KARZAI TO BACK PAKISTAN IF U.S. ATTACKS IT
"Afghanistan would support Pakistan in case of military conflict between Pakistan and the United States... Afghan President Hamid Karzai said... "If ever there is a war between Pakistan and America, Afghanistan will side with Pakistan"... (also) Karzai said he would cease attempting to reach out to the Afghan Taliban and instead negotiate directly with Pakistan, saying its military and intelligence services could influence the militants to make peace."
http://news.yahoo.com/afghanistan-back-pakistan-wars-u-karzai-023316217.html
Sunday, October 23, 2011
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
1 IN 3 VETS SEE WAR AS WASTE
"... Nearly 4,500 U.S. troops have died in Iraq and about 1,700 in Afghanistan. Combined war costs... have topped $1 trillion.... (now) One in three U.S. veterans of the post-9/11 military believes the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan were not worth fighting, and a majority think that after 10 years of combat America should be focusing less on foreign affairs and more on its own problems.. "
http://news.yahoo.com/poll-1-3-vets-sees-iraq-afghan-wars-040253311.html
"... Nearly 4,500 U.S. troops have died in Iraq and about 1,700 in Afghanistan. Combined war costs... have topped $1 trillion.... (now) One in three U.S. veterans of the post-9/11 military believes the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan were not worth fighting, and a majority think that after 10 years of combat America should be focusing less on foreign affairs and more on its own problems.. "
http://news.yahoo.com/poll-1-3-vets-sees-iraq-afghan-wars-040253311.html
MOST IEDs MADE IN PAKISTAN
"Pakistan is the source of explosives in the vast majority of makeshift bombs insurgents in Afghanistan planted this summer to attack U.S. troops... From June through August, U.S. troops detected or were hit by 5,088 improvised explosive devices (IEDs), the most for any three-month period since the war began in 2001... More than 80% of the IEDs are homemade explosives using calcium ammonium nitrate fertilizer produced in Pakistan..."
http://www.usatoday.com/news/military/story/2011-10-02/ieds-traced-to-pakistan/50638686/1
"Pakistan is the source of explosives in the vast majority of makeshift bombs insurgents in Afghanistan planted this summer to attack U.S. troops... From June through August, U.S. troops detected or were hit by 5,088 improvised explosive devices (IEDs), the most for any three-month period since the war began in 2001... More than 80% of the IEDs are homemade explosives using calcium ammonium nitrate fertilizer produced in Pakistan..."
http://www.usatoday.com/news/military/story/2011-10-02/ieds-traced-to-pakistan/50638686/1
Thursday, September 15, 2011
KABUL ATTACK NO BIG DEAL
"... (it was) the longest attack in Kabul since the US-led invasion in 2001. Eleven Afghan civilians were killed, including several children, in the fighting... along with five Afghan policemen and 11 insurgents. At least nine Afghans, including four police officers were killed, and 23 people including civilians were wounded... The US ambassador to Afghanistan has described a 20-hour assault on Kabul's diplomatic and military quarter as "not a very big deal..."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/sep/14/kabul-attacks-us-ambassador
20-HOUR INSURGENT ATTACK IN KABUL
"The 20-hour insurgent assault on the heavily guarded Afghan capital left 27 dead - including police, civilians and attackers... This week's strike was the third deadly attack in Kabul since late June..."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/14/kabul-attack-ends_n_961447.html
"... (it was) the longest attack in Kabul since the US-led invasion in 2001. Eleven Afghan civilians were killed, including several children, in the fighting... along with five Afghan policemen and 11 insurgents. At least nine Afghans, including four police officers were killed, and 23 people including civilians were wounded... The US ambassador to Afghanistan has described a 20-hour assault on Kabul's diplomatic and military quarter as "not a very big deal..."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/sep/14/kabul-attacks-us-ambassador
20-HOUR INSURGENT ATTACK IN KABUL
"The 20-hour insurgent assault on the heavily guarded Afghan capital left 27 dead - including police, civilians and attackers... This week's strike was the third deadly attack in Kabul since late June..."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/14/kabul-attack-ends_n_961447.html
Monday, September 12, 2011
WAR ON TERROR BREEDS NEW TERRORISTS
"... The National Intelligence Estimate on “Trends in Global Terrorism” issued in April 2006 concluded that the war in Iraq was “breeding deep resentment of U.S. involvement in the Muslim World and cultivating supporters for the global jihadist movement.” It found that “activists identifying themselves as jihadists, although a small percentage of Muslims, are increasing in both number and geographic dispersion.” And in a prophetic warning, it said “the operational threat from self-radicalized cells will grow in importance…particularly abroad but also at home.”
