Anti-American Anger Grows in Afghanistan
http://act.commondreams.org/go/208?akid=24.124981.BSr8jl&t=2
McChrystal Backtracks on Troop Veto for Kandahar Shuras
http://act.commondreams.org/go/249?akid=27.124981.W3Krou&t=13
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Nato killings spark Afghan protests
Nato troops opened fire on the bus in the Zhari district of Kandahar province before dawn on Monday, killing four people and injuring 18, Afghan officials said.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2010/04/20104121321185774.html
Ninety-Four Percent of Kandaharis Want Peace Talks, Not War
By Gareth Porter
An opinion survey of Afghanistan's Kandahar province funded by the U.S. Army has revealed that 94 percent of respondents support negotiating with the Taliban over military confrontation with the insurgent group and 85 percent regard the Taliban as "our Afghan brothers".
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25247.htm
Army Researchers: Why the Kandahar Offensive Could Backfire
The southern Afghan province of Kandahar trusts the Taliban more than the government. And that's according to a survey commissioned by the U.S. Army.
http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2010/04/army-researchers-why-the-kandahar-offensive-could-backfire/
Afghanistan: A conspiracy of silence
An IoS poll shows 77 per cent of Britons want our forces to come home and a majority believe our presence makes UK streets less safe from terrorist attack. Yet all three parties are ducking this most critical issue.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/afghanistan-a-conspiracy-of-silence-1947857.html
From Information Clearing House
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US Troops Open Fire on Passenger Bus in Afghanistan, Killing Four Civilians
Jason Leopold, Truthout: "Four Afghan civilians were killed and 18 others wounded Monday when US troops opened fire on a passenger bus they believed was a threat to military personnel working to remove roadside bombs from a highway near Kandahar."
http://www.truthout.org/us-troops-open-fire-passenger-bush-afghanistan-killing-four-civilians58523
Dread Surrounds "Operation Hope" in Afghanistan
Jean MacKenzie, GlobalPost: "It is being called Operation Omid. The word omid means 'hope' in Afghanistan's Dari language. But, judging by the reaction of local residents, the coming US-led military offensive against the Taliban in Kandahar could not be more inappropriately named."
http://www.truthout.org/dread-surrounds-operation-hope-afghanistan58682
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Afghanistan
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=McChrystal
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Kandahar
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Nato+killing
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=civilian+deaths
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Taliban
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Sonia+Verma
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Jason+Leopold
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Gareth+Porter
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Jean+MacKenzie
McChrystal Backtracks on Troop Veto for Kandahar Shuras
http://act.commondreams.org/go/249?akid=27.124981.W3Krou&t=13
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Nato killings spark Afghan protests
Nato troops opened fire on the bus in the Zhari district of Kandahar province before dawn on Monday, killing four people and injuring 18, Afghan officials said.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2010/04/20104121321185774.html
Ninety-Four Percent of Kandaharis Want Peace Talks, Not War
By Gareth Porter
An opinion survey of Afghanistan's Kandahar province funded by the U.S. Army has revealed that 94 percent of respondents support negotiating with the Taliban over military confrontation with the insurgent group and 85 percent regard the Taliban as "our Afghan brothers".
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25247.htm
Army Researchers: Why the Kandahar Offensive Could Backfire
The southern Afghan province of Kandahar trusts the Taliban more than the government. And that's according to a survey commissioned by the U.S. Army.
http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2010/04/army-researchers-why-the-kandahar-offensive-could-backfire/
Afghanistan: A conspiracy of silence
An IoS poll shows 77 per cent of Britons want our forces to come home and a majority believe our presence makes UK streets less safe from terrorist attack. Yet all three parties are ducking this most critical issue.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/afghanistan-a-conspiracy-of-silence-1947857.html
From Information Clearing House
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US Troops Open Fire on Passenger Bus in Afghanistan, Killing Four Civilians
Jason Leopold, Truthout: "Four Afghan civilians were killed and 18 others wounded Monday when US troops opened fire on a passenger bus they believed was a threat to military personnel working to remove roadside bombs from a highway near Kandahar."
http://www.truthout.org/us-troops-open-fire-passenger-bush-afghanistan-killing-four-civilians58523
Dread Surrounds "Operation Hope" in Afghanistan
Jean MacKenzie, GlobalPost: "It is being called Operation Omid. The word omid means 'hope' in Afghanistan's Dari language. But, judging by the reaction of local residents, the coming US-led military offensive against the Taliban in Kandahar could not be more inappropriately named."
http://www.truthout.org/dread-surrounds-operation-hope-afghanistan58682
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Afghanistan
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=McChrystal
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Kandahar
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Nato+killing
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=civilian+deaths
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Taliban
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Sonia+Verma
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Jason+Leopold
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Gareth+Porter
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Jean+MacKenzie
rudkla - 14. Apr, 05:45
