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US/NATO death squads killing indiscriminately in AfghanistanPosted: March 18, 2010 Filed under: Illegal Occupation, War Crimes | Tags: Afghanistan, Civilian Casualties, Crimes Against Humanity, NATO, Obama's Wars, US Army 11 Comments
by James Cogan
Published: Mar. 18, 2010 – WSWS
The New York Times reported this week that the overall commander of US and NATO troops in Afghanistan is seeking to impose tighter control over the activities of special forces units, after recent operations led to more civilian deaths. General Stanley McChrystal's concern is not the deaths, however, but the manner in which they are fuelling Afghan hatred for the US-led occupation and their occasional exposure in the international media.
On March 5, McChrystal publicly released a portion of a directive he had issued—reportedly in late January or early February—which had placed conditions on the night raids that occupation troops regularly conduct on Afghan civilian homes.
McChrystal noted in his release: "Despite their effectiveness and operational value, night raids come at a steep cost in terms of the perceptions of the Afghan people. The myths, distortions and propaganda arising out of night raids often have little to do with the reality—few Afghans have been directly affected by night raids, but nearly every Afghan I talk to mentions them as the single greatest irritant. Night raids must be conducted with even greater care, additional constraints, and standardisation throughout Afghanistan."
McChrystal's directive stipulated new conditions, including the involvement of Afghan government forces in the raids; treating people with dignity; and informing victims as to how to get compensation for seized or damaged property. The cosmetic character of the order, along with that of an earlier directive calling for caution before launching air strikes, can be judged by the following incidents since early February:
* The London Times reported on March 13 that American special forces, accompanied by Afghan police, entered a housing compound near Gardez, in Paktia province on February 12. They killed a local police commander named Daoud, his brother and three women, two of whom were pregnant. His 15-year-old son was also shot.
According to an unpublished UN report obtained by the Times, the occupation forces broke in at 3.30 a.m. while Daoud's extended family was celebrating the naming of a baby. The man who noticed them cried "Taliban". Daoud and his son were gunned down as they ran into the courtyard to investigate. His brother, who recognised the assailants as Americans, was shot dead as he yelled in English "don't fire, we work for the government". The three women were killed by either a blast of gunfire that entered the house or, according to witnesses cited in a New York Times article, were gunned down as they attempted to help the men.
The UN report stated that the remaining people in the compound were "assaulted by the US and Afghan forces, restrained and forced to stand barefoot for several hours outside in the cold". Daoud and his 18-year-old niece allegedly died of their wounds due to lack of medical treatment. Eight men were taken away and interrogated for four days before being released.
An initial press release by the US/NATO International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) claimed that the three women had been "tied up, gagged and killed" before the special forces' attack. ISAF later admitted the allegation was false and also that Daoud was not Taliban.
* On February 21, special forces in Uruzgan province called in a helicopter gunship strike on three trucks they were monitoring, killing 27 people. The occupants were all unarmed and all civilians. An anonymous NATO official told the New York Times: "What I saw on that video would not have led me to pull the trigger. It was one of the worst things I've seen in a while." The nationality of the troops has not identified but the Australian Special Air Service (SAS) is the most active special forces unit in Uruzgan province. It has been blamed for a number of atrocities against civilians.
* According to the London Times, American and Afghan troops in February raided the home of Rahmatullah Sediqi, a 61-year-old shopkeeper in Ghazni province who had provided shelter to Taliban fighters the night before, reportedly under threat. The Taliban were gone. The occupation forces shot dead his wife and son.
* This month, a helicopter gunship fired a missile into the guest room of a housing compound in Karakhil village in Wardak province, killing three alleged Taliban insurgents. Locals claim that a landing party of occupation troops then entered the home and shot dead its owner, 32-year-old engineer Hamidullah, his wife and his son. Another child was seriously wounded.
The publicity given to McChrystal's directive by the New York Times has all the hallmarks of a public relations exercise, intended to give the appearance that he is "reining in" special forces' operations to protect civilian lives.
In reality, the entire military strategy of the US occupation force in Afghanistan, drawn up by commanders McChrystal and General David Petraeus, is predicated on the use of what can only be described as death squads to terrorise the Afghan people into submission. Civilians who die in the process are regarded by the Obama White House and the Pentagon as "collateral damage".
