By Jason Leopold~The Public Record A combination of “enhanced interrogation” techniques approved by high-level Bush administration officials coupled with a series of brutal beatings administered by military interrogators were directly responsible for the December 2002 deaths of two detainees at Bagram airbase in Afghanistan, according to a report released last week by the Senate Armed [...]
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Senate Report Links Prisoner Deaths to Bush’s Torture Policy
July 18, 2010
Raus aus Afghanistan!
July 7, 2010
Nein, ich bin kein Peacenik, keiner, der sagt, deutsche Soldaten dürften nicht anderswo mit der Waffe in der Hand für Demokratie und Menschenrechte eintreten. Doch wer Sunzis “Kunst des Krieges” gelesen hat, weiß: Man muss die Fakten realistisch einschätzen, um den Krieg zu gewinnen. Der Krieg in Afghanistan ist nicht zu gewinnen. [...]
The Direction of Energy Stocks Investment
June 29, 2010
The other day I had lunch with a “brain trust,” of sorts. Participants included a retired executive from an aerospace company. This guy helped design and build many of the reconnaissance satellites that the U.S. has launched. There was a senior executive from a large steel company. There was a venture capitalist who made his [...]
Commandos In Chains
June 18, 2010
from Strategy Page Once again, Special Operations troops in Afghanistan have run into problems with ROE (Rules of Engagement). This time around, Czech commandos were recently sent home because their ROE prevented them from doing what commandos do. In at least one case, Czech commandos were held back from an operation because it was [...]
US: Pakistan gov’t may collapse in 2 weeks
June 8, 2010
Fri, 01 May 2009 10:05:08 GMT Press TV Gen. David Petraeus A top US commander warns that Islamabad government [...]
Obama’s First 100 Days: The Afghan War is becoming America’s War
May 30, 2010
by Marc W. Herold Global Research , May 1, 2009 We know they don’t intend to kill civilians but we don’t believe they are doing enough [...]
Milbloggers in the MSM
May 20, 2010
Aggregated from: AfghanMilitary BlogArticle URL: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AfghanistanBlog/~3/0ej6CHHyiVA/Posted on 2009 under Blogs, Military, Operations In Afghanistan, US_Military | 1MayGrace Vuoto was at the conference this last weekend and she is one awesome lady. Here is her story in the Washington Times about the conference.http://washingtontimes.com/news/2009/apr/30/voice-of-the-third-estate/
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Freedom Under Fire
May 11, 2010
Freedom Under Fire by Rob Viglione Posted on 16 April 2009 Tags: Afghanistan , Al Qaeda , American Recovery and Reinvestment Act , anti-American , assault weapons , Austin , barack obama , [...]
OEF Summary, May 1, 2009: Troops in Afghanistan Kill 15 Militants, Detain 7
May 3, 2010
D ispatches from the Front: WASHINGTON, May 1, 2009 — Afghan and coalition forces killed 15 militants, wounded 12 others and detained one in the Arghandab district of Afghanistan’s Zabol province after their convoy came under attack today. The patrol was en route to a local village to talk with elders about [...]
Randi Rhodes Returning to the Microphone
April 26, 2010
What are we getting? A new and improved Randi, or the same old, same old Randi? (Courtesy: The Mic 92.1) Randi Rhodes, the Queen of Progressive Radio, is returning to talk in the next few days here in Madison, WI. I’ve got mixed feelings about her coming [...]