(Image via Wikipedia) The top US General in Afghanistan says that the planned burning of Qurans by a Florida church on September 11 could damage the war effort there and put the lives of American troops in danger. Gen. David Petraeus said in an interview that the Taliban would exploit the demonstration for propaganda purposes […]
(Image via Wikipedia) More on the Medical team that was slaughtered by the Taliban. It appears that the assailants used info gleaned from the group’s Facebook page to track them to the Nuristan area. From the NY Post: Intelligence sources told The Sunday Times it appears the Taliban tracked the medical team for days. Other […]
(Image via Wikipedia) A team of Christian medical volunteers including 6 American doctors providing care to poor villagers in remote northeast Afghanistan were lined up, stripped, and shot to death by the Taliban. Later the Taliban bragged about doing this evil deed. Here’s an account from the Christian Science Monitor: The execution-style killings of 10 […]
(Image via Wikipedia) Several thousand Turkish officers are serving as instructors to the Afghan Army and police training leaders as part of a NATO stabilization plan in Afghanistan. Response: A few years ago I would have considered this to be a great idea. The Turkish officers are Muslim but for years have supported a secular […]
*NOW IN PAPERBACK By Brad Thor (New York: Pocket Books-Simon & Shuster, 2009, 516 pages) Brad Thor’s latest ‘Scot Harvath’ action adventure. The book has been out for a while but I am featuring it here because the story is particularly useful in providing a better understanding of what our military is currently facing […]
This is a story that has escaped the American media. Over 20 Christian converts have been arrested in Afghanistan as some Afghan leaders of the National Assembly are calling for their execution. This is in response to a TV expose’ and the aftermath demands of thousand of Afghans. Over 1,000 protestors rioted in the streets […]
(Image by Ravages via Flickr) Now the Taliban is training and using children as suicide bombers? Seems incredible but also terribly true. Here’s what their typical day looks like: A typical day for the mostly Pashtun “fidai” – suicide bombers, who call other jihadis “common mujahids” – begins before dawn in camps numbering no more […]
Image by jmtimages via Flickr President Obama and his administration has declared war against all who disagree with their policies. The opening salvos of this domestic war have been fired against Rush Limbaugh, Fox News, and the US Chamber of Commerce. A number of administration officials have taken their best shots in this war and […]
(Image by Getty Images via Daylife) Maybe it’s just me but I find it rather ironic that President Barack Obama wins the Nobel ‘Peace prize’ during a week in which he is consulting with his generals and staff on strategies for 2 wars—Afghanistan and Iraq? Actually three if you want to say that there is […]
According to the UN nearly 90% of the women in Afghanistan suffer from some kind of domestic abuse and so do many of their children. Apparently one the greatest sins that an Afghan woman can be guilty of is being barren. Also, this is a country that seems to excuse rapists and punish the […]
