Posts Tagged ‘Canada’
On Expatriate (Balochi and Sindhi) Separatists
Indus Asia Online Journal | By Haider Nizamani | 10 August 2009 Cyber-Warriors The late Edward Said, the eloquent and incorrigible voice of Palestinians on the world stage, had fundamental disagreements with Yasser Arafat but I haven’t come across one sentence where he turned it into personal mud-slinging. Cyber-swords are out of [...]
Drones for Afghanistan Fuel Export Boom in Israel
Ares | By Robert Wall | 13 January 2010 Afghanistan Becomes Heaven for Heron The Israeli unmanned aircraft industry owes a collective thank you to the Taliban and Al Qaeda -- or maybe NATO -- since there appears to be no end in sight in the demand for Israeli made UAVs to support operations in Afghanistan. (more...)
Rules in Place to Prevent Torture by Afghan Army
The Vancouver Sun | By Juliet O'Neill | 13 January 2010 Canadians shouldn't worry about Afghan torture: NATO chief OTTAWA — NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen says Canadians should not be concerned about treatment of Afghan detainees because rules and practices are in place to prevent and stop abuse. In an interview [...]
Italian Forces Buying Protection from Afghan-Taleban
Time | By Tom Coghlan | 15 October 2009 French troops were killed after Italy hushed up ‘bribes’ to Taleban When ten French soldiers were killed last year in an ambush by Afghan insurgents in what had seemed a relatively peaceful area, the French public were horrified. (more...)
Real-Time Intelligence, Surveillance & Reconnaissance (ISR) Data Sharing Technology for the “Af/Pak” Theatre
Aviation Week | By Guy Norris/China Lake | 22 July 2009 Empire Challenge Pushes Precision ISR New methods of gathering and sharing intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) data and getting information directly to the soldier in the field are entering a final demonstration phase in California before entering service with coalition [...]
“The troops are tired; the American people are tired.” — Gates
WSWS.org | By James Cogan | 22 July 2009 July casualties highest of Afghan war The determination of the Obama administration to escalate its neo-colonial war in Afghanistan has led to a sharp increase in the casualties for both US and NATO troops. The Taliban and other insurgent movements are responding with daily guerilla attacks on the [...]
Americans won’t accept ‘long slog’ in Afghanistan war, Gates says
The Defense secretary says forces must show progress in a year or risk losing public support -- especially as casualties mount with at least 50 U.S. and NATO deaths in July, the deadliest month yet. Los Angeles Times | By Julian E. Barnes | July 19, 2009 Reporting from Washington -- After eight years, U.S.-led forces must show progress in [...]
While Pakistanis die by the dozens, the British want their troops out, Now
How many more will die in vain before we withdraw? The attempt to exploit soldiers' deaths to win support for the shameful war in Afghanistan thankfully isn't working Seumas Milne | Wednesday 15 July 2009 22.00 BST All week politicians, media and the military have strained every nerve to turn public sympathy over the deaths of British [...]