In Iraq, McChrystal served under Petraeus as the head of the Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) during the so-called "surge" from 2007 to 2008. The surge had two key aspects. Firstly, a concerted effort to bribe a substantial section of the anti-occupation resistance to cease fighting, and secondly, the wholesale use of JSOC-directed units to assassinate or capture insurgents who would not lay down their arms. The Iraqi government estimated that in the first months of 2008 alone, over 3,000 members of the anti-occupation Shiite Mahdi Army militia were killed, mainly by covert operations.
McChrystal was selected by Petraeus—and endorsed by Obama—to head US/NATO forces in Afghanistan because of the so-called success of the operations in Iraq. Under his command, Afghanistan and northwest Pakistan have become free fire kill zones. Jet fighters, gunships and unmanned Predator drones stalk the sky while gangs of heavily-armed and highly-trained special forces scour the ground, seeking to kill or detain anyone perceived to be organising armed resistance. In case after case, the people they slaughter are defenceless men, women and children.
As was revealed this week, a sinister, off-the-books private mercenary operation to help identify increasing numbers of targets for assassination also existed until it was shut down following CIA complaints (see: "US military created private spy and murder squad in Afghanistan").
Last year, 586 civilian deaths in Afghanistan were officially blamed on the actions of the occupation forces. According to the New York Times, Afghan and UN officials believe special forces units were responsible for the majority. The newspaper noted that the UN human rights office report stated last year: "These forces often operate with little or no accountability and exacerbate the anger and resentment felt by communities."
There is no official body count of how many alleged "Taliban" or insurgents were killed. Their deaths also intensify local hostility toward a murderous foreign occupation force.
Source: http://www.wsws.org/articles/2010/mar2010/afgh-m18.shtml
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I certainly don't need the NY Times, or and of the other traitor crap worthless newspapers which i wouldn't even use to wipe my ass, even in a FEMA camp. All i need to know is how it went down, and has been going down in Iraq, to figure out how our so called forces of Western righteousness saving the world from itself , by killing off everything that moves, handle the natives. It is despicable, it is beyond terror. It is genocide plain and simple. It is war crimes against poverty stricken, sickly, vunerable, people who, at this point must wonder if perhaps death would be better than what they are enduring now from US and NATO forces. Just wait, there may come a time when the Chinese are doing night raids on us.
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Its IMPOSIBLE in this CENTURY, YOU CANT DO IT, God help you. Its not so easy, ( easy come easy go, dont worry be happy ). you cant THINK IT.Its sham for us.Its a historical mistake, why we start this war,? We must try to stop this dirty war in this MODRAN AGE..Its our fault to strat this bloody war, daily Thousand's army, people are Killing.in this war . This Holly war will be going to next Century, ( never ended war.).The American Foreign Policy are TOTALLY FAILED, because of this interfair of non governament jewish ..Actually, on the other hands, Jewish involed very badly in American's Politics, The Five million jewish are control all American's Governament, from Abraham Lincon, to Bush, Bush father & you Mr,Obama, TILL NEXT CENTURY. ( 2220 ), ie, 110 years more. At that time the us papulation will be 525 million's & Jewish are at that time will be 9 million's, or som more. The ECONOMIC WORLD WAR CIRSIS is also COMMING due to JEWISH LOBBY in the WORLD. They must be punished & stop their activeti. . If we failed to stop them, then whole world will be going to hanger & poornees , we must think about our comming children's. Thank you very mutch, Mr.Pr….e essay Cancerous Pakistan's Ambidextrous puppet Taliban & Jihadist Policies: Threat to the subcontinent on June 25, 2010 in the context of Indo-Afghan-Iran subcontinent. More was revealed by David Coleman Headley to the USA authorities and the Indian National Investigation Agency about the roles of the ISI and elements of Pakistan army, in fact, the state of Pakistan, in planning the attack on Mumbai. P. Chidambaram had physically carried the messages to Pakistan and G. K. Pillai, Chidambaram's Secretary merely repeated what his minister had conveyed personally to his counterpart in Pakistan. Now, the revelations made by WikiLeaks in over 90,000 documents covering the periods of General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani as former ISI chief and the present ISI chief Lt. Gen. Ahmed Shuja Pasha have confirmed (in about 30,000) documents) about ISI linkages with the Taliban and its active involvement in targeting and eliminating Americans and Indians.Truth does not suit Pakistan. Pakistan risked sabotaging the bilateral talks when the role of the ISI was pointed out by the Indian Home Secretary. Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi brushed aside all diplomatic niceties and insulted the Indian Foreign Minister by raising the ISI issue. There is nothing new in it. Z. A. Bhutto, as the Foreign Minister of Pakistan had yelled against his Indian counterpart and his daughter had also shouted against the Indian foreign minister.The WikiLeaks documents are damaging. Americans fighting the war in Afghanistan have long harboured strong suspicions that the ISI has guided the Afghan insurgency with a hidden hand, even as Pakistan receives more than $1 billion a year from Washington for its help combating the militants, according to a trove of secret military field reports made public on Sunday.The documents, made available by an organization called WikiLeaks, suggest that Pakistan, an ostensible ally of the United States, allows representatives of its spy service to meet directly with the Taliban in secret strategy sessions to organize networks of militant groups that fight against American soldiers in Afghanistan, and even hatch plots to assassinate Afghan leaders. Taken together, the reports indicate that American soldiers on the ground are inundated with accounts of a network of Pakistani assets and collaborators that runs from the Pakistani tribal belt along the Afghan border, through southern Afghanistan, and all the way to the capital, Kabul.While current and former American officials could not corroborate individual reports, they said that the portrait of the spy agency's collaboration with the Afghan insurgency was broadly consistent with other classified intelligence.Some of the reports describe Pakistani intelligence working alongside al-Qaida to plan attacks. Experts cautioned that although Pakistan's militant groups and al-Qaida work together, it may be difficult to prove such connection. Hillary Clinton recently said that some junior ISI officers are aware of location of the al Qaeda leaders.The records also contain first hand accounts of American anger at Pakistan's unwillingness to confront insurgents who launched attacks near Pakistani border posts, moved openly by the truckload across the frontier, and retreated to Pakistani territory for safety.The behind-the-scenes frustrations of soldiers on the ground and glimpses of what appear to be Pakistani skullduggery contrast sharply with the frequently rosy public pronouncements of Pakistan as an ally by American officials, looking to sustain a drone campaign over parts of Pakistani territory to strike at Qaida havens. Administration officials also want to keep nuclear-armed Pakistan on their side to safeguard NATO supplies flowing on routes that cross Pakistan to Afghanistan.The reports suggest, however, that the Pakistani military has acted as both ally and enemy, as its spy agency runs what American officials have long suspected is a double game — appeasing certain American demands for cooperation while angling to exert influence in Afghanistan through many of the same insurgent networks that the Americans are fighting to eliminate.Behind the scenes, both Bush and Obama administration officials as well as top American commanders have confronted top Pakistani military officers with accusations of ISI complicity in attacks in Afghanistan, and even presented top Pakistani officials with lists of ISI and military operatives believed to be working with militants.Several Congressional officials said that despite repeated requests over the years for information about Pakistani support for militant groups, they usually receive vague and inconclusive briefings from the Pentagon and CIA. Nonetheless, senior lawmakers say they have no doubt that Pakistan is aiding insurgent groups. "The burden of proof is on the government of Pakistan and the ISI to show they don't have ongoing contacts," said Senator Jack Reed, a Rhode Island Democrat on the Armed Services Committee who visited Pakistan this month and said he and Senator Carl Levin of Michigan, the committee chairman, confronted Pakistan's prime minister, Yousaf Raza Gilani, yet again over the allegations.Such accusations are usually met with angry denials, particularly by the Pakistani military, which insists that the ISI severed its remaining ties to the Talibans years ago. An ISI spokesman in Islamabad said that the agency would have no comment until it saw the documents. Pakistan's ambassador to the United States, Husain Haqqani, said, "The documents circulated by WikiLeaks do not reflect the current on-ground realities."The man, the United States has depended on for cooperation in fighting the militants and who holds most power in Pakistan, the head of the army, Gen Parvez Ashfaq Kayani, ran the ISI from 2004 to 2007, a period from which many of the reports are drawn. How can Kayani be absolved of the accusations? American officials have described Pakistan's spy service as a rigidly hierarchical organization that has little tolerance for "rogue" activity. But Pakistani military officials give the spy service's "S Wing", which runs external operations against the Afghan government and India, broad autonomy, a buffer that allows top military officials deniability..American officials have rarely uncovered definitive evidence of direct ISI involvement in a major attack. But in July 2008, the CIA's deputy director, Stephen R Kappes, confronted Pakistani officials with evidence that the