The presidential electoral campaign of Barack Obama in 2008, it was thought, “changed the political debate in a party and a country that desperately needed to take a new direction.” Like most preceding presidential winners dating back at least to John F. Kennedy, what moved voters of all descriptions to back Obama was the hope he offered of significant change. Yet within a year Obama has taken decisive steps, not just to continue America’s engagement in Bush’s Afghan War, but significantly to enlarge it into Pakistan. If this was change of a sort, it was a change that few voters desired.
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News Noam Chomsky: Obama was willing to start nuclear war to kill bin Laden
05-19-2013
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Rawstory
MIT professor Noam Chomsky criticized the killing of Osama bin Laden, saying President Obama could have provoked a nuclear war. “We were very close to war with Pakistan, which easily could have turned into a nuclear war, which could have
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News Afghans Claim to Have Video of U.S. Special Forces Guy Torturing Civilians
05-13-2013
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Wired.com
Afghan officials say they’ve got video of a man overseeing the torture of Afghan civilians. Exactly who ordered the man to torture is a matter of fierce dispute — and also helps explain this year’s erosion of trust between Washington and Kabul.
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News US wants 9 permanent bases in Afghanistan after 2014 ISAF withdrawal
05-10-2013
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http://rt.com
Afghan President Hamid Karzai vowed Thursday to wring concessions out of the United States in negotiations for a security pact for the country, as Washington wants to maintain nine military bases in Afghanistan after ISAF troops withdraw in 2014.
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News U.S. Kicks Drug-War Habit, Makes Peace With Afghan Poppies
05-09-2013
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Wired.com
Because of the poppies, the raw material for most of the world’s heroin, the list of things 1st Lt. Christopher Gackstatter and his 2nd Platoon can’t do in Sartok is far longer than the list of things they can.
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News Political Decentralization Might Help in Conflict-Ridden Countries
05-08-2013
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www.antiwar.com
What do Libya, Somalia, Yemen, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan have in common? Although it’s true that the United States has conducted recent military interventions in all of them, the more fundamental answer is that they are all artificial countries.
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News Karzai Confirms Accepting CIA Cash Monthly for 10 Years
05-01-2013
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http://www.dailypaul.com, By JUHANA ROSSI
Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Monday acknowledged that his office has been receiving money from the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency over the past 10 years, dismissing the monthly cash payments as a "small amount."
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News Horrifying Video Of 747 Crash In Afghanistan
05-01-2013
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Business Insider
Shocking new footage has surfaced that appears to show a 747-400 cargo plane crashing at Afghanistan's Bagram Airfield. The crash reportedly left all seven Americans aboard the plane dead.
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News The CIA has delivered tens of millions of dollars in cash packed in suitcases
05-01-2013
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Raw Story
The CIA has delivered tens of millions of dollars in cash packed in suitcases and backpacks to the office of Afghan President Hamid Karzai for more than a decade, the New York Times reported Monday.
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News Company IDs 7 killed in Afghanistan plane crash
05-01-2013
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AP
Brokaw, 33, of Monroe, Mich., was among 7 Americans killed when their National Air Cargo plane crashed near an Air Force base in Afghanistan. Six of the victims were from Michigan and a seventh was from Kentucky, said National Air Cargo vice preside
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News Millions in CIA "ghost money" paid to Afghan president's office
04-29-2013
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Reuters
Tens of millions of U.S. dollars in cash were delivered by the CIA in suitcases, backpacks and plastic shopping bags to the office of Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai for more than a decade, the New York Times says, citing current and former
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News 4 foreign troops killed in NATO plane crash; Taliban begin spring offensive in Afghanistan
04-28-2013
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The Washington Post
A NATO plane crash in southern Afghanistan killed four international troops on Saturday, the same day the Taliban announced its spring offensive and said it will target military and diplomatic sites
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News Reporter Asks White House if U.S. Airstrikes That Kill Afghan Civilians Qualify as ‘Terrorism’
04-22-2013
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http://www.dailypaul.com, by 4ronpaulonly
Reporter Asks White House if U.S. Airstrikes That Kill Afghan Civilians Qualify as ‘Terrorism’
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News http://news.antiwar.com/2013/04/21/officials-six-afghan-police-killed-in-insider-attack/
04-21-2013
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Jason Ditz via AntiWar.com
Officer Let Taliban into Base, Joined Them as They Left
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News Pakistan's Musharraf flees court as judges order his arrest
04-18-2013
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Reuters
Former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf was forced to flee a courtroom on Thursday moments after judges ordered his arrest, dealing a fresh blow to his fast-fading hopes of reviving his political career at next month's general elections.
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Headlines: Pakistan's Musharraf flees court as judges order his arrest -- http://news.antiwar.com/2013/04/21/officials-six-afghan-police-killed-in-insider-attack/ -- Reporter Asks White House if U.S. Airstrikes That Kill Afghan Civilians Qualify as ‘Terrorism’ -- 4 foreign troops killed in NATO plane crash; Taliban begin spring offensive in Afghanistan -- Millions in CIA "ghost money" paid to Afghan president's office -- Company IDs 7 killed in Afghanistan plane crash -- The CIA has delivered tens of millions of dollars in cash packed in suitcases -- Horrifying Video Of 747 Crash In Afghanistan -- Karzai Confirms Accepting CIA Cash Monthly for 10 Years -- Political Decentralization Might Help in Conflict-Ridden Countries -- U.S. Kicks Drug-War Habit, Makes Peace With Afghan Poppies -- US wants 9 permanent bases in Afghanistan after 2014 ISAF withdrawal -- Karzai: US Can Keep Nine Bases in Afghanistan -- Afghans Claim to Have Video of U.S. Special Forces Guy Torturing Civilians -- Noam Chomsky: Obama was willing to start nuclear war to kill bin Laden --
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