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Statement of Leadership Council of Islamic Emirate Regarding the Inception of AL-Farooq Spring Operations
http://shahamat-english.com/
"It has been over ten years since Afghanistan has come under the barbaric occupation of foreign invaders and countless defenseless Afghans are martyred, imprisoned, their homes destroyed and orchards uprooted by these cruel occupiers with the passage of each day. But as the intensity of cruelty and savagery by the invaders increases, the fervour of Jihad and struggle amongst the heroic Afghans strengthens proportionally.
Al Farooq Spring Operations shall commence simultaneously in all parts of Afghanistan on 3rd May 2012.
The Islamic Emirate, alongside launching its Al Farooq Spring operations, once again calls on all those associated with the puppet administration of Karzai, the so-called national army, national police, and all those who are siding with the invaders in opposition to the interests of Islam to stop backing the invaders and to abandon their ranks...
The Islamic Emirate would also like to declare to all the foreign invaders including the Americans that if you still desire to continue the occupation of our country, abuse our sanctities and oppress our defenseless nation, then the Mujahideen shall take inspiration..and utilize all means and military craftsmanship at their disposal in their Al-Farooq Spring Operation to kill, expell and eliminate you.
With the divine help of Allah, we are awaiting the moment when our nation shall be freed from the evil of your occupation.."
Statement of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan Regarding the Inhumane Treatment of Inmates at Kandahar Prison
http://shahamat-english.com/
"Seven hundred inmates inside Kandahar's Sarpoza prison have gone on a hunger strike to protest the criminal and savage treatment by officials of the Kabul administration. Inmates have not had any food intake and no one has so far inquired about or listened to their demands. According to information obtained, eighteen inmates have so far entered a state of coma due to extreme hunger. Meanwhile, several innocent, defenseless inmates have also been taken to an undisclosed location where they are most likely facing torture..
There is well established internationally documented evidence against the Kabul administration's practice of torture in its prisons, especially in Kandahar..which the international community has been informed multiple times. The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan once again strongly condemns the mistreatment of prisoners by the Kabul administration and considers such inhumane actions yet another disgraceful act of the stooge regime.
According to our information, the described situation in Kandahar is still ongoing today and the puppet officals of Kandahar have neither themselves visited the prisons nor have they granted permission to the Red Cross, human rights watchdogs or the media to visit and listen to the prisoners' demands.."
The suppression of torture information and other barbarism by the Western proxy regime was ably assisted by Canada's pols of all parties.
Good find!
Yes, apparently the Taliban edict really does say to execute the adulterous woman. And the woman who dances, or the woman who wears nail polish, or the woman who bares an ankle to seduce the man who incidentally shall rape and/or stone and bury her alive.
Pay no attention to the propaganda photo in post#12, because apparently it is not true according to Taliban scholars, and the Revolutionary Afghan Women's Association and Malalai Joya are telling tall tales.
Wikileaks: Ultra right wing in USA funding Ultra-right wing Taliban 2010
yes and of course that's why we came - to bring democracy and save the women..
Here's another:
US/NATO Terrorists Run Out of Their Pampers in Afghanistan
http://pakdefenceunit.wordpress.com/2012/01/09/usnato-terrorist-run-out-...
"A diplomatic source said that the NATO supply lines cut by Pakistan has hurt the US-led NATO forces in many ways, including the severe shortage of diapers for the US-NATO soldiers. US government and military are embarrassed at the difficulties caused by a shortage of diapers for US soldiers in Afghanistan. American spokespersons are finding it hard to discuss the issue publicly.
It is said that during military operations and while fighting the Taliban inside Afghanistan the US soldiers wear diapers to fight their enemies without unduly risking their lives. According to one analyst, the well protected US-NATO forces riding armoured personnel carriers and other vehicles, do not dare to get outside their vehicles for fear of attacks by the Taliban..
According to newspaper reports, US authorities have quietly and unofficially requested from the Pakistan authorities the immediate provision of tissue paper and Pampers."
