America’s Phoney War in Afghanistan
World Saturday, October 31st, 2009Our troops are dying for “globalization” and opium poppy cultivation in Afghanistan
Our troops are dying for “globalization” and opium poppy cultivation in Afghanistan
A reliable source from one of the electronic medias made a report about the latest condition of the Slaughterer of Palestinian Muslims, Ariel Sharon. The Israeli publication, “Hume Israel” cited the information from one of the famous daily electronic magazines in the country.
UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions Philip Alston said the use of unmanned warplanes by the US to carry out attacks in Pakistan and Afghanistan may be illegal.
The horrors of the US Agent Orange defoliation campaign in Vietnam, about which I wrote on Oct. 15, could ultimately be dwarfed by the horrors caused by the depleted uranium weapons which the US began using in the 1991 Gulf War (300 tons), and which it has used much more extensively–and in more urban, populated [...]
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s first three-day visit to Pakistan has not been without drama. During her tour, the most high-level visit from the Obama administration, Clinton received both praise and criticism, with some media outlets deeming it a “charm offensive” and others calling it “a PR exercise, but who will buy what the U.S. [...]
The latest attacks on Indian embassy in Afghanistan and the Pakistan’s military headquarters would trigger a new wave of accusations and counteraccusations by India and Pakistan. It seems that the United States is achieving its military strategy to keep regional conflicts going, so that the United States is not only secure, but also economically strong.
The “dollar debate” on the Internet has been ferocious and emotionally-charged, but sadly lacking in logic. To oppose the “dollar will crash” theorists is like arguing a woman’s right to choose with the fist-waving throng assembled outside an abortion clinic.
A lot can be achieved in two and a half decades. For an individual, its roughly one-third of the average lifespan. For a nation, its enough time for an entire generation to come through. A nation can be transformed from a marshy swamp into one of the largest economies of the world – as in [...]
The American Energy Group has executed an agreement to acquire from Hycarbex-American Energy, Inc. (“Hycarbex”) a two and one half percent (2-1/2%) working interest in each of the 2,258 square kilometer Sanjawi Block No. 3068-2, Zone II, Baluchistan Province, Pakistan, and 1,229 square kilometer Zamzama North Block No. 2667-8, Zone III, Sindh Province, Pakistan.
Since October 17, this year when Pakistan’s armed forces started the military operation, “Rah-i-Nijat” (Path to Deliverance), they have been rapidly achieving successes by destroying the strongholds of the Waziristan-based militants. In this regard, the Chief of the Inter-Services Public Relations, Maj-Gen. Athar Abbas indicated that within a few days, at least 137 militants have [...]
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