ISI helped plan the deadly suicide bombing of India's embassy in Kabul. From the current trove, one report shows that Polish intelligence warned of a complex attack against the Indian Embassy a week before that bombing, though the attackers and their methods differed. The ISI was not named in the report warning of the attack. Another, dated August 2008, identifies a colonel in the ISI plotting with a Taliban official to assassinate President Hamid Karzai. The report says there was no information about how or when this would be carried out. The account could not be verified.Lt Gen Hamid Gul ran the ISI from 1987 to 1989, a time when Pakistani spies and the CIA joined forces to run guns and money to Afghan militias who were battling Soviet troops in Afghanistan. After the fighting stopped, he maintained his contacts with the former Mujahedeen, who would eventually transform themselves into the Taliban. And more than two decades later, it appears that General Gul is still at work. The documents indicate that he has worked tirelessly to reactivate his old networks, employing familiar allies like Jaluluddin Haqqani and Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, whose networks of thousands of fighters are responsible for waves of violence in Afghanistan.For example, one intelligence report describes him meeting with a group of militants in Wana, the capital of South Waziristan, in January 2009. There, he met with three senior Afghan insurgent commanders and three "older" Arab men, presumably representatives of al-Qaida, who the report suggests were important "because they had a large security contingent with them."The gathering was designed to hatch a plan to avenge the death of "Zamarai," the nom de guerre of Osama al-Kini, who had been killed days earlier by a CIA drone attack. Mr Kini had directed Qaida operations in Pakistan and had spearheaded some of the group's most devastating attacks.The plot hatched in Wana that day, according to the report, involved driving a dark blue Mazda truck rigged with explosives from South Waziristan to Afghanistan's Paktika Province, a route well known to be used by the insurgents to move weapons, suicide bombers and fighters from Pakistan.In a show of strength, the Taliban leaders approved a plan to send 50 Arab and 50 Waziri fighters to Ghazni Province in Afghanistan, the report said.General Gul urged the Taliban commanders to focus their operations inside Afghanistan in exchange for Pakistan turning "a blind eye" to their presence in Pakistan's tribal areas. It was unclear whether the attack was ever executed.The United States has pushed the United Nations to put General Gul on a list of international terrorists, and top American officials said they believed he was an important link between active-duty Pakistani officers and militant groups.Senior Pakistani officials consistently deny that General Gul still works at the ISI's behest, though several years ago, after mounting American complaints, Pakistan's president at the time, Pervez Musharraf, was forced publicly to acknowledge the possibility that former ISI officials were assisting the Afghan insurgency. Despite his denials, General Gul keeps close ties to his former employers.The reports also chronicle efforts by ISI officers to run the networks of suicide bombers that emerged as a sudden, terrible force in Afghanistan in 2006. The detailed reports indicate that American officials had a relatively clear understanding of how the suicide networks presumably functioned, even if some of the threats did not materialize. It is impossible to know why the attacks never came off — either they were thwarted, the attackers shifted targets, or the reports were deliberately planted as Taliban disinformation.one report, from Dec 18, 2006, describes a cyclical process to develop the suicide bombers. First, the suicide attacker is recruited and trained in Pakistan." The Target Killings, and Suicide Bombings are going to Hell ." Then, reconnaissance and operational planning gets underway, including scouting to find a place for "hosting" the suicide bomber near the target before carrying out the attack. The network, it says, receives help from the Afghan police and the Ministry of Interior.Several of the reports describe current and former ISI operatives, including General Gul, visiting madrasas near the city of Peshawar, a gateway to the tribal areas, to recruit new fodder for suicide bombings.One report, labeled a "real threat warning" because of its detail and the reliability of its source, described how commanders of Mr. Hekmatyar's insurgent group, Hezb-i-Islami, ordered the delivery of a suicide bomber from the Hashimiye madrasa, run by Afghans.The boy was to be used in an attack on American or NATO vehicles in Kabul during the Muslim Festival of Sacrifices that opened Dec. 31, 2006. According to the report, the boy was taken to the Afghan city of Jalalabad to buy a car for the bombing, and was later brought to Kabul. It was unclear whether the attack took place.The documents indicate that these types of activities continued throughout last year. From July to October 2009, nine threat reports detailed movements by suicide bombers from Pakistan into populated areas of Afghanistan, including Kandahar, Kunduz , Kabul., and Quetta.Some of the