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12. November 2008

Morgen wird der Bundestag über die Verlängerung des Anti-Terror-Einsatzes im Rahmen der Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) abstimmen. Dazu erklärt Christine Buchholz, Mitglied im geschäftsführenden Parteivorstand:

DIE LINKE lehnt die Verlängerung des Bundeswehreinsatzes im Rahmen der OEF ab. Die NATO hat unter der Führung der USA und mit Unterstützung der Bundesregierung die schrecklichen Ereignisse vom 11. September 2001 dazu genutzt, einen Krieg um die Vorherrschaft der Industrienationen im Nahen und Mittleren Osten zu führen. Der "Krieg gegen den Terror" hat hunderttausende Menschen in Afghanistan und anderswo das Leben gekostet. Die Folge sind Zerstörung und Armut. Das führt zu nicht weniger, sondern zu mehr Hass und Terrorismus. Die Regierung lügt, wenn sie behauptet, dass die Elitetruppe Kommando Spezialkräfte (KSK) in Afghanistan nicht mehr eingesetzt würde. Zwar tauchen die 100 KSK-Soldaten im jetzigen Antrag der Bundesregierung nicht mehr auf. Allerdings ist der Einsatz von KSK-Soldaten in Afghanistan jederzeit möglich, nicht über das OEF-Mandat, sondern über den im Oktober beschlossenen ISAF-Einsatz. Das hat auch Verteidigungsminister Franz Josef Jung gegenüber der ARD bestätigt. Krieg ist Terror und wird immer neue Gewalt hervorrufen. Wer Terrorismus den Boden entziehen will, muss OEF sofort beenden und die Bundeswehr aus diesem und anderen Auslandseinsätzen zurückholen.

http://www.die-linke.de/presse/presseerklaerungen/detail/artikel/militaereinsaetze-haben-zu-mehr-gewalt-und-terror-gefuehrt/



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Britain's security agencies and police would be given unprecedented and legally binding powers to ban the media from reporting matters of national security, under proposals being discussed in Whitehall.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/mps-seek-to-censor-the-media-1006607.html


From Information Clearing House

"Carrying out such attacks will only expand the gap between the people and the government of Afghanistan, as well as between Afghanistan and its international allies,'' Karzai said.

http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2008/11/2008111015293401391.html


From Information Clearing House



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President Hamid Karzai had said "around 40" civilians were killed in the strike in the province's Shah Wali Kot district on Monday that followed an ambush on international soldiers.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081107/wl_sthasia_afp/afghanistanunrestcivilian


From Information Clearing House



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By JESSICA LEEDER AND ALEX STRICK VAN LINSCHOTEN

The bodies of at least 36 women have been identified, and hundreds more men and women have been injured. Local leaders have yet to establish a firm casualty count because many of the victims remain buried beneath rubble, said Abdul Hakim Khan, a tribal elder from the district.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21153.htm



US Airstrike kills 90 in Afghan wedding party

"It was a mistake - they hit the wedding party and thought it was the Taliban," Gov. Rahmatullah Raufi told a late afternoon news conference.

http://www.thestar.com/News/World/article/530904


From Information Clearing House

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Don't Let Barack Obama Break Your Heart

Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch.com: "On the day that Americans turned out in near record numbers to vote, a record was set halfway around the world. In Afghanistan, a US Air Force strike wiped out about 40 people in a wedding party. This represented at least the sixth wedding party eradicated by American air power in Afghanistan and Iraq since December 2001."

http://www.truthout.org/111208B



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U.S. war aims in Afghanistan that call for the defeat of the Taliban and a strong central government in Kabul have become increasingly unrealistic in the face of growing violence and corruption.

http://africa.reuters.com/energyandoil/news/usnN31353518.html


From Information Clearing House

Asia Times
by China Hand

10/29/08

It may come as a shock that the combined military muscle of the West can’t defeat the Taliban in Afghanistan, but according to top military officials it is true. The Afghan adventure is expensive, onerous and unpopular, and most of the 40 or so participating countries want a new strategy. This deteriorating campaign will last for years and all that’s going to change are the objectives, and as far as the United States is concerned, even these are unclear...

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/JJ30Df02.html


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp