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Tag Archives: Afghanistan
What’s happening to Afghanistan’s natural resources – Antony Loewenstein – The Nation
Before its failed occupation of Afghanistan, the Soviet Union discovered that the country was rich in natural resources. In the 1980s, Soviet mining experts drafted maps and collected data that would lay dormant in the Afghan Geological Survey in Kabul … Continue reading
The Privatization of Repression – Blackwater’s Death Machine by NORMAN POLLACK
Obama is excellent at multitasking in navigating the waters of international politics, seeking to construct a political-structural framework of American global hegemony, formally (for who knows the full extent of the forces standing behind him?) presiding over a Juggernaut of … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, america, blackwater, iraq, mercenaries, war
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The Fundamental Lie of the Afghan War by GARY LEUPP
As a general rule, U.S. wars are based on lies. Some of these are soon exposed; the lies about Saddam Hussein’s weapons of mass destruction and al-Qaeda links used to justify the invasion and occupation of Iraq were exposed (to … Continue reading
American Hypocrisy on International Law – Curtis Doebbler
The threat of Russian intervention in Ukraine has caused American lawyers and diplomats to raise their voices about the legality of Russian military action in Ukraine. These complaints, however, are based more on political rhetoric and posturing than on an … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, international law, iraq, syria, ukraine
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The Business of Slaughter – Justice Served in Afghanistan? by TOM McNAMARA
The New York Times recently reported that Staff Sgt. Robert Bales will plead guilty to the murder of 16 Afghan civilians. It is believed to be part of a plea bargain arrangement worked out between his lawyer and the US government. The … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, Empire, Ideaology, Redneckia
Tagged Afghanistan, civilians, murder
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