bombers were sent to disrupt Afghanistan's presidential elections, held last August. In other instances, American intelligence learned that the Haqqani, network sent bombers at the ISI's behest to strike Indian officials, development workers and engineers in Afghanistan. Other plots were aimed at the Afghan government…But the reports also charge that the ISI directly helped organize Taliban offensives at key junctures of the war. On June 19, 2006, ISI operatives allegedly met with the Taliban leaders in Quetta, the city in southern Pakistan where American and other Western officials have long believed top Taliban leaders have been given refuge by the Pakistani authorities. At the meeting, according to the report, they pressed the Taliban to mount attacks on Maruf, a district of Kandahar that lies along the Pakistani borderHI, American's, Canadian's, Britisher's, Israeli's, & Nato . [ We have faught you a thousand years. We will never give up and will fight you for another thousand years! .] MOJAHID…ONE day Last American Army & other's Army, Shall Leave Afghanistan, Pakistan, & Iraq. The USA, UK, & NATO are totally failed in their objectives in Afghanistan. They need two million army in Afghanistan to control them. Its not puppet Taliban & Al-qaeda, its Afghani's & Afghanistan case, who can fight thousand years easly. Its better for them to leave Afghanistan, and go to Balochistan for American army. The Quetta & Balochistan is fighting place for Indian, American's, Al-Qaeida,Ussr,& Pakistan Army in comming day's.The Quetta is becoming fighting city in the World, as Kabul, Kandahar, Baghdad, Beriut, Bosni, etc. Now a days Quetta is CIA Headquater, for Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Iran, Iraq, Central Asia, China, Ussr, and so many other Countries The Balochistan is Last fighting place in the World, for these Big Powers. The American are foolish nation, they have no MIND, they are Mad. They are Sadeast Countries of the World. What can they get from Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, & Pakistan. ? The Afghanista is GRAVEYARD's for American's Nato,( Ali BaBa & Forty Theive's ) Birtisher's, Canadian Army,& German Army etc. The World Zionist, World Anarchist, World Jewish Cngrees, Mossad, Fbi, Cia, Pentagone, Mi5, Mi6, Raw, Freemassion, & so many other Agencies are Failed very Badly in Afghanistan,Iraq,Pelistean, Labnan, & all over the World. They never sucssec by this Playing dirty Game. The WAR is out of countrool for them. They are Trap Badly in this WAR. They want controol whole World, But they cant controol" 1″ ONE PERCENT OF THE WORLD, They are " Out OF Date." Like USSR in 90's . The Daloor Game's is over, Dallor is " DEMONETIES "in the World. The Seven Flet or Six Flet are also uselees. You cant Throw ATOMIC BOMB on Kabul, Islamabad, Tehran, Baghdad, Macca, Yemen,or other Countries.YES you can use it on Mascow, Dehly, or Bejung, only. …..SinSince 2001, RAND Corporation political sciens has been observing the reinvigorated insurgency in Afghanistan and weighing the potency of its threat to the country's future and American interests in the region. There is no American interests in the region now a day's. The roots of the re-emergence in the expected areas: the deterioration of security after the ousting of the Puppet Al-Qaeda and Taliban regime in 2002, the U.S.'s focus on Iraq as its foreign policy priority and Pakistan's role as a haven for insurgents. The revisits Afghan history, specifically the invasions by the British in the mid- and late-19th century and the Russians in the late-20th to rue how little the U.S. has learned from these two previous wars. The sheds light on why Pakistan—a consistent supporter of the Taliban—continues to be a key player in the region's future. It's makes important arguments for the inclusion of local leaders, particularly in rural regions, but his diligent panorama of the situation fails to consider whether the war in Afghanistan is already lostce 2001, RAND Corporation political sciens has been observing the reinvigorated insurgency in Afghanistan and weighing the potency of its threat to the country's future and American interests in the region.There is no American interests in the region now a day's, after 2001 American policy in Afghanistan , its better than ever…The American's are bigger terrorist then Pakistani Taliban, terrorism, and the United States, this is the place to start, ether the war in Afghanistan is already lost. A deeply researched, clearly written, and well-analyzed account of the failures of American policies in Afghanistan,In the Graveyard of Empires lays out a plan to avoid a potential quagmire. This is the time, we will be mandatory reading for policymakers from Washington to Kabul but it will also help to inform Americans who want to understand what is likely to be the greatest foreign policy challenge of the Obama administrationthe answer to the million-dollar question….until nobody actually sought an empirical answer. Nobody crunched the numbers. A useful and generally lively account of what can go wrong when outsiders venture onto the Afghan landscape. Those ventures have generally not turned out well…This is ominous…..The war goes on until 2025.I'm no Islam scholar and no military strategist. I'm pretty good at divining common