The So Called “Withdrawal” From Iraq: A Made For TV Drama
The reality of the situation is that there will be approximately 3000 less American combat/counterinsurgency troops in Iraq by the end of the month while 50,000 troops, and thousands of private mercenaries, remain. Everything else is just smoke and mirrors.
Pakistan Floods: Is Social Unrest, And A Take Over By The Taliban Next?
Pakistan has become a slow hell on earth under water: An estimated 20 million- 12 percent of the country’s population- people is affected by the three weeks of floods, which means more prosaically that they are homeless. About 20 percent of the country is under water, the crops and grain reserves have being wiped out […]
With Your Fierce Tears: Rage, Rage Against The Dying Of The Light
Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rage at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Pakistan: Cholera Reported As 17 Million Affected By Floods
Today, the UN confirmed the first case of cholera in flood-devastated Pakistan. The UN refugee agency has identified at least one case of the water borne disease in Mingora, the main town in the Swat Valley. Cholera is an acute intestinal infection which causes watery diarrhea that can quickly lead to severe dehydration and rapid […]
Pakistan Floods: Islamists Step In To Fill Government Vacuum
As monsoon rains continue to hammer Pakistan and move southward, relief agencies are warning that the amount of aid needed by Pakistanis is “absolutely daunting”. The life of Pakistanis, especially in the region of the Swat Valley, which was already a nightmare due to the Taliban, the Pakistani army offensive and the US drone attacks […]
