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Destroying Pakistan to Make It Safe

by on 21. May, 2009 in Analysis, Opinion

The US keeps kicking hornet’s nests around the globe and wondering why it continues getting stung

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Finding Ways to Stay in Iraq

by on 20. May, 2009 in Analysis, Opinion

  by Scott Horton Those who bought into the slogans “Hope” and “Change” last fall should have read the fine print. We were warned. Over and over during the campaign for the presidency Barack Obama made it clear that “withdrawal” from Iraq on his flexible 16-month timetable meant only the removal of “combat forces.” He [...]

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The U.S. to Raise Military Aid to Israel

by on 19. May, 2009 in General

  The Alternative Information Center     Tuesday, 12 May 2009   Despite expectations that the Obama administration will pressure Israel to accept a two-state solution and implement practical measures, the U.S. administration has sent signals that aid to Israel will, in fact, be raised. At the same time, the budget also imposes harsh conditions [...]

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Rumsfeld’s Renegade Unit Blamed for Afghan Deaths

by on 19. May, 2009 in General

  Special Forces group implicated in three incidents that claimed the lives of hundreds of innocent civilians / MarSOC was set up by former defence secretary despite opposition from within the Marine Corps   By Jerome Starkey in Kabul  The Independent   May 17, 2009   A single American Special Forces group was behind at [...]

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Afghan president Hamid Karzai chooses warlord as running mate

by on 06. May, 2009 in General

KABUL – President Hamid Karzai chose a powerful warlord accused of rights abuses as one of his vice presidential running mates on Monday, hours before leaving for meetings in Washington with President Barack Obama and Pakistan’s president.  

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US army ‘does not promote religion’

by on 06. May, 2009 in Hard News

The US’s highest ranking military officer has said it is not the US military’s position to promote any specific religion, after Al Jazeera revealed footage of troops apparently preparing to convert Afghans to their Christian faith.  

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