Salem-News.com News Feed for articles tagged with afghanistan www.salem-news.com 2010 The truth is not only wasn’t there a decisive victory in Iraq. There was a sense of loss. A loss of 5,000 soldiers, a million Iraqis, trillions of dollars, and the demolishing of a country’s infrastructure based on a pack of lies by George Bush that Saddam had Weapons of Mass Destruction. http://salem-news.com/articles/february092012/no-victory-iraq-jm.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february092012/no-victory-iraq-jm.php Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:15:00 PST I know many Americans are wondering what is really going on right now in Iraq with the formerly massive, U.S. military presence now evacuated. We know that a large American political force remains behind and that contractors... mercenaries, are providing security. http://salem-news.com/articles/february092012/iraq-now-tk.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february092012/iraq-now-tk.php Thu, 09 Feb 2012 04:43:00 PST Pfc. Bradley Manning was just nominated for the 2012 Nobel Peace Prize!1 Last week, Major General Linnington gave the final recommendation for Manning to face court martial on all 22 charges, including the vindictive aiding the enemy charge. http://salem-news.com/articles/february082012/manning-nobel-bs.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february082012/manning-nobel-bs.php Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:16:00 PST Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley wrote to President Barack Obama to express his strong support of the announcement of an accelerated transition in Afghanistan. The letter came on the heels of comments by Defense Secretary Leon Panetta that the United States will complete its transition from major combat operations in Afghanistan to a “training, advice and assist role” by mid-to-late 2013. http://salem-news.com/articles/february072012/merkley-afghanistan.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february072012/merkley-afghanistan.php Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:42:00 PST A report this week by Xinhua news agency, describes the extreme, freezing conditions families in Afghanistan are attempting to survive. They won't all make it. Never in all of my life will I forget my freezing 2006/08 winter covering the war in Afghanistan. http://salem-news.com/articles/february052012/afghan-winter-tk.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february052012/afghan-winter-tk.php Sun, 05 Feb 2012 20:30:00 PST CNN has revealed (not that most people will drop from shock) that President Bush and his teammates issued 935 false statements to the U.S. public about the security risk posed by Iraq in the two years following 9/11. The information evolves from a study released Tuesday by two nonprofit journalism groups proving that the Bush administration led the nation to war on the basis of erroneous information. http://salem-news.com/articles/february032012/cnn-iraq-bush-tk.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february032012/cnn-iraq-bush-tk.php Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:07:00 PST What explains the tendency of 'full-bird' colonels in the Marine Corps to commit suicide when they are at the pinnacle of a spotless career? These bizarre deaths create a number of haunting questions that should be studied- the results should be widely published. There aren't very many Marine colonels in the first place. http://salem-news.com/articles/february032012/marine-colonel.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february032012/marine-colonel.php Fri, 03 Feb 2012 02:22:00 PST Yesterday, Amira Hass reported in Haaretz the Israeli military are now pumping “nausea-inducing chemicals,” into cars at a Bethlehem checkpoint, as a new search method. Hass describes the IDF first pulling over cars, then: ...once parked, the passengers are asked to roll up all windows, apart from that of the driver – and exit the vehicle. Two tubes are then connected to the vehicle... http://salem-news.com/articles/february012012/checkpoint-chemicals.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february012012/checkpoint-chemicals.php Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:51:00 PST The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today welcomed the withdrawal of an anti-Islam speaker, retired Lieutenant General William G. "Jerry" Boykin, from an upcoming prayer breakfast at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. CAIR recently joined with VoteVets.org, a coalition of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans, in asking the academy to retract an invitation because of Boykin's Islamophobic views... http://salem-news.com/articles/january312012/islamophobe-speaker.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january312012/islamophobe-speaker.php Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:42:00 PST Nelson Mandela of the African National Congress - was considered a terrorist by the U.S. and British governments all the way into the 1990's. He is the ultimate victim/survivor of those who use the 'terrorist' label as a tool of war. http://salem-news.com/articles/january302012/terrorism-realities-tk.