deemed the worst country world-wide for women to live in, the ranking is a saddening lecture for African women as well. Of the top-ten worst countries for women, seven are African. Sadly, the list ignores the many successes in the African countries listed. HSEN

AFGHANISTAN: Women’s rights trampled despite new law

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 02:46:38 +0000

IRIN: As the world marks International Women’s Day, ambivalence, impunity, weak law enforcement and corruption continue to undermine women’s rights in Afghanistan, despite a July 2009 law banning violence against women, rights activists say. A recent case of the public beating of a woman for alleged elopement - also shown on private TV stations in Kabul - highlights the issue.

Solidarity with Women in Iran

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 20:42:00 +0000

More than 50 men and women, mainly Iranians, took part in a protest organised by the 8 March Women's Organsiation (Iran-Afghanistan) to mark International Women's Day. They protested at the Iranian Embassy against the 31 years of anti-women Islamic laws and repression and calling for an end to the Islamic regime in Iran before marching to Trafalgar Square for a rally. London 07/03/2010

Joe Glenton jailed for nine months

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 20:03:30 +0000

A British soldier who refused to return to duty in Afghanistan and went on to speak at anti-war rallies was sentenced to nine months' detention in a military prison on 5th of March. Support group in London is going to appeal, but it's not known whether that can change the situation. Though, people from all over the world already could show, how much solidarity can be effective, organised on 4th and 5th of March actions in support of Joe in UK, Italy, USA, Germany, Greece, Russia and earlier, in January, also in New Zealand and Poland. Thanks to those people, charge of desertion was dropped and instead of 10 years detention in prison Joe was sentenced to 9 months.read more

The Election - What's The Point?

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 10:42:54 +0000

Now that politics have focused down on the election, I find myself thoroughly demotivated. There is a substantial percentage of the population who wish to see a very early withdrawal from the occupation of Afghanistan, who want genuinely firm measures against the casino banking economy, who are very sceptical about the direction the European Union has gone, and who do not want to waste many scores of billions of dollars on a nuclear submarine system which can wipe out half the world's population instantaneously and the rest shortly thereafter. Yet the great "leader's debate" will be between three people who all follow the same pro-bank bailout, pro-Afghan war, pro-EU and pro-Trident consensus. The political differences between them are insignificant - they are engaged in a Mr Smarm contest. They are not even good at that - Brown is an aggressive churl, Cameron is comfortable only working alongside his team of fellow toffs, Nick Clegg seeks to avoid offending the establishment consensus at all costs. Only in Wales and Scotland do any significant number of people have a hope of electing anybody who stands outside the cosy Westmnister consensus on key issues. To work, democracy must present the electorate with real choices. Our democracy does not work.

Luca Tornatore, Copenhagen Detainee, Petition Online

Wed, 23 Dec 2009 17:03:39 +0000

Luca Tornatore, Copenhagen Detainee, Petition Online Please sign the petition: http://www.petitiononline.com/freeall/petition.html Luca Tornatore isn’t only our friend. He is a scientific researcher at the Department of Physics at the University of Trieste. He is a scientist, one who combines passion and a desire to change the world to his scientific skills. These are the ingredients that pushed him to go to Copenhagen together with hundreds of Italian environmentalists. Luca is in Copenhagen to demand climatic justice, to participate in the Climate Forum and to network with others who believe that the environmental emergency must be faced beginning from a democratization of decision-making and not through delegating the question to those who started the problem in the first place or to those who are worsening it. read more