Tag Archives: Afghanistan
Al-Qaida’s Engame?
Al-Qaida’s Engame? – this paper suggests that the US alliance has blundered into a trap. (There’s a thread going on at MeFi just now…) I think the paper makes too many assumptions – for example, they simply state that “both … more…
Few countries…have had the privilege… of being “rescued” as often as Afghanistan.
Also in The New Statesman, joaquim soares satirises thusly: “Few countries in the world have had the privilege, indeed the honour of being “rescued” as often as Afghanistan. From Alexander the Great to Mr Blair, all have shown great preoccupation … more…
Afghanistan Maps
Afghanistan Maps – a pretty good selection from the Perry-Castañeda Map Collection at the University of Texas Library…
CIA Admits It’s Good At Overthrowing Stuff, Not So Much The Intelligence
CIA Admits It’s Good At Overthrowing Stuff, Not So Much The Intelligence – it could only be The Onion really, couldn’t it?
Taliban disallow Pak Jihadis to enter Afghanistan
Taliban disallow Pak Jihadis to enter Afghanistan – after how many weeks of bombing, the Taliban are turning away volunteers? (Jang, via Robot Wisdom)
The Left And The Just War
Alex Cockburn taking stock of the controversies on the left over the war (Counterpunch temporary URL – gone)
Hijacker ‘given anthrax flask by Iraqi agent’
Hijacker ‘given anthrax flask by Iraqi agent’ – and so, just when there was nothing left to bomb in Afghanistan… (Times, via RW)
Abdul Haq
Top Stories – The News International, Pakistan – WASHINGTON: The American CIA coordinated a last minute operation to save Pashtun leader Abdul Haq but acted “too late and too lightly” to retrieve their best hope for engineering Taliban defections. (Jang … more…
How to Lose a War
How to Lose a War – pretty comprehensive mauling of the Bush administration pre- and post-911 (NYTimes)
U.S. Admits Taliban Still Have Donkey Superiority
(Urban Reflex via Gagpipe)