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‘Militants’ Today, Cops Tomorrow in Afghanistan

Kabul today announced it plans to replace U.S. militant contractors with Afghan militants. Jack Rice—criminal defense attorney, journalist and former C.I.A. analyst—discussed why he doesn’t expect U.S. military contractors out of Afghanistan soon. He stressed that Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s puppet status, the size of the corporate force machine occupying the country and political motivations igniting recent Newspeak at RT, yesterday evening (6:13):

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Jeremy Scahill on Obama’s Iraq Withdrawal That Isn’t (Video)

Posted: 3 August 2010 by Little Alex in International Affairs
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With 70,000 U.S. troops in Iraq, President Obama yesterday dropped his 2009 pledge to remove all combat troops before September, extending the target date 15 months, Gareth Porter reported today at Inter Press Services. The drawdown is intended by the Administration to leave 50,000 ‘residual troops’ indefinitely, but investigative journalist Jeremy Scahill notes the so-called “withdrawal” is a replacement of combat troops with ‘private’ mercenary firms. Earlier today, he spoke with Amy Goodman at Democracy Now! (11:48):

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Daily Briefing—26th March 2010

Posted: 26 March 2010 by Editors in Daily Briefing
Tags: Af-Pak War, Afghanistan, banking, Ben Bernanke, California, Charles Davis, Congress, derivatives, DNA database, DPRK, EU, Europe, Federal Reserve, GATA, gay rights, Gaza, Globovision, Greece, Guantanamo Bay, healthcare, healthcare reform, Hitler, IDF, IMF, innovation, Israel, John Pilger, JP Morgan Chase, LGBT, marijuana, Marvin Reeves, medical marijuana, military tribunals, military welfare, Murray Rothard, Netanyahu, nuclear weapons, Obama, Palestine-Israel, Pope Benedict, Ron Paul, Russia, SEC, settlements, silver, South Korea, START, tea party movement, Thailand, Triple Canopy, Uganda, US embassies, Venezuela, Wendy McElroy

News and views from around the web posted to the Wonderland Wire:

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Obama’s Wars: Jeremy Scahill on Bill Moyers Journal (Video)

Posted: 10 June 2009 by Editors in Af-Pak War, International Affairs, Political Science
Tags: Afghanistan, air strikes, Bill Moyers, Blackwater, Cairo Speech, Cheney, Chris Chambliss, corporatism, detainees, drones, fascism, George Bush, Gitmo, habeas corpus, Halliburton, human rights, international law, Iraq, Jeremy Scahill, KBR, Lara Logan, law, Middle East, military industrial complex, Newspeak, Obama, private military contractors, Stanley McChrystal, terrorism, Triple Canopy, UN, US, War, Xe

Jeremy Scahill discusses international affairs with Bill Moyers on PBS last Friday night saying, “It’s time to take off our Obama T-shirts…. The fact is that this man is governing over a policy that is killing a tremendous number of civilians.” (more…)

The President vs. The Pentagon: Part I

Posted: 3 February 2009 by Editors in International Affairs
Tags: Afghanistan, AntiWar radio, Blackwater, Clinton, Dyncorp, fascism, Gareth Porter, George Bush, international law, IPS, Iran, Iraq, Korb, Lauer, MSNBC, NBC, Newspeak, NYT, Obama, Odierno, Olbermann, Paul Jay, Pentagon, Petraeus, residual forces, Scahill, Scott Horton, terrorism, Triple Canopy, US, War

Gareth Porter discusses his article of quarrels between Obama, Gen. Petraeus, and the Pentagon. Mr. Obama repeated his pledge to remove troops from Iraq, but the State Dept. is looking to replace Blackwater troops, who the Iraqi gov’t recently expelled. (more…)