Posts Tagged ‘Sudan’
Full Transcript of Obama’s 60 Minutes Interview on Afghanistan and Pakistan
CBS | 60 Minutes | 13 December 2009 Afghanistan and Pakistan “Keep in mind, Steve, what I'm saying here. We are gonna be drawing down combat forces after 2011. That doesn't lessen our commitment to a strong security partnership with Afghanistan. It doesn't mean that we won't be providing logistical support, that we won't be providing training [...]
“We will be defeated in Afghanistan”
TruthDig | By Chris Hedges | 20 July 2009 War Without Purpose Al-Qaida could not care less what we do in Afghanistan. We can bomb Afghan villages, hunt the Taliban in Helmand province, build a 100,000-strong client Afghan army, stand by passively as Afghan warlords execute hundreds, maybe thousands, of Taliban prisoners, build huge, [...]
America Arming Christian Separatists in Southern Sudan
Danger Room Reports: Amid Arms Race, U.S. Trains Up South Sudan Army By Nathan Hodge | July 10, 2009 | 7:45 am The conflict in Sudan’s Darfur region gets the most headlines. But the simmering north-south conflict has the potential to eclipse Darfur. While the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) forbids both sides from rearming, [...]
