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Army: Soldiers plotted to kill Afghan civilians

Gibbs formed what one called a "kill team" to randomly execute Afghan civilians while on patrol, the documents said. No motive was discussed.

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Mass Assassinations Lie at the Heart of America's Military Strategy in the Muslim World

By Fred Branfman

Greatly expanded U.S. military Special Ops teams, U.S. drone strikes and private espionage networks run by former CIA assassins create a threat to our security.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article26252.htm


From Information Clearing House

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Bringing freedom and prosperity to Afghanistan

Campaign For Liberty
by James Bovard

08/26/10

The Obama administration is seeking to rechristen the Afghan debacle it inherited from the Bush administration. Obama’s efforts to legitimize the U.S. occupation of Afghanistan simply ignore the previous record of American actions in that nation. But the past debacles ensure the failure of Obama’s ramped-up interventions...

http://www.campaignforliberty.com/article.php?view=1071


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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It will likely be a few years before Afghanistan is secure enough for the U.S. Marines to leave, Commandant Gen. James Conway said Tuesday, adding his voice to a growing chorus of military leaders warning of a long fight ahead.

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Märchenstunde, Verdummung oder Propaganda?
http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/33/33186/1.html



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The Pentagon says it plans to spend $100 million on air base expansions in Afghanistan with construction efforts continuing into at least 2011.

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The district chief said that about a dozen other people, "all of them civilians," were injured in the raids, which he said had lasted for "hours".

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By Sam Stein

Afghanistan's embattled president Hamid Karzai said on Sunday that U.S. taxpayers were indirectly funding "mafia-like groups" and terrorist activities with the American government's support of private contractors inside his country.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article26224.htm



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Part Tinker Bell, Part Predator Drone: The Fantasy of the Presidency as Deus ex Machina
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/08/19-2



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Auch nach der Antwort des Verteidigungsministeriums auf die Anfrage eines SPD-Abgeordneten bleibt vieles im Vagen und fehlt die Begründung für die beanspruchte Legitimität.

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