Archive for February 16th, 2010
Ethnic cleansing in Afghanistan
Press TV | By Yvonne Ridley | 15 February 2010 As I write this, two NATO rockets have just slaughtered around a dozen innocent Afghan civilians during the latest military assault in the war torn country. Ordinary Afghan men, women and children are paying the blood price for a war launched by politicians from the West. Soldiers, including [...]
Cheney Admits to War Crimes
Truthout | By Jason Leopold | 15 February 2010 Cheney Admits to War Crimes, Media Yawns, Obama Turns the Other Cheek On Sunday, in an exclusive interview with Jonathan Karl of ABC News' "This Week," Cheney proclaimed his love of torture, derided the Obama administration for outlawing the practice, and admitted that the Bush administration [...]
Fox News: Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar Captured in Karachi; Taleban Deny
Fox News | 15 February 2010 Top Taliban Military Chief Captured in U.S.-Pakistani Raid The Taliban’s top military commander was captured in a joint operation by U.S. and Pakistani forces in Karachi and is being questioned in the same city, sources confirmed to Fox News late Monday. See: Taleban Denial Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar is the [...]
Requiem for David Hartman — and for 2,497 Nameless Pakistani Soldiers
The News | By Mosharraf Zaidi | 16 February 2010 DJ Hartman & 2,947 Pakistanis Since 2003 there have been 2,947 Pakistani soldiers that have embraced shahadat fighting the menace of terrorism. I do not know and cannot recall, offhand, the name of a single one of those 2,947 Pakistani heroes. One name that I do know, and will be able [...]
