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US troops kill Afghan student US troops fatally shot a student who tried to flee a search operation in troubled eastern Afghanistan, a senior Afghan official said today.
The shooting occurred during a house-to-house search on Saturday evening in Kundi, a village about 150 km south of the capital, Kabul, in Khost province, Governor Sarajuddin Patan said....
Posted: Mon, May 31, 2004 8:22am PDT
U.S. is lost in Afghanistan The handful of valiant American warriors fighting the ''other'' war in Afghanistan is not a happy band of brothers. They are undermanned and feel neglected, lack confidence in their generals and are disgusted by Afghan political leadership. Most important, they are appalled by the immense but fruitless effort to find Osama bin Laden for purposes of U.S. politics.
This bleak picture goes unreported because journalists are rarely seen there. It was painted to me by hard U.S. fighters who are...
Posted: Mon, May 31, 2004 8:20am PDT
Afghanistan's deadly harvest IN Saudi Arabia, terrorists strike at the economic lifeblood of the West by attacking oil installations.
And in Afghanistan, they strike at the West's morale by promoting opium cultivation and heroin-smuggling....
Posted: Mon, May 31, 2004 8:18am PDT
I am still president, says Aristide 
Ousted Haitian leader vows to return home after temporary asylum in South Africa...
Posted: Mon, May 31, 2004 8:13am PDT
Aristide accorded head-of-state welcome in S. Africa JOHANNESBURG, May 31 (Xinhuanet) -- Ousted Haitian president Jean-Bertrand Aristide received a welcome reserved for head of state when he arrived in South Africa for asylum on Monday afternoon.
South African President Thabo Mbeki, Foreign Minister NkosazanaDlamini-Zuma and other senior cabinet ministers were at the Johannesburg International Airport to wait for the arrival of Aristide and his family....
Posted: Mon, May 31, 2004 8:10am PDT
US troops attack Kufa despite truce KUFA: US troops attacked Kufa from thee sides despite truce and clashes erupted in Kufa between Shiite Muslim militiamen and US troops for the second consecutive day....
Posted: Mon, May 31, 2004 8:06am PDT
Talabani: Kurds Will Not Support New UN Resolution Jalal Talabani, the veteran Iraq Kurdish leader, has said the Kurds will not support a new UN resolution unless it endorses a federal Kurdish region within Iraq.
Mr Talabani said he still hoped the resolution, which is being discussed at the UN, would uphold the principles of "democracy, human rights, federations and equal citizenship" that were in the Transitional Administrative Law (Tal), agreed by Iraq's US-appointed Governing Council in March....
Posted: Mon, May 31, 2004 8:01am PDT
Battle for Baghdad: Were not for Sistani, there would be Kurdistani! Thus it came to this. What positions do the Kurdish political parties get in Baghdad, prime minister, deputy prime minister, principal ministries?
Dr Mahumd Othman in an interview with al-Hayat on Sunday , mourns the fact that the two parties, PUK and KDP, did not insist on getting the position of the Prime Minister.
They did not make this demand as redline. Otherwise they would have got it!...
Posted: Mon, May 31, 2004 7:59am PDT
Bad News for the Americanized t appears that the Iraqi swamp is growing wider and deeper. The idiots in the US administration are drowning in its mud, prompting American political and military leaders, both Democrat and Republican, to raise their voices, disclose facts and, for the first time perhaps, begin to call things by their real names....
Posted: Mon, May 31, 2004 7:56am PDT
Disintegration Late night writing due to the sweat alarm that has gone off, shortly after the electricity has cut out yet again. The electricity seems to have gotten worse lately, which is not surprising, in that this coincides with the gas shortage -- also growing more severe by the day....
Posted: Mon, May 31, 2004 7:52am PDT
Fighting rages in Iraqi holy city Kufa, Iraq — Fighting raged in the Shiite holy city of Kufa early Monday, further eroding a deal to halt clashes with followers of a radical Muslim cleric. A strong explosion rocked Baghdad near the so-called green zone and early reports said there were a number of casualties....
Posted: Mon, May 31, 2004 7:45am PDT
Migrant Workers Celebrate 200 Days of Sit-In Struggle in Seoul 
Sunday marked 200 days of struggle in the heart of Seoul by the migrant workers of Myoung Dong Sit-In Struggle Collective, whose demands are: Stop Crackdown! Legalize all Migrants! Koreans are also currently protesting against a proposed US-Korea Free Trade Agreement, against the government's decision to send S. Korean troops to Iraq, against plans for another US military base in S. Korea, and against a nuclear dumping facility....
Posted: Sun, May 30, 2004 9:21pm PDT
Gaza House Razing Renewed An IDF helicopter attack yesterday in Gaza City killed three Hamas militants, and injured seven civilians, Palestinian sources reported. They said the three men were standing by a motorcycle in Gaza City's Zeitoun district....
Posted: Sun, May 30, 2004 8:21pm PDT
911: the Road to Tyranny Explosive documentary "911: the Road to Tyranny" is now on the Internet Archive....
Posted: Sun, May 30, 2004 7:38pm PDT
Iraq's education setback The Iraqi education system has witnessed two setbacks in the last 14 years, which has left it in ruins....
Posted: Sun, May 30, 2004 3:25pm PDT
Jamaica Gleaner: Adieu, Jean-Bertrand Aristide FORMER PRESIDENT of Haiti, Jean-Bertrand Aristide and his family are expected to fly out of the island later today to take up residence in South Africa, after spending two-and-a-half months of temporary asylum here....
Posted: Sun, May 30, 2004 1:57pm PDT
US frees Palestinian envoys in Iraq Two Palestinian diplomats have been released from a year in US custody in Iraq's notorious Abu Ghraib prison....
Posted: Sun, May 30, 2004 1:30pm PDT
Sharon government shaky Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon threatened to fire Cabinet members who oppose his revised Gaza pullback plan. "I have every intention of seeing this plan passed, even if I have to change the makeup of the government. That is my duty to the public," Sharon was quoted as telling ministers during a seven-hour Cabinet debate on Sunday....
Posted: Sun, May 30, 2004 1:22pm PDT
Israeli torture at Shatah prison. Israel continues attacks on Rafah The Palestinian Political Prisoners and Ex-Prisoners Association, “Hussam”, released a statement yesterday detailing the torture of Palestinian prisoners by their Israeli guards at Shatah prison....
Posted: Sun, May 30, 2004 1:17pm PDT
Israel'sTransportation Minister Presents Plan To Expel "Disloyal" Israeli Arabs Transportation Minister Avigdor Lieberman has presented Russian officials with his plan to separate Jews from Arabs, which involves exiling Israeli Arabs deemed disloyal to the state....
Posted: Sun, May 30, 2004 1:13pm PDT
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