Talks in Istanbul today between delegates of the the UN Security Council member states plus Germany, and Iran over the latter’s disputed nuclear program are said to have been constructive. After weeks of mixed and highly confusing messages sent out by President Obama and his administration about either acceptance of Iran’s enrichment program in the [...]
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Maybe a Breakthrough
Posted in IAEA, Iran, NPT, P5+1, USA, tagged 20% LEU, Additional Protocol, Ali Larijani, Catherine Ashton, Geneva talks, Istanbul talks, Mir-Hossein Mousavi, modified Code 3.1, Saeed Jalili, swap deal, TRR on April 14, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Unquenched Lust to Kill
Posted in Afghanistan, USA, tagged Alkozai, blood money, Camp Belambai, compensation, Kandahar Massacre, Kunduz airstrike, Najeeban, Panjwai, Robert Bales on March 25, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
U.S. investigators of the March 11 Kandahar massacre officially believe that Staff Sgt Robert Bales went out alone for the massacres in two villages in the Panjwai district of Kandahar province in southern Afghanistan, one north (Najeeban) of the Camp Belambai and one south (Alkozai). The numbers of dead civilians now differ. While Bales is [...]
Two Soldiers
Posted in Afghanistan, USA, tagged Bradley Manning, Fort Leavenworth, John Henry Brown, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Kandahar, Neil Shea, Panjwai massacre, Robert Bales, war crime on March 17, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Update below. The name of the American soldier who massacred and partially burnt last Sunday 16 Afghan civilians including nine children in the Panjwai shooting spree in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, and who had been rescued to Kuwait before Afghan authorities and judiciary could get hold of him, has been revealed yesterday. Staff Sergeant Robert Bales [...]
Democracy
Posted in Afghanistan, USA, tagged Art Bears, Chris Cutler, Dagmar Krause, democracya, Fred frith, Granai, Kunduz, massacre, Qur'an burning, The World As It is Today on March 15, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
I was a bit in doubt which Art Bears’ song I should post when I read that Afghan President Hamid Karzai asked/ordered American withdrawal from his country today. Maybe this one? One of my all-time favorites. A lost war. A disaster. Bridges, schools? Democracy? What will be remembered is the Kunduz massacre, the Granai air [...]
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