Locals of the Laghman Province claim civilians were killed in a NATO raid, contrary to NATO claims, and that they are not “insurgents”, but people defending their home against NATO’s ‘broken promises’ to not raid their village (2:00):
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Afghan Villagers Claim Self-Defense in NATO’s Deadly Night Raid (Video)
Posted: 28 September 2010 by Little Alex in Af-Pak WarTags: Afghanistan, airstrikes, CIA, civilian casualties, COIN, CT, drone, extrajudicial assassination, FATA, Hamid Karzai, Haqqani Network, Laghman Province, NATO, night raids, North Waziristan, NWFP, Pakistan, Quetta Shura, War on Terror
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Daily Briefing—2nd-3rd Aug 2010
Posted: 3 August 2010 by Editors in Daily BriefingTags: Af-Pak War, Afghanistan, Ali Gharib, Andrew Bacevich, Arizona, bank fee, banking, Bashar Assad, BBP, CFR, Chris Hedges, CIA, electoral politics, FBI, France, Golan Herights, Guatemala, Gulf oil spill, Haqqani Network, Howard Zinn, immigration, India, Iraq War, ISI, Israel, Julian Assange, Kashmir, Kevin Carson, Marc Theissen, Maxine Waters, Middle East, miranda rights, Nabila Ramdani, Netherlands, Nicolas Sarkozy, Nida Khan, overdraft protection, Pakistan, Quetta Shura, Robert Gates, Sri Lanka, Syria, Taliban, Tamil refugees, Thailans, Wikileaks, Wikipedia
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Ameri-Paki-Talistan (Video)
Posted: 1 August 2010 by Editors in Af-Pak War, India-Pakistan; 26/11, Political ScienceTags: Af-Pak War, Afghan Taliban, Afghanistan, Afghanistan motherlode, Afghanistan War Logs, Ahmed Shah Massoud, airstrikes, al-Qaeda, Ashfaq Pervez Kayani, Asif Ali Zardari, Babrak Kamul, China, CIA, COIN, Cold War, counterinsurgency, democracy, drones, Durand Line, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, Hafizullah Amin, Hamid Gul, Hamid Karzani, Haqqani Network, history, Husain Haqqani, India, ISI, Islamic terrorism, Jalaluddin Haqqani, Kashmir, Leonid Brezhnev, Mullah Omar, North Waziristan, NY Times, Obama Administration, Osama bin Laden, Pakistan, Pashtuns, Predator drones, Quetta Shura, realpolitik, Robert Gates, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Sirajuddin Haqqani, Sistan-Baluchistan, Soviets, Taliban, terrorism, TTP, Wikileaks, Yousaf Raza Gilani, Zbigniew Brzezinski
Paul Fitzgerald and Elizabeth Gould, the husband-wife couple behind Invisible History: Afghanistan’s Untold Story (2009) and Crossing Zero: The AfPak War at the Turning Point of American Empire (2010), recently discussed the C.I.A connections with Afghan militant networks through Pakistani intelligence agencies with Paul Jay at The Real News Network.
Part One – WikiLeaks—The Pakistan Connection (13:15):
WikiLeaked ‘Afghanistan War Logs’ Include U.S. Military Whitewashing War Crimes
Posted: 27 July 2010 by Little Alex in Af-Pak War, Political ScienceTags: Abu Laith al-Libi, AEF, Afghan mujahideen, Afghan War Diary, Afghanistan Eradication Forces, Afghanistan War Logs, al-Qaeda, Amnesty International, Andrew Exum, Bradley Manning, Bush Administration, Carl Hulse, CIA, civilian casualties, COIN, COINdinistas, Cold War, counterinsurgency, Dana Milibank, Daniel Ellsburg, David Kilcullen, David Leigh, Declan Walsh, Dennis Kucinich, Der Spiegel, Gareth Porter, Germany, Greg Jaffe, Guardian, Gus Lubin, Haqqani Network, human rights, international law, IRGC, Isabelle Schafer, ISAF, Jackie Calmes, Julian Assange, Kevin Poulsen, Kim Zetter, Michael Hastings, NATO, Newspeak, NY Times, Obama, Obama Administration, Pentagon Papers, Peter Finn, Quetta Shura, Rahmat Gul, Reaper drones, Richard Norton-Taylor, Rick Rowley, Rob Evans, Robert Gibbs, Ron Paul, Shum Khan, Stanley McChrystal, Taliban, Task Force 373, TF 373, US, US military, War, war crimes, War on Terror, war spending, whistleblowers, Wikileaks
The massive dump of U.S. military records relating to the war in Afghanistan confirms prior knowledge in some areas and shines light to other grim realities of aggressive war and occupation.
