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– TALIBAN IMPOSTOR DUPED AFGHAN OFFICIALS

A man who has been representing Taliban senior leadership in secret talks with the Afghan government appears to have been an impostor, New York Times reported on Monday 11/22/2010. Continue reading

– BIDEN IN IRAQ, AGAIN, TO FORME UNITY

USA Vice President Joe Biden is making an unannounced visit to Iraq ahead of the official end of the USA combat mission there at midnight on Tuesday 08/31/2010. Continue reading

– GEN’ PETRAEUS’S MISSION IN AFGHANISTAN

General David Petraeus, who is credited for the relative success in Iraq and was nominated, on Tuesday 06/29/2010, to the new commander of the war in Afghanistan, Continue reading

– DEMOCRATIC PRANKS

The recent elections in Iraq, on 03/07/2010, resulted with a standoff between the former PM Iyad Alawii and the current PM Nuri al-Maliki. Continue reading

– U.N LIFTED SANCTIONS ON FORMER TALIBAN LEADERS

The United Nations has removed, on Wednesday 01/27/2010, five former Afghan Taliban officials from its sanctions list which was imposed because of alleged links to Al Qaeda. Continue reading

– 2.5$ BN AFGHAN BRIBERY

Afghans paid $2.5 billions in bribes over the past 12 months, or the equivalent of almost one quarter of legitimate GDP, a UN report suggested, on Tuesday 01/19/2010. Continue reading

– THE NEW AFGHAN SURGE

In his speech in the Military Academy of West Point, on Tuesday 12/01/2009 evening, USA President Barack Obama revealed the new strategy to Afghanistan. Continue reading

– HEAD ON COLLISION

It is Ironic that in his last session with the IAEA Council of Rectors, on Friday 11/27/2009, Mohamed el-Baradei, the 2005 Nobel Peace Price owner, admitted that Iran “is not cooperating” and unanimously denounced Iran. Continue reading

– WASTING TIME

Gen. Stanley McChrystal, replaced his predecessor Gen. David McKiernan, on 05/10/2009. Today, more then half a year later, USA still does not have a comprehensive strategy in Afghanistan Continue reading
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