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by Justin Raimondo

08/03/09

In Britain, they’re getting antsy about Obama’s war — the ‘Af-Pak war, that is. Without the poodle Tony Blair to cover for us, Britain’s ruling Labor Party — decisively smacked down in the recent elections to the European parliament — is grumbling about being stampeded by the United States into fighting another unpopular war. The House of Commons Foreign Affairs committee is complaining that the joint U.S.-NATO mission in Afghanistan is degenerating into a strategic disaster — or, as they put it, has become ‘considerably more difficult than might otherwise have been the case’ — and it’s all our fault. That may very well be true, but one has to ask: faced with an essentially impossible task like subduing the Afghans, under what circumstances would the effort have been any less difficult? Well, the Brits have a few suggestions to make...

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Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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US to Seek More British Troops for Afghanistan

Patrick Wintour and Richard Norton Taylor, The Guardian UK: "Britain will come under fresh pressure to send more troops to Afghanistan this month when General Stanley McChrystal, the Nato commander in the country, tells President Barack Obama that a further troop surge by the military alliance is necessary."

https://www.truthout.org/080309F?n



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The United Nations said Friday the number of civilians killed in conflict in Afghanistan has jumped 24 percent so far this year, with bombings by insurgent and airstrikes by international forces the biggest single killers.

https://snipurl.com/oftke


From Information Clearing House



https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=civilian+deaths
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https://www.commondreams.org/video/2009/07/29-1



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More British lives have been lost in the last one month than any other month in the last seven years. But British government's propaganda for war on Afghanistan continues.

https://snipurl.com/o8ped


From Information Clearing House



https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Afghanistan

A majority of the British public believes the war against the Taliban in Afghanistan cannot be won and British troops should be withdrawn immediately, according to a poll commissioned by The Independent.

https://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/07/28/world/worldwatch/entry5192952.shtml


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Richard Lardner, The Associated Press: "US military authorities in Afghanistan may hire a private contractor to provide around-the-clock security at dozens of bases and protect vehicle convoys moving throughout the country."

https://www.truthout.org/072709S?n



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27. Juli 2009

Meldungen zu Folge soll die Bundeswehr in Afghanistan jetzt auch dann mit Waffengewalt gegen Personen vorgehen dürfen, wenn diese sich zurückziehen. Bislang durften deutsche Soldaten nicht auf Flüchtlinge schießen. Dazu erklärt der Bundesgeschäftsführer Dietmar Bartsch:

Zu so einer Entscheidung kann nur kommen, wer sich in die Logik des Krieges begibt. Die deutschen Soldaten werden immer tiefer in den Sumpf des Krieges gezogen. Dieser Weg ist falsch. Für DIE LINKE ist der Abzug der Bundeswehr aus Afghanistan das einzig mögliche Zeichen für ein wahres Interesse am Frieden. DIE LINKE bleibt bei ihrer Forderung nach einem sofortigen Abzug der Bundeswehr aus Afghanistan und setzt sich für den zivilen Wiederaufbau ein. Das sture Festhalten an der Logik des Krieges verhindert, dass sich zivilgesellschaftliche Kräfte als Alternative durchsetzen können.

https://www.die-linke.de/nc/presse/presseerklaerungen/detail/artikel/verteidigungsminister-folgt-logik-des-krieges/



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https://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/07/26



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Afghan MP Calls For Anti-war Movement to Demonstrations Against Occupation Of Afghanistan

Report by Feyzi Ismail

Malalai Joya has been called one of the bravest women in Afghanistan. She told the 300-strong audience that she's survived five assassination attempts and is still not safe with personal security guards or by wearing a burkha to cover her identity.

https://informationclearinghouse.info/article23133.htm



Rising Casualties Raise Doubts Abroad on War

By ELAINE GANLEY and MATT MOORE

Pressure from the public and opposition politicians is growing as soldiers' bodies return home, and a poll released Thursday shows majorities in Britain, Germany and Canada oppose increasing their own troop levels in Afghanistan.

https://informationclearinghouse.info/article23131.htm



Majority in US Oppose Both Wars

By The Associated Press

A majority of Americans oppose both the war in Afghanistan and the war in Iraq, though the war in Afghanistan is a little more popular.

https://informationclearinghouse.info/article23130.htm



Ex-SAS commander accuses the Government of lying over Afghanistan

Turning to the Government, the former special forces commander said: "I just don't think they're being honest. I don't think they're being honest with themselves, with the Armed Forces or with the public."

https://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article6725388.ece



Poll: Growing number think country on 'wrong track'

A new AP/GFK poll found that 54 percent of Americans think the country is on the "wrong track." That's up from previous surveys.

https://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/archives/174326.asp?from=blog_last3



From Information Clearing House



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