Archive for July 11th, 2010
Stirrings of a New Push for Military Option on Iran
Antiwar | By Jim Lobe | 10 July 2010 "From a marketing point of view, you don’t introduce new products in August," explained then-White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card back in September 2002, in answer to queries about why the administration of George W. Bush had not launched its campaign to rally public opinion behind invading Iraq [...]
Barack in Israel, Hussein in the Muslim World
Asharq alawsat | By Tariq Alhomayed | 11 July 2010 Hussein? As soon as US President Obama addressed the Israelis in a televised interview with one of the local television stations, the shock hit our region. This is what became clear from the majority of the Arab media coverage, especially after Obama told the Israelis that he understands [...]
Bosnians mark Srebrenica genocide
Islâmi Davet - Islamic Invitation | 11 July 2010 Fifteen years after Serbs slaughtered almost 8,000 Muslims in what is believed to be one of the worst massacres in Europe, Bosnians hold a special ceremony to remember the victims. Bosnians gathered at Potocari memorial in Srebrenica on Sunday to honor the victims of the Srebrenica [...]
Six attacks hit media stations in Russia’s North Caucasus
China Daily | 11 July 2010 MOSCOW - Six TV and radio broadcasting stations have been attacked overnight in Russia's North Caucasus republic of Kabardino-Balkaria, local media reported Sunday. The explosions or fires occurred at various districts of republic, causing neither casualties nor disruption of normal operation of the [...]
Government doesn’t have confidence of Kashmiris: Indian Army Chief
Times of India | By | 11 July 2010 We've failed to build on the gains in Kashmir: Army chief NEW DELHI: The basic reason behind the flare up in the Kashmir Valley is the failure to build on the gains that had been made by the security forces in the troubled state, Indian Army Chief General V K Singh said Sunday. "The Kashmir situation has [...]
India allocates $11 bln to build six new submarines – paper
RIA Novosti | 11 July 2010 India's Defense Acquisitions Council has approved the allocation of over 500 billion rupees ($11 billion) for the construction of six new-generation diesel-electric submarines for the Indian Navy in a record military deal, The Times of India reported on Sunday. This amount exceeds the $9 billion allocated by the [...]
British Marines Pinned Down in Sangin
Telegraph | By Thomas Harding | 10 July 2010 Keeping sane in Sangin: life and death in Afghanistan's most perilous military posting More British troops have been killed in Sangin than anywhere else in Afghanistan. Thomas Harding visits a base where marines eat, rest, sleep, fight - and sometimes die. Flanked by deep green orchards on one [...]
Republicans might turn against war
Seattle Times | By Danny Westneat | 10 July 2010 Joe Colgan has been protesting America's wars so long he thought he'd heard it all. But even he's been startled by what's happened these last few weeks. Suddenly anti-war talk is coming from the unlikeliest place — from the right wing of politics. "I don't know whether to be happy [...]
Why Afghanistan is a lost cause
San Francisco Chronicle | By Joel Brinkley | 11 July 2010 As Gen. David Petraeus assumed his new command in Afghanistan earlier this month, he took up a strategy that has already failed - though not for the reasons most people assume. Certainly, as most everyone knows, the battle plan appears hopeless. Every night in Marjah, Taliban [...]
A German Critique of Obama’s War
Globkult Magazin | By Walther Stützle | 16 April 2010 (Lecture and discussion. East-West Forum - Gut Gödelitz, January 23, 2010) Afghanistan — The Failed Invasion (Translated from the German) English Translation: Afghanistan – The Failed Invasion I. False Start | II. Balance | III. Way out | IV. Concept Original in German: Afghanistan [...]
