Death Squads, Disappearances and Torture in Pakistan
By Bill Van Auken
As the Obama administration prepares a major escalation of the so-called AfPak war, reports from Pakistan's Swat Valley, near Afghanistan's eastern border, provide a gruesome indication of the kind of war that the Pentagon and its local allies are waging.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23515.htm
Let Us Not Become the Evil We Deplore
By Amy Goodman
On Oct. 7, the U.S. enters its ninth year of occupation of Afghanistan-equal to the time the United States was involved in World War I, World War II and the Korean War combined.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23516.htm
US 'needs larger Afghanistan force'
The most senior military officer in the United States has said that more American troops will probably be needed to bring security to Afghanistan, during an address in Washington.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2009/09/2009915172044125822.html
Obama sets Afghan, Pakistan goals, waits on troops
The White House delivered its long-awaited objectives to lawmakers ahead of an expected request by Army General Stanley McChrystal, the top U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan, for additional forces to counter a resurgent Taliban insurgency.
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE58F4EH20090916
$75 billion a year: Secretive spending on US intelligence disclosed
Intelligence activities across the U.S. government and military cost a total of $75 billion a year, the nation's top intelligence official said on Tuesday, disclosing an overall number long shrouded in secrecy.
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N15278272.htm
From Information Clearing House
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Obama
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=McChrystal
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Taliban
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Pakistan
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Afghanistan
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=AfPak
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Swat+Valley
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=death+squad
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=torture
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Bill+Van+Auken
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Amy+Goodman
As the Obama administration prepares a major escalation of the so-called AfPak war, reports from Pakistan's Swat Valley, near Afghanistan's eastern border, provide a gruesome indication of the kind of war that the Pentagon and its local allies are waging.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23515.htm
Let Us Not Become the Evil We Deplore
By Amy Goodman
On Oct. 7, the U.S. enters its ninth year of occupation of Afghanistan-equal to the time the United States was involved in World War I, World War II and the Korean War combined.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23516.htm
US 'needs larger Afghanistan force'
The most senior military officer in the United States has said that more American troops will probably be needed to bring security to Afghanistan, during an address in Washington.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2009/09/2009915172044125822.html
Obama sets Afghan, Pakistan goals, waits on troops
The White House delivered its long-awaited objectives to lawmakers ahead of an expected request by Army General Stanley McChrystal, the top U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan, for additional forces to counter a resurgent Taliban insurgency.
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE58F4EH20090916
$75 billion a year: Secretive spending on US intelligence disclosed
Intelligence activities across the U.S. government and military cost a total of $75 billion a year, the nation's top intelligence official said on Tuesday, disclosing an overall number long shrouded in secrecy.
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N15278272.htm
From Information Clearing House
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Obama
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=McChrystal
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Taliban
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Pakistan
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Afghanistan
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=AfPak
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Swat+Valley
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=death+squad
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=torture
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Bill+Van+Auken
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Amy+Goodman
rudkla - 17. Sep, 13:36
