The most important thing recommended as critical for success in Afghanistan is setting up a legitimate morphine industry. As an Afghan farmer just said on a report by the BBC (through ABC Breakfast), "I can't feed my children with a bridge or clinic". Gordon Brown, I think I will hold you responsible for this policy not being implemented. Australia has idiots in charge, Obama is choosing to expend...
...than the CIA on Iran’s nuclear capacity . About that . Israel warns that it will do whatever it takes to stop Iran having a nuclear weapon. Colombia may be providing special forces in Afghanistan. Possibility of talks with the Taliban. Following Lithuanian (and Croatian, and Ukrainian) troops in Afghanistan. About the US marines in Afghanistan. Afghanistan seen from various elevations...
Sobs heard as soldier found guilty on two counts in Afghanistan shooting trial By Michael Tutton, The Canadian Press SYDNEY, N.S. - Distressed relatives of a young Canadian soldier who shot his friend in a tent they shared in Afghanistan burst into tears and anguished cries on Thursday as a military jury declared him guilty of two charges, including criminal negligence causing death. Cpl. Matthew...
...be no surprises when entering villages. If there may be, do not enter them UNTIL the negotiations have been undertaken. I think there has to be a massive rethink of what the hell is going on in Afghanistan. The bloody CDF is a bit of a dick*, and his arrogance, and ignorance of human factors are obviously preventing the Army making some real revolutionary advances. Get rid of Houston is my advice...
I just finished this article on Greg Mortensen’s Three Cups of Tea, and his continuing work in Afghanistan and throughout central Asia . I saw the book in Borders not too long ago, but couldn’t afford it. I’m going to have to pick up a copy, and soon. Because this, ladies and gentlemen, is how you win a war. And, for some reason, nobody ever believes me when I say that wars are...
By Golnar Motevalli Golnar Motevalli HERAT, Afghanistan (Reuters) – After regular beatings, torture and attempted murder by her husband, 35-year-old Zahra tried to burn herself to death to escape her marriage. Then she learned of a safer option: divorce . Zahra is among a growing number of women in Afghanistan's western Herat province who, with the help of a women's charity, have taken on patriarchal...
Today was the repatriation of 8 British soldiers who were all killed in Britain's 24 deadliest hours so far in the Afghanistan conflict. Their deaths brought the British death toll in Afghanistan over 800, and higher than that for Iraq. Each of the men brought home to rest today, when he died, was younger than I am now -- three by a decade. They were: Rifleman William Aldridge, 18; Rifleman James...
I've gotten several anti-immigration e-mails lately from friends, both right and left -- excuse me, anti-'illegal' immigration. Sometimes I sigh and let them go unanswered; sometimes I tell them: We are...we are giving to the Defense Department to murder Afghanistanis and Iraqs, or the billions we are giving to the insurance companies so they can deny us healthcare. Works like a charm, doesn't it?
Allegations of abuse and neglect at a US detention facility in Afghanistan have been uncovered by the BBC. Former detainees have alleged they were beaten, deprived of sleep and threatened with dogs at the Bagram military base. The BBC interviewed 27 former inmates of Bagram around the country over a period of two months. The Pentagon has denied the charges and insisted that all inmates in...
