Afghanistan
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Up to 20 US troops executed Panjwai massacre: probe By Bashir Ahmad Naadim
A parliamentary probe team on Thursday said up to 20 American troops were involved in Sunday’s killing of 16 civilians in southern Kandahar province. Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 14 March 2012: More Fun Atrocities
14 March 2012— Information Clearing House Netanyahu is Preparing Israeli Public Opinion for a War on Iran By Aluf Benn Haaretz’s editor-in-chief says that what looks like a preparation for war, acts like a preparation for war, and quacks like a preparation for war, is a preparation for war. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30821.htm Continue reading
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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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Information Clearing House Newsletter 14 March 2012
14 March 2012— Information Clearing House Backing into World War III? By Sean Stone It is no wonder that Russian Prime Minister Putin has called the Anglo-American policy in the Middle East a ‘cult of violence.’ http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30804.htm 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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Information Clearing House Newsletter 12 March 2012: Yemen says U.S. attack killed 64 people
12 March 2012— Information Clearing House Yemen says U.S. attack killed 64 people By UPI “The United States did not inform us on the attacks.” http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30788.htm 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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Information Clearing House Newsletter 11 March 2012: The War On WikiLeaks Is Now Trial By Media In Sweden
11 March 2012— Information Clearing House An Endless Stream of Attacks On Our President Not a scintilla of difference between Republicans and Democrats? By Dennis S. A ceaseless ICH editorial bombardment, even though considered objective tough love by democratic pundits, will have the end effect of keeping potential democratic voters at home. Do you Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 8 March 2012: Can Russia Save the Day?
8 March 2012 — Information Clearing House US ‘Offered Israel New Arms To Delay Iran Attack’ By AFP The US administration offered to supply Israel with advanced bunker-busting bombs and long-range refuelling planes. In return, Israel would agree to put off a possible attack on Iran till 2013, after the US elections in November. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30759.htm Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 7 March 2012: Obama’s Kill Doctrine
7 March 2012 — Information Clearing House Imperial Rage for War By Stephen Lendman “A new chapter is being written in the history of nations. Never before has a small country dictated to a superpower” http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30740.htm Continue reading
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Stop NATO news: March 7, 2012
7 March 2012 — 012 Six British Soldiers Killed In Afghanistan NATO Headquarters: Armenia’s Integration Into Bloc Proceeds Marines In U.S.-Led NATO War Games In Baltic Three-Nation Baltic Exercise To Practice Hosting U.S., NATO Forces Baltic-Nordic Military Cooperation Aimed At Russia Continue reading
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NATO behaving like a law unto itself By M. D. Nalapat*
The impunity with which NATO personnel have killed and injured civilians in Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya has resulted in a sense among its personnel that they are “superior” to the people of these countries, all three of which are outside the charmed circle of those countries NATO considers “civilized” Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 6 March 2012: Stratfor Leaks: NATO Commandos in Illegal Special Ops in Syria
6 March 2012 — Information Clearing House 13 French Army Officers Captured in Syria By Lauren Williams Around 13 French officers are being held by Syrian authorities in Syria, sources have confirmed to The Daily Star. Sources said the group is being held in a field hospital in the city. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30722.htm Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 5 March 2012: Putin Not Part of NWO, Labelled Evil by Elites
5 March 2012 — Information Clearing House Wikileaks Bin Laden’s Body Taken To US: Stratfor By The Journal Secret emails sent by American based intelligence company Stratfor, give rise to growing speculation the US military did not dispose of Osama Bin Laden’s body at sea. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30718.htm Continue reading
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Syrian security forces arrest foreign gunmen in Baba Amr
According to reports many of those detained are Arab nationals, among them Qatari intelligence agents. Others are reportedly from Afghanistan, Turkey and a number of European countries, including France. Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 3 March 2012: Annihilation Hovers over Palestine, Not Israel
3 March 2012 — Information Clearing House Annihilation Hovers over Palestine, Not Israel By Imtiaz Muqbil As the threat of Iran‘s nuclear potential is hyped in Tel Aviv and Washington, it is the people in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem who are in real danger. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30704.htm Continue reading
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Hillary Clinton and Middle East war crimes By Bill Van Auken
The ratcheting up of Washington’s rhetoric is aimed at winning public support for yet another imperialist intervention in the Middle East, with regime-change once again dressed up as a crusade for human rights. Clinton’s statement, however, begs a question. How precisely does she determine when armed violence against civilians constitutes a war crime? Continue reading
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Strategic Culture Foundation 3 March 2012: Belarus / US / Russia / BRICS / Turkey / Israel/Venezuela / Iran / Serbia / Afghanistan
3 March 2012 — Strategic Culture Foundation Syria – Belarus. Parallels 03.03.2012 | 00:00 | Alexander MEZYAEV By the end of 2011 – beginning of 2012 Belarus sparked a wave of hysteria in the West. In December the President of the USA signed the sanctions imposing Belarus Human Rights and Democracy Act. The EU introduced additional Continue reading
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