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Germany said trying to counter US and NATO pressure to send more troops to Afghanistan

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Germany is trying to counter U.S. and NATO pressure to send more troops to Afghanistan by offering to deploy more police trainers, the Financial Times Deutschland said, citing German government officials it didn’t identify. Germany is leading international efforts to train Afghan police and has as many as 120 trainers in the country, the newspaper reported today. Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government... 

Germany to send 2,000 more troops to Afghanistan

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Germany plans to send up to 2,000 more soldiers to Afghanistan in response to requests from the United States and other NATO partners, a German newspaper reported on Wednesday. Citing NATO and German Defence Ministry sources, the Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung reported that the United States and NATO members had already received signals to this effect. A ministry spokesman declined to confirm the... 

Ahmadinejad new speech to U.N. 2009

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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad addressed the United Nation’s General Assembly. Delegates from the US, Israel and EU stormed out as Iran’s leader was speaking.  Read More »

Afghanistan: Our troops are giving their lives to safeguard a rigged election

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All wars have anthems for doomed youth. Afghanistan is no exception. At a memorial service yesterday, senior officers paid tribute to the eight British soldiers who died in the worst day of attrition since the Falklands. Of the three youngest, William Aldridge had a gift for friendship, Joseph Murphy was a fine artist and James Backhouse, who wanted to be a fitness instructor, could run faster... 

As 3 German soldiers died this week: Rising violence fuels debate on German mission in Afghanistan

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German Defense Minister Jung has insisted that Germany is not fighting a war in Afghanistan, rejecting calls for such an admission after three German soldiers died in the country this week. The parliamentary commissioner for the armed forces, Reinhold Robbe, on Wednesday called on the German government to recognize it was fighting a war in Afghanistan. “It is still being publicly denied that... 

Canada Forced to Remove U.S. & Israel from Torture Watchlist

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Canada’s foreign ministry, responding to pressure from close allies, said on Saturday it would remove the United States and Israel from a watch list of countries where prisoners risk being tortured. Both nations expressed unhappiness after it emerged they had been listed in a document that formed part of a training course manual on torture awareness More..given to Canadian diplomats. Foreign... 

Islamist Terror Cell Used British Charity Money and Dole Payments to Supply Taliban

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Four more Islamist extremists resident in Britain who are “not representative of the community” have been jailed for supplying terrorists fighting in Afghanistan with equipment bought with dole money and donations given to help Pakistani earthquake victims. The jailings follow yesterdays’ anti-British army demonstration by Islamists in Luton, excused by Labour regime apologists as being a “tiny... 

Taliban threatens attacks because of Wilders film

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KABUL – The Taliban has threatened to step up attacks against Dutch soldiers in Afghanistan if Geert Wilders releases his “insulting” anti-Islam film. The PVV MP’s film is an “insult to Islam”, says Zabihullah Mujahid, a spokesperson for the Taliban, in a telephone interview from an undisclosed location. “We in Afghanistan shall step up the attacks against the... 
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