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Britain's mission in Afghanistan could last for up to 40 years, the next head of the Army warns today in an exclusive interview with The Times.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article6788043.ece



Barracks and Burger King: U.S. Builds a Supersized Base in Afghanistan

Anyone who thinks the Afghanistan troop "surge" is a temporary, one-time deal should watch the construction here of a vast new $17 million barracks building.

http://snipurl.com/pj47w


From Information Clearing House



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

http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2009/08/07-6



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The US will have to provide billions more dollars in coming years to finance a huge increase in the size of Afghanistan's security forces, officials and analysts warn.

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4ffa310a-81e1-11de-9c5e-00144feabdc0.html



Most Americans oppose Afghanistan war: poll

In a new low in public support for the war effort, 54 per cent of respondents said they opposed the US-led fight against the Taliban and their al-Qaeda allies, with only 41 per cent in favour.

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25895398-12335,00.html


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By John Pilger

These are extraordinary times. Flag-wrapped coffins of 18-year-old soldiers killed in a failed, illegal and vengeful invasion are paraded along a Wiltshire high street. Victory in Afghanistan is at hand, says the satirical Gordon Brown.

http://informationclearinghouse.info/article23213.htm



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Angela K. Brown, The Associated Press: "A Fort Hood soldier was sentenced Wednesday to a month in jail for refusing to deploy to Afghanistan over his beliefs that the war violates international law."

http://www.truthout.org/080509S?n



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http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Angela+K.+Brown

http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2009/08/05



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"It's important that the situation for detainees are such that they are in accordance with international laws, international standards and that they do not lead to further radicalisation," he said.

http://in.reuters.com/article/southAsiaNews/idINIndia-41487020090802


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100 people from Kohat village in Arghandab district took four bodies to Kandahar city of southern Afghanistan, as a sign of protest alleging that international troops carried out air raids on the village at 01:00 a.m., which left four civilians including three children dead.

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-08/05/content_11829917.htm



'Did Western troops come here to kill my children?'

Afghan villagers' despair as three boys are killed in airstrike.
http://snipurl.com/oskoa


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http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=airstrike
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Feindberührung

„Ist sinnvoll, was die Bundeswehr in Afghanistan tut? Die Antwort fällt nicht so leicht wie jene auf die Frage, was sie dort tut: Sie führt einen Krieg. Hätte es noch eines Beweises bedurft, dass die deutschen Soldaten am Hindukusch den Status von "Entwicklungshelfern mit Langwaffen" hinter sich gelassen haben es liefert ihn die ominöse "Taschenkarte", die künftig jeder von ihnen zur Hand haben wird. Diese Kurzfassung der Einsatzregeln erlaubt, "dass gegen Personen vorgegangen wird, die Angriffe planen, vorbereiten, unterstützen oder ein sonstiges feindliches Verhalten zeigen". Nix Notwehr, nix Flüchtende stoppen den Gegner nach Kräften bekämpfen durch "verhältnismäßige militärische Gewalt". Der preußische Kriegstheoretiker und General Carl von Clausewitz hätte kein Problem gehabt, die Vernichtung des Feindes "verhältnismäßig" zu finden. Wie werden es seine Nachfolger in der Bundeswehr halten?...“ Leitartikel von Thomas Kröter in der Frankfurter Rundschau vom 28.07.2009 http://www.fr-online.de/top_news/1855848_Leitartikel-Feindberuehrung.html


Aus: LabourNet, 5. August 2009



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