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| Afghanistan |
Afghans (as Iraqi) never forget their attackers, occupiers, contemptuous
“liberators”
Editing, brief comment by Carolyn Bennett
An Afghan National Army (ANA)
soldier [today] opened fire on U.S. soldiers in a military training camp
killing two on the spot; a third later died from the inflicted wounds.
Speaking on condition of anonymity,
an Afghan official told Agence France-Presse (AFP) the incident happened during
a training session in the insurgency-hit eastern province of Paktia.
The threat of ‘insider attacks’ has
become so serious that foreign soldiers working with Afghan forces are regularly
watched over by what has been coined ‘guardian angel’ troops to provide
protection from their supposed allies.
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SOVEREIGN PEOPLE
RESIST foreigners’ occupying, committing acts of aggression against their land
and people ─ to any sane person, this is self evident. Why don’t Western
leaders take this
message to heart: get out; stop committing atrocities; stop sending
young (and not so young) men and women to their death?
In 2010: 711 United States-led
military personnel died in the occupation and aggression against Afghanistan
In 2012: 402 U.S.-led soldiers died.
So far in 2013, an estimated 125 (including
98 American) U.S.-led soldiers (27 in the month of June alone) died in the aggression/occupation
of Afghanistan.
In April of this year, the Taliban vowed publicly to “use ‘every
possible tactic’ (insider attacks, bomb attacks) to inflict casualties on both Afghan
and United States-led forces.”
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Sovereign people suffer
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fghan deaths in a single year equal or exceed the estimated total
number of foreign deaths in twelve years of foreign occupation and aggression. Reports
from AFP- Kabul said this week Wednesday an estimated “3,000 Afghan police and
soldiers died in the last 12 months ─ nearly the same as the number of NATO deaths
in Afghanistan in the last 11 years of war.
In statistics marking the end of
the lunar year in Afghanistan, the country’s interior and defense ministries reported
2,983 security personnel—1,800 police and 1,183 soldiers—lost their lives from
March 2012 to March 2013.
Innocents suffer most
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ivilian deaths at the hands of foreign troops are rising rapidly
as is resistance in a country ravaged by foreigners’ war.
In the first six months of year, according to United Nations
data, more than 1,000 Afghan civilians died and 2,000 others suffered severe injuries.
Sources and notes
“Three U.S.-led troopers killed in green-on-blue attack ─ Afghan
policeman kills three foreign soldiers serving with the U.S.-led International
Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in the eastern part of the country,” September
21, 2013, http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2013/09/21/325231/afghan-policeman-kills-3-usled-troops/
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The United States and its allies
invaded Afghanistan as part of Washington’s so-called war on terror. The
offensive removed the Taliban from power, but the country is still gripped by
insecurity.
“Afghans’ one-year death toll equals NATO’s for 11 years,”
March 21, 2013 (from the Newspaper), http://beta.dawn.com/news/796917/afghans-one-year-death-toll-equals-natos-for-11-years
“‘Insider attack’ kills three NATO soldiers in Afghanistan,”
September 21, 2013,
http://beta.dawn.com/news/1044460/insider-attack-kills-three-nato-soldiers-in-afghanistan
KABUL: A man wearing Afghan
security forces uniform shot dead three NATO-led soldiers on Saturday in the
eastern part of the war-torn country, the coalition said.
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So-called ‘insider attacks’, in
which Afghan forces turn their guns on their foreign partners, have killed
scores of foreign troops in Afghanistan…
AFP via Dawn dot com: IMAGE “The threat of ‘insider attacks’
has become so serious that foreign soldiers working with Afghan forces are
regularly watched over by so-called ‘guardian angel’ troops to provide
protection from their supposed allies.—AFP/File Photo
“Calls grow for withdrawal of U.S.-led troops from Afghanistan,” September 15, 2013, http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2013/09/15/324162/calls-grow-for-withdrawal-of-usled-troops-from-afghanistan/
U.S. plans to set up permanent
military bases here in Afghanistan. But Afghan political figures and public are
strongly opposed.
Bismillah Shir is one of them. He
is heading Afghan National Unity Party. Shir predicts a bleak future for his
country in the presence of foreign troops. He wants them to leave.
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| Afghanistan |
Almost 12 years ago U.S.-led forces
invaded this country saying they want to dismantle al-Qaeda and oust the
Taliban regime. At that time, some people believed that the presence of these
forces would bring a big change in their lives.
That did not happen.
The Afghan public and politicians now
want the foreign aggressors and occupiers to leave their country. They want to
take the lead themselves.
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DRONES
“U.S. assassination drone strikes kill 11 Afghans in 24
hours,” September 21, 2013, http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2013/09/21/325201/us-drone-attacks-kill-11-afghans/
Two separate U.S. assassination
drone strikes have killed nearly a dozen people in different parts of
Afghanistan in less than 24 hours, Press TV reports.
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| Iraq War not over |
Local officials report a U.S. drone
strike killed at least four people in Afghanistan’s northeastern province of
Kunar on Friday evening.
In a separate incident on Friday,
another U.S.-led terror drone strike claimed the lives of at least seven people
and injured some others in the country’s central-eastern province of Maidan
Wardak.
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“The United Nations says the U.S.-operated drone strikes
pose a growing challenge to the international rule of law.”
Also:
Iraq today in the wake of foreign war ─ endless though pronounced
ended; ruins and occupiers remain
“50 killed in car bomb attack in Iraqi capital,” September
21, 2013, http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2013/09/21/325255/car-bomb-kills-50-in-baghdad/
Women and children were among those
who died this Saturday when “an explosive-laden car struck a funeral procession
in Baghdad’s Sadr City.” Total dead estimated at 50.
The United Nations reports that so far this year more than 5,000 people have been killed in acts of violence in Iraq; 800 of them in August alone, with Baghdad Province the worst hit.
July was Iraq’s deadliest month in
five years: attacks killed 1,057 people, injured 2,326.
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TALIBAN in brief
The Taliban movement traces its origin to the
Pakistani-trained mujahideen in northern Pakistan, during the Soviet war in
Afghanistan. After the fall of
Soviet-backed regime of Mohammad Najibullah in 1992, several Afghan political
parties agreed on a peace and power-sharing agreement, the Peshawar Accord. The
accord created the Islamic State of Afghanistan and appointed an interim
government for a transitional period. … The Taliban (Pashto: طالبان ṭālibān ‘students’,
alternative spelling Taleban) is an Islamic political movement in Afghanistan,
which spread into Afghanistan and formed a government, ruling as the Islamic
Emirate of Afghanistan (September 1996-December 2001) with Kandahar as the
capital. It gained diplomatic recognition from three states: Pakistan, Saudi
Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates. Since 1994, Mohammed Omar has served as
the spiritual leader of the Taliban. Wikipedia note, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taliban
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