After Downing Street / The Daily Mail
11/30/09
By General Sir Michael Rose
Without blame: The Chilcot Inquiry will not hold leaders to account
The inquiry into the Iraq War is not a court and no one is on trial. So said Sir John Chilcot, chairman of the inquiry, in his opening statement. He added that he was...
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Al Jazeera
11/30/09
French troops deployed in Afghanistan are attempting to bribe Taliban fighters not to attack them, a senior Taliban leader has told Al Jazeera.
In an exclusive interview, Saif-Allah Jalili, the Taliban commander of the Kabul district, said on Monday that his men have been offered gifts and money by the French soldiers in order to persuade...
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We Are Change
11/30/09
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Raw Story / AFP
11/29/09
Osama bin Laden was “within the grasp” of US forces in late 2001 but escaped because then-defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld rejected calls for reinforcements, a hard-hitting US Senate report says.
The report, set for release Monday, is intended to help learn the lessons of the past as President Barack Obama prepares to...
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The America 20xy Week in Review for 11/28/09
Hosted by Andrew Steele
A rundown of the week’s top headlines, featuring Climate Gate, Obama’s war surge, Chilcott Inquiry Revelations, update on the Audit the Fed Bill, Bernanke’s movie new stardom, the government’s DNA database and much more…
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Army Times
11/30/09
By Sean D. Naylor
HUTAL, Afghanistan — Ill-disciplined private security guards escorting supply convoys to coalition bases are wreaking havoc as they pass through western Kandahar province, undermining the coalition’s counterinsurgency strategy here and leading to at least one confrontation with U.S. forces, say U.S. Army officers and Afghan government officials.
The security guards are...
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After Downing Street
11/30/09
During a televised football game on Sunday, an announcer welcomed the members of the U.S. military viewing the game in 177 nations around the world. When the news came on, the topic was the same one it’s been for weeks, speculation as to whether and how much a single individual will escalate...
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The Washington Post
11/30/09
By Greg Jaffe
KABUL — Days after President Obama outlines his new war strategy in a speech Tuesday, as many as 9,000 Marines will begin final preparations to deploy to southern Afghanistan and renew an assault on a Taliban stronghold that slowed this year amid a troop shortage and political pressure from the...
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Al Jazeera
11/30/09
A decision by the United Nations nuclear agency to censure Tehran for its disputed nuclear programme left the country with no choice but to order the construction of 10 new nuclear plants, an Iranian vice-president has said.Ali Akbar Salehi told state radio on Monday that Tehran had no plans to build any new...
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Reuters
11/29/09
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said on Sunday he could nationalize private banks unless they comply with the law, adding he had “no problem with that because the banks don’t want to extend credit to the poor.”
In a broadcast from nationalized farmland in central Venezuela, he said: “To all the country’s private...
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