by Charley James
There’s a reason why Afghanistan is the graveyard of empires.
From the time of Alexander the Great and Genghis Khan to the British, Soviets and now the US and NATO, Afghanistan’s poppy fields, barren plains and rugged mountains are filled with the ghosts and treasuries of would-be conquerors. Sooner or later, America, Canada and [...]
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The Only Way Out Of Afghanistan Is To Leave. Here’s A Realistic Way To Do It.
Posted on 14 September 2009 by Charley James | Comments (0) | Tags: Afghanistan, Al Qeada, Alexander the Great, British, Charley James, George Bush, Graveyard of empires, Pashtun, Soviets, Taliban, US and NATO
Big ‘Hoorah!’ To The NYT’s Dexter Filkins
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by Charley James
In a devastatingly critical examination of the narco-state formerly known as Afghanistan, the New York Times’ Dexter Filkins today documents case after case of wide spread corruption on a massive scale in the Afghan government, including officials ranging from low-level, local bureaucrats right up to the brother of President Hamid Karzai. Filkins shows [...]
Morning in Mumbai
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By Denis Campbell
60-hours of madness ended with Indian officials claiming they shot the last gunman holed up in the Taj hotel. Dawn broke this morning and officials try to sort through the mess. 10-sites including train stations, community centres, hospitals, restaurants and luxury hotels were targeted. Jewish, American and British citizens were targeted, 195 killed, [...]
Kuwait Tipped Off By Cheney: War With Iran Is Coming
Posted on 12 August 2008 by Charley James | Comments (0) | Tags: 30 miles wide, 80-plus combat planes, 850 miles, activated its "Emergency War Plan", Admiral Kuznetsov, armada, Atlantic, British, British Royal Navy carrier battle group, carrier Charles de Gaulle, carrier strike group, Carrier Strike Group Seven, Carrier Strike Group Two, Cheney, Cheney and his puppets Bush and McCain, crippling the Islamic republic's infrastructure, Democrats in Congress, devastating effects on economy, Dick Cheney, dry dock, eastern Mediterranean, expeditionary carrier battle group, expeditionary strike group, exporter, fast moving light boats, fly over Syria, French naval forces, French Naval Rafale fighter jets, French nuclear hunter-killer submarine, French warships, guided missile heavy cruiser Moskva, has good reason to worry, headed for the Gulf, Iran, Iran is a major oil producer, Iranian suicide bombers, Iraq, joint task force, knowing they won’t be approved, Kuwait, Kuwait City, lacks refining facilities, largest naval task force since Gulf War 1, less than 60 miles from Iran, major Russian navy deployment, mid-air refuelling, Middle East Times, negotiating diplomatically in bad faith with Iran, Oman, Operation Brimstone, Persian Gulf, planning a war with Iran before January, practice enforcing a blockade on Iran, pretence of seeking UN sanctions, preventing it from importing refined oil, provoked confrontation, re-import its own oil, Revolutionary Guards, routed the Kuwaiti army in a few hours, Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal, Russian warplanes could reach the Gulf from the Mediter, skies controlled by US military, Straits of Hormuz, Su-33 warplanes, submarine Amethyste, the White House, US, US Navy super carrier battle group, USS Abraham Lincoln, USS Iwo Jima, USS Peleliu, USS Ronald Reagan, USS Theodore Roosevelt, war games, War With Iran Is Coming, when Iraqi troops invaded the emirate, won't be tricked into supporting an Iran War the way th
Investigative journalist Charley James offers this detailed opinion piece looking at the growing possibilty of US military action in Iran.
By Charley James
After being quietly notified by officials in Dick Cheney’s office, Kuwait – situated between Iraq, Iran and an un-enviable geographic hard place on the northern end of the Persian Gulf – has activated its [...]
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