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january302012/terrorism-realities-tk.php Mon, 30 Jan 2012 21:41:00 PST On several occasions recently, TV hosts have conducted random street interviews revealing that the average American is incredibly uninformed. For instance, when one passerby was asked “Which state does KFC come from,” he answered, “What, the chicken? I don’t know. I really don’t know.” http://salem-news.com/articles/january302012/street-smarts-pb.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january302012/street-smarts-pb.php Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:15:00 PST Human rights, Genocide, peace, politics, a broken earth, and Salem-News.com. Our goal as an Oregon news family is to cover subjects that others ignore. Salem-News.com, our greater family, is essential media - more needed in this world than ever before. I won't mention every person with the group, though I wish I could, there are so many champions among them. http://salem-news.com/articles/january282012/tim-bonnie-king.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january282012/tim-bonnie-king.php Sat, 28 Jan 2012 17:09:00 PST Barack Obama escalated the war against Afghanistan. He started or continued wars in Pakistan, Libya, Somalia, Colombia and… without congressional approval. He has kept U.S. military forces and military bases in countries around the world. Obama has established the “authority” of the President to order assassinations without trial – even of American citizens. http://salem-news.com/articles/january222012/ri-primary-rd.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january222012/ri-primary-rd.php Sun, 22 Jan 2012 17:03:00 PST Constitutional Rights groups submitted evidence from Wikileaks cables obtained that show U.S. and Spanish officials seeking to shield Americans from criminal prosecution for torture and unlawful killing. The complaint focuses on three criminal cases currently before the Spanish courts in which all potential defendants are U.S. citizens. http://salem-news.com/articles/january212012/spain-torture.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january212012/spain-torture.php Sat, 21 Jan 2012 19:47:00 PST Hey, hey. Ho, ho. Guantanamo has got to go!” chanted protestors marking the tenth anniversary of the American detention camp. Two years ago President Obama signed an executive order to close the detention centre. Last March, Obama formally created an indefinite detention system at 'Gitmo' for those held prisoner. http://salem-news.com/articles/january212012/gitmo-anniv-pb.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january212012/gitmo-anniv-pb.php Sat, 21 Jan 2012 02:43:00 PST On January 15, the News & Observer published a reminder of Norh Carolina's involvement in kidnapping, disappearance and torture. A recent opinion piece announced important findings revealed in a report by students in the University of North Carolina School of Law Immigration/Human Rights Policy clinic. http://salem-news.com/articles/january212012/torture-nc.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january212012/torture-nc.php Sat, 21 Jan 2012 01:50:00 PST The Guardian — Press TV, the Iranian state broadcaster’s English-language outlet, has been forced off the air in the UK after Ofcom revoked its licence for breaching the Communications Act. Ofcom found that Press TV’s practice of running its editorial oversight from Tehran, Iran‘s capital, is in breach of broadcasting licence rules in the UK. http://salem-news.com/articles/january202012/support-iran-dm.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january202012/support-iran-dm.php Fri, 20 Jan 2012 15:37:00 PST Heavy snow and snow slides have killed at least 28 people in the mountainous northeast of Afghanistan. The deaths, along with 45 injuries, were suffered in Badakhshan province, the AFP said on Thursday. People have been trapped in their homes by up to three meters (about 10 feet) of snow. Roads have been cut, restricting access by rescuers. http://salem-news.com/articles/january192012/afghan-avalanches-ja.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january192012/afghan-avalanches-ja.php Thu, 19 Jan 2012 21:58:00 PST After a gap of nearly two months, American CIA drones have resumed operations in Pakistan and during the past 72 hours, two such attacks in North Waziristan have claimed nine lives. The Thursday raid in Dogga area of NWA claimed five lives, while earlier on Tuesday, a similar attack had killed four innocent civilians. http://salem-news.com/articles/january152012/drone-attack.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january152012/drone-attack.php Sun, 15 Jan 2012 15:03:00 PST By all accounts, Ken Ford, Jr. reputed to be a computer whiz, was an upwardly mobile, trusted, young African American man who was so trusted that he worked his way into a security clearance that fewer than 150 people have in the entire United States. His work reports were good. And Ken considered himself lucky. http://salem-news.com/articles/january142012/ken-ford-cm-wm.