Friday, April 25, 2003

U.S. SOLDIERS CONTINUE TO DIE IN AFGHANISTAN:
The War That We Already "Won"

The area in eastern Afghanistan has been one of the most active in the country, with frequent rocket attacks on U.S. bases. Taliban remnants are believed to have linked forces with al-Qaida fugitives and followers of Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, a former prime minister who has gone underground and vowed to undermine the government of President Hamid Karzai.

Click here.

Iraq Will Follow Suit

Freshly returned from our latest war of "liberation," British journalist Robert Fisk asserted on Democracy Now! that the same thing will be happening soon in Iraq, but it could be worse:

"And all across Baghdad, you hear the same thing, from Shia Muslim clerics to Sunni businessmen, that the Americans have come only for oil, and that soon - very soon - a guerrilla resistance must start."

For streaming audio of the interview, click here.

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