The New York Times Published: May 1, 2012 Good evening from Bagram Air Base. This outpost is more than seven thousand miles from home, but for over a decade it has been close to our hearts. Because here, in Afghanistan, more than half a million of our sons and daughters have sacrificed to protect our [...]
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George Galloway wins Bradford West byelection
Posted in Afghanistan, Afghanistan war, Tony Blair, tagged Afghanistan, Afghanistan war, George Galloway, Respect, Tony Blair, UK on March 30, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Respect candidate takes seat from Labour with 10,140 majority, claiming ‘the most sensational victory in British political history’ Patrick Wintour, political editor | The Guardian | Friday 30 March 2012 George Galloway, the leading figure in Respect, has grabbed a remarkable victory in the Bradford West byelection, claiming that “By the grace of God, we [...]
Afghanistan War Cost To Be Biggest Factor In Troop-Reduction Debate
Posted in Afghanistan, Afghanistan war, tagged Afghanistan, Cost of war, Osama Bin Laden, President Obama, Taliban, U.S. military on May 31, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Cost of war in Afghanistan will be major factor in troop-reduction talks The Washington Post via: Huff Post By Rajiv Chandrasekaran, Published: May 30 Of all the statistics that President Obama’s national security team will consider when it debates the size of forthcoming troop reductions in Afghanistan, the most influential number probably will not be how [...]
Why Even Have “Memorial Day?”
Posted in Afghanistan war, iraq war, tagged Afghanistan, iraq, Memorial Day on May 30, 2011 | 1 Comment »
I’m going to start this post out properly. This is a day meant to honor fallen veterans, so let’s do that first. This is a list of United States Armed Forces members killed in Afghanistan in the month of May, 2011. Army Pfc. William S. Blevins Army Pvt. Andrew M. Krippner Army Pvt. Thomas C. [...]
CIA Spied On Bin Laden From Safe House
Posted in Al Qaeda, Al Qaida, CIA, Osama Bin Laden, Pakistan, tagged Abbottabad, Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, CIA, Osama Bin Laden, Pakistan on May 6, 2011 | 2 Comments »
CIA Spied On Bin Laden From Safe House TPM MUCKRAKER Eric Lach | May 6, 2011, 9:45AM The CIA had for months been spying on the compound where Osama bin Laden was found and killed by U.S. forces earlier this week, according to reports. The agency maintained a rented safehouse near bin Laden’s compound, where [...]
The War Is Over. Start Packing!
Posted in Osama Bin Laden, Pakistan, tagged Abbottabad, Afghanistan, Bin Laden Dead, Osama Bin Laden, Osama bin Laden dead, Pakistan on May 2, 2011 | 1 Comment »
The War Is Over. Start Packing! Monday 2 May 2011 by: Robert Naiman, Truthout We got our man. Wave the flag, kiss a nurse (or a sailor) and start packing the equipment. It’s time to plan to bring all our boys and girls home from Afghanistan. When the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks rolls [...]
Politicking In The Mos Eisley Cantina
Posted in Economy, Politics, tagged Afghanistan, economic and political mess, Economy, iraq, Libya, Mos Eisley Cantina, Pakistan, Politics, President Obama, Qaddafi, the Horn of Africa, Yemen on April 25, 2011 | 3 Comments »
. Politicking in the Mos Eisley Cantina Monday 25 April 2011 by: Davidson Loehr, Truthout Our economic and political mess became more clear once I realized that most of the important political deals take place in the Mos Eisley Cantina. You know the scene from the first “Star Wars” movie in 1977: a dark, smoky [...]
Pakistan-US Feud Boils Over CIA Drone Strikes
Posted in Afghanistan, CIA, Drone Strikes, Drones, Pakistan, tagged Adm. Mike Mullen, Afghanistan, CIA Drone Strikes, Gen. Ashfaq Kayani, Haqqani network, North Waziristan, Pakistan, Pakistan-US Feud on April 23, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Pakistan-US Feud Boils Over CIA Drone Strikes Saturday 23 April 2011 Via: Truthout - by: Jonathan S. Landay, McClatchy Newspapers Washington – Even as it publicly demands an end to U.S. drone attacks on militants in its tribal area, Pakistan is allowing the CIA to launch the missile-firing robot aircraft from an airbase in its [...]
Militarized Conservatism and End(s) of Higher Education
Posted in Afghanistan, Afghanistan war, iraq, iraq war, Libya, war, war funding, tagged Afghanistan, Higher Education, iraq, Libya, Militarized Conservatism, military power, national security state, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, USA's military spending, war on April 6, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Militarized Conservatism and End(s) of Higher Education Tuesday 5 April 2011 by: Henry A. Giroux, Truthout The Pathologies of War There can be little doubt that America has become a permanent warfare state.(1) Not only is it waging a war in three countries, but its investment in military power is nearly as much as all [...]
Seven U.N. Workers Dead In Kandahar After Koran Burning
Posted in Afghanistan, Koran, tagged Afghanistan, deadly protests, Dove World Outreach Center, Florida pastor, Kandahar, Koran Burning, Mazar-i-Sharif, Pastor Terry Jones, Quran Burning, Taliban insurgents, United Nations employees on April 2, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Deadly protests flare up in Kandahar after Koran burning The Globe and Mail- Susan Sachs Kabul— Globe and Mail Update Published Saturday, Apr. 02, 2011 8:31AM EDT Last updated Saturday, Apr. 02, 2011 10:52AM EDT New and deadly protests over the burning of a Koran flared up on Saturday in the city of Kandahar, a [...]
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