This story about how 10 American soldiers were killed in Afghanistan today received only one major newspaper report, the New York Times.
The press have proven what we have been saying for over two years.
The media in this country don't give a damn about our troops overseas in IRAQ and AFGHANISTAN.
It should be noted also that not a single TV news station reported on this debacle that has taken place on Friday in Afghanistan.
Read the full story here:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/13/world/asia/13afghan.html?_r=1&ref=afghanistan
Friday, August 13, 2010
NOT A SINGLE NEWSPAPER IN U.S. OTHER THAN NY TIMES RAN THIS STORY ABOUT 10 OF OUR TROOPS KILLED IN AFGHANISTAN
U.S. MILITARY MISSION IN AFGHANISTAN TURNS INTO DEBACLE--SCORES KILLED OR WOUNDED
Afghan military operation goes badly wrong: NY Times
2 hrs 43 mins ago
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/13/world/asia/13afghan.html?_r=1&ref=afghanistan
WASHINGTON (AFP) – An Afghan operation to flush out the Taliban and showcase growing military competence has turned into a debacle, with many troops dead or captured and commanders pleading for help, The New York Times reported Friday.
A senior US official with knowledge of the mission -- apparently not coordinated in advance with NATO officers -- said commanders called for backup from foreign forces after at least 10 Afghan soldiers were killed and up to 20 captured since the operation began August 3 in a rugged region east of Kabul.
Fighting has raged so intensely over the past week in the area around Bad Pakh village, in Laghman province, that the Red Cross has been unable to reach the battle zone and evacuate the wounded and dead, the Times reported.
"There are several soldiers unaccounted for and killed," a senior American military official was quoted as saying on condition of anonymity because the operation was ongoing.
He said "about 10" soldiers had been killed.
Read full story here:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/13/world/asia/13afghan.html?_r=1&ref=afghanistan
Thursday, August 12, 2010
WHAT WILL PRESIDENT OBAMA DO NOW? IRAQ'S TOP GENERAL WANTS U.S. TROOPS IN IRAQ UNTIL 2020
Al Jazeera is reporting the top Iraq General says the Iraqi Military is not ready to handle security for Iraq and wants U.S. troops to stay in Iraq until 2020.
President Obama's plan is to remove all combat troops from Iraq by end of August.
Read full Al Jazeera story here:
Iraq army 'not ready' until 2020 - Middle East - Al Jazeera English
AFGHAN CIVILIAN CASUALTIES RISE SHARPLY
The number of Afghan civilians killed has risen 25 percent over the past year.
According to sources, most of the civilian deaths were caused by the Taliban.
Read more here:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/08/10/afghanistan-civilian-casu_n_676596.html
PREGNANT AFGHAN WIDOW ACCUSED OF ADULTERY SLAIN BY TALIBAN
The Taliban have slain a pregnant Afghan woman who was accused of adultery.
Read more here:
http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/08/09/afghanistan.woman.killed/index.html?hpt=T2
U.S. TROOPS BRACE FOR KANDAHAR FIGHT, ANTI-CORRUPTION BATTLE
The United States military and NATO forces are on the brink of launching the biggest and possibly the bloodiest campaign of the entire 10-year Afghanistan war when they attack the Taliban stronghold of Kandahar.
As we have come to expect, the mainstream media in the United States is showing little or no interest in what is about to take place in Afghanistan.
U.S. braces for Kandahar fight, anti-corruption battle
By Phil Stewart Phil Stewart Wed Aug 11, 8:51 pm ET
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100812/wl_nm/us_afghanistan_usa_kandahar_1
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Targeted strikes by U.S. special forces against insurgents around Kandahar are yielding results, but war planners expect tough fighting ahead and more casualties, a U.S. military official said on Wednesday.
The campaign to secure the Taliban's birthplace of Kandahar in southern Afghanistan is a central objective of President Barack Obama's revised war effort and will factor prominently in a White House strategy review in December.