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january142012/ken-ford-cm-wm.php Sat, 14 Jan 2012 18:05:00 PST A US military tribunal has ruled that Army Intelligence analyst Private Bradley Manning, suspected of leaking classified information to Wikileaks, will be court-martialed. Manning is an American hero whose crime is having raised attention over illegal U.S. war crimes, all violations of international law. http://salem-news.com/articles/january132012/bradley-manning.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january132012/bradley-manning.php Fri, 13 Jan 2012 00:49:00 PST Taliban and "peace mission" -- these words do not fit together in the minds of Afghans who know the Taliban's history. But they are the words that we have seen in recent publications, stating that the Taliban intend to open a "peace mission" office in Qatar. http://salem-news.com/articles/january122012/kosher-taliban-kn.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january122012/kosher-taliban-kn.php Thu, 12 Jan 2012 23:29:00 PST The Sunday Oregonian rightly welcomed an Oregon Army National Guard battalion home from Afghanistan. But we need also note that, according to the Pentagon, at least 93 military members who claimed home towns in Oregon have died in the Iraq and AfPak wars. The Oregonian counts 111 because its criteria is that a GI need only have "some tie" to Oregon or SW Washington to be counted. http://salem-news.com/articles/january092012/oregonian-war-dead-mm.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january092012/oregonian-war-dead-mm.php Mon, 09 Jan 2012 16:27:00 PST There are millions of conflict victims in Afghanistan and the ongoing fighting creates new suffering every day. With a complex and contested wartime history, how can a way forward be found that satisfies victims’ demands for justice and healing while delivering the peace that is so desired. http://salem-news.com/articles/january092012/conflict-afghanistan.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january092012/conflict-afghanistan.php Mon, 09 Jan 2012 13:59:00 PST The Union of Concerned Scientists recently have warned that, should the USA use nuclear weapons in Iran, of say 1 megaton yield, it would kill 3 million people in Iran and another 35 million will die of radiation fallout in Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India. A simple representation of the computer simulation below shows how radioactive wind will blow first 48 hours. http://salem-news.com/articles/january052012/us-omnicide-as.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january052012/us-omnicide-as.php Thu, 05 Jan 2012 12:51:00 PST President Obama needs to put an abrupt halt to the game of Persian Roulette about to spin out of control in the Persian Gulf. If we were still on active duty at the CIA, this is what we would tell him: This informal memorandum addresses the escalating game of chicken playing out in the waters off Iran and the more general issue of what can be done to put the exaggerated threat from Iran in some kind of perspective. http://salem-news.com/articles/january022012/stop-iran-rush-rg-em.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january022012/stop-iran-rush-rg-em.php Mon, 02 Jan 2012 12:40:00 PST The Manas Air Base, situated near the Kyrgyz capital of Bishkek, Afghanistan, has played a key role in the increasingly important Central Asian region since its inception. First opened in December 2001 to support the US-led invasion of Afghanistan, the Manas Air Base plays host to the US Ninth Air Force and serves primarily as a transit point for US goods and personnel coming and going from Afghanistan. http://salem-news.com/articles/january012012/mannas-closure-jc.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january012012/mannas-closure-jc.php Sun, 01 Jan 2012 14:23:00 PST They say 2012 will be the year of great change, and part of what may be a tilting mechanism for goodwill, happens in March in one of the world's most hotly contested regions. A convergence of human beings of all faiths, involving thousands of people, will culminate in a large-scale rendezvous for peace in Jerusalem. http://salem-news.com/articles/december302011/march-jerusalem-tk.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december302011/march-jerusalem-tk.php Fri, 30 Dec 2011 20:12:00 PST The seemingly inevitable war with Iran that warmongers are calling for must be something we all deserve- as the human cretins who have ruined this planet with ways of war and violence. Regardless of how nonsensical it is, or how little sense it makes, American politicians who are parading as Christians, are piling on the propaganda about Iran and they are trying desperately to gain sufficient momentum to plunge this already pathetic country into its final showdown: World War Three. http://salem-news.com/articles/december292011/iran-attack-tk.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december292011/iran-attack-tk.php Thu, 29 Dec 2011 17:44:00 PST The same forces that dragged us into a war with Iraq resulting in over one million deaths are now hard at work desperately trying to immerse the US in yet another catastrophic war. This time the target is Iran, and tragically they are having great success, for we are getting ever closer to the impending war. http://salem-news.com/articles/december292011/warmongers-near-jc.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december292011/warmongers-near-jc.php Thu, 29 Dec 2011 16:22:00 PST