Posts filed under 'Caucasus Central Asia'
NATO employees are frequenting prostitutes in Kabul, effectively building new enterprises of brothels and trafficking. The Sun is covering the patriotic angle of course, claiming that these visitors are by and large civilians. But that seems unlikely. It’s just the tip of the iceberg and men in uniform are as likely as civilians to frequent [...]
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April 8th, 2008
Björn Hallberg
The opium production is surging in Afghanistan — but who is to blame? According to the UN stooges and their US masters, it’s the Taliban’s fault. Fighting a global superpower and at the same time cultivating a record 400,000 acres of opium poppy. Now that is remarkable. Even more so considering that the Taliban went to [...]
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September 5th, 2006
Björn Hallberg
MK Bhadrakumar on the end of the Orange Revolution and would could hopefully also be the beginning of the end of American influence over or at least expansion in the region.
The appointment of Viktor Yanukovich as premier of Ukraine puts the final nail in the coffin of the “Orange Revolution” there and also in Washington’s [...]
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August 10th, 2006
Björn Hallberg
Reno Harnish is most likely linked to the extensive human trafficking scandal that is unfolding. And because Azerbaijan, unlike Kosovo, is of the utmost geopolitical importance, the U.S. actually had to, superficially at least, investigate Harnish and his fellow DynCorp (wiki) slaveholders this time around. Though, for the Washington powermongers, Harnish’s long-term problem may not [...]
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April 22nd, 2006
Björn Hallberg