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- Community radio struggling in hostile environment
Despite serious funding shortages - most are dependent on foreign donors - Solh is now one of 12 independent local radio stations in the country trying to promote freedom of expression and providing a voice to rural Afghans. Given the high percentage of illiteracy among women, radio offers one of the most powerful ways to reach and educate women- Film Documents Alleged Massacre of 3,000 Taliban Prisoners in Afghanistan
Witnesses say that when the trucks arrived most of the people inside were dead. They also say US Special Forces re-directed the containers carrying the living and dead into the desert and stood by as survivors were shot and buried.- Afghans Protest Shootings at U.S. Embassy
Angry Afghan demonstrators hurled stones at the U.S. Embassy in Kabul on Saturday to protest this week's shooting deaths of three Afghan soldiers by U.S. Marines.- Afghans' uranium levels suggest US may have used new types of radioactive weapons
The UMRC says its team identified several hundred people suffering from illnesses and conditions similar to those of Gulf veterans, probably because they had inhaled uranium dust.
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Against war
and terror
While we deplore the attacks on the USA and the deaths of thousands
of people we are also aware that the 'retaliation' to this attack is
designed to advance the control of the USA and other western powers
over the people of the world
The tragedy of
Afghanistan
Afghanistan is a tragic country. The Soviet-backed coup and
subsequent invasion in 1979 ushered in more than two decades of
brutal war. During the 1980's, the US supplied at least USD 32
billion [1] of military aid to the mujahadeen, the Islamic opposition
to the Soviet regime
Capitalist
Terror and Madness
Terror has a long history in the service of counter-revolution, and
will always work towards undermining the very foundations of a new,
free, postcapitalist, society, or even one where forces of death,
oppression and exploitation are significantly weakened
"Why do they
hate us"?
A small group of militants, hundreds or a few thousand, hated the
U.S.A. so much that they spent years planning their attacks on New
York City and Washington D.C. A New York anarchist looks at there
motives as they related to US foreign policy.
History of
anarchist anti-imperialism
The anarchist movement has a long tradition of fighting imperialism.
This reaches back into the 1860s, and continues to the present day.
From Cuba, to Egypt, to Ireland, to Macedonia, to Korea, to Algeria
and Morocco, the anarchist movement has paid in blood for its
opposition to imperial domination and control. (This article was
translated into French as
Pour une histoire de
l'anti-impérialisme anarchiste)
Diversity in
Islam for Absolute Beginners
Roughly 1 in 5 of the world's population is muslim - that's over a
billion people. Yet for all the talk about a global society with the
telecommunication revolution bringing knowledge to the masses, what
most westerners from christian backgrounds know about Islam can be
written on the back of a small postage stamp
Commissars of
the Free Press
Why don't we have a media which attempts to be unbiased and
objective? Why don't we have a media which presents all relevant
information rather than selecting some information for prominent
display and largely rejecting other information? Why don't we have a
wider diversity of opinion in the media?
Building an
antiwar movement
The key ingredients of success in building a successful anti-war
movement are confidence in ordinary people's potential, solidarity
with each other and a long-term view: we have not been able to
prevent the first bombs falling, but over time we can reverse the
dynamic and stop the war.
The
anarchist alternative
A successful anarchist revolution then, would result in society being
organised by the free association and federation of workers (and
peasants, in some countries), with decisions made directly by the
people affected by them. A new era, of international solidarity,
peace and co-operation is born.
Limbs of no body
An Iranian film maker on current conditions in Afghanistan and the
social base of the Taliban. Long and very detailed but from a
somewhat Iranian nationalist perspective
Afghanistan: Persistent crisis challenges the UN
system
Report for the UNHCR published August 1998
Academic Info: Afghanistan Studies
An archive of material
Robert Fisk:
How can the US bomb this tragic people?
