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Afghans demand arrest of US troops over killings KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Hundreds of Afghans blocked a major highway south of Kabul on Tuesday, carrying freshly dug-up bodies they claimed were victims of torture by U.S. special forces and demanding the Americans be arrested, officials said. A spokesman for the U.S.-led military coalition said the... Continue Reading →
Afghan president says CIA payments to continue By PATRICK QUINN and RAHIM FAIEZ KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghan President Hamid Karzai said on Saturday that the CIA's station chief in Kabul has assured him that regular funding the U.S. intelligence agency gives his government will not be cut off. He said the Afghan government had... Continue Reading →
[The Taliban are fighting the imperialist occupation of their country. Although the Taliban are reactionary in many ways, they are defeating the armies of imperialism. Recently, the Taliban have stated they will not roll back women's rights in a post-occupation Afghanistan. Mao said women hold up half the sky. Fighting imperialism without women is like... Continue Reading →
U.S. soldier in WikiLeaks case says he was held in a "cage" By Medina Roshan (Reuters) FORT MEADE, Maryland - A U.S. Army private facing court-martial on suspicion of leaking secret documents to the WikiLeaks website testified on Thursday he was confined to a "cage" in the early days after his arrest in 2010, and... Continue Reading →
A recent report from Russia Today states: "Department of Justice is letting a contractor away with a fine despite it being charged with arms smuggling and other crimes. The group formerly known as Blackwater must now fork out over seven and a half million dollars to avoid criminal prosecution." Although the Russia Today report makes... Continue Reading →
Pakistani Islamists protest over NATO supply routes (AFP) Thousands of Pakistani Islamists opposed to the country's anti-terror alliance with Washington converged on Islamabad on Monday after a "long march" to protest over the reopening of NATO supply routes to Afghanistan. Around 15,000 protestors gathered outside the Pakistani parliament to chant anti-US slogans and wave the... Continue Reading →
[The United States continues to wage war in Afghanistan. Obama has continued and even expanded Bush's wars. The Democrats and Republicans are two faces of the same system. The people of the Third World continue to pay the price for the lifestyles of imperialist peoples in the First World. -- New Power] Deadly violence rages... Continue Reading →
New Evidence Reveals U.S. Has Used Drones to Target Rescue Workers and Funerals in Pakistan A report found that since President Obama took office between 282 and 535 civilians have been reported as killed in Pakistan, including more than 60 children. (Democracynow.org) AMY GOODMAN: The CIA’s drone campaign in Pakistan has killed dozens of civilians... Continue Reading →
[The US is fighting a losing war in Afghanistan. The people of Afghanistan continue to resist imperialist occupation. -- New Power] Attack on US base kills 15 in Afghanistan: NATO (Source: AFP) "One of our mujahideen rammed a vehicle packed with ten tons of explosives into a NATO base in Khost city and detonated the... Continue Reading →
A Global Crime Spree What’s NATO Ever Done? by JOHN LaFORGE (Source: Counterpunch) Wondering why anyone would confront NATO’s summit in Chicago this month? A look at some of its more well-known crimes might spark some indignation. Desecration of corpses, indiscriminate attacks, bombing of allied troops, torture of prisoners and unaccountable drone war are a... Continue Reading →
Teenager arrested for comments made on Facebook page by Anne Sewell (source: http://digitaljournal.com/article/321102) A teenager has been arrested for allegedly making comments on Facebook about the deaths of six British soldiers in Afghanistan last week. According to Sky News, Azhar Ahmed of Ravensthorpe (19) posted comments on his profile page, criticizing the level of attention... Continue Reading →
US troops massacre 16 Afghan civilians (new-power.org) US troops have massacred 16 civilians, including women and children, in Afghanistan. The massacre began around 3 am in two villages in Panjwai district, a rural suburb of Kandahar and a traditional Taliban stronghold. The villages — Balandi and Alkozai — are about 500 yards (meters) from a... Continue Reading →
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