Posts Tagged ‘Af-Pak’
US/NATO “Hunters” Killed Hundreds of Civilians
Pravda.ru | By Lisa Karpova | 27 July 2010 Troops in Afghanistan Had Special Group to Exterminate "Terrorists" Hundreds of civilians were killed without public and official knowledge by coalition troops in Afghanistan. Secret plans to kill leaders of the extremist Taliban and Al Qaeda and the discussion of the alleged involvement of Iran and [...]
Open Letter from Prominent Afghans to Obama: Discrimination Against Pashtuns
Dawat Independent Media Centre | 1 July 2010 To: Mr. Obama, President, United States ofAmerica From: Dr. Misdaq, Dr. Zirakyar, Dr. Miraki and Dr. Burhani This letter was sent to U.S. President Barack Obama, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Chairman of Senate Foreign Relations Committee John Kerry and Ranking Member Richard Lugar, [...]
“Afghanistan is getting more dangerous by the month”
MSNBC | By Evan Vucci, Photojournalist, AP | 22 July 2010 'We don't have enough power to fight' Three weeks into the fight in the volatile Arghandab Valley, an American platoon of the Army's 101st Airborne Division is heading to the rear, weakened by horrific war injuries and unable to continue its mission. The platoon -- 1st platoon, Alpha [...]
German drone pilots eye Afghanistan… from Israel
CNBC | 27 July 2010 EIN SHEMER AIR BASE, Israel - As World War Two raged in the years before Israel's founding, colonial British planes were scrambled here to fend off German forces. Now the German Luftwaffe is back, preparing for a far more remote fight with the modern equipment and expertise of the Jewish state established after [...]
Persistent Engagement: The Obama Doctrine of Neo-Imperialism in Execution
Special Warfare | May-June 2010 (Vol. 23, Issue 3) PERSISTENT ENGAGEMENT Civil Military Support Elements Operating in CENTCOM By Maj. Ross F. Lightsey, Sr. In ongoing irregular conflicts, the civil-military support element, or CMSE, is a unique resource that provides military commanders and United States ambassadors in various regions and [...]
Pakistani spy agency denounces US intel docs
China Daily | 26 July 2010 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan's most powerful spy agency on Monday lashed out against a trove of leaked US intelligence reports that alleged close connections between it and Taliban militants fighting NATO troops in Afghanistan, calling the accusations malicious and unsubstantiated. The reports, which were released [...]
QRC (ERMP-UAS) Detachment to Provide Continuous Persistent Surveillance in Afghanistan
Clarksville Online | 22 July 2010 By 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment Public Affairs UAV company to wear USASOC patch Fort Huachuca, AZ – At a modest ceremony in a hangar at Libby Army Airfield July 19th, a monumental moment transpired in the field of Army Special Operations Aviation. The Quick Reaction Capability 2, an [...]
Taliban: 2 U.S. soldiers captured in Afghanistan
MSNBC | 24 July 2010 NATO says search underway for 2 missing service men KABUL — Two U.S. troops are missing in eastern Afghanistan, a military official said Saturday. An Afghan official said one may have been killed and the other captured by the Taliban. Also, five American troops died Saturday in bombings in the south where [...]
U.S. Special Operations Forces Operating in Civilian Garb in Pakistan
Wall Street Journal | By Julian E. Barnes | 20 July 2010 U.S. Forces Step Up Pakistan Presence WASHINGTON—U.S. Special Operations Forces have begun venturing out with Pakistani forces on aid projects, deepening the American role in the effort to defeat Islamist militants in Pakistani territory that has been off limits to U.S. ground [...]
Afghans may not mind a return of the Taleban
Kabul Press | By Matthew Nasuti | 21 July 2010 America’s war plan founded on a fading premise It may be a myth that most Afghans remember the harshness of Taliban rule The Taliban of today is not a reclusive monolith of rural mullahs and students. It is a broad-based grouping of religious, tribal and nationalistic forces (provincial [...]
