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NATO operations will likely continue in Afghanistan for another 10 years, a high-ranking Canadian soldier said Thursday.

http://tinyurl.com/tp25j


From Information Clearing House

America is now seen as a threat to world peace by its closest neighbours and allies, according to an international survey of public opinion published today that reveals just how far the country's reputation has fallen among former supporters since the invasion of Iraq.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/110306Z.shtml

Since Sept. 11, 2001, Blair's government has at least once sought to use evidence extracted under torture in legal proceedings, has signed agreements to deport prisoners to countries where they may be tortured, and has turned a blind eye to U.S. mistreatment of prisoners and secret movement of suspects to countries where they could be abused, Human Rights Watch states.

http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/11/02/europe/EU_GEN_Britain_Torture_Report.php



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=torture

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6108496.stm

We Are Waking up to a Surveillance Society All Around Us
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines06/1102-07.htm

Lecturers and staff at British universities will be asked to spy on "Asian-looking" and Muslim students they suspect of supporting terrorist acts and involvement in Islamic extremism.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061016/wl_uk_afp/britainpoliticsislamuniversity


From Information Clearing House

Two brothers charged in an alleged plot to blow up U.S. bound airliners were released Wednesday after a British court ruled the evidence against them was insufficient to warrant a trial.

http://www.columbian.com/news/APStories/AP11012006news72432.cfm


From Information Clearing House

Regardless of what we are told by the dictatorial regime in Islamabad, local people know the truth. The innocents who died in this attack belong to them. Local people do not believe in the government charade and CNN stories when they have their innocent relatives and little children lying before them in pieces.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article15452.htm

Guilty until proven innocent now seems to be the watchword of a government that increasingly treats its law-abiding citizens with absolute contempt.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/story/0,,1934370,00.html


From Information Clearing House

THE secrets of Britain’s Trident nuclear deterrent are feared stolen, the Sunday Express can reveal. It is claimed they disappeared from a high-security base in the US.

http://express.lineone.net/news_detail.html?sku=630


From Information Clearing House

NATO occupation forces and Afghan troops killed 70 suspected militants who attacked a military base in southern Afghanistan, while a roadside blast killed one NATO soldier and wounded eight others, the alliance said Sunday.

http://cbs2chicago.com/seenon/topstories_story_302215353.html



Taliban plan to fight through winter to throttle Kabul

Militia fighters are operating just an hour's drive from the capital's suburbs, confident of undermining Western support for the war.

http://observer.guardian.co.uk/world/story/0,,1934251,00.html?gusrc=rss&feed=12



Afghanistan war is 'cuckoo', says Blair's favourite general

Tony Blair's most trusted military commander yesterday branded as 'cuckoo' the way Britain's overstretched army was sent into Afghanistan.

http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,1934382,00.html


From Information Clearing House

http://www.commondreams.org/headlines06/1026-08.htm

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NATO occupation forces strike killed 85 civilians

Over 85 civilians including women and children were killed in Zang Abad village of Panjwayi district, 20 kilometres west of Kandahar Province Tuesday evening, said Bismillah Afghanmal, a member of Kandahar provincial council.

http://paktribune.com/news/index.shtml?158106



Travelling with the Taleban

British soldiers landed in helicopters, arrested a suspect and flew away. But they left six dead in one family, including three young girls, and partially demolished the mosque.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6081594.stm



From Information Clearing House

I went to Afghanistan and Pakistan this summer to understand how and why the Taliban were making a comeback five years after American and Afghan forces drove them from power. What kind of experience would lead Afghans to reject what seemed to be an emerging democratic government? Had we missed something that made Taliban rule appealing?

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article15397.htm



'A lot of nervousness' about British deal in Afghanistan: US Ambassador

The US ambassador to Afghanistan has questioned Britain's deal to pull out of a previously insurgency-hit town, saying there is "a lot of nervousness" about it,

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061025/wl_sthasia_afp/britainusafghanistanmilitary



Militias defy peace deal to impose Taliban rule on Afghan border

Taliban militias in Pakistan have set up offices, introduced taxes and taken control of justice in the tribal agency of North Waziristan, where last month the government signed a peace agreement with militants.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/10/25/wafg125.xml


From Information Clearing House

In an unprecedented move that risks accusations of censorship, the Government has withdrawn co-operation from ITV News in warzones after accusing it of inaccurate and intrusive reports about the fate of wounded soldiers.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-2417831,00.html


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