Afghan Elections: Second Round To Take Place On November 7
Hamid Karzai and his opponent Abdullah Abdullah will both take part in the election run-off. The second round takes place after a fraud investigation revealed that Karzai’s share of the vote in the first round was below 50 percent. The flurry of international pressure in the last few days had given Karzai two options. Either […]
Kerry: How Do You Ask a Man to Be the Last One to Die for a Mistake?
This was the question that 27-year-old John Kerry (see photo) asked the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in 1971 in his compelling and passionate condemnation of the Vietnam war. Kerry’s historic testimony was a turning point and created an unstoppable momentum of public support for the anti-war movement. “We are asking here in Washington for some […]
Afghanistan: Political Limbo Two Months After The Elections
The announcement of a final result of Afghanistan’s elections has been dragging on for the past two months. The official result was supposed to come on Saturday, but has been postponed again for several days as the international pressure is mounting. The Election Complaints Commission, which includes foreign observers, has been investigating widespread election fraud, […]
UN’s Human Rights Council Endorses Gaza War Report & Condemns Israel
Today the United Nations Human Rights Council strongly condemned a host of Israeli measures in the occupied Palestinian territory and called on both sides to implement the recommendations of a UN commission that found that Israel and Hamas committed serious war crimes in the 3 weeks Gaza war 9 months ago. The commission, led by […]
Afghanistan: Was Italy Paying Off The Taliban Insurrection?
According to a report published in the British press today, the Italian secret service was paying off Taliban forces not to attack their troops in the Sarobi district of Afghanistan. Ten French soldiers died last year after failing to understand the risk in the area. The French forces thought they were taking control a relatively quiet part of the country. The Times claims this was because Italy’s secret service had been secretly paying local Taliban leaders in order to keep violence down.