sense and practicality as opposed to jingoism and unrealistic goals.So that's why I'd say nine years this October is much too long to wage war in Afghanistan, and 1,400 American's and more then 500 from Nato & other countries deaths there are unacceptable.I'd go home and let all the bad guys sort it out among themselves. I'd tell the Afghans it's their country and their society. Just don't harbor any people who will strike at America or we'll be back to scour your earth from the skies, with most of the world's blessings.I'm not buying that we're there to make sure children can go to school and women aren't abused. Those are nice goals, but not realistic in that country and culture.We can suggest American ideals, but we can't export them.The largest tribal group there is the Pashtun, and that's also the main source of the radical Taliban, who feel we are imposing Christian principles on an Islamic population that cannot educate girls, equalize women and be religiously tolerant and still be Islamic.Additionally, we've supported a very corrupt government, warlords and an abusive military establishment. People are arrested right and left and imprisoned or disappear.Things are not going well, and I've not read anything by any expert that says we're making headway, that the Taliban are disbanding or that anyone without a government contract loves President Hamid Karzai and his people.Targeting and killing Taliban commanders & other Afghani's isn't making us popular.Not all Afghans love the puppet Taliban, & Al-Qaeda, but they don't like to see Westerners with their weapon technology killing off their folks.We Americans are constantly told: "Don't compare this war with the one we lost in Vietnam." I do and I can't help it. The more Viet Cong we killed the more villagers said, "Hey, those people are us." Vietnamese who had government contracts liked us, but to the average citizen we were just another in a long line of occupiers that had to be pushed out. And we were cannot see an end strategy in Afghanistan. It's really open-ended. Our president has said we may have to be there a while. We were in Vietnam a good 15 years.I know it hurts some of you to think of pulling out. Makes us look militarily weak. I guess, in some of these smaller cultural wars, we are. Our drones and bombs don't seem to mean much or even intimidate much.So how much treasure and blood will you tolerate just to say "America doesn't back down"? …The Pakistan is a one of free countries in the World, somany people came for living from Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Africa, India, Central Asian countries, Arab countries, Usa, Uk, Israel, ( 7000 Jewish Company are Working in Pakistan, from five dicats, since 1950's ) Pelistean, from uk, usa, ussr, china, europ & so many other countrie's, its a good countries for all .But now a days AMERICAN dirty game is destuerbing Pakistan Badly.Her dooler's play dirty game in Pakistan. In 70's he devided Pakistan in two parts, East Pakistan, ( Bangladiesh ) & west Pakistan. Just now he want's Pakistan in so many pecies, as example, Greater Balochistan,Sindo Deish, Pakhtonistan, Mohajirestan, Greater Kashmir, incoulding Kaffristan, Hunza, Gelgit, Iskardu. Chatral Sawat, velly, Wakhan, sungkiyang, Sri nagar, its Nooristan STATE, For " Karim Aga Khan STATE." ( This state is 186000 k.m. area ). for this long combind project working group are Cia, Mossad, Mi5, Mi6, Fbi, World Zionist, Israel, World Jewish Congrees, World Anarchist, & Afghan Genral Roostam are working with each other's….The India & Pakistan are brother's. Late Muhammad Ali Jinnah & Gandhi was brother. Muslim & Hindu are brother's. Hindu & Muslim are not Terrorists. Like India,Iran, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, Syria.The American's & Communist Governments, Spies, and Military China, North Korea, Vietnamhe that promote leftist sabotage of national interests within the CIA and US Army that work to give American's terrorists the same, or more civil rights than American taxpayers.that through a program of subversion in lawfare have effectively destroyed American intelligence agencies' ability to obtain HUMINT from the interrogation of terrorists prisoners.Incompetent, Pro-Muslim Departments and Agencies that have subverted the FBI and other American law enforcement agencies by instituting politically "correct" pro-terrorist agency brainwashing programs, paid for by taxpayer dollars.Major Media Conglomerates that produce and disseminate leftist propaganda through repetitious themes presented on television, in movies, and in other media. This propaganda, based on lies, deceives, dis-informs, intimidates, and otherwise coerces the American public towards accepting control by political "correctness". This control, the enemy of free speech, allows onlyone side of any argument to be presented…..The" KANDAHAR " Battle is tough for American's, & Nato army.May be KANDAHARI's are " FUCK " The American's & Nato Armies, because in 90's they fucked The Ussr Army.The planned offensive would be carried out primarily by Arabs and Pakistanis, the report said, and a Taliban commander, "Akhtar Mansoor," warned that the men should be prepared for heavy losses. "The foreigners agreed to this operation and have assembled 20 4×4 trucks to carry the fighters