Ze gaan tot het uiterste, en zelfs verder. Het zijn rituelen, en elk echt ritueel vereist een bloedoffer, anders is het slechts theater. En daarvoor beschikt de macht over te weinig verbeeldingskracht. Het bloed moet met volle teugen genoten worden.
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Waarom zien wij geen protesterende Afghaanse burgers?
Jason Ditz, January 12, 2010
Antiwar Forum
In what is just the latest in a growing string of recent allegations of NATO forces killing civilians, local villagers in the Garmsir District, Helmand Province said they came out to protest against a reported raid in a nearby town when a NATO patrol arrived on the scene. The villagers say NATO forces opened fire on the crowd, killing at least 13 civilians and wounding dozens.
NATO officials denied the incident, but issued a perplexing statement that simultaneously insisted the forces didn’t fire a single shot while lauding them for opening fire on a sniper on the scene. The local police confirmed the killings, but speculated that the apparently unarmed protesters might have secretly been Taliban.
“The Taliban were provoking the people,” noted Helmand’s deputy police chief, insisting that protesters had overturned cars and raided a building belonging to an Afghan spy agency. The police insisted that it was actually Afghan forces that were with NATO who initially opened fire and that they were still looking into the identities of the slain.
In the town of Now Zad, also in the Helmand Province, US drones killed 13 other apparently unarmed people when they fired a Hellfire missile at what officials are calling a “crowd of suspects.”
The incident came just hours after US General Richard Mills insisted that the United States has claimed victory in the Helmand Province, and that the Taliban are “defeated.”
anzi
Waarom zien wij geen protesterende Afghaanse burgers?
Jason Ditz, January 12, 2010
Antiwar Forum
In what is just the latest in a growing string of recent allegations of NATO forces killing civilians, local villagers in the Garmsir District, Helmand Province said they came out to protest against a reported raid in a nearby town when a NATO patrol arrived on the scene. The villagers say NATO forces opened fire on the crowd, killing at least 13 civilians and wounding dozens.
NATO officials denied the incident, but issued a perplexing statement that simultaneously insisted the forces didn’t fire a single shot while lauding them for opening fire on a sniper on the scene. The local police confirmed the killings, but speculated that the apparently unarmed protesters might have secretly been Taliban.
“The Taliban were provoking the people,” noted Helmand’s deputy police chief, insisting that protesters had overturned cars and raided a building belonging to an Afghan spy agency. The police insisted that it was actually Afghan forces that were with NATO who initially opened fire and that they were still looking into the identities of the slain.
In the town of Now Zad, also in the Helmand Province, US drones killed 13 other apparently unarmed people when they fired a Hellfire missile at what officials are calling a “crowd of suspects.”
The incident came just hours after US General Richard Mills insisted that the United States has claimed victory in the Helmand Province, and that the Taliban are “defeated.”
anzi
NATO: US Troops Shot Civilian Protesters in Afghanistan’s Garmsir District
Shootings Came at Protest Against Shooting of Civilians the Day Before
by Jason Ditz, January 15, 2010
NATO explained that US Marines went out to direct an anti-NATO protest in Garmsir and when the “civilians in the crowd disregarded instructions,” the troops opened fire on the crowd. US Lt. Col. Todd Breasseale shrugged off the civilian casualties, insisting “things like this happen.”
Ironically the civilians at the Wednesday rally, estimated at between 200 and 400 strong by the NATO forces, were protesting against a Tuesday incident, in which NATO forces opened fire on civilians at a Tuesday protest, killing 13 people and wounding several others.
NATO has denied the Tuesday incident, but confirmed the Wednesday incident. It insists the Tuesday shootings are “under investigation” while the Wednesday shootings involved appropriate escalation against unarmed civilians.
Though both NATO and the United Nations insist the Taliban actually killed somewhat more civilians in 2009 than NATO did, the high profile NATO shootings continue to do considerable damage to the alliance’s reputation.
anzi
Shootings Came at Protest Against Shooting of Civilians the Day Before
by Jason Ditz, January 15, 2010
NATO explained that US Marines went out to direct an anti-NATO protest in Garmsir and when the “civilians in the crowd disregarded instructions,” the troops opened fire on the crowd. US Lt. Col. Todd Breasseale shrugged off the civilian casualties, insisting “things like this happen.”
Ironically the civilians at the Wednesday rally, estimated at between 200 and 400 strong by the NATO forces, were protesting against a Tuesday incident, in which NATO forces opened fire on civilians at a Tuesday protest, killing 13 people and wounding several others.
NATO has denied the Tuesday incident, but confirmed the Wednesday incident. It insists the Tuesday shootings are “under investigation” while the Wednesday shootings involved appropriate escalation against unarmed civilians.
Though both NATO and the United Nations insist the Taliban actually killed somewhat more civilians in 2009 than NATO did, the high profile NATO shootings continue to do considerable damage to the alliance’s reputation.
anzi
Ondertussen meldt de NRC datgene wat de provinciaal het belangrijkst acht:
Val kabinet dreigt over Uruzgan
De PvdA heeft de onderhandelingen over de toekomst van de missie in Uruzgan op scherp gezet. Een kabinetscrisis dreigt.
De PvdA heeft de onderhandelingen over de toekomst van de missie in Uruzgan op scherp gezet. Een kabinetscrisis dreigt.
De NRC beseft niet wat de PVDA-bewindslieden inmiddels wel beseffen: 'Het zijn rituelen, en elk echt ritueel vereist een bloedoffer, anders is het slechts theater. En daarvoor beschikt de macht over te weinig verbeeldingskracht. Het bloed moet met volle teugen genoten worden.' En aangezien de PVDA niet helemaal weggevaagd wil worden bij de nieuwe Kamerverkiezingen moet ze nu toch echt de nooduitgang zoeken. De komende jaren zal elders veel bloed vergoten worden, allemaal natuurlijk in naam van vrijheid en democratie, maar in werkelijkheid natuurlijk om de onverzadigbare goden van een materialistisch geloof te bevredigen. Bloedoffers.
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Ha, Barbara Ehrenreich, nietwaar?
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