Archive for February 3rd, 2010
More Innocent Civilians Killed by Americans in Pakistan
The News | By Malik Mumtaz & Mushtaq Yusufzai | 3 February 2010 17 die as drones rain 18 missiles on NWA MIRAMSHAH/PESHAWAR: In the biggest attack so far by the American spy planes in the Pakistani tribal areas, the US drones on Tuesday rained a barrage of missiles on different locations of Dattakhel Tehsil of North Waziristan Agency [...]
Tangoing with the Taliban
Aljazeera | By Marwan Bishara | 2 February 2010 Despite the US military 'surge', Afghanistan is proving more challenging than Iraq. Unlike the general Iraqi distaste and hostility for al-Qaeda's methods and objectives, Osama bin Laden's network remains the Taliban's most potent strategic partner in its fight against the central government and [...]
Bomb blast in Pakistan kills three US soldiers
Washington Post | By Karin Brulliard | 3 February 2010 U.S. says 3 military personnel killed in Pakistan bombing The U.S. troops were in Pakistan to train the Pakistani paramilitary forces that patrol the nation's militant-plagued border with Afghanistan, according to a U.S. embassy statement. They were attending the inauguration of a girls' [...]
Republican, Mark Kirk, to Seek Obama’s Senate Seat
Wall Street Journal | By Douglas Belkin | 3 February 2010 Kirk Wins Illinois Republican Primary CHICAGO -- In the first midterm election of the year, with the U.S. Senate seat once occupied by President Barack Obama up for grabs, voters sent a moderate five-term congressman from a wealthy suburb to face off against a 33-year-old state [...]
The Un-Americanism of Americans Electing Obama
Wall Street Journal | By Fouad Ajami | 2 February 2010 The Obama Spell Is Broken Unlike this president, John Kennedy was an ironist who never fell for his own mystique. (more...)
U.S. Takes Torture — of Americans — Seriously
Times of India | PTI | 3 February 2010 US takes seriously torture of its detained nationals in Pak: State Department WASHINGTON: The United States has said it has taken seriously the reports about torture of five young American Muslims now detained in a Pakistani jail. "We take seriously all reports of abuse and torture and raise such [...]
Dubya’s Legacy: War and Economic Ruin
Atiwar.com | By Ivan Eland | 3 February 2010 The US Can No Longer Afford Its Empire President Obama has presented Congress with a spending request of $3.8 trillion for the next fiscal year in 2011, but with a third of it not paid for with taxes, thus resulting in a $1.3 trillion deficit (a whopping 8.3 percent of GDP). The small piece of good [...]
