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Tue Aug 6, 2013 2:59 pm (PDT) . Posted by:
"Rick Rozoff" rwrozoff
http://www.presstv.
Press TV
August 6, 2013
US ‘playing both sides’ in Afghanistan at the cost of Afghans’ lives
The United States “is playing on both sides” in Afghanistan, subsidizing the Taliban’s insurgency on the one hand and deploying troops in the country to fight the Taliban on the other, says Rick Rozoff, manager of the Stop NATO network.
“The US has played both sides of the street consistently in Afghanistan at the cost of the Afghan people in terms of lives, displacement, terrorizing the civilian population, and so forth,” said Rozoff in a phone interview with Press TV on Monday.
US Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) John Sopko has revealed that since 2008, the US government has granted over $150 million to contractors in Afghanistan who are supporters of the Taliban.
Rozoff said such reports might be “shocking on the surface, I’m sure, to the average American who had encountered that news. If he or she ever has the opportunity of encountering that news, that’s why news agencies and networks like Press TV are so indispensable throughout the world. But, in fact, this should not be so surprising.”
In March, Afghan President Hamid Karzai accused the Taliban and the US of working in concert to convince Afghans that violence will worsen if foreign troops leave as planned by the end of 2014.
Moreover, in June, Karzai suspended talks with Washington on a long-term security agreement in response to the opening of a Taliban office in the Qatari capital, Doha, for planned negotiations between the US and the Afghan militant group.
“We can remember not too long ago, maybe three months ago, the opening of the Taliban mission in the Persian Gulf which flew the Taliban flag as though it were the national flag of Afghanistan. This clearly had been done in conjunction with the US government,” said Rozoff.
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Press TV
August 6, 2013
US ‘playing both sides’ in Afghanistan at the cost of Afghans’ lives
The United States “is playing on both sides” in Afghanistan, subsidizing the Taliban’s insurgency on the one hand and deploying troops in the country to fight the Taliban on the other, says Rick Rozoff, manager of the Stop NATO network.
“The US has played both sides of the street consistently in Afghanistan at the cost of the Afghan people in terms of lives, displacement, terrorizing the civilian population, and so forth,” said Rozoff in a phone interview with Press TV on Monday.
US Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) John Sopko has revealed that since 2008, the US government has granted over $150 million to contractors in Afghanistan who are supporters of the Taliban.
Rozoff said such reports might be “shocking on the surface, I’m sure, to the average American who had encountered that news. If he or she ever has the opportunity of encountering that news, that’s why news agencies and networks like Press TV are so indispensable throughout the world. But, in fact, this should not be so surprising.”
In March, Afghan President Hamid Karzai accused the Taliban and the US of working in concert to convince Afghans that violence will worsen if foreign troops leave as planned by the end of 2014.
Moreover, in June, Karzai suspended talks with Washington on a long-term security agreement in response to the opening of a Taliban office in the Qatari capital, Doha, for planned negotiations between the US and the Afghan militant group.
“We can remember not too long ago, maybe three months ago, the opening of the Taliban mission in the Persian Gulf which flew the Taliban flag as though it were the national flag of Afghanistan. This clearly had been done in conjunction with the US government,” said Rozoff.
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Tue Aug 6, 2013 2:59 pm (PDT) . Posted by:
"Rick Rozoff" rwrozoff
http://www.itar-
Itar-Tass
August 6, 2013
Al-Nusra Front militants massacred 450 Kurds in northern Syria
ROME: Militants from the Al-Nusra Front or Jabhat al-Nusra (Front of Defense for the People of Greater Syria) have butchered 450 Kurds, predominantly women and children, in northern Syria, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday.
Lavrov said that there was growing need to remove terrorist threats.
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http://www.itar-
Itar-Tass
August 6, 2013
Moscow urges Syrian government and opposition to exert efforts to oust terrorists from Syria
ROME: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday that Moscow was calling on the Syrian government and opposition forces to join efforts to oust terrorists from the Syrian territory.
“We paid special attention to the Syrian theme. We agreed that it was necessary to exert efforts to convene an international conference to implement the Geneva Communique,” Lavrov said after a “two plus two” meeting.
“We drew attention to that part of the G-8 leaders’ statement in which they had stressed the need for the Syrian government and opposition to unite efforts to drive out terrorists,” the Russian foreign minister went on to say.
Lavrov said that Syrian militants had massacred 450 Kurdish civilians, including over a hundred children, in northern Syria.
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Itar-Tass
August 6, 2013
Al-Nusra Front militants massacred 450 Kurds in northern Syria
ROME: Militants from the Al-Nusra Front or Jabhat al-Nusra (Front of Defense for the People of Greater Syria) have butchered 450 Kurds, predominantly women and children, in northern Syria, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday.
Lavrov said that there was growing need to remove terrorist threats.
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http://www.itar-
Itar-Tass
August 6, 2013
Moscow urges Syrian government and opposition to exert efforts to oust terrorists from Syria
ROME: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday that Moscow was calling on the Syrian government and opposition forces to join efforts to oust terrorists from the Syrian territory.
“We paid special attention to the Syrian theme. We agreed that it was necessary to exert efforts to convene an international conference to implement the Geneva Communique,” Lavrov said after a “two plus two” meeting.
“We drew attention to that part of the G-8 leaders’ statement in which they had stressed the need for the Syrian government and opposition to unite efforts to drive out terrorists,” the Russian foreign minister went on to say.
Lavrov said that Syrian militants had massacred 450 Kurdish civilians, including over a hundred children, in northern Syria.
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Wed Aug 7, 2013 5:51 am (PDT) . Posted by:
"Rick Rozoff" rwrozoff
http://armenpress.
Armenpress
August 7, 2013
In USA Safar Abiyev discussed NATO base establishment in Nakhchivan
YEREVAN: The seven-day visit of the Minister of Defense of Azerbaijan Safar Abiyev to the United States of America except for the military issues included also political elements. As reported by the Yeni Musavat newspaper, “the sides discussed issues related to the military and technical cooperation between the two countries, security in the Caspian Sea, training of marine military officers, increase of antenna and military navy ships in the Sea, US assistance to the State Border Service and the Ministry of Emergency Situations, transport of American troops withdrawn from Afghanistan, via Azerbaijan, the Iranian issue, as well as the presidential elections to be held on October 9”.
As reported by Armenpress, the newspaper writes that neither the Press Service of the Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan nor the Ministry of Foreign Affairs gave any other details on the visit.
In the interview given to the Yeni Musavat newspaper, Azerbaijani military expert Uzeir Jafarov stated that the most important agreement made during the visit of the Minister of Defense of Azerbaijan Safar Abiyev to the United States of America is the establishment
According to the military expert, Safar Abiy, undoubtedly raised issue of Nagorno Karabakh, of which, unfortunately, no news is expected.
