World-News

By Conn Hallinan

For an administration touted as sophisticated and intelligent, virtually every decision the White House has made vis-à-vis Afghanistan has been a disaster.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31115.htm



Still killed and killing in the lost Afghanistan War

By Lindsey German

Has anyone told the media that the NATO forces are losing the war in Afghanistan?

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31139.htm



Afghan Screams Are Not Heard

By Kathy Kelly and Hakim

Last weekend, in Kabul, Afghan Peace Volunteer friends huddled in the back room of their simple home. With a digital camera, glimpses and sounds of their experiences were captured, as warfare erupted three blocks away.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31138.htm

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Collateral insanity in Afghanistan

In These Times
by Terry J. Allen

04/18/12

The war in Afghanistan has taken a devastating toll on mental health from depression to suicide, domestic violence to murderous rampages. And financial and family strains, as well as attempts at self-medication, have exacerbated the casualty count. ... Many Afghans, blameless in ways that volunteer soldiers never can be, have been pushed past sanity by violence; by becoming refugees or internally displaced; and by losing family, culture, educational opportunities, professions, houses, rights and hope...

http://tinyurl.com/7u4vn7k



America s lost war

Freedom s Phoenix
by Stephen Lendman

for publication 04/21/12

International and constitutional law be damned. Waging war on Afghanistan 'is clearly illegal. It constitutes armed aggression. It is creating a humanitarian catastrophe for the people of Afghanistan.' It s also a lost cause. Pentagon commanders know it. So does Lt. Colonel Daniel Davis. In an unclassified report and more detailed classified one, he explained ongoing disastrous conditions. From his own firsthand observations and what others told him, he concluded that America s war failed. It can t be won...

http://bit.ly/HT85eF


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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