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The Enduring Middle East Strategic Framework Begins to Emerge as Iran Surges, and the US R
The lingering impact of August 3, 2010, clash on the Israeli-Lebanese border lies in the greater context of, and wider strategic dynamics in, the Middle East. These aspects were highlighted by HizbAllah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah in his speech later that day....
Posted: Fri, Aug 6, 2010 7:01am PDT
WikiLeaks "Afghan War Diaries"
a powerful indictment of all wars...
Posted: Wed, Jul 28, 2010 8:32am PDT
Task Force 373: Wikileaks Docs On Assassination Squads
Assassinations... one of the most chilling aspects of the 90,000
pages of Wikileaks docs on the Afghan and Iraq wars....
Posted: Wed, Jul 28, 2010 6:42am PDT
War in Afghanistan: Illegal, Untenable and Unwinnable
war now being escalated...
Posted: Fri, Jul 2, 2010 9:36am PDT
Sacking McChrystal: Testimony to a Lost War
the illegal, lost Afghan war...
Posted: Tue, Jun 29, 2010 9:42am PDT
McChrystal: The Firing of a War Criminal.... And the Criminal War in Afghanistan
The U.S. war in Afghanistan—with all its horrors and atrocities—has become acceptable for far too many people. But this whole McChrystal affair has now created a certain moment where the U.S. war in Afghanistan has been thrust out in the public eye. And people need to seize this time to stand up and oppose these war criminals and this whole criminal war....
Posted: Mon, Jun 28, 2010 2:43pm PDT
Who was on Flight 77?
Is it possible they could have faked their own deaths?...
Posted: Fri, Jun 11, 2010 2:24pm PDT
Clueless in Kandahar and Washington, DC
In the past week the US Occupation troops were surprised by 2 daring attacks on Bagram and Kandahar air bases, launched by the Afghan Talibans. Evidently, the Afghan Resistance delivered their own version of the "Shock and Awe" pre-emptive blows to the foreign Invaders, throwing their previously-announced Kandahar offensive into further disarray....
Posted: Mon, May 24, 2010 3:11am PDT
Who killed John O'Neill?
In one of the seemingly hundreds of amazing "coincidences" circling the events of Sept. 11, 2001, America's top expert on Osama bin Laden was killed on his second day of the job -- as head of security at the World Trade Center. His name was John O'Neill....
Posted: Mon, Apr 12, 2010 1:24pm PDT
Afghanistan: Nothing is Good
The Security Council did not give Americans any blank check. The strongest military alliance of the world threatens to break down after eight years of war in Afghanistan....
Posted: Thu, Apr 8, 2010 4:50am PDT
Even Karzai says US acts as Invader
You know the US Occupation of Afghanistan is in trouble when even the paid quisling, Hamid Karzai--who was forcefully foisted upon the Afghan loya jirga back in 2002 by an overbearing Uncle Sam's viceroy, another ex-oil agent Zalmay Kalizad--started calling the NATO & American troops as Invaders, as he did this past weekend....
Posted: Sun, Apr 4, 2010 3:09am PDT
Obama's dark 'Sneak & Peek' into Kabul
Imitating George W. Bush's Turkey Trot into Afghanistan back in 2002, Barack Obama flew furtively into Kabul in the middle of the night. In so doing, POTUS 44 unwittingly confirmed to the world that too many Afghans view the US as an Occupier and the 100,000 GIs--including their "Commander-in-Chief"--as unwelcome Invaders....
Posted: Mon, Mar 29, 2010 3:55am PDT
Bombing in Lashkar Gah Kills 7; Karzai Cabinet Denounces NATO over Civilian Deaths; Russia wants Heroin Industry Destroyed
From a Tuesday, February 23, 2010 entry on Informed Comment a blog run by Juan Cole...
Posted: Tue, Feb 23, 2010 7:14am PST
NATO Forces Blocking Movement of Wounded Afghan Civilians
Wednesday, February 17, 2010 :The US is coming under increasing criticism over the rise in civilian casualties during the assault on the Afghan city of Marjah, one of the largest military offensives of the eight-year war. At least nineteen civilians have been killed so far, including six children who died when a missile struck their house on the outskirts of the city. We speak with Matteo dell’Aira, medical coordinator of the Emergency Lashkar Gah hospital....
Posted: Wed, Feb 17, 2010 7:43am PST
Mullah Baradar, No. 2 Man in Old Taliban, Captured by ISI in Karachi
From a Tuesday, February 16, 2010 entry on Informed Comment a blog run by Juan Cole...
Posted: Tue, Feb 16, 2010 7:56am PST
Civilian Casualties Mount During US Offensive in Afghanistan
Tuesday, February 16, 2010 :In Afghanistan, thousands of US and NATO forces have entered the fourth day of a major offensive in Marjah in southern Helmand province. At least nineteen civilians have been killed so far, including six children who died when a missile struck their house on the outskirts of the city. Meanwhile, the Italian NGO Emergency says that dozens of seriously injured civilians are being prevented from reaching hospitals in the provincial capital, Lashkar Gah, due to militar...
Posted: Tue, Feb 16, 2010 7:55am PST
40-Day Mourning Sessions targeted by Sunni Radicals in Karbala, Karachi
From a Saturday, February 6, 2010 entry on Informed Comment a blog run by Juan Cole...
Posted: Sat, Feb 6, 2010 9:34am PST
"America's Secret Afghan Prisons": Investigation Unearths New US Torture Site, Abuse Allegations in Afghanistan
Tuesday, February 2, 2010 :A new investigation by journalist Anand Gopal reveals harrowing details about US secret prisons in Afghanistan, under both the Bush and Obama administrations. Gopal interviewed Afghans who were detained and abused at several disclosed and undisclosed sites at US and Afghan military bases across the country. He also reveals the existence of another secret prison on Bagram Air Base that even the Red Cross does not have access to. It is dubbed the Black Jail and is rep...
Posted: Wed, Feb 3, 2010 9:01am PST
Pakistan's Wealth Divide and Rising Militancy
Friday, January 29, 2010 : A NATO convoy came under assault Thursday while carrying supplies through Pakistan to Afghanistan in a rare ambush inside Karachi. We speak with Quratulain Bakhteari, founding director of the Institute for Development Studies and Practices, about rising militancy in Pakistan....
Posted: Sat, Jan 30, 2010 9:02am PST
NATO, Afghan Troops Clash, 4 killed; Call for Talks with Taliban Rejected
From a Saturday, January 30, 2010 entry on Informed Comment a blog run by Juan Cole...
Posted: Sat, Jan 30, 2010 8:59am PST