Zero Dark Thirty is a work of fictionZero Dark Thirty is a work of fiction
FOR Americans, September 11, 2001, is a date that tends to awake their sense of patriotism. There are few in that country who can regard this day with even a[...]
Category: Afghanistan
It’s a bitter pill to swallow: Al Qaeda has wonIt’s a bitter pill to swallow: Al Qaeda has won
Today marks 11 years since Al Qaeda flew planes into the towers of the World Trade Centre in New York and made the US aware that it was not safe[...]
Afghanistan: lies and damn lies. No statisticsAfghanistan: lies and damn lies. No statistics
THIRTY-TWO Australians have died needlessly in Afghanistan. All of them were young, in their 20s and 30s, and have left young families behind. If there was some point to their[...]
Pakistan feels the blowback from the USPakistan feels the blowback from the US
WHEN Britain engineered the split of the Indian subcontinent back in 1947, there was little indication that the colonial masters would face a big blowback. The old policy of divide[...]
Desperate US gets set to take advantage of AsiaDesperate US gets set to take advantage of Asia
AUSTRALIA is putting itself in a dangerous position by agreeing to be the meat in the sandwich between the US and China. The US, realising that it cannot stand up[...]
Why was the US attacked on September 11, 2001?Why was the US attacked on September 11, 2001?
THIS weekend will mark 10 years since the World Trade Centre was brought down by Islamic fundamentalists in a spectacular attack that changed life in the US. But till today,[...]
Afghanistan withdrawal timed for US electionsAfghanistan withdrawal timed for US elections
NEXT year, Barack Obama will face the task of trying to get re-elected. In normal times, the elimination of Osama bin Laden would have sufficed to see him through. But[...]
Bin Laden’s death: things grow curiouser and curiouserBin Laden’s death: things grow curiouser and curiouser
AS the days go by, the number of questions and lies around the killing of Osama bin Laden by American secret service troops seems to only grow longer. And the[...]
Bin Laden’s death: the old American habit of lying is backBin Laden’s death: the old American habit of lying is back
THE US of A sure knows how to screw up things. For them, the killing of al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden by American forces was an act that would have[...]
Bin Laden’s death: the falloutBin Laden’s death: the fallout
THE death of Osama bin Laden in Pakistan today means that the US President Barack Obama will have absolutely no problem getting re-elected. Bin Laden was killed by American secret[...]