Alternative View 2006 - for john schou

08.05.2006 Pakistan
Tribune
What Really Happened Jan_06.xls Seite 122
7 Building on a winter campaign of suicide bombings and assassinations as well as the
knowledge that U.S. troops will be leaving, the Taliban appear to be moving their
insurgency into a new phase, flooding the rural areas of southern Afghanistan with
men and weapons - Yet another "mission accomplished"
08.05.2006 Reuters 7 U.S. helicopter gunships wounded at least three Pakistani laborers ... it was
unknown whether the US had consulted Pakistani forces before carrying out
the attack inside Pakistani territory
20.05.2006 Raw Story 7 Two French special forces troops and a US soldier were among 34
combatants killed in Afghanistan in a fresh upsurge of the deadliest fighting
since the removal of the Taliban in 2001
20.05.2006 Asia Times 7 The Taliban's military offensive has begun in earnest in southern
Afghanistan, with many key districts already captured by the militia that
retreated from power in 2001 after the US-led invasion
22.05.2006 Telegraph 7 US sets up £215m deal for Afghan arms - from Russia ... to supply the
Afghan army in case a Democrat president takes over in Washington and
pulls out US troops ... incl. >78 million rounds of AK47 ammunition, 100,000
rocket-propelled grenades & 12,000 tank shells - equivalent to ~15 times the
26.05.2006 Counterpounc
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British Army's annual requirements
7 Since the U.S. knowingly bombed houses in a village and killed at least 16 ..
and since the military says it has only confirmed killing 20 Taliban fighters, it's
understandable that the Pentagon would be trying to claim another 60 Taliban
deaths
30.05.2006 Gulf Times 7 ~50 Taliban guerrillas were killed in a US-led air strike on a mosque in
Afghanistan‘s southern province of Helmand {Iraqi conditions}
30.05.2006 Xinhuanet 7 "> 50 Taliban militants were discussing their future plan of action inside a mosque in
Kajaki district .. when the U.S. aircrafts attacked them killing 50 on the spot," [a]
deputy prov. gov. Told {"Kill them all and let God sort them out"}
30.05.2006 Boston Globe 7 following a fatal traffic accident involving a US military truck [in Kabul] men and
young boys, many of them shouting slogans against the gov. & US, set fires,
attacked buildings, and clashed with police [8 killed]
01.06.2006 FAZ 7 Die Bundeswehr hat um Mitternacht die Führung über die internationale
Schutztruppe Isaf im Norden Afghanistans übernommen
01.06.2006 Uruknet 7 at least 20 people died Monday in clashes between demonstrators, US troops
and Afghan security forces, while more than 140 were wounded ... a 7-year-
07.06.2006 Common
Dreams
09.06.2006 Financial
Times
old child was among the dead
7 Afghanistan's 2nd Intifada - Bush has broken every promise he made to the
people of Afghanistan. In 2001 he said he would remove the Taliban, establish
order, and rebuild the country along the lines of the Marshall Plan
7 The Afghan government is considering arming tribal groups across the south
of the country, where Nato is set to take command next month, in a move
diplomats say would destabilise the country
18.06.2006 Wash Post 7 As fighting in Afghanistan has intensified over the past 3 months, the U.S.
military has conducted 340 airstrikes there, more than twice the 160 carried
out in the much higher-profile war in Iraq - you can't win a land war from the
air, no matter how many bombs you drop
20.06.2006 ABC 7 The US military is quietly carrying out the largest military offensive in Af-ghanistan
since U.S. troops invaded the country in 2001. "The Taliban has made a comeback,
and we have the next 90 days to crush them" {90 years?}
21.06.2006 BBC 7 Three Afghan policemen have been killed after US-led coalition troops shot at
their vehicle by mistake in eastern Kunar province ... The policemen were
travelling in civilian clothes
22.06.2006 Reuters 7 Ayman al-Zawahri urged Afghans in an Internet video to fight foreign troops in
their country
23.06.2006 CBC.ca 7 Afghan President Hamid Karzai has urged coalition forces to reconsider their
tactics in "disarming terrorism," saying the deaths of 600 people in his country
in recent months was "not acceptable."
02.07.2006 IRNA 7 Jewish figure: Iranian Jews do not officially recognize Israel
03.07.2006 Pakistan
Tribune
7 Army chiefs have warned Tony Blair that British forces face defeat in
Afghanistan unless more troops and equipment are sent out immediately -
whoever planned the failed current military misadventures in Afghanistan
apparently never took the Russian experience there seriously ... Taliban
wasn't truly defeated: it simply went underground