The Cost of War
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By: jedicist
The cloak of secrecy and mendacity that covers the shadow war the United States is waging in Pakistan undermines democratic values both in the battle against the Taliban and back home. Our strategy relies on backroom deals, on proxy warriors and private mercenaries, on the complicity of a corrupt Pakistani government, on ...
about 1 month ago
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PAKISTAN shuts school fearing fresh attacks
By: akhtar
Pakistan shut schools and colleges nationwide on wednesday a day after a suicide attack on a prestigious islamic university as ground troops pressed home an anti- taliban offensive.
about 1 month ago
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Obama Administration Welcomes Election Of Vote Thief
By: robertweller
Obama Welcomes Election of Vote By Robert Weller President Obama promised voters he would work to end the war in Afghanistan. So far he has approved a new term for President Karzai, who would have been disqualified in many countries for rigging the first round of the presidential vote. Under pressure from some generals and right-wing t...
29 days ago
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Law and Order in Pakistan Gets Worse as Schools are Shut across the ...
Islamabad, Pakistan- Millions of children and university students across the country stayed home Wednesday and are expected to for the rest of the week following fresh bomb attacks a university in Islamabad. Children as little as first graders all the way through Phd candidates in both government as well as private schools across the country got ...
about 1 month ago
- News Source: The Examiner | about 1 month agoWhat is the real mission of American in Afghanistan. ?...How many Americans were killed in 9/11 compared to hundred of thousands of iraqis, Afghans, Somalis, Sudanaese by the American bombs ?Is Irag a better place for the Iraqis now after American...
- News Source: Truthdig | about 1 month agoIf someone is caught cheating in the Olympics or another sporting event, the athlete is immediately disqualified, and it is seen as a disgrace. In the case of the recent election in Afghanistan however, cheating has been rewarded and even praised by...
- News Source: The Nation | about 1 month agoThe United States has spent more than $223 billion on the Afghan war since 2001, and it now costs roughly $65 billion annually. The actual bill will be significantly higher, however, as these figures omit the replacement cost of military equipment,...
- News Source: Sify News | about 1 month agoWith its epicentre in the tribal areas of Pakistan, the Al Qaeda terrorist group has now teamed up with the Pakistani Taliban in recent attacks in Pakistan and India, according to a US strategic expert. Afghanistan today and you're likely to see a...
- News Source: Weekly Arham | about 1 month agoIts intention was merely to bolster the communist government that it helped come to power in Kabul in the late 1970s. The mistake committed by Leonid Brezhnev and his successors was to let themselves be lured deeper and deeper into conflict in...
- Blog Source: bcfoley.blogspot.comYet today, so many otherwise smart people are equally blind to the gravity of the threat posed by the Khomeinist movement that arose in Iran in 1979, and the al-Qaeda movement that arose in Pakistan and Afghanistan in 1988. ... achieving more: for
- Blog Source: intermexfreemarket.blogspot.comOn its own, it is more likely to kill civilians and create new enemies than to decapitate and disable al-Qaeda. A counter-terrorist strategy is a euphemism for withdrawal—which is what plenty of Westerners think should happen. .... In a time-
- Blog Source: philipshaw.caHowever, is it realistic to expect a rogue rebel group like the Taliban to engage the vestiges of democracy? I think it's almost laughable, but the West had to do something to bring Al Qaeda to bay. ... The Afghan election was the latest setback in
- Blog Source: www.washingtonexaminer.comThe major campaign for the Pakistani military against the Taliban is underway and the government said that the offensive into the tribal areas on the Afghan border is being met with limited resistance. ... The United States military has been urging
- Blog Source: www.democraticunderground.comNoor Ali Shooshtari, the deputy commander of the Guard's ground force, and Rajabali Mohammadzadeh, the Guard's chief provincial commander. IRNA reported that about 60 people were either killed or injured. ...
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@JoeNBC @gston3 Thats a great idea. His NYT series on the Taliban was remarkable and gives us the best up close look we have at the organization.
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@robenfarzad appearing on tonight's PBS Worldfocus (@worldfocus_org) http://is.gd/4xKui
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