Headlines: Time to name all the dead in Afghanistan: how many civilians have been killed?
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Why I left the British army after nearly killing a child in Afghanistan?
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'Insurgency winning war in Afghanistan, troops die for nothing'
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The Afghanistan War was Planned Months Before the 9/11 Attacks
Reality Check: Afghan Attacks on U.S. Soldiers "trending" in the Wrong Direction
And now for the headlines…
Time to name all the dead in Afghanistan: how many civilians have been killed?
David Cameron has never mentioned the name of a single Afghan killed, the majority of whom have been ordinary civilians caught in the middle of the West's war on one of the world's poorest countries.
European Phoenix -- The BBC and other media publish accurate statistics, updated immediately, for every British soldier killed in Afghanistan, usually with a potted biography giving details of age, home town, marital status, number of children and so on.
Neither has Barack Obama -- not even one of the 16 civilians killed on 11 March 2012 -- nine of them children -- who were slaughtered by an American soldier, who then burnt their bodies. We soon learned the name of US Staff Sgt Robert Bales -- who did the killing -- as the media was full of every conceivable detail about the man and his life. But not even the names of those he killed, were thought newsworthy -- which is why Stop the War published them a week after the massacre.
Nor did Obama have anything to tell us about the eight women and girls killed by a US airstrike on 15 September 2012 while they were collecting firewood.
Learn more here:
Why I left the British army after nearly killing a child in Afghanistan?
I remember cuing up a US Predator strike before deciding the computer screen wasn't depicting a Taliban insurgent burying an improvised explosive device in the road; rather, a child playing in the dirt.
The Pentagon operates about 7,000 drones and asked Congress for nearly $5bn for drones in the 2012 budget. Before retiring as air force chief of staff, General Norton Schwartz was reported as saying it "was 'conceivable' drone pilots in the air force would outnumber those in cockpits in the foreseeable future". That's not a brave new world, far from it.
The encroachment of drones into the civilian realm is also gaining momentum. President Obama signed a federal law on 14 February 2012, allowing drones for a variety of commercial uses and for police law enforcement. The skies above may never be the same. As with most of America's darker elements, such as its gun culture, there's profit to be made – the market for drones is already valued at $5.9bn and is expected to double in 10 years.
Learn more here:
The truth about the Afghanistan war by Paul Flynn MP
Paul Flynn MP, who was expelled from parliament for saying the government was lying over Afghanistan, is speaking here at a Labour Party 2012 fringe meeting organised by Manchester Stop the War Coalition.
SEE ALSO:
MP kicked out of parliament for saying government is lying about the Afghanistan war
Afghanistan: 10 reasons why the troops should come home by Christmas
The truth about the Afghanistan war by Paul Flynn MP
Plus additional WAKE UP news and videos:
Why I left the British army after nearly killing a child in Afghanistan?
The truth about the Afghanistan war by Paul Flynn MP
'Insurgency winning war in Afghanistan, troops die for nothing'
Previous posts:
The Afghanistan War was Planned Months Before the 9/11 Attacks
Reality Check: Afghan Attacks on U.S. Soldiers "trending" in the Wrong Direction
And now for the headlines…
Time to name all the dead in Afghanistan: how many civilians have been killed?
David Cameron has never mentioned the name of a single Afghan killed, the majority of whom have been ordinary civilians caught in the middle of the West's war on one of the world's poorest countries.
European Phoenix -- The BBC and other media publish accurate statistics, updated immediately, for every British soldier killed in Afghanistan, usually with a potted biography giving details of age, home town, marital status, number of children and so on.
Neither has Barack Obama -- not even one of the 16 civilians killed on 11 March 2012 -- nine of them children -- who were slaughtered by an American soldier, who then burnt their bodies. We soon learned the name of US Staff Sgt Robert Bales -- who did the killing -- as the media was full of every conceivable detail about the man and his life. But not even the names of those he killed, were thought newsworthy -- which is why Stop the War published them a week after the massacre.
Nor did Obama have anything to tell us about the eight women and girls killed by a US airstrike on 15 September 2012 while they were collecting firewood.
Learn more here:
Why I left the British army after nearly killing a child in Afghanistan?
I remember cuing up a US Predator strike before deciding the computer screen wasn't depicting a Taliban insurgent burying an improvised explosive device in the road; rather, a child playing in the dirt.
The Pentagon operates about 7,000 drones and asked Congress for nearly $5bn for drones in the 2012 budget. Before retiring as air force chief of staff, General Norton Schwartz was reported as saying it "was 'conceivable' drone pilots in the air force would outnumber those in cockpits in the foreseeable future". That's not a brave new world, far from it.
The encroachment of drones into the civilian realm is also gaining momentum. President Obama signed a federal law on 14 February 2012, allowing drones for a variety of commercial uses and for police law enforcement. The skies above may never be the same. As with most of America's darker elements, such as its gun culture, there's profit to be made – the market for drones is already valued at $5.9bn and is expected to double in 10 years.
Learn more here:
The truth about the Afghanistan war by Paul Flynn MP
Paul Flynn MP, who was expelled from parliament for saying the government was lying over Afghanistan, is speaking here at a Labour Party 2012 fringe meeting organised by Manchester Stop the War Coalition.
SEE ALSO:
MP kicked out of parliament for saying government is lying about the Afghanistan war
Afghanistan: 10 reasons why the troops should come home by Christmas
The truth about the Afghanistan war by Paul Flynn MP
'Insurgency winning war in Afghanistan, troops die for nothing'
There's a lot of attention now on how unrest in the Muslim world might impact the insurgency in Afghanistan. For more on that, RT talks to British MP George Galloway, who tabled a motion in parliament demanding British troops be home by Christmas.
'Insurgency winning war in Afghanistan, troops die for nothing'
There's a lot of attention now on how unrest in the Muslim world might impact the insurgency in Afghanistan. For more on that, RT talks to British MP George Galloway, who tabled a motion in parliament demanding British troops be home by Christmas.
'Insurgency winning war in Afghanistan, troops die for nothing'
SYNOPSIS
Every person on this world has GOOD conscience, right?
Will it make a big difference from American Sheeple if the dead Afghans children are American children?
Or
From unknown reason, you will dream of the dead Afghan children… Hey, we are living in strange century (Sick Society), anything can happen…
As always, Openness then Reservation Always! Be Inquisitive Always!
Which ones will occur first? HUGE Thunder False Flag, Martial Law, Financial Armageddon or Nuclear Armageddon? #BarittObamney
3rd World Peeps of A 3 cents “Where TRUTH Matters because WE are all Human Beings.” #TPD
Tomorrow is the End of Today!
Peace, Truth & Freedom #ResistanceDuty
KCPy
Every person on this world has GOOD conscience, right?
Will it make a big difference from American Sheeple if the dead Afghans children are American children?
Or
From unknown reason, you will dream of the dead Afghan children… Hey, we are living in strange century (Sick Society), anything can happen…
As always, Openness then Reservation Always! Be Inquisitive Always!
Which ones will occur first? HUGE Thunder False Flag, Martial Law, Financial Armageddon or Nuclear Armageddon? #BarittObamney
3rd World Peeps of A 3 cents “Where TRUTH Matters because WE are all Human Beings.” #TPD
Tomorrow is the End of Today!
Peace, Truth & Freedom #ResistanceDuty
KCPy
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