Nato to target Afghan drugs trade

Concerned with growth in drug trade in Afghanistan, NATO forces have been empowered to target opium factories. The UN said in August that poppy production in Afghanistan was down this year after a record-breaking...

Nato build-up gives tribesmen the jitters in Pakistan

There is widespread panic undergoing in the borders areas of Pakistan after heavy deployment of NATO forces. Now local tribesmen are terrified for military actions against them.  "After deployment along the...

US forces bomb wedding party: 22 Afghan civilians killed

More than two dozen  innocent Afghan civilians have been killed in the bombing by US forces in Afghanistan's eastern province. Afghan government has ordered a probe about this incident."  Nearly two dozen people were killed in an air strike by the US-led coalition...

Iran Daily: A Blow to Sanctions

"Iran, Pakistan and India will sign a deal this month to build a natural gas pipeline to help feed the subcontinent’s desperate need for energy, indeed a major blow to illegal US-led sanctions against Tehran and a defeat for US influence in South Asia. The $7.5 billion...

151, 000 killed in Iraq

One wonders how many were killed in the initial bombing of the invasion..does that comprise a war crime, given it was internationally unsanctioned and the original reason has been proven to be a lie.3,915 US and 174 British soldiers have died since the war began and between...

12 Construction Works Killed By US Military Bomb in Afghanistan

So far the US seems very good at taking out her allies and workers but not quite as adept at killing the enemy."At least 12 Afghan road construction workers have been killed in an air strike by the US-led...

Australia soldier among 25 killed in Afghanistan

"The soldier was killed in an ambush while on patrol Thursday in the southern province of Uruzgan, the Australian Defence Force said in a statement. It was Australia`s third combat fatality since it sent troops to Afghanistan and Iraq in the US-led "war on terror" in the wake...

maltaStar.com: Student’s program sends PR chaos in Wiki-scandal

Thank the Gods for hackers!!  One smart lad developed a software programme to pingback the data altered on Wikipedia to the source of the IP that made the changes.  So far, the list is very long and very...

US war on terror is cause of terror - report

Not much more needs to be said - the report merely reinforces the obvious."The US-led war on terror is only fuelling more violence by focusing on military solutions rather than on root causes, a British think tank...

Chirac Leaves Behind A Questionable Legacy

"French President Jacques Chirac, who announced late Sunday that he will not be standing for a third term, leaves behind a legacy of largely unfulfilled promise and missed opportunities. ---- Perhaps a more...

We are 'Slaves to America'

"The fact that our Afghan policy is in shambles is shown by reports that on the same day, while four of our soldiers were killed by a militant suicide bomber, one was killed in a border post by US-led coalition forces. Thus our army is at the same time under attack from the...

Saddam Supporters Vow Revenge

"Amman - Saddam Hussein's Ba'ath Party threatened on Wednesday to retaliate if the ousted Iraqi leader was executed, warning in an internet posting that it would target United States interests anywhere. The statement appeared on a Web site known to represent the Ba'ath, which...

Iraqi premier invites Hussein forces into peace effort

A key conference opens with gesture toward the Sunnis "BAGHDAD -- Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki called on former members of Saddam Hussein's disbanded army to join Iraq's new security forces in an effort to...

Blair accepts 'disaster' in Iraq

"Tony Blair has publicly accepted that the violence in Iraq since the US-led invasion in 2003 has been a disaster."

Baghdad bombs kill 21

U.S. officers have warned that Iraq could descend into civil war unless violence was curbed. "Security forces battled armed gangs and insurgents in two Iraqi cities on Wednesday as bomb attacks killed 21 in the capital, highlighting the precarious task facing U.S.-led forces...

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