Tag Archives: Afghanistan
Top Choons in the Zone
I’m long averse to the Guardian’s arts pages, especially the music reviews, but I happened to find myself at the bottom of a workmanlike but deeply uninteresting music column just now, and there was this: A survey of Last FM … more…
Coalition of the Willing, latest
Rumsfeld slain by Afghan forces in ‘friendly fire’ incident. – Nearly forgot to repost the item that caused all the trouble in the first place. The post was a headline that floated into my head, a few days ago, and … more…
Afghanistan back on top in opium production
Afghanistan back on top in opium production It was said that deliveries had been a little erratic under the Taliban. Normal services now resumed. Three cheers for the War on Drugs Terror. (via Liberal Arts Mafia. The picture is from … more…
Get your page fourteen on
www.mnftiu.cc | get your war on gets its page fourteen on, with a primitive retro 80s styling. Our office-bound heroes talk poignant nonsense about Afghanistan during the Reagan administration.
Groundhog Day
Tee hee: this going about, lands in the lap of booknotes: “I’m told that on Feb. 2, Dick Cheney will emerge from his bunker. If he sees his shadow, there will be six more weeks of war in Afghanistan.”
Russia Checkmated Its New Best Friend
Russia Checkmated Its New Best Friend – Eric Margolis extends the Caspian Basin oil pipeline interpretation of the Afghan conflict and submits that Bush has fucked up, but good. (Common Dreams via Robot Wisdom).
Phoney Bomb Humor Fools Taliban?
Phoney Bomb Humor Fools Taliban? – remember the story (blogged here) about someone finding instructions for building a nuclear weapon in an abandoned safe house in Kabul? The document turns out to be a spoof from the Journal of Irreproducible … more…
Bin Laden’s nuclear secrets found
Bin Laden’s nuclear secrets found – actually, a “partly burned” set of papers are claimed to have been found in a former al-Qaeda safe house in Kabul, showing in detail how to build a nuke. I’m not at all reassured … more…
Victorious Alliance says: We don’t want your peacekeepers
Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | Victorious Alliance says: We don’t want your peacekeepers – Hoho. I expect there’ll be a frank exchange of views over this, and oh boy, the war is so not over… (Guardian)
Northern Alliance forces enter Kabul
Northern Alliance forces enter Kabul – Here we are then, and what now? Territory about to disappear from the roadmap.