Ambassador opposes Afghan surge
Karl Eikenberry, the US ambassador in Kabul, has written to the White House to oppose sending thousands more troops to Afghanistan. Eikenberry said President Karzai's government should first prove it would tackle corruption.

Obama may be afraid of BlackwaterBlackwater continues to do brisk business in Iraq and ( Read more... )

Article from The Independant about the relatives of WTC victims visiting Afganistan. How sad that humans in pain reaching out to other humans in pain seems to be considered "highly contentious", and a group that sees something wrong with civilians being killed and crippled is labled "radical".As the bombs continue to fall, another US aircraft ( Read more... )

If a Pentagon official says that the death of your family never happened, are they alive or dead?

International Herald Tribune Article:
Villagers Dying Under U.S. Bombs, Anti-Taliban Forces Say"Despite the Pentagon's denials, hundreds of innocent civilians are being killed and wounded in the hunt for Osama bin Laden, the Afghan commanders who rule ( Read more... )

1)Exactly, Mister Ashcroft. Exactly.
From an International Herald Tribune Article:

"We're going to protect and honor the Constitution, and I don't have the authority to set it aside," Mr. Ashcroft said last month on ABC's "Nightline." "If I had the authority to set it aside, this would be a dangerous government, and I wouldn't respect it."

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BBC Story, 18 Sept:
"A former Pakistani diplomat has told the BBC that the US was planning military action against Osama Bin Laden and the Taleban even before last week's attacks ( Read more... )