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Trotz der Eilreise von Rice nach Bagdad bleiben die heikelsten Punkte wie ein Zeitplan für den Truppenabzug oder die Immunität im Sicherheitsabkommen mit dem Irak offen.

http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/28/28562/1.html

Afghan senators demanded Tuesday that international troops operating in Afghanistan be brought under the country's law to make them accountable for mounting civilian casualties.

http://tinyurl.com/6c2t7e


From Information Clearing House



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

President Karzai says the war on terror is doomed to fail because militants are now hiding in Pakistan, not Afghanistan.

http://tinyurl.com/57sdvz


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

''Instead of bombing the Taliban, they bombed civilians in the area twice and killed up to 19 people, including women and children,'' he said, adding that 12 others were wounded.

http://www.japantoday.com/category/world/view/air-strikes-kill-up-to-19-civilians-afghan-parliamentarian


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

Kirk Semple and Andrew W. Lehren report for The New York Times: "June was the second deadliest month for the military in Afghanistan since the war began, with 23 American deaths from hostilities, compared with 22 in Iraq. July was less deadly, with 20 deaths, compared with six in Iraq. On July 22, nearly seven years after the conflict began on Oct. 7, 2001, the United States lost its 500th soldier in the Afghanistan war.... Now, a war that had long been overshadowed by the one in Iraq is back in public view, at the forefront of both news media attention and the presidential campaign."

http://www.truthout.org/article/500-deadly-us-milestone-afghan-war

The Taliban are demonstrating a resilience and ferocity that are sowing alarm here, in Washington and in other NATO capitals, and engendering a fresh round of soul-searching over how a relatively ragtag insurgency has managed to keep the world's most powerful armies at bay.

http://tinyurl.com/6ka7k7


From Information Clearing House

By Mike Whitney

"The real goal of the invasion was vengeance for 9/11. All the promises of liberation and democracy were a just "PR-ploy" to make Americans feel better about seeking revenge".

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20392.htm