"9 police are killed in Afghan attacks" by Abdul Waheed Wafa, New York Times | March 27, 2009
Oh no, not another Jew York Times war promotion.
KABUL, Afghanistan - Nine Afghan policemen were killed and six officers were wounded in two attacks by Taliban insurgents in southern and central Afghanistan yesterday, the Interior Ministry said.
The attacks came one day after the police said an explosive device ripped through a minibus on Wednesday, killing nine civilians and wounding seven on a road frequently used by Afghan security forces and international troops in eastern Afghanistan.
The attacks seemed to underline the gathering pace of the war in Afghanistan as the Obama administration plans to bolster NATO and American forces battling the resurgent Taliban.
And CUI BONO, American public, who are all of a sudden being fed tons of stories on the place after the lying, agenda-pushing, war-promoting MSM has nearly ignored it for six years.
Yup, if the MSM is FEATURING IT, watch out!! War Agenda being PUSHED!!!!
The first fatalities yesterday came in an attack before dawn by Taliban insurgents on a police checkpoint in the Nehr-e-Saraj district of Helmand Province. Nine policemen were killed. Later, an ambush on a police vehicle in Ghazni province, southwest of Kabul, injured six policemen and two civilians.
An Interior Ministry statement called the attack in Helmand Province a "cowardly attack by enemies of peace and stability," a term often used by officials to refer to Taliban militants.
Oh, yeah, and about the TALIBAN:
"Something of a catchall term for loosely affiliated insurgents without a singular command structure. Often, the Afghan government favors the phrase 'enemies of the state' (New York Times July 24, 2007)."
"The Taliban is growing and creating new alliances not because its sectarian religious practices have become popular, but because it is the only available umbrella for national liberation," says Pakistani historian and political commentator Tariq Ali. "As the British and the Soviets discovered to their cost in the preceding two centuries, Afghans never like being occupied."
Also see: Afghanistan's Other Government
And today, readers?
"More and more, people here look back to the era of harsh Taliban rule from 1996 to 2001, describing it as a time of security and peace."
Oh, oh, oh!!!! I'm so offended by the AmeriKan MSM and its bullshit!
Also see: How I Came to Love the Veil
And consider this:
"They sat in one girl’s home telling their story, their faces uncovered only because no man was present. But when Mohammed Matloob, the father of one of the girls, walked into the room, the other three quickly pulled their head scarves over their faces. His daughter, Nagina, 16, ordered him to leave the room, which he did, with a surprised shrug."
Aren't the children beautiful?
Tomas Munita for The New York Times Hameeda Sarfraz, in the dark burqa, teaches Islamic religious lessons to children in her village, about 50 miles north of Islamabad, Pakistan.Oh, what LIES we have been told about Muslims by our Muslim-hating Zionist AmeriKan MSM, Americans!!!!!!
Honestly, I'm tired of the MSM lying? Aren't you, AmeriKa?
Also see: I Don't Want to Kill Them Anymore
The Children of Afghanistan
The Uncomfortable Others
The statement also added that some police weapons and ammunition were destroyed by Taliban in the attack. Afghanistan's lightly armed police force has been a frequent target for the Taliban, mostly in the south of the country where the insurgents are the most active.
On Wednesday, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon appointed Peter W. Galbraith, an American diplomat who made a public break with the Bush administration over Iraq, as the deputy special representative for Afghanistan.
The choice of an American, even one with extensive experience in the United Nations system who served in the transitional government in East Timor, was considered unusual, given that the United States is at war in Afghanistan.
The United Nations and the United States have differed over issues like civilian deaths in military attacks in Afghanistan.
Pffft!
Wanna know more about Holbrooke, readers?
"Richard Holbrooke has been named as the special representative for both Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Doesn't it seem odd that yet another jew is tasked with bringing peace to the Middle East. You might think that given the Israeli genocide in the area, Afghani and Pakistani people would prefer someone else. But being praised by the ADL, being an AIG insider, a key component of the 9/11 cover up and a lifelong war monger is all that Obama needs for a pick.