Report: Days Before ‘Forced’ Resignation, McChrystal Warned NATO ‘Not to Expect Progress’ This Year
Posted: 27 June 2010 by Little Alex in Af-Pak WarTags: Af-Pak War, Afghanistan, Carlotta Gall, COIN, COINdinistas, counterinsurgency, David Kilcullen, David Petraeus, Eric Schmitt, Hamid Karzai, Haqqani Network, Henry Kissinger, ISAF, Jane Perlez, Michael Hastings, Mullah Omar, NATO, Obama Administration, Quetta Shura, Sirajuddin Haqqani, Stanley McChrystal
The recently-resigned U.S. top commander in Afghanistan told ISAF allies the local insurgency was enhanced since the Obama-led surge. Karzai’s best option is negotiating with leaders of opposing militant factions.
Daily Briefing—15th June 2010
Posted: 15 June 2010 by Editors in Daily BriefingTags: 1953 Iran coup, Afghan Taliban, Afghanistan, Ahmed Wali Karzai, Amity Shlaes, Andy Worthington, Antoaneta Becker, austerity measures, Bill O'Reilly, Blackstone Group, BP, Canada, China, CIA, Coal India, currency manipulation, Daniel Tencer, death row, deportation, drug war, Dubai assassination, E, Eric Ruder, euro, European Union, extrajudicial assassinations, fiber optics, GCC, general strike, Gitmo, Glenn Greenwald, global debt, Goldman Sachs, Gregory White, Guantanamo Bay, habeas corpus, Haqqani Network, healthcare, Hindustan Copper, Honda, immigration, indefinite detention, India, inflation, Iran, Iraq, ISI, Israel, James Risen, Jan Brewer, Kyrgyzstan, labor unions, Latin America, Maher Arar, Matthew Berger, Maxim Bakiyev, Michael Gould-Wartofsky, mineral deposits, Mossad, Nigeria, Obama Administration, Pakistan, Pentagon, Persian Gulf, private military contractors, Quetta Shura, RCMP, renminbi, renminbi yuan, Robert Gibbs, Russia, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, SCOTUS, secret prisons, Singapore, Spain, Taliban, torture, treasury bonds, TTP, UN, UNHRC, USD, Vincent Fernando, War on Terror, yuan
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Washington War Department ‘Discovery of Nearly $1tn in Untapped Mineral Deposits in Afghanistan’ Will Heat Pak Intel Proxy War With U.S. & India
Posted: 14 June 2010 by Little Alex in Af-Pak War, India-Pakistan; 26/11, International Affairs, Political ScienceTags: Af-Pak War, Afghan Taliban, Afghanistan, batteries, Blackberrys, BRIC, Carlotta Gall, China, copper, Craig Murray, economics, gadgets, gold, Hamid Karzai, Haqqani Network, HIG, imperialism, India, Iran, Iraq, iron, ISAF, ISI, James Risen, Joe Weisenthal, John Cook, Katie Drummond, lithium, LSE, mineral deposits, Mullah Omar, natural resources, Newspeak, niobium, Obama Administration, oil, Pakistan, Pakistani Taliban, Pentagon, Quetta Shura, Sebastian Abbot, Shawn Turner, Taliban, terrorism, Tony Capaccio, TTP, US, War, War on Terror
A study confirms Pakistan intelligence is pulling the strings of the primary resistance networks in Afghanistan as an internal Pentagon document states it could be the “Saudi Arabia of lithium”, as a geological survey ‘conservatively’ estimates over $908bn in untapped resources.
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