into areas in question," it said.While the specifics about the foreign fighters and the ISI are difficult to verify, the Taliban did indeed mount an offensive to seize control in Maruf in 2006. Afghan government officials and Taliban fighters have widely acknowledged that the offensive was led by the Taliban commander Mullah Akhtar Muhammad Mansour, who was then the Taliban shadow governor of Kandahar.The flood of reports of Pakistani complicity in the insurgency has at times led to barely disguised tensions between American and Pakistani officers on the ground. Meetings at border outposts set up to develop common strategies to seal the frontier and disrupt Taliban movements reveal deep distrust among the Americans of their Pakistani counterparts. Nothing happened, wrote Col Barry Shapiro, an American military liaison officer with experience in both Afghanistan and Pakistan, after an Oct. 13, 2006, meeting. "Despite the number of reports and information detailing the concerns," Colonel Shapiro wrote, "we continue to see no change in the cross-border activity and continue to see little to no initiative along the PAK border" by Pakistan troops. The Pakistani Army "will only react when asked to do so by US forces," he concluded. Some materials about contents of the WikiLeaks documents have been borrowed from the article 'Pakistan aids insurgency in Afghanistan, reports assert' by Mark Mazzetti, Jane Perlez, Eric Schmitt and Andrew W Lehren, New York Times, Jul 26, 2010.The WikiLeaks papers had not fallen on the Americans like the Pentagon paper leaks of 1971 that unbarred the ugly war of America in Vietnam and the lies the White House was telling to the Americans. But it has again proved to the American people that their country is involved in an infructuous war and their money is going down the drain to the pockets of the generals in Pakistan and the Talibans. As Frank Rich says in his article in New York Times (Kiss the War Goodbye Aug 2, 2010), "Obama was right to say that the leaked documents "don't reveal any issues that haven't already informed our public debate in Afghanistan," but that doesn't mean the debate was resolved in favor of his policy. Americans know that our counterinsurgency partner, Hamid Karzai, is untrustworthy. They know that the terrorists out to attack us are more likely to be found in Pakistan, Yemen and Somalia than Afghanistan. And they are starting to focus on the morbid reality, highlighted in the logs, of the de facto money-laundering scheme that siphons American taxpayers' money through the Pakistan government to the Taliban, who then disperse it to kill Americans."Pakistan has officially protested against the documents and certain elements have even organized protests against British Prime Minister David Cameron's statement about Pakistan's diabolical involvement against Indian security. The suave Pakistani ambassador in Washington Mr. Haqqani has tried his best to water down the leakage by saying that most of the documents are old, not verifiable and their sources are doubtful. Obama administration has just started soul searching about the source of the leakage and there appears to be hardly any coordination between the White House, the Congress/Senate, Pentagon, the NSA and the CIA. Hillary Rodham Clinton, in her latest visit gifted 500 million dollars to Pakistan as additional incentive. It appears that the Secretary of State, the President, the Pentagon and the CIA are working at cross-purposes. Both Pakistan and the USA are preparing for the next strategic discussions by the fourth quarter of this year. Yet there is no indication in Washington, in the light of WikiLeaks documents, what the USA intends to do with its Pakistan policy vis a vis its war in Afghanistan. Will it allow Pakistan army and the ISI to play the Haqqani, Omar and Hekmatyar groups against American and NATO forces; help the Talibans to blow up NATO supply convoys, plant roadside bombs and target kill American soldiers? Or Will the different power centre's of the USA unite (Pentagon especially) and give loud messages to Pakistan that its commitment to war against the Taliban should be total and the ISI should no more be used to play double roles there and sabotage peace in the subcontinent. In case the USA wants steady strategic relationship with India it should bring on agenda of its discussion with Pakistan the issue of Mumbai attack and ISI role in fomenting unrest in Kashmir.Many American observers feel that Obama administration is walking on thin ropes of diplomatic jugglery, and may be compelled to adopt a fresh outlook towards Pakistan. What are the options before Barack Obama administration? On Iraq war issue President Bush had burnt his fingers and by waging war on Afghanistan (forcing Pakistan to be an ally) he had committed another blunder. Obama is forced to carry the ghost of Bush history to the logical conclusion. Two irrelevant wars have damaged US economy and there is no sign of early recovery. Obama's dream of a new America appears to be far beyond the horizon. His popularity remains only at 40% and his chance of getting a second term does not appear to be bright. The Pakistani Establishment (the Army and the ISI) understands that the USA might walk out of Afghanistan in another two to three wars. Within these