Posts Tagged afghanistan
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
October 28th 2009
The United Nations has warned Washington about indiscriminate use of drone strikes in Pakistan and Afghanistan, saying that it may be breaking humanitarian law.
The UN rights investigator said the United States has done nothing to demonstrate that its not randomly killing civilians in violation of international law through the use of drones.
“My concern [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
September 29, 2009
NewsRescue- It happened not too long ago. They held a meeting in Belgium at the invite of the very evil King Leopold II. The theme was- to colonize the dark Africa continent and ‘civilize’ them, because them ‘barbarians’ were not civilized.
This history of imperialism is all too clear, and decades of pillaging of [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
Update; September 6, 2009
NewsRescue- Ok, let’s analyze this-
In my country, when people, be they gangsters, the mob, rogues or armed robbers, steal something. The risk and recompense is a road and/or copter chase by the security forces and apprehension or a shoot-out in attempt to apprehend or kill.
In Afghanistan, when you steal, the risk or [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
NewYork Times- The Central Intelligence Agency in 2004 hired outside contractors from the private security contractor Blackwater USA as part of a secret program to locate and assassinate top operatives of Al Qaeda, according to current and former government officials.
Blackwater security contractors flew over Baghdad in 2007. For years, Blackwater played a significant role in [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
KABUL – Doctors voiced concern over “unusual” burns on Afghan villagers wounded in an already controversial
U.S.-Taliban battle, and the country’s top human rights groups said Sunday it is investigating the possibility white phosphorus was used.
The American military denied using the incendiary in the battle in Farah province — which President Hamid Karzai has said killed [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
Up to 100 Afghan civilians may have been killed during an air raid by US forces during a joint operation targeting suspected fighters, a regional administrator says.
Rohul Amin, the governor of Farah province, said on Wednesday that he feared that 100 civilians had been killed in the Bala Baluk district, about 600km west of Kabul, the capital.
Amin said that Taliban [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
US soldiers have been encouraged to spread the message of their Christian faith among Afghanistan’s predominantly Muslim population, video footage obtained by Al Jazeera appears to show.
Military chaplains stationed in the US air base at Bagram were also filmed with bibles printed in the country’s main Pashto and Dari languages. In one recorded sermon, Lieutenant
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
After the Sept. 11 attacks, U.S. officials responsible for preparing for war in Afghanistan needed Iran’s help to unseat the Taliban and establish a stable government in Kabul. Iran had organized resistance by the Northern Alliance and had provided arms and funding at a time when [...]