Needless to say, a run on the banks in Kabul is really bad sign and just so there is no question who is charge…. Sources said Afghan President Hamid Karzai ordered the Central Bank to move on Kabul Bank after Gen. David H. Petraeus–the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan–urged him to take action. At...
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  So last week it was Lord Petraeus, this week it is Odierno. All the time these Generals spend on TV, one wonders when they find time for work. But when one realizes in the farcical conflict called GWOT, the job of the generals is to fight the enemy, the enemy being public opinion...
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New rule, can’t carry cash out of Kabul airport without record of it, a transfer, it would seem to be common sense Authorities also said they intend to eliminate an arrangement that has allowed top government officials and other well-connected Afghans to board planes — even while carrying suitcases packed with cash — without...
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The Shadow Wars-Part 1 The New York Times is running a series of articles entitled The Shadow War. The first in the series is an article “Secret Assault on Terrorism Widens on Two Continents” penned by Scott Shane, Mark Mazzetti and Robert F. Worth. The shear absurdity of these pieces is beyond reproach; they...
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Nixon’s petty crimes of Watergate pale in comparison to his numerous crimes against humanity yet this story barely receives a bump in coverage, AP runs a small story and of course no cable news network or TV network gives it any coverage. It is difficult to square the narrative when one looks at the...
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Here is a good example of the narrative in action. South African Muslim scholar Adam Mahomed Habib, pictured above, despite being the deputy vice chancellor at the University of Johannesburg was barred until recently from entering the United States. Denied entrance in the US for his subject matter one can assume not his faith;...
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The New York Times has no issue printing a story headlined “Flotilla Activists Fired First, Israeli Army Chief Testifies” written by Isabel Kershner August 11, 2010 The Israeli army used helicopters to board ships caring aid to Gaza in international waters, the Israelis used stun grenades to clear the deck, then had Commandos scale...
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“This is a deplorable and cowardly act which is against the interests of the people of Afghanistan”… British Foreign Secretary William Hague said in a statement. They told them not to do what they were doing, they continued, they warned them to not go into Badakhshan, they were not worried for “they we’re doctors...
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The Navy plans to increase ocean warfare exercises, conduct more sonar tests and expand coastal training areas by hundreds of square miles — The use of sonar by the US Navy damages the marine life, this is a proven fact The effects range from brief interruptions in normal feedings to significant injury and, in...
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So the USG imposes sanctions on Iran yet is open to Vietnam, a double standard but this not an issue to the USG. The senior U.S. official briefed on the Vietnam talks said the State Department is setting a different standard for Hanoi, as the Middle East is viewed as posing a greater proliferation...
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