But U.S. officials are playing down expectations of any quick turnaround, despite Obama's July 2011 deadline to start withdrawing forces from Afghanistan, conditions permitting.
Heavy fighting is not expected in Kandahar city itself, where efforts are focused on bolstering security and improving performance of a local government often criticized as ineffective and corrupt, the U.S. official said.
But some surrounding districts, including Panjwai, will require the kind of clearing operations by NATO and Afghan forces that mean confrontation with a Taliban enemy, at its strongest since the nine-year-old war began.
"It's going to be some pretty tough fighting," the U.S. official, speaking on condition that he not be named, told a small group of reporters at the Pentagon.
"In mid-fall, and I'd say you're probably going to see an increase in kinetic activity as we clear these areas."
Special operations forces have been paving the way for traditional clearing operations, targeting Taliban leaders, their supplies and bomb-making factories, the official said. He did not offer a number of how many Taliban have been killed so far by special forces, but said: "It's important."
"As we're gearing up with the conventional force to do a shape, clear, hold, build (operations), we've been doing a very high op-tempo special operations missions into these areas," the official said.
"And all of these areas are going to be cleared with good effects. So we think the conditions are being set for this campaign to unfold just the way we think it's going to."
July was the deadliest month for U.S. forces since the conflict began in 2001 and the rising casualties are eroding support for the war in Western capitals.
Still, asked about the Kandahar campaign specifically, the official said: "This is the resistance we expected."
KARZAI'S BROTHER
One of the big question marks over the U.S. strategy in Kandahar has been Afghan President Hamid Karzai's half brother, who has been accused of corruption and ties to the drug trade.
As head of Kandahar's provincial council, Ahmad Wali Karzai wields considerable power in the southern Afghan city.
The U.S. official said the U.S. anti-corruption strategy was not focused on individual "personalities," but instead on "some of the levers out there that have been used by power brokers to exercise influence."
A key way to do that was tightening control on millions of dollars spent on U.S. contracts in Afghanistan.
"Gaining visibility on things like where our money is going and then holding people accountable for how these things are used -- that in fact will constrain any inappropriate actions by power brokers," the official said, responding to a question about Karzai's brother.
Cooperation by Ahmad Wali Karzai could be critical to the Kandahar campaign and the official acknowledged his importance.
"He's the brother of the president with an informal amount of influence. He has a role in the legitimate governance of Kandahar," he said.
General David Petraeus, the new commander of U.S. and NATO Forces in Afghanistan, is expected to address questions about efforts to counter corruption during a media-blitz due to begin this weekend on a U.S. talk show, the official said.
Another way of tackling corruption is a closer look at contracts given to private security firms.
"Back to President Karzai, he stated he wants to stand those (firms) down within two years. We think this is very positive. You know there's estimates of up to 30,000 private security contractors out there," the official said.
"If we can legitimize or integrate these people into the (Afghan National Security Forces) as we grow them, then that removes that as another leaver of malign actors from the environment."
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
NORWEGIAN REPORTER EMBEDDED WITH TALIBAN FIGHTERS
Click on link below and then click on picture to bring up video showing a Norwegian journalist embedded with Taliban fighters in Afghanistan.
http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid69900095001?bctid=407524038001
THREE U.S. TROOPS KILLED IN AFGHANISTAN: IRAQ EXPLOSION CLAIMS 43 LIVES
The News out of Afghanistan and Iraq is getting worse, but will the mainstream media report on these developments that happened Monday.
9&10 News - Three U.S. troops killed in Afghanistan...Iraq explosion toll 43
Click on link to read full accout
2 U.S. MARINES KILLED IN AFGHANISTAN BY PRISONER WHO ESCAPED PRAYER ROOM
A prisoner escaped a prayer room at a prison in Southern Afghanistan and grabbed a rifle and killed two U.S. Marines on Monday.
Read AP story here:
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jixtFRWm8zowW5HKGqB3nm28NOIg
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