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By Gordon Duff

The word is out: Our "invasion" that combined Afghani forces with American and British has not gone after Taliban strongholds at all but rather attacked areas controlled by Karzai opponents who were ready to negotiate a legitimate government.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article24677.htm



U.S. Forces Kill Children, Other Civilians in Marjah, Afghanistan, with "Precision" Weapons

By Derrick Crowe

An errant American rocket strike on Sunday hit a compound crowded with Afghan civilians in the last Taliban stronghold in Helmand Province, killing at least 10 people, including 5 children, military officials said.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article24684.htm



"A Night Of Killing"

Civilian Deaths Anger Iraqis

Video Report

US and Iraqi troops have been accused of killing several civilians during a military operation in Iraq's Maysan province, on the border with Iran.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article24693.htm



"A massacre in every sense of the word"

US troops and their proxy Iraqi security forces killed at least five people on Friday during a raid on Ali ash Sharqi, a village near the Iranian border in Maysan province, about 265 kilometres south-east of Baghdad.

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2010/feb2010/iraq-f15.shtml



Offensive in Marja Directed at US Public Opinion

By Real News

Porter: The attack on Marja is meant to prepare Americans to accept negotiations with Taliban.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article24716.htm



All out for the March 20th March on Washington!

People from all over the country are organizing to converge on Washington, D.C., to demand the immediate and unconditional withdrawal of all U.S. and NATO forces from Afghanistan and Iraq.

http://www.pephost.org/site/PageServer?pagename=M20_homepage



5 more Afghan civilians killed by NATO bombs

Twenty five people are known dead and many injured in a NATO air raid on a target in Kunar Province in eastern Afghanistan. According to the local government, the fatalities include 5 civilians.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article24748.htm



Taliban resistance slows coalition forces in Marja, Afghanistan

Lt. Col. Cal Worth, who commands one of two Marine battalions leading the offensive against Taliban fighters here, set off at 7 a.m. Wednesday for the return journey to his battalion headquarters from a combat outpost less than four miles away.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article24782.htm



Occupation force air strike kills seven Afghan police: ministry

A NATO air strike mistakenly killed seven Afghan police and wounded two others on Thursday, hospital and government officials said, adding to strains on the alliance.

http://snipurl.com/ufkls


From Information Clearing House

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NATO bombs Afghan police as NYT publishes piece calling for more airstrikes
http://www.ufppc.org/us-a-world-news-mainmenu-35/9428/

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The Great Helmand PR Stunt

Fr33 Agents
by Ziggy Encaoua

NATO is calling the latest offensive in Helmand ‘Operation Moshtarak’ but really it should be called ‘The Great Helmand PR Stunt’ or ‘’The Great Helmand PR Swindle.’ It’s not like this is the first military offensive NATO has orchestrated against the Taliban in Helmand Province, and I suspect this will be no different to the previous ones. Each time the same crap occurs: it looks as if NATO forces have defeated the Taliban but all that happens is that the Taliban disperse and blend into the landscape, only to later regroup and counter with a vengeance. The problem for NATO forces is that NATO governments are now under pressure from people, taxpayers, and voters over the NATO occupation of Afghanistan. More and more people are questioning what precisely NATO is doing in Afghanistan. The real reason for ‘Operation Moshtarak’ is merely a publicity stunt to show that NATO is doing something in an attempt to defeat the Taliban...

http://www.fr33agents.com/2303/the-great-helmand-pr-stunt/


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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While fighting terror on other side of world, US gov't hit at home by one of its own citizens

http://www.ufppc.org/us-a-world-news-mainmenu-35/9427/



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