The Yemen Hidden Agenda: Behind the Al-Qaeda Scenarios, A Strategic Oil Transit Chokepoint By F. William Engdahl, Global Research, January 5, 2010 On December 25 US authorities arrested a Nigerian named Abdulmutallab aboard a Northwest Airlines flight from Amsterdam to…
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Civilian death toll mounts – Afghans protest
Al Jazeera reports that the streets of Kabul have been flooded with protesters, angry at the number of civilian deaths at the hands of foreign forces in the country. The protests were triggered by an ISAF air raid, that killed…
Western troops accused of executing 10 Afghan civilians, including children
ASADABAD, Afghanistan (Reuters) – Hundreds of Afghans took to the streets on Wednesday to protest against the killing of 10 civilians, mostly teenagers, in a raid by foreign forces, which heightened tensions between the Afghan government and NATO. By Jerome…
Lieberman: Yemen will be ‘tomorrow’s war’ if pre-emptive action not taken
By Jordan Fabian, The Hill, Dec. 27, 2009 Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) Sunday said that Yemen could be the ground of America’s next overseas war if Washington does not take preemptive action to root out al-Qaeda interests there. Lieberman, who…
Who Are The Four Afghans Released From Guantánamo?
by Andy Worthington, December 23, 2009 Over the weekend, 12 prisoners were released from Guantánamo, as the Justice Department announced in a press release on December 20. I have previously reported the stories of the two Somalis who were released…
The US Currently Has 189,000 Personnel in Afghanistan
Stunning Statistics About the War That Everyone Should Know By Jeremy Scahill, Counterpunch, December 18-20, 2009 A hearing in Sen. Claire McCaskill’s Contract Oversightsubcommittee on contracting in Afghanistan has highlighted some important statistics that provide a window into the extent…
Indian Muslims declare terrorism anti-Islamic
Some of the most influential Muslim scholars in India have passed a resolution condemning all forms of violence in the name of Islam. The Deoband is an influential Islamic school inspiring tens of thousands of religious study centres across the…
The CIA’s Afghan Payroll
Security By Warlords By Gareth Porter, Counterpunch, Weekend Edition: Oct. 30-Nov. 1, 2009 The revelation by the New York Times Wednesday that Ahmed Wali Karzai, the brother of Afghan President Hamid Karzai, has long been on the payroll of the…
Middle East Water War
Amnesty International, the human rights organisation, is accusing Israel of deliberately denying Palestinians fair access to water. But the Israeli government has called Amnesty’s report “preposterous,” and says Palestinians have failed to develop their own water infrastructure. Al Jazeera’s Jacky…
War next door creates havoc in Pakistan
by Eric Morgolis, Toronto Sun, Oct. 18, 2009 Pakistan, increasingly destabilized by the U.S.-led war in neighbouring Afghanistan, is getting closer to blowing apart. Bombings and shootings have rocked this nation of 167 million, including a brazen attack on army…