Britain’s propaganda offensive on behalf of Afghan war

The speech by Foreign Secretary David Miliband at the NATO headquarters in Brussels makes clear that Britain intends to deepen its collaboration with the United States in Afghanistan.

There is growing public concern that Afghanistan is fast becoming a worse and more intractable debacle than Iraq, fueling opposition to the war and demands for an exit strategy. Despite Miliband’s statement that he accepted the public “wanted to know whether and how we can succeed” in Afghanistan, he demonstrated the government’s willingness to defy anti-war sentiment and press ahead with the neo-colonial war.

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American soldier: "I killed innocent people"

This American soldier is speaking out against the brutality and horror of the occupation of Iraq. But we know that the war-crimes being committed daily by USUK forces in Afghanistan are of a similar nature. We need more of these courageous individuals to speak out against the atrocities being committed under the guise of a phoney War on Terror. A war, actually, of terror being committed by the USUK.

Listen to the media silence...

Posted on Medialens on Tuesday 19, 2007

... about the literally millions of refugees from the violence in Iraq. You wouldn't know they exist!

... about the catastrophic state of Iraqi hospitals.

... about the mass death and sickness of Iraqi children.

... about the vast suffering of the Iraqi civilian population under Operation Arrowhead Ripper (see below).

You just wouldn't know any of it was happening...

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