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Stop the drones!’ Pakistanis and Western activists march against US strikes
Dozens
of US and British anti-war protesters have joined a two-day march in
Pakistan against US drone strikes on the country. The unmanned
attacks result in only 2 per cent of top militants’ deaths, but
lead to large number of civilian casualties.
RT,
5
October, 2012
Organized
by politician and former cricket superstar Imran Khan, the rally
started in Islamabad and is to end in the tribal region of South
Waziristan, though it is unknown if the protesters will be able to
complete the march. The unstable Waziristan region requires special
permits to enter, and it is not clear if the procession will be waved
through.
A
group of US and British anti-war activists have already marched
through the Pakistani capital, Islamabad, on Friday in protest
against US drone strikes in the northwest territory.
http://rt.com/news/pakistan-march-us-drones-792/
http://rt.com/news/pakistan-march-us-drones-792/
US
gives nod to 800km-range
S.Korean missiles – reports
The
US is to allow its ally South Korea develop ballistic missiles with
more than double the range it is allowed to deploy today, reports
say. The proliferation-harming move is meant as a reaction to
Pyongyang’s military build-up.
RT,
5
October, 2012
The
future announcement on Sunday by the Korean government will present
the move in response to North Korea’s ballistic missile program,
reports Reuters citing a US State Department notice to lawmakers.
Seoul
has been seeking permission for years to expand the range limit for
its ballistic missiles from the current 300km. The limit was set by a
military alliance pact with the US, which hosts some 28,500 of its
troops in Korea and is obliged to intervene militarily should the
country be attacked.
With
‘Surge’ Over, a Long
War Still Looms in
Afghanistan
Experts
Predict Taliban Victory After 2014 Drawdown
5
October, 2012
The
Afghan surge is over, and while US officials insist that the mission
was accomplished, the Taliban has not only weather the major increase
in foreign ground troops but actually managed to grow by some
estimates, remaining a force to be reckoned with across Afghanistan.
Where
does that leave Afghanistan 11 years into a NATO war of occupation?
Looking down the barrel of an even bloodier civil war, according to
some experts, who say that as NATO reduces its presence the Taliban
may pick up the pace of attacks against the Karzai government.
The
surge was initially presented as part of a NATO plan to eventually
break the Taliban and force them to the negotiating table, where some
sort of settlement would be reached. Now, the US says that they don’t
expect any serious progress in talks with the Taliban for years.
For
more NATO nations, the goal now seems to be to get out while the
getting’s good, but with the US pledging to keep troops in the
country through 2024 they seem to be setting themselves up for a war
in the long haul, and a question of how long they will continue to
throw troops at a battle that the experts see ending with a Taliban
victory
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