‘From the Imperium’ Archives
New Marjah Chief is a Convicted Murderer
Denver Post | By Deb Riechmann and Kirsten Grieshaber | 7 March 2010 Afghanistan: Marjah chief's crime record will be investigated KABUL — Afghan government officials are not rushing to oust the man they chose to bring fresh and credible governance to a town just seized from the Taliban, but his newly disclosed criminal record in Germany [...]
CIA’s Heads of State
Time Magazine | By Bobby Ghosh | 28 October 2009 Who's Who on the CIA Payroll: A Brief History of CIA Assets Allegations that Afghan President Hamid Karzai's brother worked for the CIA are a reminder of a long list of distinguished and not-so-distinguished assets There was little surprise among Afghanistan experts and longtime CIA watchers [...]
From Malcolm X to Barack Obama
The Progressive | By Salim Muwakkil | 24 Februsry 2010 45 years after assassination, Malcolm X still a relevant figure Forty-five years after his murder in February 1965, Malcolm X’s legacy remains surprisingly vibrant. But that legacy also complicates the relationship blacks have with America’s first black president. There’s no doubt [...]
Can McChrystal Govern Marjah?
Christian Science Monitor | By Dion Nissenbaum (McClatchy Newspapers) | 2 March 2010 After the Taliban, what do Marjah residents want? Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal and President Hamid Karzai's deputy walked the streets of Marjah Monday. With US-led forces now in control of the former Taliban stronghold in southern Afghanistan, US and Afghan [...]
American Bribes Flowing from Kabul to Dubai
Washington Post | By Andrew Higgins | 25 February 2010 Officials puzzle over millions of dollars leaving Afghanistan by plane for Dubai KABUL -- A blizzard of bank notes is flying out of Afghanistan -- often in full view of customs officers at the Kabul airport -- as part of a cash exodus that is confounding U.S. officials and raising [...]
U.S. Senate Looking into Blackwater/Xe and Other Mercenaries’ Wrongdoings
Christian Science Monitor | By Gordon Lubold| 24 February 2010 Blackwater fallout: Senate moves to rein in military contractors The Senate holds a hearing Wednesday on ways to improve oversight of private military contractors, after a series of incidents involving Blackwater. On Tuesday, Rep. Jan Schakowsky and Sen. Bernie Sanders introduced a [...]
Iraq: Imperial Sunset billed as “New Dawn”
AlterNet | By Liliana Segura | 20 February 2010 Obama's Pentagon Rebrands Iraq War, Rolls Out PR Offensive in Afghanistan The new PR campaign has all the qualities of a George Orwell novel. Perhaps 'Operation Imperial Sunset' is a more appropriate name. This week, the same week that saw the U.S. military launch a major new assault in [...]
Marjah: Psychological Warfare on Afghan and American Resistance
New York Times | By Thom Shanker | 20 February 2010 Afghan Push Went Beyond Traditional Military Goals WASHINGTON — Before 10,000 troops marched through central Helmand Province to wrest control of a small Afghan town from a few hundred entrenched Taliban fighters, American officials did something more typical of political than military [...]
Bush Lawyer Said President Can “Massacre” Civilians
Newsweek | By Michael Isikoff | 19 February 2010 Report: Bush Lawyer Said President Could Order Civilians to Be 'Massacred' The chief author of the Bush administration's "torture memo" told Justice Department investigators that the president's war-making authority was so broad that he had the constitutional power to order a village to be [...]
Day five of Operation Moshtarak
The Afpak Channel | By Katherine Tiedemann | 17 February 2010 Daily brief: Obama to convene Afghan war council today As coalition operations in the southern Afghan town of Marjah enter their fifth day, U.S. President Barack Obama is holding a meeting of his national security advisers in the White House Situation Room today to discuss [...]
