These and other incidents coincide with Obama's recently announced troop withdrawl plan, beginning this July.  Sarkozy also announces planned French troop withdrawls.

Submitted by andie531 on Tue, 2011-07-12 18:01

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In March 2003, Dr. Aafia and her three children, Ahmad (boy), six years old and an American citizen, Maryum (girl), four years old and also an American citizen, and Suleman (boy), six months old, kidnapped by unknown authorities in Karachi, Pakistan. On March 31, 2003 it was reported by the Pakistani media that Dr. Aafia had been arrested and turned over to representatives of the United States. In early April, this was confirmed on NBC Nightly News, among other media outlets. There was communication to the mother of Dr. Aafia from purported “agencies” that the family members should be quiet if they want to see Aafia returned alive. By the year 2008, many believed that after five years of being disappeared Dr. Aafia and her three children were most likely dead.

Submitted by joeblow on Sun, 2011-06-05 22:51

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The term is "Drop Weapons".

Submitted by andie531 on Fri, 2011-06-03 02:08

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Kemp is the former commander of UK forces in Afghanistan.

Submitted by andie531 on Sun, 2011-05-29 21:20

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TEHRAN: Al-Qaeda founder Osama bin Laden was a prisoner in US custody for "sometime" before he was killed by the American military, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Sunday.

Submitted by joeblow on Mon, 2011-05-16 15:19

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I'm sure we're all very tired by now of the Osama bin Laden nonsense, I know I am, and I really wish it would just go away. Sadly, that seems an unlikely prospect in the near future. I've taken a few screen shots of the 'older' 'new' videos of 'Osama' in his fancy duds, and I'd like to do a little nose, ear and shoulder comparison with images of the real bin Laden.

Submitted by joeblow on Sun, 2011-05-15 20:47

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Submitted by Poseidon on Tue, 2010-10-12 11:23

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Submitted by joeblow on Mon, 2010-09-27 16:44

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A media report says that an Afghan soldier killed two US-led soldiers in a shoot-out when they tried to remove an Afghan woman's veil by force.

Informed sources told the Pashtun language Benava website on Thursday that the deadly incident took place after soldiers were disrespectful to the women and insulted Afghans' cultural and Islamic values.

US-led troops reportedly opened fire at demonstrators, killing dozens of people and wounding more than 20 other civilians.

Submitted by joeblow on Thu, 2010-08-26 19:08

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A demonstration was held outside the US Embassy in London on Sunday to call for the repatriation of Pakistani neuroscientist Dr. Aafia Siddiqui.

The demonstrators say Dr. Siddiqui was unjustly convicted of attempted murder at her trial in New York.

The sentencing of Siddiqui, who was accused and found guilty of attempted murder of US agents in Afghanistan in a controversial trial, has been postponed to next month.

Saddiqui's two youngest children, who were three months old and four years old when captured and taken into detention, are still missing.

Submitted by joeblow on Wed, 2010-08-18 20:32

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A US writer and radio host says that the country's killing of civilians in Afghanistan serves the purpose of public intimidation.

"Things go back, I believe, to World War II, to intimidate the opposition. We did it ruthlessly in Vietnam, and the most well-known Operation Phoenix, with the estimated number of civilians that we killed, numbered maybe 80,000. The number could have been doubled," he added.

He said the United States military presences in Iraq and Afghanistan is tantamount to war crime.

Submitted by joeblow on Thu, 2010-08-12 18:45

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The chemicals needed in heroin production, from poppy to finished product, are usually supplied by major pharmaceutical companies, according to this Afghan MP.

Submitted by andie531 on Wed, 2010-08-11 22:01

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Confessions made by Omar Khadr, who was captured by US troops when 15, can be used as evidence in trial despite claims they were obtained through torture.

Submitted by Sullivan on Tue, 2010-08-10 07:22

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The reaction to the Wikileaks exposure of US war crimes – and Afghan corruption – has been quite interesting: the President responded by averring that there’s nothing new here, that "the fact is these documents do not reveal any issues that have not already informed our public debate on Afghanistan," but the facts are quite different, as anyone who peruses even a small sampling of the documents – such as is offered by the Guardian via a convenient interactive map – can readily ascertain.

Submitted by joeblow on Thu, 2010-08-05 21:38

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(June 14) -- Until now, impoverished Afghanistan has been known for only two deadly exports: opium and terrorism. But according to new research by a team of geologists and U.S.

Submitted by andie531 on Tue, 2010-06-15 03:17

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First we are told opium and heroin are financing world terrorism, then General McChrystal tells us that we have to allow the harvest to be finished, processed into 65 billion dollars of heroin and shipped out on rendition flights and American Global Hawk UAV aircraft for distribution around the world.

Submitted by andie531 on Thu, 2010-05-13 04:27

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Submitted by Sullivan on Sat, 2010-05-08 08:05

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Here's why I don't support the troops. I await your angry ignorant hate messages that totally miss the point.

Submitted by joeblow on Sun, 2010-05-02 09:15

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Media Lens, April 28th 2010

On April 15, news media broadcast the first of three live, 90-minute “prime ministerial debates” between Gordon Brown, David Cameron and Nick Clegg, the leaders, respectively, of the Labour, Conservative and Liberal Democrat parties. By the end of the second debate on April 22, the word ‘Iraq’ had been mentioned a total of five times over the course of the three hours of discussion.

Submitted by Sullivan on Wed, 2010-04-28 12:17

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 * "Panetta acknowledged that al-Qaeda was continuing to look for ways to kill Americans and was specifically seeking to recruit people who lacked criminal records or known ties to terrorist groups to carry out missions." *

Behold the ONLY significant sentence in the mumbo jumbo BS MSM MSNBC article, "CIA chief: Al-Qaeda crippled, leaders hid

Submitted by pandora on Thu, 2010-03-18 02:43

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Iran's president says the US must explain what its troops are doing in Afghanistan, as catching terrorists only requires intelligence work not military deployments.

Submitted by Sullivan on Wed, 2010-03-10 21:15

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Press TV, 21 February 2010

Tribal elders in the southern Afghan province of Helmand want an end to the US-led anti-Taliban offensive there, citing Western troops' disregard for civilian lives as a reason.

In a gathering in the center of Helmand, the elders expressed concerns about the way the operations have been handled so far.

Submitted by Sullivan on Mon, 2010-02-22 08:50

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Dutch troops will almost certainly be withdrawn from Afghanistan this year following the collapse of the coalition government in The Hague.

Submitted by Sullivan on Sun, 2010-02-21 11:13

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Most people know Michael Scheuer from his appearance on the Bill Maher show, where he bravely advocated a refreshing America-first, Israel-last policy as he was interviewed by the rattled Zionist Bill Maher. He raised the spectre of the Osama Bin Laden boogeyman by describing him as 'more dangerous than a terrorist', but his stance against Israel and his non-interventionist attitude was admirable. Non-interventionism is pretty much what Michael Scheuer is about (he named his website Non-Intervention.com).

Submitted by Crimes of Zion on Sun, 2010-02-21 04:58

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The Dutch government has collapsed over disagreements within the governing coalition on extending troop deployments in Afghanistan.

Submitted by Sullivan on Sat, 2010-02-20 11:06

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The Independent, 14 February 2010

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YNet, 14 February 2010

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BBC News, 12 February 2010

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Submitted by Sullivan on Fri, 2010-02-12 08:42

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7 Afghan kids mistakenly shot dead by police

Submitted by Sullivan on Sat, 2010-02-06 22:53

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