NPR : Tensions Mount Between Iraqi Kurdistan, Iran
The Kurds are becoming a liability to the US. Turkey wants them dead, Iran is not too thrilled with their existence. And the US is caught between Iraq and a hard place.
Showing posts with label War On Terror. Show all posts
Showing posts with label War On Terror. Show all posts
28 December 2007
Bhutto's Death Was State Terrorism
So says Sharif, the new opposition leader.
It’s state terrorism, says Nawaz RAWALPINDI: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif said on Thursday that the tragic death of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairwoman Benazir Bhutto was a result of state terrorism, according to Daily Times staff reporter Aamir Yasin. Addressing PPP workers at Rawalpindi General Hospital (RGH), where Bhutto succumbed to hre injuries, Nawaz said Benazir’s death would be avenged not only by the PPP workers but also by the nation. “The nation will take revenge of Benazir’s killing,” he said. “Musharraf government is incapable of controlling the situation and people are facing the result of his policies,” NNI quoted Nawaz as saying.
It’s state terrorism, says Nawaz RAWALPINDI: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif said on Thursday that the tragic death of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairwoman Benazir Bhutto was a result of state terrorism, according to Daily Times staff reporter Aamir Yasin. Addressing PPP workers at Rawalpindi General Hospital (RGH), where Bhutto succumbed to hre injuries, Nawaz said Benazir’s death would be avenged not only by the PPP workers but also by the nation. “The nation will take revenge of Benazir’s killing,” he said. “Musharraf government is incapable of controlling the situation and people are facing the result of his policies,” NNI quoted Nawaz as saying.
15 October 2007
The PKK--Terrorists to the Turks
The Kurdish Workers Party is a terrorist organization, the UN sees them so, the US sees them so, the world sees them so; so if the world is at war with terrorists, why are they allowed to operate in north Iraq? Just wondering.
Why has the US not gone after them in the past? Was there a deal cut years ago at the time of the invasion? Why are they allowed to operate against an ally, at least for now?
Because of the vote to call the death of Armenians in 1915 genocide, the Turks are massed at the Iraqi border waiting for orders to cross. They wait to see if the proposal passes the House. Let us say it passes, and Turkey enters Northern Iraq, what will be the US response? If they are going after a group of terrorists how can the US object? That is the excuse we used to enter Iraq.
This is all so confusing! If the PKK is a terrorists organization, why has the US allowed it to operate in a zone of their influence? Does that mean that the US picks and chooses who is to be held up as a terrorist organization? Is the US being hypocritical?
Questions.....questions....and very few reliable answers. I will be watching this situation, there is more here than meets the eye.
Why has the US not gone after them in the past? Was there a deal cut years ago at the time of the invasion? Why are they allowed to operate against an ally, at least for now?
Because of the vote to call the death of Armenians in 1915 genocide, the Turks are massed at the Iraqi border waiting for orders to cross. They wait to see if the proposal passes the House. Let us say it passes, and Turkey enters Northern Iraq, what will be the US response? If they are going after a group of terrorists how can the US object? That is the excuse we used to enter Iraq.
This is all so confusing! If the PKK is a terrorists organization, why has the US allowed it to operate in a zone of their influence? Does that mean that the US picks and chooses who is to be held up as a terrorist organization? Is the US being hypocritical?
Questions.....questions....and very few reliable answers. I will be watching this situation, there is more here than meets the eye.
09 October 2007
Drugs And Terror
It seems the Bush admin is finding new ways to spend the taxpayers money. For years the dismal failure that is the War on Drugs has bled cash from the treasury and what has it accomplished? Not much, Batman.
I have been listening to the newest slogan, Drugs fund terrorism. The poppies in Afghanistan are the funds the Taliban use to fund their terror attacks and then there is al Qaeda. First of all, the Taliban are fighting an invasion force just like they did the USSR. Second, al Qaeda gets its funds from countries like Saudi Arabia and others in the region. Then it is not the poppies that funds al Qaeda; it is OIL! You know the stuff that is used to make the gas you waste everyday?
The Taliban is a homegrown resistance that is fighting for their country. OK, they aligned themselves with al Qaeda, but I mean they would have done that with anyone who was fighting against the invasion. They are a strict brutal group, but their concern is the country not the punishing of all "infidels".
Now they are talking about spray the poppy fields with chemicals, as a way to stop the opium production. Any of you people ever hear of Agent orange? I was a chemical used in Vietnam during that war as a defoliant. It killed miles upon miles of vegetation and as an added side effect it caused a cancer like disease if you were exposed to it. Oh yeah, many Americans are and were being treated for their exposure to the chemical.
And now they will try it again. I guess enough time has gone by that few will recall the damage it did to Vietnam. Plus you will be eliminating the income of many Afghanis who have been growing and selling their product for hundreds of years. So to say that it is funding terror is just plain stupid. The farmers do not give a crap what they do with it as long as they buy it. On another hand, what will this chemical do to the environment? They may be effecting more than the poppy fields.
People need to stop condemning the farmers! They are trying to care for their families. Ok let us say, the government pays them to grow, say turnips instead of poppies. and good plan? NO! They will make $250 a year with turnips or they could make $1500 a year with poppies. Which would you grow?
The Bush machine is just trying to put a simple face on a complex issue. It is drugs fault there is terrorism, not the fact that the US policies suck!
