Posts Tagged ‘Corruption’
U.S. Dilemma: Fighting Corruption Strengthens Mujahideen/Taliban
Danger Room | By Noah Shachtman | 13 June 2010 New U.S. Intel Push Risks Taliban ‘Propaganda Bonanza’ Even before they got to Kabul, the current crop of American military commanders worried that their biggest obstacle could turn out to be Afghanistan’s endemic corruption, not its insurgents. So, in some ways, it’s not all that [...]
The New American Imperialism
Naked Punch | 9 June 2010 By NOAM CHOMSKY Interviewed by David Barsamian MIT, Cambridge, MA 2 April 2010 One of the themes that Howard Zinn tried to address during his long career was the lack of historical memory. The facts of history are scrupulously ignored and/or distorted. I was wondering if you could comment on imperialism then and [...]
Should Expatriates Govern?
With the reports of Asif Zardari's U.S. citizenship, and the widely believed takeover by Western citizens of senior positions in the media, the legislature, and the executive in Pakistan, the following article is re-circulated (without updating the text). Newsline | By Arshad Zaman | 10 August 2007 Should Expats be Eligible for Political [...]
The Afghan Catastrophe
New York Times | By Bob Herbert | 11 June 2010 The Courage to Leave There is no good news coming out of the depressing and endless war in Afghanistan. There once was merit to our incursion there, but that was long ago. Now we’re just going through the tragic motions, flailing at this and that, with no real strategy or decent end in [...]
The Aetiology of American Islamophobia
Afpakwar | By Arshad Zaman | 10 June 2010 America subscribes to the ‘melting pot’ rather than the ‘mosaic’ model of unity—seeking unity from diversity (E pluribus unum: Out of many, one), rather than unity in diversity. Confronted by the ‘Other’ the American way is to absorb or to eliminate; living with diversity is not an option. [...]
Afghan-Taleban Statement on the Forthcoming Jirga
Voice of Jihad | 1 June 2010 Statement of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan Regarding the Convening of the So-called Consultative Jirga in Kabul The holding of the so-called National Consultative Jirga under the name of peace is a part of the failed efforts of the invading Americans and their surrogates in Afghanistan. The idea for [...]
Asif Zardari Richer than Queen Elizabeth II
The Independent | By David Usborne | 19 May 2010 Rich and powerful: Obama and the global super-elite The US President's bank balance has been buoyant since he took office. But he is still some way short of rivalling the very richest world leaders Now the nation knows. That doggy in the White House window is worth $1,600 (£1,100). Pretty [...]
Déjà vu: Afghanistan as Vietnam
Global Research | By Professor Alfred W. McCoy | 18 April 2010 From Vietnam to Afghanistan: America and the Dictators From Ngo Dinh Diem to Hamid Karzai The crisis has come suddenly, almost without warning. At the far edge of American power in Asia, things are going from bad to much worse than anyone could have imagined. The insurgents [...]
American Bribes Flowing from Kabul to Dubai
Washington Post | By Andrew Higgins | 25 February 2010 Officials puzzle over millions of dollars leaving Afghanistan by plane for Dubai KABUL -- A blizzard of bank notes is flying out of Afghanistan -- often in full view of customs officers at the Kabul airport -- as part of a cash exodus that is confounding U.S. officials and raising [...]
US Demonizing and Destabilizing Venezuela
Pravda.ru | By Lisa Karpova | 10 February 2010 US Attempts to Demonize and Destabilize Venezuela Will Not Work The United States has been conducting a strident program of disinformation about Venezuela, all aimed at a repeat performance of their 2002 attempt at a coup against the democratically elected government of Hugo Chavez and Venezuela. [...]
