Against the assessment of his national security adviser, the president will reportedly increase the U.S. military footprint in Afghanistan by 34,000 in 2010.
Posts Tagged ‘opium’
Obama ‘Leaning Toward’ 34,000 U.S. Troop Increase in Afghanistan
Posted: 8 November 2009 by Editors in Af-Pak War, Political ScienceTags: Af-Pak War, Afghan surge, Afghanistan, Ahmed Wali Karzai, Bernard Kouchner, Bush Amdinistration, CNAS, COIN, counterinsurgency, counterterrorism, Craig Murray, David Ignatius, drug trafficking, Fareed Zakaria, fascism, human rights, international law, ISAF, James Jones, Jonathan Landay, Kandahar Strike Force, law, libertarian, McClatchy, Middle East, Nancy Youssef, NATO, natural gas, Newspeak, Obama, opium, Pakistan, PNAC, Stanley McChrystal, terrorism, Thomas Friedman, Thomas Ricks, UNODC, US, War, War on Terror, Zbigniew Brzezinski
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U.K. Ambassador: Renditioned Detainees ‘Raped With Broken Bottles’ in ‘Soviet-Style Gulags’
Posted: 5 November 2009 by Editors in Af-Pak War, International Affairs, Political ScienceTags: Af-Pak War, Afghan elections, Bush Administration, Central Asia, Craig Murray, enhanced interrogation techniques, extraordinary rendition, false confessions, fascism, George Bush, Gulags, Hamid Karzai, heroin, human rights, international law, ISAF, KGB, kidnapping, law, libertarian, Middle East, NATO, natural gas, Newspeak, Obama, oil, opium, political prisoners, prison rape, rendition, Soviet Union, terrorism, torture, US, USSR, Uzbekistan, War, War on Terror
The U.S. and U.K made extensive use of Uzbekistan’s the torture regime in its extraordinary rendition program, Craig Murray says, exporting interrogations to a country that “left the Soviet Union in order to maintain the Soviet system” of Gulag oppression.
‘Mafialike’ C.I.A. Asset: Hamid Wali Noriega
Posted: 28 October 2009 by Little Alex in Af-Pak War, Political ScienceTags: Af-Pak War, Afghan elections, Afghanistan, Agha Saqeb, Ahmed Wali Karzai, Antonio Maria Costa, Bolivarian Socialism, Burhanuddin Rabbani, Central Asia, CIA, corporatism, Dexter Filkins, drug trafficking, drug war, economy, fascism, Habibullah Jan, Helmand Province, Hillary Clinton, human rights, ISAF, James Risen, Kandahar, Khan Mohammed, Latin America, libertarian, liberty, Mark Mazzetti, market-anarchism, Martin Smith, Michael Flynn, Middle East, Mirwais Yasini, NATO, Newspeak, Nicaragua, Obama, Obama's War, opium, Pakistan, Taliban, taxation, terrorism, Tom Lasseter, Turdy Rubin, UNODC, US, War, War on Terror, Washington Post
The New York Times reports the opium-profiteering brother of Afghan President Hamid Karzai is on the C.I.A. payroll.
Juan Cole on Engaging the Muslim World
Posted: 18 March 2009 by Editors in Af-Pak War, International Affairs, Palestine-Israel, Political ScienceTags: Afghanistan, AIPAC, al-Qaida, Amy Goodman, Australia, Chas Freeman, DN, drones, environment, Gilani, green, Hamas, Iraq, Israel, Israel lobby, Juan Cole, Karzai, Maliki, Middle East, Muslim Brotherhood, Obama, opium, Pakistan, Palestine, Pashtuns, poppy, PPP, Saudi Arabia, Sharif, surge, Taliban, terrorism, UK, US, War, warlords, Zardari, Zionism
Amy Goodman interviews Juan Cole on DN this week on the US in the Middle East, the Muslim Brotherhood, and Chas Freeman. (more…)
Panel Discussion: Why We’re in Afghanistan (Video)
Posted: 14 March 2009 by Editors in Af-Pak War, International Affairs, Political ScienceTags: 9/11, Afghanistan, al-Qaeda, al-Qaida, China, drugs, ecomony, George Bush, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Karzai, Middle East, military, mujahideen, Newspeak, Obama, oil, opium, Pakistan, pipeline, Russia, Soviets, Sunil Ram, Taliban, Tariq Amin-Khan, terrorism, UN, US, Vietnam, War
TRNN’s exceptional panel on why we’re in Afghanistan, what’s seen, and what is not seen. (more…)
