Al Jazeera English, July 02, 2010 Peace demonstrators who have been camping outside the British parliament since May are facing forced eviction on Friday. A court ruled they are damaging the famous square outside the building, but the activists have…
Tag: Afghanistan war
Lessons from Afghan history
Why the Taliban is winning in Afghanistan By William Dalrymple, New Statesman, June 22, 2010 As Washington and London struggle to prop up a puppet government over which Hamid Karzai has no control, they risk repeating the blood-soaked 19th-century history…
Inside the Taliban
AlJazeeraEnglish, June 24, 2010 (22 minutes): What kind of Afghanistan does the Taliban want and is their vision for the nation one that is sustainable?
Ceasefire.ca: Help stop “a summer of bloodshed”
Dear Ceasefire.ca supporters – This is an urgent alert to inform you of new developments in Afghanistan, and to ask for your help to avert more innocent civilian casualties. Your action is required. This could be our most important campaign…
Why the Americans are losing the Afghan war
Afghanistan: The Longest Lost War By James Petras, Canadian Dimension, June 17, 2010 Introduction Despite almost a decade of warfare, including an invasion and occupation, the US military and its allies and client state armed forces are losing the war…
Afghanistan’s mineral riches and the war
TheRealNews: Did a 2007 report of massive mineral deposits in Afghanistan affect President Obama’s 2009 decision to widen the scope of the Afghan war? Afghanistan claims mineral wealth is worth $3 trillion By Ben Farmer, The Telegraph, June 17, 2010…
Catch 22 in Afghanistan
Milo Minderbender in Afghanistan By John Grant, Counterpunch, June 11-13, 2010 No one has captured the absurd spirit of US war-making better than Joseph Heller in Catch 22. Here’s one of the greatest literary symbols for capitalism, Milo Minderbinder, on…
Kandahar Death Squads – Afghanistan
journeymanpictures — May 18, 2010 — May 2010 In a bold new offensive, US and NATO forces are turning to Afghan militias for help. More feared than the Taliban, and wearing the weapons and impunity of the US army –…
War pollutes and poisons
U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Robert B. Brown, with Combat Camera Unit, Regimental Combat Team 6, watches over the civilian firefighters at the burn pit as smoke and flames rise into the night sky behind him in Camp Fallujah, Iraq, May…
Afghan torture allegations erupt in U.K.
Detainees tell of ‘electrocution, beating, whipping, stress positions’ By CBC News, April 21, 2010 Afghan detainees handed over by British troops to Afghan secret police were regularly beaten with weapons, hung from the ceiling and electrocuted, according to detailed allegations…