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10 Nov 09

Why the U.S. has to go | SocialistWorker.org

  • But women have suffered more--for them, it is almost as if the Taliban was still in power. After the war, the U.S. brought to power these misogynist warlords called the Northern Alliance, who are just like the Taliban. These were the same people who ruled between 1992 and 1996, and they attacked women's rights and human rights.
  • This time, wearing suits and ties, they have again have come into power with the help of the U.S. That's why today's situation for women is worse, especially in many of the provinces. It is true that in some big cities like Kabul, Mazari Sharif or Herat, you will see that some women have been able to get jobs and an education. But in most of the provinces, women do not even have basic human rights--the situation is like hell.
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Millions more turn against Gordon Brown's war|14Nov09|Socialist Worker

  • Brown’s strategy appears more threadbare than ever. Some 232 British soldiers have now been killed in Afghanistan, 95 this year alone. Public support for the war is at an all-time low.
01 Nov 09

The Angry Arab News Service/وكالة أنباء العربي الغاضب: Obama is stuck in the folly of his policies

  • Obama is stuck. If he sends 20,000 more troops, conservative will say: he did not send enough troops. If he did not send additional troops, his critics will say that he is abandoning the mission and reversing course when he argued throughout his campaign that the war in Afghanistan is a war of necessity. Obama will not win, and he will be exposed as the a replica of Bush in foreign policy. In fact, if you look at it: Obama deviated very little from the path of Bush-Cheney in defense and national security.

Obama meets with top generals

  • The president appears committed to adding at least 10,000 to 15,000 troops to Afghanistan in an effort to bolster the training of Afghan Army and police officers in the country. Current plans call for the U.S. to double the size of the Army and police to about 400,000 in the hope that they can take over security responsibilities from the U.S.
  • In contrast to Iraq, where there was significant dissension on whether or not to deploy an additional 30,000 troops in 2007, the top brass have been mostly united in the support of McChrystal's call for more troops in Afghanistan.
28 Oct 09

AFP: US drone strikes may break international law: UN

  • "The problem with the United States is that it is making an increased use of drones/Predators (which are) particularly prominently used now in relation to Pakistan and Afghanistan," UN Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial Executions Philip Alston told a press conference.
25 Oct 09

Soldier breaks ranks to lead thousands against Afghan war|24Oct09|Socialist Worker

  • Members of Military Families Against the War led the march. Serving British soldier Joe Glenton broke Queen’s orders by marching and ran the risk of being arrested by doing so but he was not deterred.
04 Oct 09

8 U.S. troops killed in battle with militants in Afghanistan - CNN.com

The largest number of US troops killed by resistance fighters in a single day in more than a year.

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