almost unbelievable preparations now under way for the most
powerful nation ever to have existed on God's Earth to bomb the most
devastated, ravaged, starvation-haunted and tragic country in the
world
Silient Soldier: The Man behind the Afghan Jehad
"while this book is primarily written to make public the
contribution of General Akhtar to the Afghan Jehad, nothing could
have been achieved without the endeavours of the Mujahideen, their
commanders, and their political leaders"
The bear trap: Afghanistan's Untold Story
"I was an infantry brigadier in the Pakistan Army when I was
suddenly summoned to take over the Afghan Bureau of the
Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI)"
Afghanistan Crisis and Relevant Geopolitical
Realities
Written by Jamal Hasan in 1989,"In this essay I attempted to shed
light on the dichotomies and fallacies of global power politics and
their impact on the ongoing crisis in Afghanistan"
Crisis of Impunity
The Role of Pakistan, Russia, and Iran in Fueling the Civil War.
Human Rights Watch on the regional imperialist rivalries behind the
Afghan civil war.
Interview With Ahmed Rashid
Interview with the author of 'Taliban: Story of the Afghan Warlords'
Made by Radio Netherlands.
Afghanistan: A People Adrift, A Country
Aground
A 1993 account of the pre-Taliban Afghan civil war.
The Crisis at Hand
PDF file of aid agencies information on the humanitarian crisis as of
November 2001
US gave silent blessing to Taliban rise to power:
analysts
Suggesting that the U.S. Govt. encouraged the Saudi Arabian and
Pakistani rulers to support the Taliban.
Osama Bin Laden: How the U.S. Helped Midwife a
Terrorist
an excerpt from the book "Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil and
Fundamentalism in Central Asia"
Bush's Faustian Deal With the Taliban
Robert Scheer writing in the Los Angeles Times May 2001 warns "The
Taliban may suddenly be the dream regime of our own war drug war
zealots, but in the end this alliance will prove a costly
failure"
Fundamentalists without a common cause
1998 article for Le Monde Diplomatique, looking at the relationship
between the United States and the Arab volunteers fighting in
Afghanistan in the 1980ies. Also deals with the tensions between Iran
and the Taliban and what those arab volunteers went on to do in
the1990ies as jihad went global.
An Afghan Tragedy
1999 article from Al-Ahram claiming that a friendly relationship
originally existed between the U.S. Government and the Taliban.
ARAB VETERANS OF AFGHANISTAN WAR LEAD NEW ISLAMIC
HOLY WAR
Federation of American Scientists investigation into what America's
cold war friends did after they graduated.
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baseAmerica's Link to the Taliban / Reviving the Great Game
Two pieces from 1996 arguing that Pakistan and the U.S. promoted
theTaliban as a force against Iran and Islamist terrorism.
America feels the pain of its own Stinger
missiles.
1999 article on efforts by the C.I.A. to buy back the stinger surface
to air missiles it supplied to Afghan Islamic fundamentalists in the
1980ies.
Frankenstein the C.I.A. created
"American officials estimate that, from 1985 to 1992, 12,500
foreigners were trained in bomb-making, sabotage and urban guerrilla
warfare in Afghan camps the CIA helped to set up."
Iran slams U.S. and Pakistan as it ponders how to
tackle the Taleban challenge
The rival imperialist interests behind the warring factions in
Afghanistan, also the1998 tensions between Iran and the Taliban.
Who are the Northern Alliance
Afghanistan Fact Sheet
U.S. Government Website on the natural resources of Central Asia and
on the Afghan pipeline projects of American multi-national UNOCAL.
Testimony by John J. Maresca, VP, International
Relations, Unocal Corp
February 12, 1998 Mr. Maresca was George Bush Sr.'s Ambassador to
Cyprus
The New Great Game - Guardian, March 5,
2001
Looking at international competition for the potential profits
represented by the oil and gas resources of Central Asia.
February 1999 UNOCAL statement
Unocal reiterates position on withdrawal from trans-Afghanistan
pipeline project
March 2000 Business Recorder article
UNOCAL trying to re-enter Turkmen gas pipeline project
Pipe Dreams: Afghanistan's Coming Gas
Boom
An account of the potential for investment opportunities offered by a
conquest of Afghanistan.
Afghanistan is key to Oil Profits.