Yes, cold war allies Pakistan and USA along with Saudi Arabia all funded and armed mujahideen warlords in the 1980s, 90s and 2000s, and they are all still funding the Taliban today I'm afraid. And our neighbors are pretty sensitive about questions concerning who financed 9/11. They don't want the public to know.
Funding the Enemy: How US Taxpayers Bankroll the Taliban 2012
They've been funding militant Islam for decades.
Afghanistan : NATO Airstrikes Kill 20 Civilians, 5 Children
http://www.pajhwok.com/en/2012/05/07/children-among-20-killed-isaf-air-r...
"A mother and her five chldren were among 20 civilians killed in two separate airstrikes in the southern Helmand and northwestern Badghis provinces, officials said on Monday. The first incident took place late on Friday when an International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) helicopter missed its target and dropped bombs on a house. Governor Gulab Mangal condemned the mistaken raid and asked NATO-led troops to immediately probe the killing.."
"We're going to change NATO from within!" - Jack Layton NDP
We're going to change NATO through fourth party status and fighting an uphill battle during this colder war era. Millions will continue dying and false flags will continue flapping in the wind, but at least we can say we were true to our principles regardless of the worstpastthepost reality of the situation. And then at some point NATO can bomb us for our nationalised oil because we would be outside the club de gladio. Eventually. - NDPP
We're all in it together you know. There's no choice but to gaze from the inside out, and the outside doesn't exist so long as the market and capitalism exists. Supporting capitalist parties is no way to change anything from within, wouldn't you agree Fidel?
ETA: Never mind. It's already been well established that you don't agree.
I think FPTP says it's wishful thinking. We have to, first and foremost, introduce a small amount of democracy to Canada. Hopefully the NDP can create a modicum of democracy in Ottawa. Hopefully the NDP can introduce a bit of transparency and accountability to the public in Ottawa.
But sitting on the outside looking in will not help countries targeted by the gladio gang. Not at all. That much I do know. We have to spush a Trojan horse through the gates into the city before we can begin sacking Rome, or rather to stand a chance of democratizing club gladio from within. We can't lead a boycott of or protest NATO if we don't actually belong to NATO. If no one follows France's lead, then perhaps they will follow an actual NATO member country's lead in voting against a future NATO military action. And there will be opportunities for an NDP government to break ranks from NATO and create a powerful precedent for other member countries to commit NATO treason.
This is a fight for democracy not sweeping changes to NATO right off the bat. I think Good things take time and effort. I don't expect the NDP to save the world, but we can try to change our corner of it. The struggle for democracy continues. Our only hope is their worst nightmare and vice versa.
Perhaps what we've been missing all along then is the slightest indication that such effort might be forthcoming once all the ducks are aligned. Our bad for failing to notice.
I think some lefties on this site still believe that right wing extremists in the Taliban are opposed to right wing extremists running NATO. And that's not entirely true. Some of us think in politically conservative terms of black and white. What's happening is nothing like black and white. Not at all. Black and white is what political conservatives pawn-off on their racist and bigoted support base without question. But it's not what anti-war activists should be parroting. It's not antiestablishmentarian to essentially subscribe to the government version of what they say they are striving to achieve in Afghanistan and Central Asia. I think some of us may have seen too many John Wayne cowboys versus Indians movies. Anything more complex than that is unfathomable in their minds.
What the west is pulling in Afghanistan has been done to other countries. There is a history and pattern to it. Patterns and precedents are important to a range of disciplinary studies. And some of us are having none of it. That's not good news for the flagging anti-war movement if we can even call it that at this stage of the great game. It's gotten to a point where if we challenge the US-led NATO monologue on Afghanistan, some lefties wil instantly align themselves with the NATO version of things and declare you a blasphemer. Pretty sad. The "Arab spring" was orchestrated, too. The left is co-opted, and the anti-war movement is sometimes difficult to identify.
CFL