“I Lost My Eyes” – Omar Khadr Interrogations at Guantanamo Bay

At the time of this interrogation in Guantánamo Bay, February 2003, the boy, Omar Khadr, a Canadian national, was barely 16, yet he had already been in military custody for seven months.
Now 25, he remains in the US detention centre, though he will soon be transferred to a prison in Canada in deal which led him to plead guilty last year to war crimes.  http://www.antiwar.com/blog/2011/10/05/i-lost-my-eyes-omar-khadr-interrogations-at-guantanamo-bay/

Afghan civilians bear brunt of 10-year war

Kabul - For as long as Shamsadullah Khan can remember, Afghanistan has been at war.
'War came to my house a long time ago,' the 40-year-old father of three says. Lately however, the 'meaning of war has been lost in the blur of increasing violence.'
'What are we still fighting for?' Khan asks as American soldiers pass by in a convoy. 'Why are they still here?'   http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/southasia/news/article_1666803.php/Afghan-civilians-bear-brunt-of-10-year-war

New SOCOM boss touts ‘indirect’ action forces

Define success!

By Sean D. Naylor - Staff writer
Posted : Monday Oct 3, 2011 7:08:10 EDT

Special operations forces who specialize in indirect action to stand up local security forces are achieving even more success in Afghanistan than Joint Special Operations Command’s kill-or-capture operations, according to the admiral who commanded JSOC until early summer.http://www.armytimes.com/news/2011/10/army-socom-boss-touts-indirect-action-forces-100211w/

Gen.: U.S. to remain in Afghanistan a "long time"

So much for the opinions of the American people and if we don't like it....well I guess a Hellfire missile through our roof will take care of that!

"Well, the plan is to win. The plan is to be successful. And so, while some folks might hear that we're departing in 2014 as a result of the Lisbon Conference and the process of transition, we're actually going to be here for a long time," Allen said. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/10/03/eveningnews/main20115051.shtml

Poll: Nearly 2 in 3 want troops in Afghanistan decreased

After 10 years of war in Afghanistan, nearly two-thirds of Americans want troop levels in the country to be reduced, a new CBS News poll shows.  http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20115031-503544.html

Less than 50% of U.S. troops believe Afghanistan war is winnable

Their morale is gone as the troops know they have been had!
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2038887/Under-50-U-S-troops-believe-Afghanistan-winnable.html
U.S. troops are losing confidence in the military's long-term chances of success in Afghanistan, a new poll has revealed.
The Military Times survey found less than half of serving soldiers believe the U.S. is 'very likely' or 'somewhat likely' to succeed in Afghanistan.
The number is down from 2007, when more than 75 percent of those polled said the U.S. was 'very likely' or 'somewhat likely' to succeed.

Suicide bomber kills ex-Afghan President Rabbani

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Former Afghan President Burhanuddin Rabbani, who headed a government peace council set up to facilitate contacts with Taliban insurgents, was assassinated Tuesday by a suicide bomber concealing explosives in his turban, officials said. Four of Rabbani's bodyguards also died and a key presidential adviser was wounded.http://news.yahoo.com/suicide-bomber-kills-ex-afghan-president-rabbani-151822757.html

Hard Times Getting Harder

Americans are being hammered economically, politically and socially. Paul Craig Roberts quoted Vladimir Putin calling America "a parasite on the world."

PR manipulators present a virtuous image. Roberts said "Putin understated the burden that America is on the world. How much longer will (it) put up with" our virtuosity?

Death, destruction, and global economic wrecking defines its agenda. Libya at peace became a hellish charnel house. Mainstream Americans suffer greatly in deepening Depression.http://www.uruknet.info/?p=m81560&hd=&size=1&l=e

oint US-Afghan Troops Ambushed by Taliban in Khost,Afghanistan - (March 19th,2011)

A joint US-Afghan patrol is ambushed in Sabari district, Khost province, Afghanistan, on 19 March, 2011.

At some instances in the vid,look closely,you can see the incoming rounds hitting around the patrol vehicles.http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=748_1316401182