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Westliche Wiederaufbauanstrengungen in Afghanistan lahmen

rudkla — 2008-11-18T07:56:00Z

http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/29/29154/1.html

Flight Path to Disaster in Afghanistan

rudkla — 2008-11-17T05:15:00Z

http://www.lewrockwell.com/engelhardt/engelhardt361.html

Militäreinsätze haben zu mehr Gewalt und Terror geführt

rudkla — 2008-11-12T16:27:00Z

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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http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Militäreinsatz
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Franz+Josef+Jung

UK: MPs seek to censor the media

rudkla — 2008-11-10T22:24:00Z

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

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Karzai condemns killings by US

rudkla — 2008-11-10T22:18:00Z

"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

http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=civilian+deaths
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Karzai

Afghan probe confirms US killed 37 civilians

rudkla — 2008-11-08T05:27:00Z

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

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The Slaughter Continues: US Kills Dozens of Wedding Guests

rudkla — 2008-11-06T07:22:00Z

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

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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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http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=air+strike

U.S. war aims in Afghanistan grow doubtful

rudkla — 2008-11-04T08:41:00Z

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

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Were not going to win this war

rudkla — 2008-10-30T09:57:00Z

Asia Times
by China Hand

10/29/08

It may come as a shock that the combined military muscle of the West cant 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 thats 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

Vater eines getöteten Soldaten erhebt Vorwürfe gegen Bundeswehr

rudkla — 2008-10-28T22:44:00Z

"Nur eine Floskel von Verteidigungsminister Jung"

Der Vater des in Afghanistan getöteten Bundeswehrsoldaten aus Brandenburg hat schwere Vorwürfe gegen die Führung der deutschen Streitkräfte und die Bundesregierung erhoben. "Die Soldaten werden mit schlechtem Equipment in den Krieg geschickt", sagte Michael Behlke in einem am Dienstag (28. Oktober) vorab veröffentlichten Interview der Zeitschrift "Super Illu". Für die Sicherheit der Soldaten müsse viel mehr getan werden, betonte der 45-Jährige aus Biesenthal.

http://www.ngo-online.de/ganze_nachricht.php?H=N&Nr=18826

http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Bundeswehr

Verlängerung des Afghanistan-Einsatzes am 16. Oktober 2008

rudkla — 2008-10-23T14:07:00Z

Gert Weisskirchen (Wiesloch) (SPD): "Wer sich bei der Abstimmung der Stimme verweigert, stärkt die Taliban"

Abschließende Debatte und Abstimmung über die Verlängerung des Afghanistan-Einsatzes - alle Reden, dokumentiert bei der AG Friedensforschung http://www.uni-kassel.de/fb5/frieden/regionen/Afghanistan/bt-mandat2008-3-lesung.html

Das Ergebnis der namentlichen Abstimmung zum Afghanistan-Einsatz

Alle Abgeordneten nach Fraktionen, dokumentiert bei der AG Friedensforschung (pdf) http://www.uni-kassel.de/fb5/frieden/regionen/Afghanistan/bt-mandat2008-namen.pdf

Aus: LabourNet, 23. Oktober 2008

Foreign Troops Kill Nine Afghan Soldiers: Ministry

rudkla — 2008-10-23T07:15:00Z

Elyas Wahdat, Reuters: "Foreign troops killed nine Afghan soldiers in a mistaken air strike in the southeast of the country overnight, the Afghan Defense Ministry said on Wednesday. The US military confirmed Afghan soldiers may have been killed and wounded in a case of mistaken identity but said it did not have any casualty figures."

http://www.truthout.org/102208S

http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=airstrike

Hit and miss with Afghan air strikes

rudkla — 2008-10-22T08:57:00Z

Asia Times
by Gareth Porter

10/21/08

Air strikes against suspected Taliban leaders in Afghanistan were halted in 2004, in the belief they were ineffectual and caused too many civilian deaths. They resumed the following year, growing steadily to levels of thousands of raids a year. Yet they still have not proved effective against the Taliban, while non-combatants are being killed in record numbers, in part due to poor intelligence...

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/JJ22Df01.html

Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=airstrike
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Road To Recovery Has Turned Into A Highway of Terror in Afghanistan

rudkla — 2008-10-21T09:02:00Z

http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2008/10/20-5

Afghanistan's Emerging Antiwar Movement

rudkla — 2008-10-20T15:28:00Z

Anand Gopal, The Christian Science Monitor: "In a musty room near the edge of town, a group of bearded men sit on the floor and heatedly discuss strategy. The men are in the planning stages of an event that they hope will impact Afghan politics - a peace jirga, or assembly, that will agitate for the end of the war between the Taliban and Afghan government by asking the two sides to come to a settlement. 'People are growing tired of the fighting,' says Bakhtar Aminzai of the National Peace Jirga of Afghanistan, an association of students, professors, lawyers, clerics, and others. 'We need to pressure the Afghan government and the international community to find a solution without using guns.'"

http://www.truthout.org/102008M