Afghanistan
After 911 it marked the first phase of the War on Terror. But history may be repeating itself: first a British army was defeated here at the height of Empire, then the Soviets were forced to withdraw, now Coalition forces are facing increasing resistance
By wmw_admin on September 30, 2012
Days after joint operations between U.S. and Afghan forces were supposed to be returning to normal, a fierce fire fight erupts between the two ‘allies’, leaving two Americans and three Afghans dead
Posted in Afghanistan |
By wmw_admin on September 19, 2012
Britain’s Defence Minister isn’t saying as much but the decision to limit joint patrols represents a significant setback for Coalition efforts in Afghanistan
Posted in Afghanistan |
By wmw_admin on September 16, 2012
The Taliban attack on the main U.S. Marine base in southern Afghanistan was larger and more sophisticated than first reported
Posted in Afghanistan |
By wmw_admin on September 16, 2012
Six NATO troops killed in the two latest incidents when Afghan security members turned their weapons on International Security Assistance Forces
Posted in Afghanistan |
By wmw_admin on September 15, 2012
Two US marines killed and several more wounded during attack on Camp Bastion in which Prince Harry was primary target
Posted in Afghanistan |
By wmw_admin on September 10, 2012
More divide and rule. Proposed by a British Foreign Office Aide the plan would effectively divide Afghanistan into 8 separate regions, some of which would be ruled by the Taliban!!
Posted in Afghanistan |
By wmw_admin on September 2, 2012
Recruitment of Afghan police halted after a spate of attacks when local police have turned on NATO ‘allies’
Posted in Afghanistan |
By wmw_admin on August 30, 2012
In the latest incident of its kind a member of the Afghan security forces has killed three Australian troops
Posted in Afghanistan |
By wmw_admin on August 27, 2012
The latest in a string of such incidents recently must have Coalition commanders concerned over loyalty and morale in their forces
Posted in Afghanistan |
By wmw_admin on August 21, 2012
Taliban propaganda coup as rockets damage the C-17 military transport plane of the visiting head of the U.S. Joint Chief of Staff, Gen. Martin Dempsey
Posted in Afghanistan |
By wmw_admin on August 20, 2012
The head of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff has flown to Afghanistan amid concern over the mounting number of International Security Assistance Force casualties, killed by their supposed Afghan allies
Posted in Afghanistan |
By wmw_admin on August 17, 2012
An Afghan policeman has killed two more U.S. soldiers in the latest ‘blue on green’ incident. The sixth in the past two weeks
Posted in Afghanistan |
By wmw_admin on August 12, 2012
The day after Afghan servicemen kill six of their U.S. ‘allies’, an Afghan police officer kills at least ten of his fellow officers at a remote checkpoint
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By wmw_admin on August 11, 2012
In the last week 17 foreign soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan. SEVEN of them have died at the hands of their Afghan ‘allies’
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By wmw_admin on August 10, 2012
An increasingly familiar story plays itself out yet again as a man in an “Afghan uniform” kills three American Special forces soldiers
Posted in Afghanistan, Current Affairs |
By wmw_admin on August 9, 2012
The German officer who ordered an air strike that killed more than 100 Afghan civilians is to be promoted to general next year
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By wmw_admin on August 8, 2012
Another American soldier killed by two supposed Afghan ‘allies’ in what is essentially a War FOR Drugs
Posted in Afghanistan |
By wmw_admin on August 1, 2012
Background on mercenaries recruited by Blackwater, armed by the U.S., funded by the Gulf States and now fighting in Syria
Posted in Afghanistan, Iran, Israel, 'Anti-Semitism', Zionism and US-UK allies, Syria |
By wmw_admin on July 23, 2012
In the latest in a string of similar incidents, an Afghan soldier has turned his weapon on members of the International Security Assistance Forces, wounding two U.S. soldiers
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By wmw_admin on July 2, 2012
In the latest incident of its kind three British soldiers were killed by a man in an Afghan police uniform. Raising further concerns about levels of trust between NATO forces and their local ‘allies’
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