The New Dark Age

Afghan Bomb Aims at Anti-Opium Aid
New York Times
Most of the victims were farmers and other Afghans lined up to receive
fertilizer and seeds from the NATO-backed Food Zone program, which is
designed to …
www.nytimes.com/2010/04/01/world/asia/01afghan.html

War is Boring: In Eastern Afghanistan, Virtual ‘No Go’ Zones for NATO Forces
World Politics Review
In Afghanistan, meetings such as this one between NATO forces and Afghan
elders are the bread and butter of military-civil relations. …
www.worldpoliticsreview.com/article.aspx?id=5358

Czech president, NATO Europe chief discuss Czech operation in Afghanistan
Global Times
Czech President Vaclav Klaus discussed the Czech military’s operation in
Afghanistan at a meeting with NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander Europe
(SACEUR) James …
world.globaltimes.cn/europe/2010-03/517796.html

US general declares war on junk food
ABC Online
The US commander in Afghanistan, General Stanley McChrystal, has banned
American and NATO troops from eating fast food. The General, who runs 13
kilometres …
www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/03/31/2861692.htm?section=justin

Canada and NATO – mutually dependant
Toronto Star
Thomas S. Caldwell Chairman of Caldwell Financial Ltd. and director of the
Conference of Defence Associations Institute The mere mention of NATO
typically …
www.thestar.com/opinion/article/787822—canada-and-nato-mutually-dependant

UPI NewsTrack TopNews
UPI.com
The Kandahar campaign is reportedly set to start in June on the heels of
the offensive by the 15000 US, NATO and Afghan troops in neighboring
Helmand, …
www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2010/03/31/UPI-NewsTrack-TopNews/UPI-43861270036800/

Despite Doubt, Karzai Brother Retains Power
New York Times
“My recommendation was, remove him,” a senior NATO officer said this
week, speaking on the condition of anonymity. “But for President Karzai,
he’s looking …
www.nytimes.com/2010/03/31/world/asia/31karzai.html?src=mv

AT WAR: Karzai Increasingly Spurning US’s Influence
Huffington Post (blog)
The report also says that the international community, including the US and
its NATO partners, is too focused on short-term security needs and is
neglecting …
www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/30/at-war-karzai-increasingl_n_518285.html

More AfPak Meetings: France And Canada Talk NATO Commitments
Firedoglake (blog)
The fall of the Dutch Government over its troop commitment to Afghanistan
demonstrates the fragility of European support for the NATO-led ISAF
mission. …
seminal.firedoglake.com/diary/38288

General Apologizes For False Testimony
Advocate.com
“I was in the NATO headquarters in Naples Italy in July 1995 when the
Srebrenica incident was unfolding,” Col. Trahan wrote to The Advocate.
…
www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2010/03/30/General_Apologizes_For_False_Testimony/

GayPatriot “ What’s In The Water at NATO HQ?
By GayPatriot
I saw former NATO Commander US Gen. John Sheehan’s remarks made a couple
weeks ago during a Congressional hearing on “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.” I
was surprised it didn’t receive more media attention when he said it: …
www.gaypatriot.net/2010/03/30/whats-in-the-water-at-nato-hq/

Bomb attack kills NATO soldier in Afghanistan | EMOIZ.COM
By Naeem
KABUL: A NATO solider was killed in a bomb attack in Afghanistan, the
military said Wednesday, nearly doubling the number of foreign troops to
die in the war so far this year compared to same period in 2009. The death
on Tuesday brings …
www.emoiz.com/bomb-attack-kills-nato-soldier-in-afghanistan

Epoch Times – NATO to Target Kandahar in June
By By Jasper Fakkert/Epoch Times Staff
NATO forces are expected to make a long-planned assault on the southern
Afghan city of Kandahar.
www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/32393/

Russian ‘nyet’ to NATO extension east : Congress of North American …
It is not to say that the NATO accession process is going more smoothly and
that it is less politically motivated and dependent, but it has wider
geopolitical scope, broader impact on the Alliance’s relations with Russia,
clearer actual …
www.bosniak.org/russian-%E2%80%98nyet%E2%80%99-to-nato-extension-east/

NATO Tries to Silence a Truth-Teller in Afghanistan ·
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RhkBMCiU7M. Q: Why would U.S. and allied
forces in Afghanistan go out of their way to smear a journalist? A: Because
he told the truth about a night …
researchris.blogspot.com/2010/03/nato-tries-to-silence-truth-teller-in.html