"(And) If there is one place on earth where it is obviously irrational to antagonize the male population on a long-term basis, it is the Pashtun region that straddles Afghanistan and Pakistan, with its tribal culture of honor and revenge for the killing of family and friends..."
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/09/12
"... The National Intelligence Estimate on “Trends in Global Terrorism” issued in April 2006 concluded that the war in Iraq was “breeding deep resentment of U.S. involvement in the Muslim World and cultivating supporters for the global jihadist movement.” It found that “activists identifying themselves as jihadists, although a small percentage of Muslims, are increasing in both number and geographic dispersion.” And in a prophetic warning, it said “the operational threat from self-radicalized cells will grow in importance…particularly abroad but also at home.”
"(And) If there is one place on earth where it is obviously irrational to antagonize the male population on a long-term basis, it is the Pashtun region that straddles Afghanistan and Pakistan, with its tribal culture of honor and revenge for the killing of family and friends..."
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/09/12
Friday, September 9, 2011
KARZAI AND HIS GOVERNMENT NOT SEEN AS LEGITIMATE
"... (Karzai's) brothers or high officials were mired in the Da Kabul Bank scandal. The bank appears to have been looted by its own investors and money used to by villas in Dubai. Norway, along with some internaional hosts, has suspended aid to Afghanistan until the mystery of the Bank’s missing funds is resolved...
".. (and) Not only were there charges of widespread irregularities in the 2009 presidential election, but the parliamentary elections of a year ago were likewise attended with accusations of ballot fraud...
"... As a result of these financial and electoral scandals, Karzai increasingly lacks legitimacy. This outcome is important because the new Afghan army being trained by NATO can only hope to succeed in counter-insurgency if its troops and officers believe in the government for which they are fighting..."
http://www.juancole.com/2011/09/a-tale-of-two-afghan-leaders-before-and-after-911.html
"... (Karzai's) brothers or high officials were mired in the Da Kabul Bank scandal. The bank appears to have been looted by its own investors and money used to by villas in Dubai. Norway, along with some internaional hosts, has suspended aid to Afghanistan until the mystery of the Bank’s missing funds is resolved...
".. (and) Not only were there charges of widespread irregularities in the 2009 presidential election, but the parliamentary elections of a year ago were likewise attended with accusations of ballot fraud...
"... As a result of these financial and electoral scandals, Karzai increasingly lacks legitimacy. This outcome is important because the new Afghan army being trained by NATO can only hope to succeed in counter-insurgency if its troops and officers believe in the government for which they are fighting..."
http://www.juancole.com/2011/09/a-tale-of-two-afghan-leaders-before-and-after-911.html
AL QAEDA SUCCEEDING IN DECLINE OF U.S. POWER
"... Al Qaeda appears to have largely succeeded in its hopes of accelerating the decline of U.S. global power, if not bringing it to the brink of collapse. That appears to be the strong consensus of the foreign-policy elite which... believes that the administration of President George W. Bush badly "over- reacted" to the attacks and that that over-reaction continues to this day... The estimated three to 4.4 trillion dollars Washington has incurred either directly or indirectly in conducting the "global war on terror" account for a substantial portion of the fiscal crisis that transformed the country's politics and brought it to the edge of bankruptcy last month..."
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=105041
"... Al Qaeda appears to have largely succeeded in its hopes of accelerating the decline of U.S. global power, if not bringing it to the brink of collapse. That appears to be the strong consensus of the foreign-policy elite which... believes that the administration of President George W. Bush badly "over- reacted" to the attacks and that that over-reaction continues to this day... The estimated three to 4.4 trillion dollars Washington has incurred either directly or indirectly in conducting the "global war on terror" account for a substantial portion of the fiscal crisis that transformed the country's politics and brought it to the edge of bankruptcy last month..."
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=105041
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