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commonsensewonder.blogspot.com - 10/28/2009
Saving the Taliban and Al Qaeda from the evil Americans
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US drone strikes may break international law: UN Tue Oct 27, 11:07 pm ET UNITED NATIONS (AFP) – US drone strikes against suspected terrorists in Afghanistan and Pakistan could be breaking international laws against summary executions, the UN's top investigator of such crimes said. "The problem ...
cnas.org - 10/28/2009
The Most Important Article on Afghanistan You'll Read This Week
— cnas.org — Why, you ask? Because if this is true, and if the CIA is empowering Ahmed Wali Karzai... at the same time in which NATO/ISAF is saying abusive local power-brokers are a threat to mission success, then this is yet another example of NATO/ISAF carrying ... (more) The Most Important Article on Afghanistan You'll Read ...

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U.S. Continues Quagmire-Building Effort In Afghanistan
theonion.com - 10/28/2009
U.S. Continues Quagmire-Building Effort In Afghanistan
— theonion.com — October 27, 2009 | Issue 45•44 KABUL, AFGHANISTAN— According to sources at the Pentagon, American quagmire-building efforts... continued apace in Afghanistan this week, as the geographically rugged, politically unstable region remained ungovernable, ... (more) U.S. Continues Quagmire-Building Effort In Afghanistan

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mudvillegazette.com - 10/28/2009
Round Two
— mudvillegazette.com — By the looks of it, this NY Times story was going to tell the whole truth :... The Great American Arm-Twist in Afghanistan KABUL, Afghanistan -- By the looks of it, the ceremony that unfolded last week inside the Presidential Palace here was marking a joyous, even triumphant, occasion.  ... (more) Round Two

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From the AFP : US drone strikes against suspected terrorists in Afghanistan and Pakistan could be breaking international laws against summary executions, the UN's top investigator of such crimes said. "The problem with the United States is that it is making an increased use of ...