March, 2010

• 5 March

  Troop surge ‘supports peace deal’, By Gareth Porter

  KABUL – General Stanley McChrystal’s cautiously worded support for a negotiated settlement with the Taliban leadership is only the first public signal of a policy decision by the Barack Obama administration to support a political settlement between the Karzai regime and the Taliban, an official of the McChrystal’s International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) command has revealed in an interview with …

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• 2 March

  US plans $1.4bn media aid for Pak By Reuters

  The Obama administration sent lawmakers this week a plan for $1.45 billion (Dh5.32bn) in aid for Pakistan this year, funding media campaigns to counter extremist views as well as water, energy and other projects. The 2010 spending plan, obtained by Reuters, was sent to lawmakers as part of the US administration’s obligation to consult Congress over the civilian aid package. …

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• 1 March

  Dutch inquiry finds Iraq war illegal, By Ann Talbot

  A Dutch commission of inquiry has concluded that the US-led 2003 Iraq war was illegal under international law. The conclusion has far-reaching implications. Potentially, it could open up leading politicians and military figures in the US and Britain to prosecution for war crimes. Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende of the Netherlands set up the Davids Commission in order to avoid …

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• 1 March

  Back and never to leave again, By Chandani Kirinde

  After nearly 20 years, Muslims in Jaffna who were evicted by the LTTE, return home. Here they share their happiness with Chandani Kirinde Fifty-six-year-old Mohamed Basheer’s eyes still well up with tears when he recollects the day in 1990 when the LTTE issued an eviction order on all Muslims living in the Jaffna peninsula, giving them a few hours to …

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• 1 March

  Dutch courage deals double blow to US mission in Afghanistan, By Ameen Izzadeen

  The Dutch government collapsed on Friday February 20 over the war in Afghanistan, sending shockwaves across Europe and across the Atlantic. The crisis underscores the fact that if democracy is in practice, governments cannot sham. The will of the people is reflected even in crises as shown by the Dutch example. If the people are anti-war, the government cannot be …

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• 1 March

  US Muslim group calls IRS plane attack terrorism

  A software engineer, piloting the small plane in a suicide attack on the Internal Revenue Service, crashed into the office building on Thursday February 18, 2010. A major US Muslim group has decried officials’ “double standard” in refusing to label Texas suicide plane crash as an act of terrorism. “The position of many individuals and institutions seems to be that …

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• 1 March

  Armageddon, By Martin D. Weiss, Ph.D.

  If you thought Wall Street’s debt crisis was traumatic, wait till you the see the consequences of Washington’s debt crisis! Never before in history has a world power like the U.S. been so utterly buried in debt! And never before has that debt been financed so massively by foreign investors! Nineteenth century Mexico, Spain, and Argentina accumulated so much debt, …

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