6/14/2003: Women continue to fight for basic human rights in Afghanistan. IMC NYC Sound working group interviewed RAWA member Tahmeena F. and Anne Brodsky, author of "With All Our Strength: RAWA" in late May.
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11/13/2001, the US dropped two 500lb bombs on the offices of
Al-Jazeera news network, which in turn
accused the US of deliberately targeting the building after being told of its exact location. Al-Jazeera had been
criticized by the US government for its coverage of the war, since unlike the US media it was willing to
show pictures of civilian victims of the US bombing. On Oct 14, New York Daily News columnist Zev Chafets wrote: "dealing with Al Jazeera is a job for the military. Shutting it down should be an immediate priority." Protesters
gathered at the Federal Bldg in SF on 11/14 to oppose the US attacks.
Al-Jazeera in English
10/22/2001: The US continued to bomb Afghanistan for weeks despite a dearth of Taliban military targets.
The Taliban reported that as many as 1,500 civilians were killed during the five weeks of attacks and
Al Jazeera showed pictures of children, women and the elderly wounded and killed in the US attacks.
At the time, US military officials and the corporate media contended that these numbers were "grossly exaggerated", but
independent estimates after the war ended confirm that the air attacks resulted in
thousands of civilian deaths.
US bombs didnt kill all their victims immediately. Many
cluster bombs were dropped in populated areas. In total "1,228 cluster bombs containing 248,056 bomblets" were dropped on Afghanistan during the war. Because
some cluster bombs don't immediately explode, they are known to kill and maim people
years after hitting the ground.
Adding to the danger of the cluster bombs in Afghanistan are the
similarities between the yellow food parcels dropped by US planes and the yellow casings of cluster bombs. The
US military admitted the bombs and food packages were of the
same color and size but claimed that Afghan children would be easilly able to identity between the two based off the shape.
10/7/2001: US missiles were launched at Afghanistan cities from bombers, aircraft, ships and
submarines (both US & British). The attacks began around 9:30PM (9:30AM PDT) in Kabul.
When Bush's declaration of war speech was
simulcast at football stadiums around the
country, many Americans celebrated the attacks which would cause death
and destruction.
- 4 UN workers have been killed
by US bombs. The workers were in Afghanistan helping remove millions of mines left over by 15 years of conflict. Read more.
- Power has gone out in Kabul as missiles hit the city.
- Women in Afghanistan are speaking out against continued
US support of oppressive regimes in their country. The US military
use of opposition forces against the Taliban are setting the stage for exactly
what caused Osama bin Laden to gain power.
- Food aid groups speak out against US
military "humanitarian aid," arguing that it is "risky,
random, expensive and likely to meet only a fraction of the need" of
the full-scale human crisis being caused by US bombing raids.
- Political stability in the region continues
to be impacted by the destructive US-led war effort.
- Pakistani government announces that 50
missiles went through their airspace on the way to Afghanistan on Sunday.
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