US Army “kill team” in Afghanistan posed for photos of murdered civilians
• Jon Boone via RAWA.orgCommanders brace for backlash of anti-US sentiment that could be more damaging than after the Abu Ghraib scandal
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Soldiers Kills Afghan Civilians, Take Photos, Cut Off Souvenirs
• Matthias Gebauer and Hasnain Kazim via LewRockwellThe United States and NATO are concerned that reactions could be intense to the publication of images documenting killings committed by US soldiers in Afghanistan.
US Army 'kill team' in Afghanistan posed for photos of murdered civilians
• www.guardian.co.ukCommanders brace for backlash of anti-US sentiment that could be more damaging than after the Abu Ghraib scandal
GOP’s Jones says Republicans should push to end the Afghan war
• RawstoryAfter an emotional speech on the House floor, Rep. Walter Jones (R-NC) cast a vote to bring U.S. forces home from Afghanistan by the end of this year. The resolution, sponsored by Jones and Reps. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) and Ron Paul (R-TX),
Suspected U.S. drone strike in Pakistan, 38 killed
• ReutersA U.S. drone missile strike on Thursday killed at least 38 suspected militants in a Pakistani tribal region known as a haven for Taliban and al Qaeda fighters, Pakistani intelligence officials said. There were conflicting accounts about the targe
Support for Afghanistan war wanes
• NBC: Kevin Hurd and Domenico MontanaroAccording to the poll, almost two-thirds – 64% -- say the war is not worth fight; 31% say it is. In addition, almost half -- 49% -- say they feel "strongly" that the war is not worth fighting. The opposition is a sharp change from early 2010, the las
Poll: Nearly two-thirds of Americans say Afghan war isn’t worth fighting
• Washington PostNearly two-thirds of Americans now say the war in Afghanistan is no longer worth fighting, the highest proportion yet opposed to the conflict, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.
Afghan Leader Questions U.S. Military Operations
• nytimes.comPresident Hamid Karzai on Saturday appeared to call for NATO and the United States to cease military operations in Afghanistan, but then issued a clarification saying that he was referring only to specific operations that had caused civilian casualti
NATO troops kill Karzai's cousin in botched raid, Afghans say
• NY TimesThe accidental killing of a cousin of President Hamid Karzai by a U.S. Special Forces team became the latest in a string of high-profile civilian casualties that have further soured the relationship between the president and his American benefactors.
Private contractors at record in Afghan war: US report
• AFPThe number of private security personnel working for the US military in Afghanistan rose to 18,919 at the end of last year, the highest level used in any conflict by the United States. The number of private security contractor personnel has tripled s
Gates: U.S. Afghanistan Involvement Should Continue
• huffingtonpost.comU.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says the United States has no interest is setting up permanent military bases in Afghanistan.
Dhimmitude of General Petraeus
• dailybell.comWe're sorry. Fighting for democracy isn't easy.
U.S. apology for Afghan deaths "not enough": Karzai
• ReutersAfghan President Hamid Karzai told General David Petraeus, the commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan, on Sunday his apology for a foreign air strike that killed nine children last week was "not enough." At a meeting with his security ad
Petraeus apologizes after international forces kill 9 Afghan civilians
• cnn.comThe commander of U.S. and NATO-led forces in Afghanistan apologized Wednesday after an investigation concluded that coalition troops accidentally killed nine civilians -- including some children -- in a strike Tuesday.
Tribal peace deal in Afghanistan shaky
• www.detnews.comLeaders failing to prevent attacks on coalition forces
U.S. Pulling Back in Afghan Valley It Called Vital to War
• NY TimesAfter years of fighting for control of a prominent valley in the rugged mountains of eastern Afghanistan, the United States military has begun to pull back most of its forces from ground it once insisted was central to the campaign against the Taliba
NATO disputes claims of Afghan civilian deaths
• APTribal elders in a remote part of northeastern Afghanistan claimed Sunday that NATO forces killed 64 civilians in air and ground strikes over the past four days. The international coalition denied the claim, saying video showed troops targeting and k
Afghan War Draws in China and Russia
• dailybell.comPlease don't look now, for everything is fine. Soon Afghanistan, pacified, will join the West.
Surveillance Blimps: Petraeus Builds Big Brother In Afghanistan
• dvice.comJust to give you one example – the blimps – you see two of them over Kabul now – we’ve gone from 8 to 68 of those just in the last several months, and we’re going to expand those further. Each one of those has very capable optics on it.
One in 50 Troops in Afghanistan Is a Robot
• Wired.com/There are more than 2,000 ground robots fighting alongside flesh-and-blood forces in Afghanistan, according to Lt. Col. Dave Thompson, the Marine Corps’ top robot-handler. If his figures are right, it means one in 50 U.S. troops in Afghanistan...
Losses at Afghan Bank Could Be $900 Million
• NY TimesFraud and mismanagement at Afghanistan’s largest bank have resulted in potential losses of as much as $900 million — three times previous estimates — heightening concerns that the bank could collapse and trigger a broad financial panic in Afghanistan
Afghan officials want to prolong detentions
• Washington PostAfghan justice and security officials want to adopt the U.S. practice of detaining suspected insurgents indefinitely without trial, according to senior U.S. and Afghan officials involved in efforts to have the government in Kabul take control of dete
Trial set for ringleader of rogue Afghanistan Army unit
• ReutersArmy Staff Sergeant Calvin Gibbs is charged with premeditated murder and assaulting unarmed Afghan civilians, as well as with cutting off fingers from corpses and beating a fellow soldier who had alerted superiors to widespread hashish use in his uni
US Levels, Rebuilds Afghan Village
• dailybell.comVillages sometimes must be destroyed to save them.
Afghan parliament to defy Karzai's postponement order
• Washington PostThe new Afghan parliament decided Thursday to convene as planned at the start of next week, in a defiant response to President Hamid Karzai ordering the opening session postponed by a month.
Afghanistan's push to tax U.S. contractors could renew tensions
• Washington PostThe Afghan government is ramping up efforts to tax U.S. contractors operating there - an effort that could raise millions for the cash-strapped government but could also provoke fresh confrontation with the United States, according to U.S. and Afghan
Biometric ID & Iris Scan By Foreign Troops: How Would You Feel?
• thehourlyg.blogspot.comHow would you feel if this was you outside your home, and the soldier was Chinese?
US Pouring Billions Into Failed Afghan Projects
• dailybell.comOnce we get the numbers right – and spend enough – successful projects will follow.
Biden Vows US to Remain in Afghanistan ‘Well Beyond 2014′
• AntiWar.com“We are not leaving in 2014,” Biden assured President Hamid Karzai during a news conference in Kabul, insisting that the US was prepared to continue with its military occupation “well beyond 2014.”
How Afghanistan Became a War for NATO
• Antiwar.comThe official line of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), the NATO command in Afghanistan, is that the war against Afghan insurgents is vital to the security of all the countries providing troops there.
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