Richard Holbrooke only spent a year as the U.S. ambassador to Germany, but he tried to make sure that his hosts would not forget this son of German Jews.
Visitors to Holbrooke's official residence were greeted by an ambassador who proudly displayed a photo of his grandfather, a Jewish businessman, in his World War I Germany army uniform. "I show it to German visitors as a symbol of what they lost," Holbrooke told The New York Times in a 1994 interview.
Widely praised in the Jewish community for his role in ending the Bosnian war, he received awards for his efforts from the Anti-Defamation League and the World Jewish Congress.
Obama administration special envoy Richard Holbooke was on the American International Group Inc. board of directors in early 2008 when the insurance company locked in the bonuses now stoking national outrage. Holbrooke, a veteran diplomat who is now the administration's point man on Pakistan and Afghanistan, served on the board between 2001 and mid-2008.
During that period, AIG undertook the aggressive investment strategies that led to a near-collapse and forced a multibillion-dollar federal bailout. more
Richard Holbrooke — former US ambassador to UN; CFR member; co-chaired “Independent Task Force on America’s Response to Terrorism” in which the Official Conspiracy Theory (OCT) {9/11} was promoted.
From Vietnam to today, Holbrooke has always had his hands right in the middle of death, destruction and theft.
As always, no 'change' here.--MORE--"
Nope:
"Afghan plan adds 4,000 US troops; Obama to include hundreds of civilian advisers" by Farah Stockman and Bryan Bender, Globe Staff | March 27, 2009
WASHINGTON - President Obama plans today to unveil his long-awaited new strategy for Afghanistan, which calls for sending as many as 4,000 more troops to train and advise the Afghan military along with hundreds more civilian advisers to help the Afghan government.
The reinforcements - aimed at beating back a Taliban resurgence in the country and preventing Al Qaeda from reestablishing a launching pad for terrorist strikes - are in addition to the 17,000 combat troops Obama already announced he would deploy this spring. They would bring the total number of US forces in the country to nearly 60,000; there are another 32,000 NATO troops.
See: The Boston Globe Knows About "Al-CIA-Duh"
Naivete or Disingenuousness?
Which means this is ALL GARBAGE and THEY KNOW IT!!!
Obama's decision to send additional US troops has drawn praise from many in Congress, who worried that the mission there suffered from neglect since 2003, as troops and resources flowed to Iraq, though some are wary....
There is your PRO-WAR PAPER in action!!!
Senator John F. Kerry, chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, applauded the renewed focus on Afghanistan but expressed concern yesterday that the new strategy should set out limited, realistic goals, and not be an open-ended commitment for more troops and more money....
Pffft! Stop it with the fooleys, will ya? You guys had your chances, but you keep lying and fooling!
Obama's plan will also expand a controversial program that sends social scientists to counsel the military on local customs and support counterinsurgency operations, two senior military officials said yesterday.
Related: Eye on Afghanistan: Why We Must Stay
The expansion of the so-called "human terrain teams," which hire cultural anthropologists and other academics to help in the war effort, is likely to bring a mixed reaction. Anthropologists have protested that cooperation with military operations violates their code of ethics, and some analysts say the program has limited value, since it has trouble finding academics with deep knowledge of Afghanistan's languages and culture.
Especially when it gets people killed.
"There are not enough Afghan experts in the entire United States to staff more than one or two human terrain teams, which have been the Achilles' heel of the program from the start," said Chris Mason, a former State Department specialist on Afghanistan who is now a senior fellow at the Center for Advanced Defense Studies in Washington.
But military officials say the social scientist teams - which will increase from six to at least nine - are part of a "civilian surge" that will build up necessary institutions in the country and help the fledgling central government extend its authority to rural Taliban strongholds.
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton told reporters in Mexico yesterday that Obama is proposing "an integrated military-civilian strategy," and that the effective use of civilian trainers, aid workers, technical assistance is critical to success. It was not clear last night how many civilian advisers Obama will propose.
This is CHANGE form George W. Bush, hanh?!!!
