From Reuters An intelligence report showing an upsurge in Islamic militancy put the White House on the defensive on Wednesday in an election-year debate over whether President George W. Bush has made America safer. In a second blow to the president, a new U.N. report said the Iraq war was providing al Qaeda with a […]
Here is the reason why we won’t be able to help Israel out militarily – we can’t. Look at a couple of the stories today. First from Iraq: A suicide bomber pulled his van into a busy market on Tuesday, lured labourers with job offers and blew himself up, killing scores in one of the […]
Bush and his claims that the Taliban is no longer existent have really come back to bite him in the ass. Brian Ross gives us this doozey sure to get some hot debate going: The United States military is quietly carrying out the largest military offensive in Afghanistan since U.S. troops invaded the country in […]
Think Progress highlighted this great little sound bite from Tony Snow on CNN yesterday: BLITZER: Let’s move on and talk about some other issues. I know your time is limited. Afghanistan. Is the Taliban making a serious comeback right now? SNOW: I think what the Taliban is doing – and it’s predictable – is that […]
I am glad to see how much the Middle East is loving us. We “liberated” Afghanistan from the Taliban and this is how we are thanked: A deadly traffic accident Monday involving U.S. troops sparked the worst rioting in the Afghan capital since the fall of the Taliban regime, with hundreds of protesters looting shops […]
I am glad we are helping people become free in this world. Bush really is doing great: A man could be sentenced to death after being charged with converting from Islam to Christianity, a crime under Afghanistan’s shariah laws, a judge said yesterday. The trial is thought to be the first of its kind in […]
The Financial Times reports: General Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan’s military ruler, urged the US on Monday to resolve a growing dispute with neighbouring Afghanistan over the location of Taliban dissidents who Kabul says have taken refuge on Pakistani soil. In unusually tough remarks, Gen Musharraf said Pakistan would use a visit to Islamabad on Wednesday by […]
It seems that the United States media is once again to blame. As Rumsfeld addressed reporters yesterday about the allegation of U.S. forces burning Taliban corpses in Afghanistan he made it clear that he was upset this story was getting reported. Take this quote from today’sChicago Sun Times: ”We also recognize the damage that can […]
While the country waits for the release of the latest rounds of Abu Gharib abuse photos to emerge, news is coming out of Australia that U.S. soldiers burned bodies of Taliban rebels in an effort to taunt their opponenets. The following is from Australia’s Fairfax Digital where they have obtained footage of this act: Film […]
Taliban rebels have killed 19 police officers in a convoy down a dirt road in the Helman province. Included amongst the dead officers is the deputy chief. Attention seems to focus more on the Iraq war than what is taking place in Afghanistan. This is somewhat troubling. Last month, Afghans held a vote, which should […]