‘Uncategorised’ Archives
NextGen UAVs: The “Beast of Kandahar” Identified as the RQ-170 Sentinel
Aviation Week | David A. Fulghum and Bill Sweetman | 11 December 2009 The U.S. has been flying a classified, stealthy, remotely piloted aircraft in Afghanistan. That single fact reveals the continued development of low-observable UAVs, hidden aspects of the surveillance buildup in Afghanistan, the footprint of an active “black aircraft [...]
Obama’s turn in the “great game”
Lee Sustar examines the military, economic and political agendas driving Barack Obama's war drive in Afghanistan. December 14, 2009 WHEN BARACK Obama says he wants to "finish the job" in Afghanistan, he's talking about a lot more than smashing al-Qaeda or crushing the Taliban. What he's after is a permanent outpost of U.S. imperialism in [...]
Full Transcript of Obama’s 60 Minutes Interview on Afghanistan and Pakistan
CBS | 60 Minutes | 13 December 2009 Afghanistan and Pakistan “Keep in mind, Steve, what I'm saying here. We are gonna be drawing down combat forces after 2011. That doesn't lessen our commitment to a strong security partnership with Afghanistan. It doesn't mean that we won't be providing logistical support, that we won't be providing training [...]
Pakistani Analysts Buy Obama’s Exit Narrative
Dawn | By Ilhan Niaz | 14 December 2009 Post-American scenarios in Afghanistan After three decades of turmoil, violence and killings, Afghanistan is still at war. A powerful foreign occupation force continues to hold in place a local collaborationist dispensation with few roots and even less demonstrable competence. Democratic development has [...]
American Mujahid Denies Al-Qaeda Involvement in Pakistan Bloodshed
AFP | 12 December 2009 Al-Qaeda 'not behind Pakistan bloodshed': US militant HONG KONG — An American member of Al-Qaeda on Saturday issued a video denying the organisation was behind a recent deadly string of attacks in Pakistan that have killed hundreds of civilians. Adam Gadahn said in a video entitled "The Mujahideen Don't Target [...]
U.S. Official Confirms that Blackwater/Xe control Shamsi and surrounding areas
Guardian | By Declan Walsh in Islamabad and Ewen MacAskill in Washington | 11 December 2009 Blackwater operating at CIA Pakistan base, ex-official says Contractor said to be helping to load missiles US denies controversial company is in country The US contractor Blackwater is operating in Pakistan at a secret CIA airfield used for [...]
U.S. Guilty of War Crimes and Sabotaging Government’s Peace Efforts in Pakistan
ZMag | By Max Kantar | 12 December 2009 International Law: The First Casualty of the Drone War A comprehensive legal analysis of U.S. drone strikes in Pakistan ABSTRACT. This report utilizes well-established principles of both treaty and customary international law as a measuring stick for attempting to determine the legal and moral [...]
Democracy, Israel Style: Soldiers Stands by as Colonist kills Palestinian
You Tube | Video shows Palestinian man hit in car attack - 02 Dec 09 (more...)