Related: Obama's Insults: Afghanistan
Yesterday, Obama's nominee for ambassador to Afghanistan - Lieutenant General Karl Eikenberry, a Harvard-educated military official who has served two tours in Afghanistan - appeared to set the stage for Obama's announcement, telling the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that additional US military trainers were badly needed to bolster the Afghan army.
I think every person in his administration went to Harvard, you know that?
He said the White House supported the Afghan government's goal to expand its army to 120,000 troops by next year. "This will be contingent on our ability to deliver a sufficient number of trainers," said Eikenberry, who said it has been evident since 2006 that "more energy was needed for the Afghan national army."
Although he did not specifically mention the terrain teams, he also said that Afghanistan needs more US civilian advisers to help Afghans tackle corruption and instill the rule of law. "Without real progress on these issues, success will be very difficult to achieve," he said.
That would be LAUGHABLE if we were not the WORLD'S LEADER in CORRUPTION and TORTURE!!!!!!
Eikenberry said the Obama administration is also trying to beef up coordination with neighboring Pakistan to reduce safe havens for the Taliban and Al Qaeda, who strike at Afghanistan across a lawless border.
Have you had enough of the war-promoting lies?
The State Department has already held a rare, trilateral meeting in Washington with top Pakistani and Afghan officials, and will hold another meeting in May aimed at intelligence cooperation, he said at his confirmation hearing.
Obama, who briefed congressional leaders in person and Afghan President Hamid Karzai and Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari by phone late yesterday, was also expected to included increased humanitarian aid to Pakistan in his new strategy.
While you are FORECLOSED UPON and STARVING, America!!!!!!!!!
The INSULTS from this guy just KEEP on coming, huh?
For more than a year, Kerry and Vice President Joseph Biden, the Foreign Relations Committee's former chairman, have sought to dramatically increase development aid to Pakistan, contingent on its government increasing its fight against militants. Yesterday Kerry said he would reintroduce the measure in a bill that would triple humanitarian aid to $1.5 billion a year - a move that officials said the White House supports.
Yeah, you don't need that money for anything America. All to fight self-created wars against self-created "enemies" so the occupiers can control resources and oil pipelines.
Obama's plan is expected to include benchmarks that Afghanistan must meet to justify the increased troop levels and funding, the New York Times reported - a move that echoes the Bush administration's attempts to get Iraq to live up to specific goals during the darkest days of insurgency there.
Yup, that's change all right.
Some analysts, however, said Obama's plan appears to rely too much on building up a strong central government, almost unknown in the country's history. Mason, the former State Department official, said a bottom-up strategy focusing on alliances with local tribes would be more effective. He advocates deploying US troops in each of Afghanistan's 200 troubled districts, where they could interact with and protect people, rather than keep them in big military bases.
Yeah, if they don't KILL THEM FIRST!!
How about LEAVING INSTEAD, hanh?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"When the history of this war is taught at West Point, the first thing the professor will say is: 'The enemy was present in the rural villages and districts 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year, and we weren't."
Now I'm smelling a DRAFT!!! Yup, Obama wants to GET US IN DEEPER, forget about ENDING ANY WAR!!! In fact, it looks like HE WANTS to GET ANOTHER ONE GOING if anything!
But military officials say they have worked hard in recent years to come up with creative programs that can win the population's trust, crucial to any effective counterinsurgency strategy. The human terrain program has become a cornerstone of that effort.
None of that helps when you MURDER and MAIM their FAMILIES!!!!
A Pentagon study completed this month recommended that the Joint Chiefs of Staff increase the number of such advisers across the military "by factors of three to five," along with a large expansion of cultural training for members of the military.
But the program has suffered setbacks since its inception in 2006. Three team members have been killed, one has been charged with espionage, and another pleaded guilty to manslaughter for killing a man who set his colleague on fire.
Nothing about the HERO from Wellesley, huh, Globe, even though she was a FRONT-PAGE PIECE of PROPAGANDA for you?
Strange that they would NOT REFERENCE one of their own stories whan they do it all the time.
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