Updates Article published 13 March 2014 1030GMT Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370 that has disappeared, could be suspected causing engine status update blips for four hours after the flight cut all contact with the ground. Are we seeing, once again the signs of a 9/11 style event being prepared for by stealing airliners, probably murdering the …
Category: Afghanistan
Syria and the G20
The world is divided on the response to Syria and the use of chemical weapons there. The Obama administration has done all the right things to launch a punishing response that does not seem an act of aggression, which clearly it is not. But although the moral dimension can be appreciated there are other ways …
The emtremities of war
So now we have a war of assassins. While the West attacks the Taliban leadership with remotely controlled preditory model aircraft attempting to pin-point terrorists they still managed to kill random civilians and innocents. It is brutal but compared to territorial fighting it out, wars of attrition, tank battles or the most extreme forms using …
Iran and the Taleban
Iran warns of a crushing response if US drone aircraft were in Iran's airspace and have shot one down. Recently, NATO made a terrible mistake and attacked Pakistan forces in the border of Afghanistan and Pakistan. It seems logical that the US may need to withdraw from its Afghan adventure, and this could leave Afghanistan …
Myths about Afghanistan
Guardian Article exposes some of the myths about Afghanistan, some of which have crept into Western media as facts.
9/11 tapes
The 9/11 tapes have been published in the NY Times. This is the Air Traffic Contollers interactions with the air hostess, the hijackers and the military, the shoot down order given after the four hijacked planes crashed. It is compelling and a frightening revelation of how people may react to circumstances that are beyond the …
Afghanistan – prospect of failure?
Army chief warns of prospect of failure in Afghanistan.When the chief of the army starts a claim for more pay with dire warnings of losing a war in Afghanistan it takes away some edge from the argument he is making. Losing in Afghanistan is a worse result than underpaid soldiers, certainly.Full article on DT: Predicting …
War in Afghanistan
Watch the 8 part series on vbs.tvHow to Win the War in Afghanistan - in Disturbing Trends - Predicting Future Politics
Jailbreak
Terrorist Jail Break in AfghanistanSuicide bombers and militants coordinate an attack on Khanadar's main prison releasing 1000 Taleban POWs back to the wilds.