Afghanistan
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Mark Steel: That is a lot of bad apples
Who can imagine what might cause someone in a stable environment such as Kandahar, with reliable role models training you to distrust the entire local population as terrorists, and no access to weapons except automatic machine guns, to flip like that? Still, they say it’s always in the tranquil places that these things happen. Continue reading
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The “Lone Gunman” of Kandahar Province? “The Dehumanization of the Enemy” Engrained in the Behavior of US Soldiers… By Andy Dilks
The latest line from the US government on the killings has been to discuss at length the mental state of the gunman. Initially, he was described as being possibly “deranged” at the time of the shootings; then, it was stated that he had suffered a “mental breakdown”, yet another soldier from Fort Lewis-McChord (described by… Continue reading
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The “Lone Gunman” of Kandahar Province? "The Dehumanization of the Enemy" Engrained in the Behavior of US Soldiers… By Andy Dilks
The latest line from the US government on the killings has been to discuss at length the mental state of the gunman. Initially, he was described as being possibly “deranged” at the time of the shootings; then, it was stated that he had suffered a “mental breakdown”, yet another soldier from Fort Lewis-McChord (described by… Continue reading
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Video: Afghan Activists Want US Out, No Deal with Taliban
Sonali Kolhatkar: RAWA women do not want any power sharing deal with Taliban but want US out now Continue reading
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Murder in Afghanistan, the Coverup Begins (updates)
The village is Balandi, outside Kandahar in Afghanistan. Thus far the dead are 16, shot in their homes, not just said to be “women and children” but actually infants murdered in their mother’s arms and set afire. Continue reading
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FAIR Media Advisory 12 March 2012: After Afghan Massacre, War Gets Victim Status
The news that a U.S. Army sergeant killed 16 civilians, most of them children, in southern Afghanistan early Sunday morning was treated by many media outlets primarily as a PR challenge for continued war and occupation of that country. Continue reading
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Russia: punish those involved in US Afghan massacre
Russia is calling for the punishment of those responsible for the for the cold-blooded murder of 17 Afghan civilians, including nine children, and that the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) prevents similar acts of violence in the future. Continue reading
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Media Lens: Britain’s Own Pravda-Style Propaganda: Part 2
Ten years later, the violent consequences of the invasion of Afghanistan are truly appalling. A Stop the War video, ‘What is the true cost of the Afghanistan war?’ details some of the appalling statistics: Continue reading
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Updates on Libyan war/Stop NATO news: October 18, 2011
18 October 2011 — Stop NATO Libya War: Need To Strengthen War Powers Resolution NYT: U.S. Debated Cyberwarfare In Attack Plan On Libya NATO-Iraq Partnership: Italian Military Trains 11,000 Federal And Oil Police Video And Text: NATO Plans Final Solution For Kosovo Serbs Thousands Of Serbs Prepare For NATO Assault U.S. Warship Arrives In Georgia… Continue reading
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Media Lens: Britain’s Own Pravda-Style Propaganda: Part 1 Ten Years Of ‘Involvement’ In Afghanistan
In a shameful editorial, the Guardian burnished its credentials as a hand-wringing liberal supporter of the war. Readers were told that the war that had been ‘unavoidable’ and that ‘we’ had then stayed in the country ‘through all the twists and turns imposed by events’, struggling with ‘the incoherence of our own changing policies, for… Continue reading
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Crusader Blair’s Vision: Eternal War By Felicity Arbuthnot
Combing through Tony Blair’s statements over the years, this week of the tenth anniversary of the attack on the Twin Towers, I had a feeling of deja vu. Continue reading
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Crusader Blair’s Vision: Eternal War By Felicity Arbuthnot
Combing through Tony Blair’s statements over the years, this week of the tenth anniversary of the attack on the Twin Towers, I had a feeling of deja vu. Continue reading
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Ahmad Karzai: From dishwasher to drug kingpin BY Eric Walberg
Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s younger half-brother, Ahmad Wali Karzai, was killed in Kandahar on 12 July during a gathering in his house, according to Kandahar’s Canadian Governor Tooryali Wesa. He was shot in the head and chest with a AK-47 fired by Sardar Mohammad, a former bodyguard to another Karzai brother Qayyoum. Continue reading
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Risk-Free And Above The Law: U.S. Globalizes Drone Warfare By Rick Rozoff
Last week the Washington Post, the New York Times and other major American newspapers reported that the U.S. launched its first unmanned aerial vehicle (drone) missile attack inside Somalia. Continue reading
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Afghanistan: Victory in defeat By Eric Walberg
There are many parallels between Vietnam and Afghanistan. The recent American mayors’ resolution to “bring our war $$ home” and Obama’s announcement that troops are now being withdrawn are fresh reminders, but the story they tell is grim, says Eric Walberg Continue reading
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FAIR Media Advisory: Defining ‘Withdrawal’ From Afghanistan
Barack Obama’s June 22 announcement of a phased troop withdrawal from Afghanistan was often portrayed as a major step towards ending the war, with many outlets neglecting to accurately explain the pace of escalation that has happened under his watch. Continue reading
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Nailing Bin Laden: Was it a military or a media operation? Why now? By Danny Schechter
7 May 2011 — media channel The tip on bin Laden’s whereabouts came in back in 2010. You have to assume the house was under surveillance. If they thought they “bagged him” they would be watching closely and choosing the right time to deep six the target (I actually wrote this lead paragraph sentence before… Continue reading
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The Sheikh who shook two Superpowers By Satya Sagar
Long after he is gone, in the mythology of the Western world, Osama Bin Laden will always remain the fanatical architect of 9/11, the evil man who brought down the World Trade Center, a long standing symbol of US power. On the Arab and other streets of the Third World he will pass into fable… Continue reading
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Obit: Osama bin Laden (1957–2011) By Eric Walberg
A devout Wahhabi, bin Laden rose to fame quickly following the occupation of Afghanistan by Soviet troops in 1979, when US president Jimmy Carter authorised massive funding of mujahideen in Afghanistan and Pakistan and president Ronald Reagan launched his war against the “evil empire”, the ailing Soviet Union, in 1981. Continue reading
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The Anti-Empire Report 2 May 2011 By William Blum: Everything you wanted to know about 'humanitarian intervention'
If you went into surgery to correct a knee problem and the surgeon mistakenly amputated your entire leg, what would you think if someone then remarked to you how nice it was that “you actually no longer have a knee problem, thank God.” … The people of Iraq no longer have a Saddam problem. Continue reading
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