Defense secretary Robert Gates issued some strong comments yesterday on the failure of the NATO coalition to win the war in Afghanistan saying some countries are willing to risk casualties while others are not. Thus, putting the mission in jeopardy. That’s interesting since it’s a war the US started, abandoned, and now only [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Afghanistan’
Clean Up Crew Gets Tired
Posted in Afghanistan, tagged Afghanistan, Britan, canada, Condi Rice, David Millband, Europe, Germany, NATO, Robert Gates on February 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Al-Qaeda Operative Killed in Afghanistan
Posted in Afghanistan, tagged Abu Laith Al-Libi, Afghanistan, Al-Qaeda, Waziristan on January 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Al-Qaeda operative Abu Laith al-Libi has been killed in the fighting in Afghanistan. Abu Laith al-Libi is a libyan who joined the mujahidin fighters in the 1980s to fight against the soviets. He was known to have been good with bomb making and guerrilla warfare. Abu Laith al-Libi was believed to [...]
Canadian Troops Take A Stand Against Torture
Posted in Afghanistan, canada, torture, tagged Afghanistan, canada, Detainees, torture on January 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In a departure from the American way of handling detainees (aka torture), the Canadian military, currently helping us with the ongoing war in Afghanistan, has stopped transferring prisoners over to Afghani authorities where evidence suggests that they are torturing the prisoners.
The Real News Is Happening In Pakistan
Posted in Afghanistan, Pakistan, elections, tagged Afghanistan, Bhutto, elections, Joe Lieberman, Pakistan, Taliban on January 9, 2008 | 2 Comments »
News of the goings on inside Pakistan has all but disappeared from the western media lately with the naval gazing over the presidential primaries dominating nearly every second of the news cycle. The elections in Pakistan have been set for February 18, Bilawal Bhutto the soon-to-be leader of the Pakistan People’s Party addressed the [...]
Their Stance on Security Looks More like Bush’s Everyday
Posted in Afghanistan, Pakistan, tagged Afghanistan, Pakistan, security, Taliban, US on January 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It’s no wonder that President Bush is such a staunch supporter of Musharraf and Karzai, they’re just like him. Rather than going after the Taliban, and other extremist groups that pose threats to their own national security, they only pay lip service to the idea out of one side of their mouth and pander [...]
Evidence of Torture and Dissappearances Keeps Coming Out
Posted in Bush, Bush Administration, Cheney, DoJ, Guantanamo Bay, Iran, Iraq, Musharraf, torture, tagged Afghanistan, Bush Administration, CIA, Congress, Iraq, torture, war on terror on December 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
In what started as a trickle, has rapidly advanced to a rising tide, stories of torture and mass disappearances are flooding the news. The stories read like political fictions but are all too real. Countries involvement in torture is nothing new, in fact America’s involvement in torture is nothing new. But, what [...]
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