Kandahar
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ICH 27 October 2012: Noam Chomsky : Who Owns the World?
27 October 2012 — Information Clearing House Welcome to the Age of Hell Entrenching Murder as the American Way By Chris Floyd Weep for where we are, and where we’re going. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32878.htm Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 18 March 2012: 20 US Troops In Afghan Rape Massacre?
18 March 2012— Information Clearing House Up to 20 US Troops Behind Kandahar Bloodbath/Rape – Afghan Probe By RT He appealed to the international community to ensure that the responsible parties were brought to justice, stressing the Afghan parliament would not rest until the killers were prosecuted. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30844.htm Continue reading
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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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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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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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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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Syria News Roundup 14 July 2011: Good Protesters, Bad Protesters
“Yesterday, a US official referred to the protesters at the US embassy as ‘thugs.’ But if they were attacking a Ba’th office or a Syrian government building, I am sure that they would not have been described as thugs. So thuggery is not an act in itself: it is a description of an act directed… 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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War In Afghanistan Evokes Second World War Parallels By Rick Rozoff
The assault on Marjah was intended and presented as a warm-up exercise for the campaign in Kandahar province and city scheduled to begin as early as June, and the public relations blitz before the February attack on Marjah was of a scope customarily reserved for high-budget Hollywood releases and professional sports events. The self-celebratory propaganda… Continue reading
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