CHUQ
I have been listening to the newest slogan, Drugs fund terrorism. The poppies in Afghanistan are the funds the Taliban use to fund their terror attacks and then there is al Qaeda. First of all, the Taliban are fighting an invasion force just like they did the USSR. Second, al Qaeda gets its funds from countries like Saudi Arabia and others in the region. Then it is not the poppies that funds al Qaeda; it is OIL! You know the stuff that is used to make the gas you waste everyday?
The Taliban is a homegrown resistance that is fighting for their country. OK, they aligned themselves with al Qaeda, but I mean they would have done that with anyone who was fighting against the invasion. They are a strict brutal group, but their concern is the country not the punishing of all "infidels".
Now they are talking about spray the poppy fields with chemicals, as a way to stop the opium production. Any of you people ever hear of Agent orange? I was a chemical used in Vietnam during that war as a defoliant. It killed miles upon miles of vegetation and as an added side effect it caused a cancer like disease if you were exposed to it. Oh yeah, many Americans are and were being treated for their exposure to the chemical.
And now they will try it again. I guess enough time has gone by that few will recall the damage it did to Vietnam. Plus you will be eliminating the income of many Afghanis who have been growing and selling their product for hundreds of years. So to say that it is funding terror is just plain stupid. The farmers do not give a crap what they do with it as long as they buy it. On another hand, what will this chemical do to the environment? They may be effecting more than the poppy fields.
People need to stop condemning the farmers! They are trying to care for their families. Ok let us say, the government pays them to grow, say turnips instead of poppies. and good plan? NO! They will make $250 a year with turnips or they could make $1500 a year with poppies. Which would you grow?
The Bush machine is just trying to put a simple face on a complex issue. It is drugs fault there is terrorism, not the fact that the US policies suck!
CHUQ
08 October 2007
We Have Ways Of Making You Talk!
Much has been written and much has been said and reported and......on and on. Gitmo comes to mind. Allegations have been flying for years of outright torture of detainees. All have been denied by the admin and its spokespeople. Congress has even go so far as to pass some legislation on the subject. But so far, no one has been allowed into Gitmo, at least a total access to the prison to confirm or deny the allegations.
Last week, a couple of secret memos surfaced which everyone is denying. It seems these memos to interrogators authorized "hard" questioning to include such techniques as simulated drowning, use of frigid temps, sleep deprivation, head slapping and on and one. Of course, immediately the spin masters hit the road to quell any protest that could be growing. They said, Perino first, that the US does not torture and that it was, "safe, legal, necessary and saved American lives". That sounds more like a confirmation than a denial , IMO. And then the President had his shot at the memos and he basically stayed on page with his explanations, but he did add his little smirk that he is so famous for.
I ask what about physical hardship while interrogating and what part of it is safe and humane? That is an easy question to answer, NOTHING about torture is safe and legal and especially not humane.
Ever here of the address, P.O. Box 1142? It was a POW camp in Virginia during WWII, where high profile Nazis were sent for intel purposes. These guys DID NOT...let me say that again...they DID NOT use physical interrogation, they instead talked with them, played cards with them, listened to their conversations; in other words they were treated with dignity and respect and because of this they found out about the V1 and V2 rockets and no one had to be injured to do it.
Bush has said, "this government does not torture people"! Would that be the same government that convinced the American people of the Iraqi WMDs? Mr. Bush said the interrogation methods had been “fully disclosed to appropriate members of Congress.” And would those be the same ones that are rubber stamping his entire presidency? Please someone give me good answers to these questions.
Nothing about the Bush plan to gather intel is a humane plan. It is just like all his other policies, strong arm, cowboy and too aggressive. When you take a person's humanity then you are no better than the bastards that did the same in the past. In the past I have been a non-supporter of holding the pres and the boyz responsible for stuff that happens in war. But now, if the memos are true and accurate, these pigs should be brought up on charges of violation of human rights. PERIOD!
CHUQ
Last week, a couple of secret memos surfaced which everyone is denying. It seems these memos to interrogators authorized "hard" questioning to include such techniques as simulated drowning, use of frigid temps, sleep deprivation, head slapping and on and one. Of course, immediately the spin masters hit the road to quell any protest that could be growing. They said, Perino first, that the US does not torture and that it was, "safe, legal, necessary and saved American lives". That sounds more like a confirmation than a denial , IMO. And then the President had his shot at the memos and he basically stayed on page with his explanations, but he did add his little smirk that he is so famous for.
I ask what about physical hardship while interrogating and what part of it is safe and humane? That is an easy question to answer, NOTHING about torture is safe and legal and especially not humane.
Ever here of the address, P.O. Box 1142? It was a POW camp in Virginia during WWII, where high profile Nazis were sent for intel purposes. These guys DID NOT...let me say that again...they DID NOT use physical interrogation, they instead talked with them, played cards with them, listened to their conversations; in other words they were treated with dignity and respect and because of this they found out about the V1 and V2 rockets and no one had to be injured to do it.
Bush has said, "this government does not torture people"! Would that be the same government that convinced the American people of the Iraqi WMDs? Mr. Bush said the interrogation methods had been “fully disclosed to appropriate members of Congress.” And would those be the same ones that are rubber stamping his entire presidency? Please someone give me good answers to these questions.
Nothing about the Bush plan to gather intel is a humane plan. It is just like all his other policies, strong arm, cowboy and too aggressive. When you take a person's humanity then you are no better than the bastards that did the same in the past. In the past I have been a non-supporter of holding the pres and the boyz responsible for stuff that happens in war. But now, if the memos are true and accurate, these pigs should be brought up on charges of violation of human rights. PERIOD!
CHUQ
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