Sunday, May 27, 2012

NATO STRIKE KILLS FAMILY WITH 6 CHILDREN

"... eight members of a family have been killed after an airstrike by the US-led NATO coalition... the Paktia provincial government said on Sunday that a man, a woman and their six children were killed... in Suri Khail village of Gurda Saria district. "This man had no connection to the Taliban or any other terrorist group... Mohammad Shafi was not a Taliban. He was not in any opposition group against the government. He was a villager."
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia/2012/05/20125277911748807.html

Wednesday, May 9, 2012

OBAMA SNEAKS IN TO ESTABLISH AN AFGHAN OKINAWA

"In the fortified but chronically battle-ravaged capital city of Kabul, the only city in Afghanistan where, backed by the U.S. military, Hamid Karzai actually governs... a seemingly fearful Obama, arriving by night, sneaked into the unlit city with its overflowing sewage and vanishing water table to sign the "Enduring Strategic Partnership" agreement...

In the Enduring Strategic Partnership Agreement, under point six of Section III, which is entitled Advanced Long-Term Security, we read that “Afghanistan shall provide U.S. personnel continued access to and use of Afghan facilities through 2014, and beyond as may be agreed in the Bilateral Security Agreement, for the purposes of combating al-Qaeda and its affiliates, training the Afghan Security Forces and other mutually determined missions to advance shared security interests."

Instead of withdrawing all U.S. troops, the ‘….continued access to and use of Afghan facilities through 2014, and beyond…’ are plans to establish an 'Afghan Okinawa'..."

http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/05/09-7