Presence of US-backed private security in Afghanistan seems only to contribute to the ongoing violence. As the world media spotlight fixes to the Syria cri
Plum Island gets a closeup on Discovery Channel
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Good old Plum Island — subject of more rumor, speculation, innuendo
From: "Blowback From the Arrest of the CIA's Raymond Davis" By DAVE LINDORFF | CounterPunch | March 2, 2011 ... Both Pakistani and Indian news organizat
BBC | February 17, 2011: Was he acting in self-defence? Matters were further inflamed by the suicide of the widow of one of the men killed by Mr Davis Tha
By Jeff Stein Washington Post | January 18, 2011 Mullah Omar, the elusive, one-eyed leader of the Afghan Taliban, had a heart attack Jan. 7 and was treated
" ... In one example, the report quoted a Taliban supporter in the central province of Wardak as saying that forces belonging to a district police chief ha
By Emi Kolawole Washington Post | November 4, 2010 (Correction: An earlier version of this post incorrectly reported that Sarah Palin had retweeted a posti
" ... American Taliban is bound to infuriate the Rush Limbaughs and Glenn Becks, because it exposes them as frauds. 'These aren’t people who love America
" ... The emotional rhetoric against the project has prompted 'the heaviest e-mail response ever on jihadi Web sites, far bigger even than France’s ban o
The US is in the middle of a $7.5 billion aid program to Pakistan. But America's image is slipping in the country, where its unfavorable rating is almost a
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/11/at-war-captured-taliban-l_n_494952.html Drone strikes may be counter-productive. Joshua Foust of Registan.com que
In Afghanistan, the Government of President Karzai is riddled with corruption. As Mandy Clark reports, many wonder how can Karzai fight corruption when his
Also see: "How the US army protects its trucks – by paying the Taliban" - Insurance, security or extortion? The US is spending millions of dollars in Afg
Historical context in Afghanistan, Carter and Brezesinksi policy CIA/SIS Clinton ******************* http://www.ratical.org/ratville/JFK/JohnJudge/linkscop
The Haqqani network, born of the Russian war and nurtured by the CIA, is behind many spectacular assaults in Afghanistan. By Anand Gopal www.csmonitor.com
Tiffany AyudaCollege News10/10/08National Intelligence Estimate says the growing heroin trade in Afghanistan has discouraged progressAccording to a classif