11/11/2009 |
Los talibanes recogen sus verduras mientras el ejército estadounidense recoge sus cadáveres
Placid Garcia-Planas | La Vanguardia
La bomba eleva una columna de tierra hacia el cielo: han muerto dos marines en su acorazado."Cuando les matan a alguien, los americanos tienen el gatillo fácil", advierte el oficial canadiense al afgano. ...
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11/11/2009 |
The Taliban Solution
Deepa Narayan | NY Times
A powerful grassroots movement has blossomed in Afghanistan, giving its people new hope, self-esteem and a sense of belonging. The problem is that this movement is the Taliban. ...
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11/11/2009 |
Yemen War Leading to Regional Conflicts
Rachelle Kliger | The Media Line
The war between the army and rebels in northern Yemen is spilling into other countries in the region. ...
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11/11/2009 |
Women play a bigger role in Mexico's drug war
Tracy Wilkinson | Los Angeles Times
Addiction, the economy and the lure of living well have sucked many into the narcotics underworld. The trend threatens the foundations of Mexican society. ...
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11/11/2009 |
Parsing China's North Korea Policy
Richard Weitz | World Politics Review
One of the issues President Barack Obama will inevitably discuss when he visits China next week is the deadlocked Six-Party Talks seeking to resolve the North Korean nuclear crisis. ...
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11/11/2009 |
Is Russia playing both sides on Iran nukes?
Howard LaFranchi | CSMonitor
Russia signals that it is open to tougher sanctions on Iran, which has failed to respond to an international uranium deal. But rogue scientists in Russia may be continuing to help Iran pursue a nuclear program. ...
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11/11/2009 |
9 Colombia troops killed in clash with rebels
Chris Kraul | Los Angeles Times
The Colombian soldiers are attacked by leftist guerrillas in a transit corridor for drug traffickers and rebels. The assault may be part of a FARC campaign tied to a presidential election. ...
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11/11/2009 |
US - The Ripples of Ft Hood
Shaun Waterman | ISN, Center for Security Studies (CSS)
Was the shooting rampage by a Muslim US Army psychiatrist at Fort Hood an act of terror? As Shaun Waterman writes for ISN Security Watch, that apparently simple question has the potential to turn the aftermath of the killings into political theatre. ...
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11/11/2009 |
Bomb Material Cache Uncovered in Afghanistan
Dexter Filkins | NY Times
With fertilizer bombs now the most lethal weapons used against American and NATO soldiers in southern Afghanistan, the bomb-making operation in Kandahar was something close to astonishing.In a pair of raids on Sunday, Afghan police officers and American soldiers discovered a half-million pounds of ammonium nitrate, a fertilizer that is used in the overwhelming majority of homemade bombs here. About 2,000 bomb-making devices like timers and triggers were also found, and 15 Afghans were detained. ...
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11/11/2009 |
The New York Times: Pagó Blackwater a funcionarios tras tiroteo en Irak
Notimex | Excelsior
Blackwater autorizó pagos secretos por un millón de dólares a funcionarios iraquíes para obtener su apoyo y silenciar críticas, tras un tiroteo fatal por guardias de seguridad de la firma en Bagdad, reportó hoy The New York Times. ...
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