Posts Tagged ‘NATO’
Gurkha soldier removed for beheading Taliban militant
Sify News | 18 July 2010 London: A Gurkha soldier in the British troops in Afghanistan has been ordered to return and is facing court martial after he decapitated a dead Taliban fighter with his ceremonial knife to prove the militant's identity. The soldier, who is in his early 20s, initially told investigators that he unsheathed his [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
10,000 NATO Containers Go Missing in Pakistan
The News | By Ikram Hoti | 30 June 2010 Major Customs gang busted, 25 officers arrested Rs 230 bn (US$ 2.7 billion) in taxes, duties evaded as 10,000 Nato containers go missing in two-year operation... The officials cleared more than 70 containers — 36 confirmed with fake papers — carrying poppy-seed (khashkhash) for export to European [...]
Deadliest month yet for NATO in Afghanistan
Christian Science Monitor | By By Jonathan Adams | 29 June 2010 June 2010 is now the most deadly month of the nine-year Afghanistan war, with more than 100 NATO troops killed. The sobering number comes amid growing debate over strict rules of engagement for US soldiers. More than 100 foreign troops fighting in Afghanistan have already died [...]
U.S. Adm. Mullen concerned about synergy among terrorist groups
People's Daily | Xinhua | 30 June 2010 Top U.S. military commander shows concern about synergy among terrorist groups Terrorist groups are operating more closely with one another, posing an increasing threat to the global security, top U.S. military commander said in a recent interview. "I'm increasingly concerned about the synergy [...]
McChrystal was fired for being too soft
WSWS | By Patrick Martin | 29 June 2010 The “Hitler” option in Afghanistan The removal of Gen. Stanley McChrystal as the US commander in Afghanistan and his replacement by Gen. David Petraeus is not, as portrayed by Obama’s political apologists, a principled defense of civilian control over the military. Nor is it, as the official [...]
DoD Briefing on McChrystal and Petraeus
The Pentagon | 24 June 2010 Department of Defence Briefing “I do not believe we are bogged down” – Gates Source: The Pentagon Channel
Afghan strategy needs review
Irish Times | 25 June 2010 “After nine years of war, the Taliban simply remains too strongly entrenched for the US military to openly attack. The very people that counter-insurgency seeks to win over – the Afghan people – do not want us there. Our supposed ally, President Karzai, used his influence to delay the offensive, and the [...]
