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On Saturday evening, 8/22 at 8pm, when the hour of Iftar marked the breaking of the Ramadan fast, the NATO command launched its "Operation Siren" against Libya.
The Sirens were the loudspeakers of the mosques, which were used to launch Al Qaeda's call to revolt against the Ghaddfy government. Immediately the sleeper cells of the Benghazi rebels went into action. These were small groups with great mobility, which carried out multiple attacks. The overnight fighting caused 350 deaths and 3,000 wounded. Read that part again.
The heavy, bloody fighting from NATO's docked warship in Tripoli harbor murdered mostly civilians, as is usual, but steered away from Journalists. Yet top government officials were camped in the same hotel, "Rixxos". One small grace in a bloodbath.
As of now, more than 1300 are "officially" dead and 5000 wounded, if such a thing can be quantified. What good is NATO in this land? They're supposed to be protecting all civilians in war-torn zones, whereas in reality, France and Great Britain have only started their colonial massacres.
After Khadmis Ghaffy personally delivered weapons for the defense of the Rixxos Hotel, the fighting has increased exponentially - of course.
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Hundreds of people protested in eastern Afghanistan this past week over the deaths of two men killed by coalition forces and whom local Afghans insist were civilians. The protesters blocked a main highway for several hours, shouting anti-American slogans like "down with Obama" and "down with foreign forces."Hundreds of people protested in eastern Afghanistan this past week over the deaths of... more
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Hundreds of Afghans took to the streets of Mazar-i-Sharif this past weekend to protest against mounting civilian deaths as the new U.S. and NATO commander considers loosening combat rules.Hundreds of Afghans took to the streets of Mazar-i-Sharif this past weekend to protest... more
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Website Raw Story reports that the Pulitzer Prize winning journalist who helped break the story that detainees at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq were being tortured by their US jailers is now saying that American soldiers are executing prisoners in Afghanistan.Website Raw Story reports that the Pulitzer Prize winning journalist who helped break... more
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A civilian was shot dead in eastern Afghanistan last week after police fired at thousands of villagers protesting against NATO raids which they say killed 11 civilians.A civilian was shot dead in eastern Afghanistan last week after police fired at... more
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Although it's just beginning, the U.S.-led effort to pacify the Taliban's spiritual capital in southern Afghanistan already appears to be faltering.
Key military operations have been delayed until the fall, efforts to improve local government are having little impact and a Taliban assassination campaign has brought a sense of dread to Kandahar's streets.Although it's just beginning, the U.S.-led effort to pacify the Taliban's... more
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The US and NATO commander in Afghanistan, General Stanley McChrystal, who was boasting of military progress only three months ago, confessed last week that "nobody is winning".The US and NATO commander in Afghanistan, General Stanley McChrystal, who was boasting... more
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An independent government report raises new questions about the likelihood of success for President Barack Obama's Afghanistan policy, which nearly doubles the number of U.S. troops there.
The report, by the Government Accountability Office, found that despite the boost in U.S. troops, the Taliban remain a resilient fighting force, and it suggests many factors remain in place that will allow the Taliban to survive U.S. efforts to eradicate them.An independent government report raises new questions about the likelihood of success... more
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Afghanistan’s drug and corruption economy of $5.3 billion in 2009 was more than the $4.4 billion earmarked in 2010 for running the government and financing the development budget.Afghanistan’s drug and corruption economy of $5.3 billion in 2009 was more than... more
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Afghanistan’s Interior Ministry says that civilian casualties there are on the rise as U.S. and NATO reinforcements stream into the country as part of a military buildup to combat the resurgent Taliban.Afghanistan’s Interior Ministry says that civilian casualties there are on the... more
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US Special Forces raided the home of a prominent Afghan Minister of Parliament, killing one of her relatives in an operation that provoked public protests this past week.US Special Forces raided the home of a prominent Afghan Minister of Parliament,... more
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Insurgents killed the vice mayor of the southern Afghan city of Kandahar as he prayed at a mosque last week. Meanwhile, a NATO convoy in Khost province, on the border with Pakistan, fired on a vehicle carrying four boys aged between 13 and 18 who were driving home from a volleyball game.Insurgents killed the vice mayor of the southern Afghan city of Kandahar as he prayed... more
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The president of Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai, has cast doubt over NATO’s planned summer offensive against the Taliban in the southern province of Kandahar, as more than 10,000 American troops pour in for the fight.
Karzai threatened to delay or even cancel the operation — one of the biggest of the nine-year war — after being confronted in Kandahar by elders who said it would bring strife, not security, to his home province.The president of Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai, has cast doubt over NATO’s planned... more
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Afghanistan’s government says NATO troops killed four civilians including one child and wounded 18 others when they fired on a bus in Afghanistan this past week.Afghanistan’s government says NATO troops killed four civilians including one... more
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