Posts Tagged ‘afghanistan’

Court to rule on military funeral protests

http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/news/2010/03/court_to_rule_in_military_funeral_protest_case.php?ref=fpa I find it especially interesting that at no where in the article does the AP mention the NAME of the church and pastor Phelps and his Westboro Baptist Church. It's always a Kansas based church. This could be interesting.

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KUCINICH TRIES TO FORCE DEBATE ON AFGHANISTAN

America today is still thwarted from seeing citizen mandate acted upon because of an unresponsive government, and a Pentagon still saddled with yes-Generals from decades of Cheney and cabal in control. Before leaving Afghanistan for an unconstitutional Iraq pre-emptive, one of the last yes-Generals complained the 'there was nothing left in Afghan to bomb'

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Israel says it has the Right to Assassinate People

Israeli leader Tivni Livni called upon the international community to support Israels effort to fight terrorism.   Tivni said that any comparison between terrorism and those fighting it is immoral

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If Israel Killed Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, did it have the right to?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alan-dershowitz/if-israel-killed-mahmoud_b_467506.html   One comment I come across repeatedly, on  TV news and blogs, is that Israel didn't have the right to eliminate Mahmoud Al-Mabhouh in Dubai because, unlike Afghanistan, Dubai is not a war zone.

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Missile kills Pakistani Taliban leader

ISLAMABAD — A Pakistani Taliban commander wanted in the deadly 2006 bombing of the U.S. consulate in Karachi was killed in a suspected CIA missile strike in northwest Pakistan, officials said Thursday — the latest blow in a crackdown on militants in the region. Mohammed Qari Zafar was among at least 13 people killed Wednesday when three missiles slammed into a compound and a vehicle in the Dargah Mandi area of the North Waziristan tribal region on the border with Afghanistan, two Pakistani intelligence officials said.

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Wish there was a clearly correct answer to this.

There does not appear to be a clear answer for this. No administration since when it was explained 2001 has updated the public exactly what the goal is.   US Death Toll Reaches 1K in Afghanistan February 23, 201 KABUL --- An independent Web site said Tuesday that the number of U.S.

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Chossudovsky: US will start WW3 by attacking Iran

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4p1kD8CZX8   http://www.deepjournal.com/p/7/a/en/2562.html       Michel Chossudovsky  believes the US is planning for war with Iran. ( Chossudovsky is a Professor of Economics at the University of Ottawa and active member of the anti-war movement in Canada)   Here is how it will play out, the West may hit 1 or 2 nuclear plants in Iran using mini Nuke bombs.  However the casualties for the West and Israel are heavy during the first wave of attack.  An S300 will claim a B-2 bomber as well and public footage will be seen of the heavy carnage that reminds the world of the bombs that blew up Nagasaki.  The middle east will be inflamed and the Saudi Arabian government together with Turkey will be forced to declare war against Israel and the West or be overthrown by their people.  OPEC will automatically declare the end of petro dollar transactions.  Iran will retaliate with rain nuclear missiles (indigenous and constant supplies coming from Russia and China) on Israel until the whole nation disappears off of the map.  Iranian Moskit and Sunburn missiles will destroy the aircraft carriers in the straights of Hormuz leading to closing of the area.  Oil and commodity prices will sky rocket.  Iranian citizens storm into Iraq and Afghanistan armed to the teeth as suicide soldiers, western soldiers occupying Iraq will find that their supply lines are closed and are annihilated immediately.  Russia and China will commence the Financial Nuclear option dumping treasuries and agency bonds left right and centre.  There will be panic in the markets for an exit in the US, Euro and Yen assets.      Due to the heavy US casualties and sinking of US aircraft carrier, the US will make a calculated mistake in charging Russia and China for creating an endless supply of nuclear tipped short and medium range missiles for Iran.  The reckless reaction of the US will lead to launching of US SLBM into Russia, Russia will immediately retaliate with 20,000 ICBMs flying down into US and Western Europe.  By the end of the week those who survive will have to live in nuclear winter weather.      Make no mistake Iraq and Iran are different.  This is like comparing apples to Oranges.  Iran has a very formidable military compared to analysis of the West back in 2004.  Iranian military are well trained and very disciplined compared to Iraqi.  The other complications comes down to the relationship between Iran, Russia and China, all allied members of the SCO.  They have a defense pact as Iran has a common border with the two nations.  Russia has pipelines to sell their gas to Europe and South Asia passing through Iran, China needs Iranian oil.  Any war against Iran will devastate Russia and China economically.  This will be seen in Russia and China as an attack to their nations and they will not tolerate this.      The West will collapse under this major hubris.  Chossudovsky is correct, a war with Iran is going to be WW3 for real.  The stakes are high. Due to this, I like Jim Willie, believe all of this is posturing as the US and Israel knows that likelihood of any attack on Iran is suicide.  All of this rhetoric is just talk to help escalate Exxon stock.  By the end of the day there will NOT be any attack on Iran unless Obama has really lost his mind.  I can tell you the odds are that the US and Europe will suffer economic collapse first before any bombs ever touched Iranian ground.    Message Edited by ISRAELANDUS4EVER on 02-21-2010 09:02 PM

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Obama Has Been Busy

If you listen to the media all you hear is negativity. Here's what Obama has done.

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Fighting rages as Karzai urges restraint from NATO

I cannot fault any soldier that shoots someone or something he see as a threat to his life.   In vietnam the would booby trap baby's and leave them in the road for Americans to find.  In Afghanistan they bobby trap civilians. the solider in the field needs to be able to make the decision when to use deadly force, not the Politicians in Washington.   A long time ago in a land far far away I was ordered to shoot a kid.  Because of training I almost reacted automatically, as the last second I decided to the kid was of no threat and I disobeyed the order.  The LT went crazy.   When we got back to post he filed charges with the COL.  the col told the Lt.

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US Marines airdropped into Taliban-held territory

I would think this kind of information should be a secret.  It seams like somebody (the media) is painting a bulls eye o the guys back. We have been jerking around there for so long the bad guys have build a real army. The are using the same tactics against us we used against the British 200 years ago.   We need to star packing and quit fighting.   A possible reason for the war the real reason.  A short time before Afghanistan became and the Taliban became evil

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