Tag: Afghanistan
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there’s still time to realize the fraud of obama
obama’s ‘civilian national security force’from kurt nimmo: It appears candidate Obama, if elected, fully intends to recruit young citizens into something he calls a “national security force,” apparently a large paramilitary group “just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded” as the U.S. military. Obama made passing reference to this disturbing idea in a…
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afghanistan accuses ‘foreign intel agency’ of bombing
from paul joseph watson : Afghanistan’s interior ministry has accused a “foreign intelligence agency” of being behind today’s deadly suicide bombing that ripped apart the country’s Indian embassy in Kabul, killing 41 people. Could the event represent another “false flag” run by American intelligence as a means of maintaining a military presence in Afghanistan and…
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dc cops, madd hoax, wargames, drugwars & la radar
dc cops getting semiautomatic riflesfrom upi: Civil rights activists say the move to arm District of Columbia Police Department patrol officers with semiautomatic weapons is going overboard. Officers will be given AR-15 rifles this summer as a way to combat dangerous criminals on the streets, The Washington Post reported Saturday. It is reported 352 officers…
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worldwide protests mark 5th anniversary of iraq war
1000s attend antiwar protests in london & glasgowfrom wikinews: Yesterday, thousands of people attended anti-war protests in London and Glasgow organised by the Stop the War Coalition. The event marks nearly five years since the 2003 invasion of Iraq which begun the Iraq War. The main themes were “Troops out of Iraq and Afghanistan”, “Don’t…
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wikileaks plugged, cia fronts, UN plunge & US runs drugs
wikileaks.org taken offline in USfrom bbc: A controversial website that allows whistle-blowers to anonymously post government and corporate documents has been taken offline in the US. Wikileaks.org, as it is known, was cut off from the internet following a California court ruling, the site says. The case was brought by a Swiss bank after “several…
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money & mccain for ‘more wars’
dod wants $70b more for warsfrom ap: The White House will ask Congress next week for another $70 billion for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, an amount that would help cover operational costs only until early next year when the next administration takes over… Since 2001, Congress has approved some $700 billion for the…
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‘charlie wilson’s war’ imperialist propaganda
second thoughts on ‘charlie wilson’s war’ from chalmers johnson: When imperialist activities produce unmentionable outcomes, such as those well known to anyone paying attention to Afghanistan since about 1990, then ideological thinking kicks in. The horror story is suppressed, or reinterpreted as something benign or ridiculous (a “comedy”), or simply curtailed before the denouement becomes…
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the pentagon wants an afghanisurge
3,000 more marines to afghanistanfrom ap: The Pentagon is preparing to send at least 3,000 Marines to Afghanistan in April to bolster efforts to hold off another expected Taliban offensive in the spring, military officials said Jan. 9. The move represents a shift in Pentagon thinking that has been slowly developing after months of repeated…
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record highs for 2007: death & food prices
2007 deadliest for US troops in iraqfrom ap: The second half of 2007 saw violence drop dramatically in Iraq, but the progress came at a high price: The year was the deadliest for the U.S. military since the 2003 invasion, with 899 troops killed. American commanders and diplomats, however, say the battlefield gains against insurgents…
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mi6 in secret talks with the taliban
from telegraph: Agents from MI6 entered secret talks with Taliban leaders despite Gordon Brown’s pledge that Britain would not negotiate with terrorists, The Daily Telegraph can disclose. Officers from the Secret Intelligence Service staged discussions, known as “jirgas”, with senior insurgents on several occasions over the summer. An intelligence source said: “The SIS officers were…
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canadian cleared of terrorism charges
from press tv: A Canadian man of Pakistani origin who was arrested in Afghanistan for allegedly having connections with al-Qaeda has been released. Suhail Qureshi, 24, was allowed to return to Canada a month ago, after Afghan authorities found no evidence linking him to al-Qaeda or the Taliban, Afghan officials confirmed on Monday. “The intelligence,…
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US ‘friendly fire’ kills 3 uk soldiers
from bbc: Three British troops have been killed in Afghanistan by so-called friendly fire, the Ministry of Defence has said. The MoD said the soldiers, from 1st Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment, were killed at around 1830 local time (1500 BST) on Thursday. It is understood the soldiers died when US fighter planes, called to…
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air force manual outlines how to aid insurgencies
from raw story: The Air Force is ready to aid insurgencies. According to a lengthy new Air Force document, which outlines US strategies for “Irregular Warfare,” military resources will sometimes be needed to help insurgencies in foreign countries. The 103-page document (1.03mb PDF), published earlier this month, takes lessons from the last six years of…
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news on the march
nsa, dod, & fbi seek hackers as alliesfrom the age: US federal agents are reaching out to computer hackers for help fighting crime and terrorism as a tug-of-war between privacy and public safety continues on the Internet. The National Security Agency (NSA), the Department of Defense and the FBI were among the spy, military and…
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‘executive privilege’ hides tillman documents
from raw story: Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA) revealed on Friday afternoon that the White House and Pentagon were holding up a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee investigation into the friendly fire death of former professional football player and Army Corporal Patrick Tillman. “[T]he Committee wrote to White House Counsel Fred Fielding seeking ‘all documents…