Posts Tagged ‘Afghanistan’
US Afghan strikes ‘killed dozens’
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| An injured Afghan child at the hospital in Farah province. Photograph: Abdul Malek/AP |
| US Afghan strikes ‘killed dozens’ |
| BBC | May 06, 2009 | |
| The Red Cross says air strikes by US forces in Afghanistan on Tuesday are now thought to have killed dozens of civilians including women and children.
It says civilians were sheltering from fighting in the province of Farah when their houses were struck. |
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COLUMN-Killer robots and a revolution in warfare:Bernd Debusmann
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| COLUMN-Killer robots and a revolution in warfare:Bernd Debusmann |
| AlertNet — Reuters | Apr 22, 2009 | By Bernd Debusmann |
| WASHINGTON, April 22 (Reuters) – They have no fear, they never tire, they are not upset when the soldier next to them gets blown to pieces. Their morale doesn’t suffer by having to do, again and again, the jobs known in the military as the Three Ds – dull, dirty and dangerous.
They are military robots and their rapidly increasing numbers and growing sophistication may herald the end of thousands of years of human monopoly on fighting war. “Science fiction is moving to the battlefield. The fut |
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Obama’s Demented Drug Policy
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| President Barack Obama just says no to legalization of marijuana today (03.26.09) in his first Internet town hall meeting. (RON EDMONDS/AP) |
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| Daily Beast | Apr 19, 2009 | by Radley Balko |
| The best solution to what’s plaguing Mexico right now is the one topic that will almost assuredly be off the table: legalizing marijuana. read more |
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| he most popular question asked on whitehouse.gov was about the legalization of marijuana and the possible economic benefits of such legislation.
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| President Barack Obama spoke during an ‘open for questions’ town hall meeting on Thursday. Questions were submitted and voted on by citizens via the internet and answered live by the president.
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‘US strike’ on Pakistan militants
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| ‘US strike’ on Pakistan militants |
| BBC | Apr 19, 2009 | |
| A suspected US missile attack has targeted a Taleban base in north-west Pakistan, say local security officials.
The attack targeted militants in the South Waziristan tribal region, close to the Afghan border, they said. |
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Europeans Offer Few New Troops for Afghanistan
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| The protests on Saturday became more violent, with the police trying to prevent demonstrators on the German side of the Rhine River from joining the more aggressive ones on the French side.
Photo: Axel Schmidt/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images |
| Europeans Offer Few New Troops for Afghanistan |
| NY Times | Apr 05, 2009 | By STEVEN ERLANGER and HELENE COOPER |
| STRASBOURG, France — With protesters raging outside, NATO leaders on Saturday gave a tepid troop commitment to President Obama’s escalating campaign in Afghanistan, mostly committing soldiers only to a temporary security duty. read more |
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| A French border station was set ablaze by protesters on Friday.
Photo: Carsten Koall/Getty Images |
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| This year’s summit meeting has been fractious both inside the hall and outside with President Obama’s request for more troops in Afghanistan and the search for a new secretary general.
Photo: Yoan Valat/European Pressphoto Agency |
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Lahore Attack: an Object Lesson in the Horrors to Come
Reuters Wed, Mar 4 Pakistan policemen stand guard outside Gaddafi stadium after a shooting in Lahore March 3, 2009. Pakistani police hunted on Wednesday for gunmen who mounted the bold attack on Sri Lanka’s cricket team in Lahore and officials scrambled to figure out who was behind it. REUTERS/Mohsin Raza
Lahore Attack: an Object Lesson in the Horrors to Come
The Intelligence Daily | Apr 06, 2009 | By Tom Burghardt
Monday’s brazen assault on a police academy in Lahore, Pakistan’s second largest city and cultural capital, is a grim reminder that the “killing season” has begun in earnest across Central- and South Asia.
At least 13 police recruits were killed and another 100 wounded, according to Dawn.
The Lahore assault followed the horrific Jamrud mosque suicide bombing March 27 in the Khyber Agency that killed upwards of 80 people during Friday prayers.. . . read more
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Europeans Offer Few New Troops for Afghanistan
The protests on Saturday became more violent, with the police trying to prevent demonstrators on the German side of the Rhine River from joining the more aggressive ones on the French side. Photo: Axel Schmidt/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
Europeans Offer Few New Troops for Afghanistan
NY Times | Apr 05, 2009 | By STEVEN ERLANGER and HELENE COOPER
STRASBOURG, France — With protesters raging outside, NATO leaders on Saturday gave a tepid troop commitment to President Obama’s escalating campaign in Afghanistan, mostly committing soldiers only to a temporary security duty.. . . read more
A French border station was set ablaze by protesters on Friday. Photo: Carsten Koall/Getty Images
This year’s summit meeting has been fractious both inside the hall and outside with President Obama’s request for more troops in Afghanistan and the search for a new secretary general. Photo: Yoan Valat/European Pressphoto Agency
NATO troops drafted for anti-drug war
Despite a reduced poppy harvest, Afghanistan still produces more than 90% of the world’s heroin. (Paula Bronstein, Getty Images)
NATO troops drafted for anti-drug war
Heroin Trade; Take action against operations tied to insurgency Tom Blackwell, National Post Published: Monday, November 17, 2008
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Activists want to make Portland a sanctuary for AWOL servicement
Sanctuary City
Activists want to make Portland a sanctuary for AWOL servicement
by Mark Larabee, The Oregonian Tuesday December 02, 2008, 8:11 PM Activists from several peace groups will go before the Portland City Council today seeking support for making Portland a sanctuary for military resisters — service members who have gone AWOL to protest the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Operation enduring disaster
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Operation enduring disaster
19/11/2008 04:19:00 PM GMT, Aljazerra — Obama would be foolish to imagine that Petraeus can work a miracle cure in Afghanistan. The cancer has spread too far and is affecting US troops as well. If the American media chose to interview active-duty soldiers in Afghanistan (on promise of anonymity), they might get a more accurate picture of what is happening inside the U.S. Army there.
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