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Top soldier quits as blundering campaign turns into 'pointless' war
THE former aide-de-camp to the commander of the British taskforce in southern Afghanistan has described the campaign in Helmand province as “a textbook case of how to screw up a counter-insurgency”. http://snipurl.com/w7j1 From... ...
Why 'victory' in first phase of war on terror unravelled
The victory won by President George Bush in 2001 after the 11 September al-Qa'ida attacks on America has evaporated. "The fighting is extraordinarily intense. The intensity and ferocity of the fighting... ...
Force can't beat Taliban
With Canadian soldiers in Afghanistan locked down in one of this country's biggest battles in modern times, Ottawa's top military officials conceded yesterday the Taliban cannot be eliminated by force. http://www.informa tionclearinghouse.info/art icle14891.htm ...
Lebanon attack cost NIS 11.2 billion in military expenses alone
Knesset members suggested using some of the $1.75 billion that Israel receives annually from the United States. But defense officials said that for the next few years, most of this aid is already committed... ...
Police State? Blair to tackle 'menace' children
Tomorrow's potential troublemakers can be identified even before they are born, Tony Blair has suggested. He said teenage mums and problem families could be forced to take help to head off difficulties.... ...
Blinded by a Concept
"The failure of Israel to subdue Hezbollah demonstrates the many weaknesses of the war-on-terror concept. One of those weaknesses is that even if the targets are terrorists," writes George Soros, "the... ...
Israel spewed cluster bombs over Lebanon in last days of war
UN: UN humanitarian chief Jan Egeland said Wednesday that thousands of civilians were at risk in south Lebanon from unexploded cluster bombs dropped by Israeli forces in the last three days of the war... ...
Afghan president orders inquiry into U.S. raid
Afghan President Hamid Karzai ordered an investigation Friday into the deaths of eight people in eastern Afghanistan during a raid that U.S. forces claimed targeted al Qaeda members, according to a government... ...
Afghan opium cultivation hits a record
Opium cultivation in Afghanistan has hit record levels — up by more than 40 percent from 2005 — despite hundreds of millions in counternarcotics money, Western officials told The Associated Press. http://news.yahoo. com/s/ap/20060816/ap_on_re _as/afghan_opium_boom Fr om... ...
Israel's Verdict: We Lost the War
http://www.commondreams.or g/headlines06/0815-06.htm Desert of Trapped Corpses Testifies to Israel's Failure http://www.commond reams.org/views06/0815-21. htm -------- 52 percent of Israelis: IDF failed A... ...