Since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the peoples of the world have witnessed successive governments in the United States that have demonstrated little if any respect for fundamental considerations of international law, human rights, and the United States Constitution itself. Instead, the world has watched a comprehensive and malicious assault upon the integrity of the international and domestic […]
Of all the charges against Bradley Manning, the most pernicious — and revealing — is “aiding the enemy.” by Norman Solomon A blogger at The New Yorker, Amy Davidson, raised a pair of big questions that now loom over the courtroom at Fort Meade and over the entire country: “Would it aid the enemy, for example, to expose war crimes committed […]
The whistleblower has allowed us to scrutinise the hidden realities of US power by Owen Jones (The Independent) It has launched illegal and unjust wars with catastrophic human consequences; it has helped overthrow democratically elected governments; it arms and backs some of the most brutal dictatorships on the face of the earth; and it has a track record of supporting […]
Hamid Karzai has let the Pentagon’s cat out of the bag — to the displeasure of the Obama Administration. The Afghan president revealed inside information about President Obama’s war plans after all U.S. “combat troops” completely withdraw in 17 months at the end of 2014 by Jack A. Smith As was known in recent years, the Obama Administration actually plans […]
Afghan President Hamid Karzai Thursday revealed that Washington wants to maintain nine US military bases scattered across the country after the formal deadline for the withdrawal of US and NATO coalition forces at the end of 2014 by Bill Van Auken (WSWS) In a speech delivered at Kabul University, Karzai stressed that he was amenable to the US demand, indicating […]
With both the CIA and MI6 secretly providing ‘ghost money’ bribes to the Afghan political establishment, it’s likely that Afghans will increasingly support a resurgent Taliban and the drug trade will be further propped up by Annie Machon Afghan President Hamid Karzai, has recently been criticized for taking ‘ghost money’ from the CIA and MI6. The sums are unknown – […]
Afghanistan’s Multibillion Dollar Heroin Trade Washington’s Hidden Agenda: Restore the Drug Trade by Prof Michel Chossudovsky Author’s Note In the course of the last three years, there has been a surge in Afghan opium production. The Vienna based UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) reveals that poppy cultivation in 2012 extends over an area of more than 154,000 hectares, […]
Marchers protest the navigation from RAF Waddington of unmanned Reaper aircraft in Afghanistan by PA Hundreds of peace campaigners gathered outside an RAF base today to protest against armed drones being operated from Britain to conduct missions in Afghanistan. Around 400 demonstrators took part in a march from Lincoln to a rally at nearby RAF Waddington, which assumed control of […]
ONE man here weighs just 77 pounds. Another, 98. Last thing I knew, I weighed 132, but that was a month ago. I’ve been on a hunger strike since Feb. 10 and have lost well over 30 pounds. I will not eat until they restore my dignity by Samir Naji al Hasan Moqbel I’ve been detained at Guantánamo for 11 […]
Video Documentary By John Pilger “The War You Don’t See” is a 2010 documentary film written, produced and directed by John Pilger. “If the people really knew the truth, the war would be stopped tomorrow.” – British Prime Minister David Lloyd George’s comment to Guardian editor C. P. Scott A powerful and timely investigation into the media’s role in war, […]
An Associated Press photograph brought the horror of little children lying dead outside of their home to an American Audience by Ralph Nader At least 10 Afghan children and some of their mothers were struck down by an airstrike on their extended family household by order of President Barack Obama. He probably decided on what his aides describe as the […]
How Operation Enduring Freedom Mutated into Operation Enduring Corruption by Dilip Hiro Washington has vociferously denounced Afghan corruption as a major obstacle to the U.S. mission in Afghanistan. This has been widely reported. Only one crucial element is missing from this routine censure: a credible explanation of why American nation-building failed there. No wonder. To do so, the U.S. would […]