Analysis from the Centre for Research on Globalisation. American
foreign policy as the mailed fist of the corporate barons.
The oil behind Bush and Son's campaigns
'Asia Times' on the pipelines and on the energy resources of
Afghanistan itself.
Missing the Oil story
According to this report it's not mentioned in the U.S. media but is
a "hot topic" at elite dinner parties.
THE NEW "GREAT GAME": OIL POLITICS IN THE
CAUCASUS AND CENTRAL ASIA
Document from the Heritage Foundation, a Washington based 'right
wing' think tank and lobby group.
US Interests in Central Asia
Testimony to the House of Representatives by author of above Heritage
Foundation document.
Oil in the Caspian Region and Central Asia - the Political Risk
of the Great Game Continued
Contribution to a conference in the United States, published by the
Danish Association for Research on the Caucasus . Extensive,
informative and non-partisan.
The New Imperialism
From 'Asia Times', discusses how various pundits are promoting the
notion of a re-introduction of colonialism on "failed states", and
again the Afghan pipeline projects.
General: Capturing Bin Laden is not part of the
mission.
From 'USA Today'. General Tommy Frank surgically strikes his mouth
with his foot . This is the U.S. General in command of ground
operations in Afghanistan.
U.S. INTERESTS IN THE CENTRAL ASIAN
REPUBLICS
United States Congress hearing from 1998. Straight from the
proverbial horses mouth.
Control of Central Asia's oil is the real
goal.
Article from the London 'Telegraph' says "the real game in Central
Asia is control of the region's lucrative oil supply". Partly written
by Ahmed Rashid now semi-famous for his book on this subject
(re-published as 'Taliban: The story of the Afghan Warlords' and well
worth reading).
Political Pipeline.
Transcript of Current Affairs talk show from American T.V. in '97 on
the Central Asia energy situation, with of JULIA NANAY of the
Petroleum Finance Company and CHARLES WILLIAM MAYNES of the Eurasia
Foundation.
Gas, Oil and Afghanistan.
Overview of the international competition surrounding the oil and gas
reserves of Central Asia, with a nice map, lots of links and
information about the links between top U.S. politicians and Big Oil.
This War is A Fraud.
Passionate article by John Pilger published in Britain's 'Daily
Mirror'.
Reports and Analysis on imperialist competition in Central Asia, from official and academic sources.
The following are long detailed and in-depth studies which are well worth reading.
US Military Engagement with Transcausia and
Central Asia
Large PDF file from the U.S. Army detailing American imperialist
interests in the former "Soviet" Union and proposing military
intervention in those regions. Essential.
Russian Policy Towards Central Asia Part 1
Russian Policy Towards Central Asia Part 2
Report on Russian imperialism in Central Asia, from an Indian think
tank.
Central Asia's New States: Political Developments
and Implications for U.S. Interests
Study from some branch of the American civil service that provides
non-partisan reports for politicians.
The Geopolitics of Central Asia
Another long detailed report.
US policy toward Central Asia and the South
Caucasus
Study from a high ranking American military bureaucrat.
World History Archives: Contempory Political
History of Central Asia as a Whole
A selection of mostly Leninist essays on Central Asia in the 90s.
Big Brother dumped for 1$ Billion
Article from the Russian Press on America's new bases in Central
Asia.
Uzbekistan sells itself for to Washington for $8
Billion
Another Russian media report concerning America's new proxies in
Afghanistan and new influence in Central Asia.
U.S. Aircraft Carrier "Uzbekistan"
Bin Laden is not in Georgia!
Georgia, next target in the "war against terrorism" against a
backdrop of American-Russian competition.
Profits: The Prize
of Intervention
If bombing Afghanistan is making a bad situation worse, why is it
being done? Might the oil and gas of Central Asia have something to
do with it.
Crusade Versus
Jihad
A war against terrorism? A war for the people of Afghanistan? A war
for security?
Hunger is a
weapon
Is the U.S. Government taking advantage of the famine conditions in
Afghanistan? Why are the appeals for a pause in the bombing meeting
deaf ears?