An Anti-iPad for India
• Technologyreview.comSuneet Singh Tuli, the man behind the ultracheap Aakash 2 tablet, says the West doesn’t understand mobile business in the developing world.
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Afghan leader alleges US, Taliban are colluding
• APKarzai raised another difficult issue when he denounced the alleged seizure of a university student Saturday by Afghan forces his aide said were working for the CIA. It was unclear why the student was detained.
U.S. Air Force stops reporting data on Afghan drone strikes
• ReutersWith debate intensifying in the United States over the use of drone aircraft, the U.S. military said on Sunday that it had removed data about air strikes carried out by unmanned planes in Afghanistan from its monthly air power summaries.
Christians, police clash in Pakistan
• Associated PressHundreds of Christians protesting the burning of their homes by a Muslim mob over alleged blasphemous remarks made against the Islam's Prophet Muhammad clashed with police on Sunday in eastern and southern Pakistan.
31 Killed Across Iraq; Police Fire on Protesters
• http://original.antiwar.com, by Margaret GriffisFriday: 31 Killed, 22 Wounded
Insider Attack: Afghan Soldiers Attack US Base in Kapisa, Kill Contractor
• http://news.antiwar.com, by Jason DitzSoldiers Were in Afghan Army Uniforms, Driving Military Vehicle
CHAOS IN EGYPT After Court Confirms Death Sentence Of Soccer Rioters
• Business InsiderThe verdict that had everyone in Egypt scared has come out and it's not good.
Pentagon Ran Torture Centers in Iraq, Atrocities Revealed
• antiwar“The Pentagon sent a US veteran of the ‘dirty wars’ in Central America to oversee sectarian police commando units in Iraq that set up secret detention and torture centres to get information from insurgents,” The Guardian reports. “These units conduct
Trial of Osama's Son-in-Law Will Be on US Soil, a Rarity
• APOsama bin Laden's son-in-law was charged with conspiring to kill Americans in his role as al-Qaeda's top propagandist. His trial will mark one of the first prosecutions of senior al-Qaeda leaders on US soil. The case marks a legal victory for
The Tragic Story Of Outpost Restrepo Sums Up The Whole Afghan War
• Business InsiderTroops nicknamed Afghanistan's Korengal Valley "Death Valley" for a reason.
Osama bin Laden’s son-in-law captured, turned over to U.S.
• Washington PostA former spokesman for al-Qaeda and son-in-law of its founder, Osama bin Laden, was captured overseas and secretly brought to New York this month to face a criminal trial for allegedly conspiring to kill Americans, U.S. officials said Thursday.
UNICEF Study: Israel Abuses Palestinian Child Detainees
• www.antiwar.comA scathing new report (PDF) from UNICEF blasts the Israeli government for its treatment of the hundreds of Palestinian children it captures and holds as “detainees” annually, referring to their treatment as “cruel, inhuman and degrading.”
Why Is The US Spending Hundreds Of Millions On These Secret Israeli Bunkers?
• Business InsiderLast year it was announced the U.S. was looking to build a secret underground complex in Israel.
Malawi's Bountiful Harvests and Healthier Children
• arcleinMalawi farmers, many of whom are women, also play a critical role in the program's success. They have embraced the initiative and constantly look to improve their efforts through testing of crop rotations, nutrient-enriched legumes, drought-tolera
Over $8B of the Money You Spent Rebuilding Iraq Was Wasted Outright
• Wired.comThe legacy of all the money the U.S. wasted in Iraq might be summed up with a single quote. “$55 billion could have brought great change in Iraq,” Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki recently told the U.S.’s Iraq auditor
Military Decides You Shouldn’t See Key Data on Afghan Insurgency
• Wired.comOne of the major metrics for the decade-long Afghanistan war is seriously flawed. Rather than fix the problem, the U.S.-NATO military command in Kabul has decided that you simply shouldn’t see the data.
It Looks Like Iraq Has Joined Assad's Side In The Syrian War
• Business InsiderAt least 48 Syrian soldiers and eight Iraqis died on Monday when they were ambushed inside Iraq, The Associated Press reports.
The Myth of Jewish Settlements in International Law
• The AlgemeinerBy permitting Jewish residence in the West Bank, is Israel ignoring international law? Ruth Gavison, a law professor at Jerusalem’s Hebrew University, seems to thinks so. Gavison criticized the report issued last year by former Israeli Supreme Cou
Michael Scheuer: The Rise of Homegrown Terrorism
• Daily Paul.comFormer CIA head of the Bin Laden unit Michael Scheuer tells Fox Business' Tom Sullivan the State Department is sticking its nose where it doesn't belong rather than solving current foreign affairs.
Dozens of Syrian troops killed in Iraq after seeking refuge, raising concerns of war’s spread
• Washington PostDozens of Syrian soldiers who crossed into Iraq for refuge were ambushed with bombs, gunfire and rocket-propelled grenades in an attack that killed 48 of them and heightened concerns that the country could be drawn into Syria’s civil war.
A Syrian girl posted this on Facebook: Diane Sawyer in Syria
• Daily Paul.comJust look at how much the reality has been warped since then! As everybody can tell, the portrayal of the countries in the Western media change along with the US' foreign policy... Depending on the latest policy or the stages of that policy,......
NATO says troops kill two Afghan boys due to mistaken identity
• ReutersNATO forces accidentally shot dead two boys during an operation in Afghanistan's south, the alliance said, in the latest in a series of incidents involving allegations of civilian deaths at the hands of international troops.
At Least 30 Afghan Police Killed in 48 Hours
• Antiwar.comWednesday Poisonings Followed With Thursday Attacks
The Military-Industrial Complex is Being Exported to Egypt
• Malou Innocent, US NewsIt's almost impossible to escape the Washington establishment's hysteria over sequestration—the $85 billion in across-the-board spending cuts, a less than 2.3 percent reduction of the $3.64 trillion federal budget. Despite all the overwrought rhetori
Washington’s Strategic Policy Shift on Syria: Edging Closer to Direct Military Intervention?
• http://www.globalresearch.ca, By Ben SchreinerThough President Obama last year rejected a proposal from the State Department, Pentagon, and CIA to directly arm Syrian rebel fighters, his administration is once again edging closer to directly intervening in the Syrian war.
Statue Of Obama To Be Put Up In Israel?
• govtslaves.infoObama finally announced he will visit Israel. With Obama’s trip to slated for March 20 conspiracy theorists are running rampant with news of an ice statue exactly 666 meters from the Temple Mount.
Kerry: US to Hasten Syria Regime Change
• Antiwar.comIn a news conference today in London, Secretary of State John Kerry slammed the Syrian government for offering peace talks to the rebels, insisting that he didn’t believe they should be taken seriously and promising to step up US involvement.
Obama to Inform Netanyahu of Plans for Summer Iran War
• Antiwar.comWill Urge Israel to 'Sit Tight' And Let US Start War
Syria civil war threatens to pull Lebanon into conflict, UN says
• ReutersThe UN expressed renewed concern that Lebanon could be drawn into Syria's worsening 2-year-old civil war, which the world body said developed sectarian overtones and been aggravated by foreign fighters and extremist groups.
US Congress: 'Fight Terrorism, Arm The Terrorists!'
• Lew Rockwell blogWhat is a Member of the US House who strongly and passionately supports the State of Israel doing introducing legislation that would result in a gusher of arms flowing to "the fastest-growing al Qaeda front in the world, attracting fighters from
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