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The War on Afghan Civilians

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 05:23:00 +0000

By DAVE LINDORFF - March 17, 2010 What we have been seeing in Afghanistan--and this goes way back to before the appointment of McChrystal, or even the election of President Barack Obama, and his subsequent escalation of the war--has been a vicious campaign of terror against the Afghan people. read more

Russia Criticizes U.S., NATO Over Afghan Drugs wink wink

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 02:29:00 +0000

If the squeals out of Russia about drug trafficking are real, and I have serious doubts about that, why not mention this bridge? In August 2007, the presidents of Afghanistan and Tajikistan walked side by side with the U.S. commerce secretary across a new $37 million concrete bridge that the Army Corps of Engineers designed to [...]

India: 43 people die in accidents at Commonwealth Games sites

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000

LabourStart headline - Source: Associated Press

Sanctuary for Amir Sharifi

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:26:00 +0000

Amir Sharifi, a national of Iran and resident of Bolton since September 2008, is currently detained in Harmondsworth IRC and due to be forcibly removed form the UK to Iran on British Airways flight BA7531/BD931 direct to Tehran, at 18.30 on Sunday, 21st March, 2010.

NATO'S Fire Sale - One Dead Afghan Child, $2,000

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 11:15:00 +0000

On January 11, 2010, we sent out a media alert titled, ‘Were Afghan children executed by US-led forces? And why aren't the media interested?’ http://www.medialens.org/alerts/10/100111_were_afghan_children.php The alert concerned credible reports that American-led troops had dragged Afghan children from their beds and shot them during a night raid in Kunar province in eastern Afghanistan on December 27 last year. Ten people were killed, including eight schoolboys from one family. We noted that the alleged atrocity had been almost wholly ignored by the corporate media, including the BBC.

Stop the Afghan war — protest Obama

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 01:08:53 +0000

Helen Patterson & Rupen Savoulian, Green Left Weekly 13 March 2010 -- An article posted at RAWA.org on March 10 by Marc W. Herold said that on February 27, the US/NATO forces occupying Afghanistan “killed three people, including two children, in Alasai district of Kapisa province”. “Mohammad Ashraf, a tribal elder of Kotki area of Alasai district, [said] French soldiers ... in an area far from Waldikhel village of Kotki area laid an ambush. read more

Sri Lanka: Left-Tamil alliance contests elections

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 01:03:19 +0000

Chris Slee, Green Left Weekly 12 March 2010 -- The Left Liberation Front is contesting 19 seats in the April 8 parliamentary elections in Sri Lanka. The LLF, an electoral coalition comprising the Nava Sama Samaja Party, Tamil National Liberation Alliance, and the Socialist Party, stands for the right of self-determination for the oppressed Tamil people, freedom for political prisoners and an end to the state of emergency. read more

Pakistani women workers march

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:56:42 +0000

Bushra Khaliq, Lahore 13 March 2010 -- More than 1500 women marched in Lahore from Nasir Bagh to the Punjab Assembly, under the banner of the Women Workers’ Help Line (WWHL) to celebrate International Women’s Day (IWD) on March 8. Despite prevailing fear among the people of Lahore after an early morning suicidal attack in Model Town, women workers, including home-based workers, domestic workers, brick kiln and embellishment workers, made their way to observe the IWD. read more

Live Earth: Exposing Dow's Greenwashing

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:27:28 +0000

Message from the International Campaign for Justice in Bhopal. This April 18, Live Earth, a series of events "to help solve the water crisis", will be held in locations all over the world. It is the ultimate irony that these events’ main sponsor is Dow Chemical, a corporate criminal responsible for the continued contamination of drinking water for 30,000 people in Bhopal, India and for causing severe water crises by poisoning the sources of water for people all over the world. read more

Pakistan: Tension Escalates at Pearl Continental Karachi as Workers Contest New Management Brutality

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000

LabourStart headline - Source: IUF

Who’s stealing Afghan cultural treasures?

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 04:07:14 +0000

RT.com: Afghanistan’s unique location has made it home to the world's most complex civilizations that left a rich cultural heritage. But the war-torn country has now fallen victim to looters, stealing the nation’s artifacts. Ever since Afghanistan was invaded by Alexander the Great, nearly 2,500 years ago, the country has seen one foreign army after another. In recent times – the British, the Soviets – and now the Americans ...

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.

Defense Department Official Established Network of Private Contractors in Afghanistan and Pakistan to Help Track and Kill Suspected Militants

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:10:15 +0000

Via: New York Times: Under the cover of a benign government information-gathering program, a Defense Department official set up a network of private contractors in Afghanistan and Pakistan to help track and kill suspected militants, according to military officials and businessmen in Afghanistan and the United States. The official, Michael D. Furlong, hired contractors from [...]

U.S. “Bunker-Buster” Bombs On Way To Diego Garcia?

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:44:03 +0000

Via: Herald Scotland: Hundreds of powerful US “bunker-buster” bombs are being shipped from California to the British island of Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean in preparation for a possible attack on Iran. The Sunday Herald can reveal that the US government signed a contract in January to transport 10 ammunition containers to the island. According to [...]

Soldiers back from Afghanistan march in Newark

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

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