U.S. Contractors Tied to Effort to Track and Kill Militants
Posted on 15. Mar, 2010 by Editor in General
KABUL, Afghanistan — Under the cover of a benign government information-gathering program, a Defense Department official set up a network of private contractors in Afghanistan and Pakistan to help track and kill suspected militants, according to military officials and businessmen in Afghanistan and the United States. The official, Michael D. Furlong, hired contractors from private [...]
356 U.S. Congress Members Vote to Keep the War Going
Posted on 12. Mar, 2010 by Editor in General, Middle East
Sixty-five congress members, including 60 Democrats and 5 Republicans, voted to end the occupation of Afghanistan on Wednesday. But 356 congress members, including 189 Democrats and 167 Republicans voted to keep the war going. The vote followed three hours of debate created by Congressman Dennis Kucinich’s introduction of a privileged resolution. The debate featured three [...]
Frontline: Behind taliban lines.
Posted on 24. Feb, 2010 by Editor in General, Middle East, Quotes and Videos
FRONTLINE – “I was thinking that I’m going to meet a group of Taliban,” Quraishi tells FRONTLINE. “I was thinking, this is the time which I came myself to enemy. I was thinking they might not let me go back.” In Behind Taliban Lines, FRONTLINE provides a rare glimpse into the inner workings of the [...]
