The North Atlantic Treaty Organization turned 60 on April 4, 2009. The official story is that NATO was formed in the aftermath of World War 2 to defend western Europe against the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. With the…
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What next in Afghanistan?
by Patrick Cockburn, Counterpunch, March 30, 2009 After seven long years in which it seemed a sideshow to the bigger conflict in Iraq, the war in Afghanistan has reached a critical point. The US must now choose how far it…
Afghanistan war remains unpopular with Canadians
Almost Half of Canadians Would End Afghanistan Mission Before 2011 Atlantic Canadians, Quebecers and Ontarians more likely to both disagree with the extension of the mission, and advocate for an early withdrawal. [VANCOUVER – Mar. 7, 2009] – Canadian adults…
Afghanistan: A surge towards disaster
by Anthony Fenton, Asia Times, March 14, 2009 As United States President Barack Obama simultaneously escalates and crafts a new strategy for the US and North Atlantic Treaty Organization-led counter-insurgency war and occupation in Afghanistan, critics say that the “surge”…
Bagram Prison: Obama’s Guantanamo
Next flash point over terror detainees: Bagram prison by Warren Richey, The Christian Science Monitor, February 12, 2009 With Guantanamo set to close, more attention is falling on the US military facility in Afghanistan and those in custody there. At…
Afghanistan: civilian carnage increasing
Obama More Deadly for Afghan Civilians than Bush (in Jan 2009): “Change” Afghans Should Look Upon with Skepticism by Marc W. Herold, RAWA News, Feb. 2, 2009 The New Year’s first Afghan civilian killed by U.S/NATO action was a boy…
Fundamental injustice in Afghanistan
RAWA believes that no other nation can liberate Afghan women, and it is their own responsibility to raise and fight for their rights. In this hard fight we need the support and solidarity of peace-loving and democratic-minded people of the…
The American-Made Insurgency in Afghanistan
by Chris Floyd, Global Research, December 16, 2008 The “Good War” in Afghanistan – the Bush-launched war that Barack Obama tells us we must fight and win – continues to deteriorate before our eyes. Just like every other operation in…
Pakistan’s Balkanization
A boy stands at the site of suspected U.S. drone attacks in the Janikhel tribal area in Bannu district of North West Frontier Province, Nov. 29, 2008. U.S. forces in Afghanistan have carried out at least 27 air strikes by…
The libertarian case against the war in Afghanistan
by David R. Henderson, Western Standard, November 20, 2008 Shortly after the U.S. government’s attack on Afghanistan in October 2001 (which, of course, followed the September 11 attacks on the United States), the Canadian government joined the United States, the…