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BRITAIN'S European allies have flatly ruled out providing extra military help for the increasingly deadly battle against 'insurgents" in Afghanistan.

http://news.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=1034&id=1311882007


From Information Clearing House

The Government was accused of hiding the true casualty rate of troops in Afghanistan yesterday as it emerged that nearly one in two soldiers fighting on the front line had been wounded.

http://tinyurl.com/3bfpam


From Information Clearing House

The human cost of the war in Afghanistan to British soldiers can be revealed today as figures show that almost half of frontline troops have required significant medical treatment during this summer's fighting.

http://observer.guardian.co.uk/world/story/0,,2151965,00.html


From Information Clearing House

A success story that quickly turned to disappointment for the hospital when they discovered that this septic truck donated by the United States with brand new tires and a new coat of paint wasn't new at all - in fact it's at least 60-years-old.

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From Information Clearing House

Publication of article describing soldier's death in Afghanistan prompts DND to warn physicians not to release sensitive information.

http://tinyurl.com/38hfwb


From Information Clearing House

17. August 2007

Nach Aussage des Staatsministers im Auswärtigen Amt, Erler, erwägt die Bundesregierung, mehr Soldaten an den Hindukusch zu schicken. Dazu erklärt das Mitglied im Geschäftsführenden Parteivorstand Christine Buchholz:

DIE LINKE weist das Ansinnen der Bundesregierung zurück, mehr Soldaten nach Afghanistan zu schicken. Der Anschlag auf drei Polizisten hat wieder gezeigt, dass Deutschland im Krieg ist und die Deutschen als Besatzer empfunden werden. Nicht nur die Mehrheit der Deutschen ist gegen den Afghanistan-Einsatz. Auch die Mehrheit der afghanischen Bevölkerung ist gegen die ausländische Intervention. Und sie weiß auch warum. Sechs Jahre nach Kriegsbeginn ist nur ein Bruchteil von den 85 Mrd. Dollar, die für den Krieg aufgewendet wurden, für Hilfe ausgegeben worden. Der Abzug der Truppen ist die Vorraussetzung für wirkliche Hilfe. Frieden in Afghanistan ist nur möglich, wenn Krieg und Besatzung beendet werden. Der Bundestag hat in wenigen Wochen die Wahl. DIE LINKE fordert die Abgeordneten auf gegen die Verlängerung der Bundestagsmandate zu stimmen.

http://www.die-linke.de/presse/presseerklaerungen/detail/artikel/abzug-statt-aufstockung-der-bundeswehr/

Artikel im SÜDKURIER: "Sendemast: Freude über Kompromiss"

Brown must understand that we won't win the fight against terrorism until we live up to our own high moral claims.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/story/0,,2148981,00.html


From Information Clearing House

The government is failing in its historic duty of care towards frontline troops who put their lives on the line in Iraq and Afghanistan, forces charities and campaigners claim.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/military/story/0,,2148952,00.html


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Informant: Teresa Binstock

In effect, by a 5 to 2 majority, the court has legitimated the police-state measures, includingdetention without trial, that the Howard government and its state Labor counterparts have introduced since 2002 on the pretext of protecting ordinary people from terrorism.

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2007/aug2007/thom-a13.shtml


From Information Clearing House

Brought into the country under false identities and tricked into leaving their families with the promise of an education and a better future, hundreds of African children are being trafficked into the UK for a life of servitude, according to human rights campaigners.

http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/article2859092.ece


From Information Clearing House

David Rohde and David E. Sanger report in Sunday's New York Times that the so-called "good war" in Afghanistan went south because the Bush administration diverted scarce resources to Iraq.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/081207A.shtml

Vorkehrungen gegen die geplanten Proteste von Umweltschützern gegen den Bau einer dritten Startbahn für den Flughafen Heathrow machen anschaulich, wie Antiterrormaßnahmen zur Eindämmung politischer Proteste verwendet werden.

http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/25/25940/1.html Die

Armed police will use anti-terrorism powers to "deal robustly" with climate change protesters at Heathrow next week, as confrontations threaten to bring major delays to the already overstretched airport.

http://politics.guardian.co.uk/terrorism/story/0,,2146692,00.html


From Information Clearing House

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Airport protestors attack police tactics

Raw Story

08/13/07

Environmental protestors at a camp near London’s Heathrow airport criticized the police Monday for using heavy-handed tactics ahead of an expected protest on climate change. Around 250 demonstrators have set up the Camp for Climate Action ahead of a week of protests set to attract more than 1,500 people when it formally kicks off Tuesday ahead of a day of action Sunday. Campaigners who say the world’s busiest international airport fuels climate change have joined forces with locals opposed to proposals for a third runway at Heathrow, just west of London, citing noise and health concerns...

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Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

Pakistani tribal elder and former MP, Malik Fazel Manaan Mohmand, told 700 delegates seated in a giant white tent that the presence of Nato and US-led foreign forces in Afghanistan was a major cause of insecurity.

http://www.dawn.com/2007/08/11/top5.htm


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