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| The 700 Military Bases of Afghanistan |
| 10.02.10 21:25 |
Iraq War, "War on Terra" |
| In the nineteenth century, it was a fort used by British forces. In the twentieth century, Soviet troops moved into the crumbling facilities. In December 2009, at this site in the Shinwar district of Afghanistan’s Nangarhar Province, U.S. troops joined members of the Afghan National Army in preparing the way for the next round of foreign occupation. On its grounds, a new military base is expected to rise, one of hundreds of camps and outposts scattered across the country. |
| Nick Turse |
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| The Planning of War Behind Closed Doors |
| 06.02.10 11:04 |
Global Security |
| The defense chiefs of all 28 NATO nations and an undisclosed number of counterparts from non-Alliance partners gathered in Istanbul, Turkey on February 4 to begin two days of meetings focused on the war in Afghanistan, the withdrawal of military forces from Kosovo in the course of transferring control of security operations to the breakaway provinces embryonic army (the Kosovo Security Force) and "the transformation efforts required to best conduct the full range of NATO’s agreed missions." |
| Rick Rozoff |
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| Obamas Yemeni odyssey targets China |
| 11.01.10 20:11 |
Middle East |
| A year ago, Yemeni President Ali Abdallah Saleh made the startling revelation that his countrys security forces apprehended a group of Islamists linked to the Israeli intelligence forces. "A terrorist cell was apprehended and will be referred to the courts for its links with the Israeli intelligence services," he promised. |
| M K Bhadrakumar, Asia Times Online |
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| Rumors Of Coups And War: U.S., NATO Target Latin America |
| 19.11.09 22:18 |
Americas on the move |
| There is no way of overestimating the challenge that the emergence of ALBA and the overall reawakening of Latin America pose to the role that the U.S. arrogates to itself as lord of the entire Western Hemisphere. The almost two-century-old Monroe Doctrine exemplifies Washington′s claim to exclusive influence over all of North, Central and South America and the Caribbean Basin and its self-claimed right to subordinate them to its own interests. Never before the election victories of anti-neoliberal forces throughout Latin America over the past eleven years has the prospect of a truly democratic, multipolar New World existed as it does now. |
| Rick Rozoff |
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| Soviet lessons from Afghanistan |
| 18.11.09 23:23 |
f.USSR |
| "We just need to be sure that the final result does not look like a humiliating defeat: to have lost so many men and now abandoned it all... in short, we have to get out of there." |
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| Official US Air Force Document Reveals the True Intentions Behind the US-Colombia Military Agreement |
| 08.11.09 12:31 |
Americas on the move |
| An official document from the Department of the US Air Force reveals that the military base in Palanquero, Colombia will provide the Pentagon with “…an opportunity for conducting full spectrum operations throughout South America…” This information contradicts the explainations offered by Colombian President Alvaro Uribe and the US State Department regarding the military agreement signed between the two nations this past October 30th. Both governments have publicly stated that the military agreement refers only to counternarcotics and counterterrorism operations within Colombian territory. President Uribe has reiterated numerous times that the military agreement with the US will not affect Colombia’s neighbors, despite constant concern in the region regarding the true objetives of the agreement. But the US Air Force document, dated May 2009, confirms that the concerns of South American nations have been right on target. The document exposes that the true intentions behind the agreement are to enable the US to engage in “full spectrum military operations in a critical sub-region of our hemisphere where security and stability is under constant threat from narcotics funded terrorist insurgencies…and anti-US governments…” |
| Eva Golinger |
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| Beijing runs a diplomatic marathon |
| 27.10.09 17:43 |
Asia rising |
| After the extravaganza this month marking the 60th anniversary of the People′s Republic of China (PRC), the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leadership has unleashed what the domestic media heralds as "marathon autumn diplomacy" (malasong qiuji waijiao). |
| Willy Lam |
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| China′s navy sails past India′s dock |
| 22.10.09 08:31 |
Asia rising |
| India learned to live with Chinese merchant ships in the Indian Ocean region long ago, and even the Chinese vessel seized by pirates this week was bound for India from South Africa. And yet, India is taking stock of the presence of Chinese naval vessels in the Indian Ocean region. This development will constitute a major headache for India as it unfolds - something altogether new and unsettling. |
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