Tag: Afghanistan
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Uncle Sam in Afghanistan: Good Help Is Hard to Find
Almost eight years after choosing Hamid Karzai to head the Afghan government, Uncle Sam would like to give him a pink slip. But it’s not easy. And the grim fiasco of Afghanistan’s last election is shadowing the next. Another display of electioneering and voting has been ordered up from Washington. But after a chemical mix…
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Interviews on Afghanistan
Norman Solomon was interviewed on KRCB and on KPFK about his trip to Afghanistan.
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Starting Another Year of War in Afghanistan
October 2009 has begun with The New York Times reporting that “the president, vice president and an array of cabinet secretaries, intelligence chiefs, generals, diplomats and advisers gathered in a windowless basement room of the White House for three hours on Wednesday to chart a new course in Afghanistan.” As this month begins the ninth…
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Norman Solomon on Democracy Now: September 15, 2009
He discusses human realities and politics of the war in Afghanistan. Watch the video on the Democracy Now website, which has a page with the segment and a transcript.
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Norman Solomon on C-SPAN’s Washington Journal: September 13, 2009
He talked about his recent trip to Afghanistan.