Archive for March, 2010
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 [...]
Planning for the Next War
TomDispatch | By Tom Engelhardt | 2 March 2010 Iraq remains a mess from which the U.S. military seems increasingly uninterested in withdrawing fully and Afghanistan a disaster area, but it’s never too soon to think about the next war. The subject is already on the minds of Pentagon planners. The question is: Are they focusing on how to [...]
Advani: India’s Talks with Pakistan a “Self-Inflicted Insult”
Indian Express | By Agencies | 2 March 2010 Govt's U-turn on Indo-Pak talks was at US nudge: Advani Terming the UPA's stand on Indo-Pak talks as a "self-inflicted insult", he said the only outcome that seemed to have emerged from the recent Foreign Secretary-level talks was that they will stay in touch. "Our Foreign Secretary called the [...]
America’s MetaBank Involved in Financing Terrorism and Murder
Islâmi Davet | 2 March 2010 Dubai asks FBI to investigate terror ties to US Amid ongoing investigation of the terrorist murder of a Hamas commander in Dubai, the UAE police have asked the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to look into alleged ties of the suspects to Americans. Dubai police asked the FBI to investigate US-issued [...]
Americans-Afghans Ban Coverage of Mujahideen/Taleban Attacks
International Business Times | By Sayed Salahuddin and Hamid Shalizi | 2 March 2010 Afghanistan bans coverage of Taliban attacks KABUL - Afghanistan on Monday announced a ban on news coverage showing Taliban attacks, saying such images embolden the Islamist militants, who have launched strikes around the country as NATO forces seize their [...]
Afghanistan is just a chessboard to politicians
Rossiyskaya Gazeta | By Vladimir Snegiryov | 2 March 2010 Vladimir Snegiryov believes that all Afghan troubles stem from the fact that many top politicians continue to regard Afghanistan merely as an arena of geopolitical competition. In December 2009, the world was close to seeing a political sensation. Anders Fogh Rasmussen, secretary [...]
Another Indian-American chosen by Obama administration
Times of India | 2 March 2010 WASHINGTON: In yet another appointment of Indian-Americans in the Obama administration, an eminent attorney from the community has been chosen for the US President's Advisory Committee on the Arts. Obama has appointed eminent Indian-American attorney, Amy K Singh, as President's Advisory Committee on the Arts [...]
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 [...]