three years General Kayani (his extension period) should be able to consolidate Pakistan's presence in Afghanistan through direct and indirect ISI involvement with the Taliban groups and create a solid space for it. The vacuum created by exit of the USA would be filled in by Pakistan and India, the biggest regional power, would have no role to play in Pakistan. The Taliban would again be used by Pakistan to accentuate Pakistan's proxy war in Kashmir.In the meantime, Pakistan has started playing a new game in Indian Kashmir. With a view to deflect global attention from Pakistani links with Taliban and ISI roles in Afghanistan, to divert attention from the charges made by David Cameron and other internal tensions between the elected government and the army the ISI has started funding certain separatist elements in J&K to whip up sustained unrest. Pakistan intends to point out to Washington, London, and other European capitals that India should be hauled up for human rights violation and the US should mediate on Kashmir issue as a precondition to Pakistan disengaging from supporting the Taliban. General Kayani and ISI chief Pasha are single mindedly pursuing this aspect and international observers believe that President Zardari may play this card during his ensuing visit to Europe.There are certain moves to talk to 'good Talibans.' Pakistan wants Karzai to talk to Hekmatyar and Haqqani group of Talibans, ( Cia Agents. ) whereas Karzai is not willing to do that. puppet Obama ( He is under Jewish Lobby. ) administration has accepted the principle of talks but not at the cost of giving up the war. Karzai is depending on his brothers and relatives for conducting the talks and refusing to make it broad based. The Hazara, Tajik and Uzbek Afghans are not willing to talk with the Pushtuns. The USA is also not willing to talk only to Pushtun leadership. Therefore, Pakistan's and Karzai's initiative to start talking to Talibans are not progressing in any positive directions, though all quarters agree that reconciliation is the best way out. Obama and some of his advisors see an opportunity to get out of Afghanistan if some sort of negotiated settlement is possible. But inside his own Democratic party there are many opponents. Some elements in the Pentagon, in talks between general to general favour the idea of talk, but they are not aware of the tribal intricacies in Afghanistan and Pakistan latent strategic interest in the country.Inside USA there are lobbies which are opposed to talks with ISI controlled Taliban groups. At a congressional hearing on July 27, David Kilcullen, a former counterinsurgency advisor, former secretary of state Condoleezza Rice, and Gen David H. Petraeus, who has shifted from helming the war in Iraq to the one in Afghanistan, said the Haqqani Network is acting at the behest of its Pakistani puppet masters. Ruling out US or Afghan negotiations with the Haqqani Network, Kilcullen said, "If you negotiate with the organ grinder's monkey, you may as well negotiate with the organ grinder himself." He explained that there was "considerable collusion" between the Haqqani Network and "elements within some parts of the security establishment in Pakistan".Pakistani officials deny the link still exists. In a statement, Husain Haqqani, Pakistan's ambassador in Washington, said the documents on WikiLeaks "do not reflect the current onground realities". But not everyone is buying that.What are the options? Militarily, a situation may not soon arise for the USA to run away from Afghanistan, though 58% of people expect the President to pull out by mid 2011. However, home realities may force Obama or his successor to disengage from Afghanistan after arranging some kind of international recognition of Afghanistan's "neutral status" respected by the major powers and all regional powers like India, Iran, and Pakistan etc.Let's have a look at the map of Afghanistan. The whole of Afghanistan is not controlled by Karzai government or the US/NATO forces. Iran has a big say in the provinces of Nimroz, Farah, Heart and part of Balochistan; Pakistan controls Helmand, Kandahar, Qalat. Paktia, Khost, Ghazni, Gandez, Jalalabad, Asadabad etc provinces through Talibans of Mullah Omar, Hekmatyar and Haqqani groups ( Cia Failed agents ). In Northern areas non-Pushtuns have their own militia and are generally aligned to the western forces. The Tajik, Uzbek and Turkmenistani elements have more or less good relationship with the USA and the Russians. China has a common border only with the Afghan province of Faizabad. But China's presence in Pakistan is rather significant and China is an important member of Sanghai Cooperation Organisation, in which Central Asian Republics, Russia and China are permanent members. Amongst other nations India, Pakistan and Iran enjoy observer status and Afghanistan has the status of a guest. There cannot be any international solution of the Afghan problem without Chinese involvement and agreement. Pakistan knows that it has the tacit support of China behind its ambidextrous policies in Afghanistan and Jammu & Kashmir. In most of such security related matters China and Pakistan work in tandem.There cannot be any solution without Iranian help as well. Iran is the only Shia nation in the world which has reckonable military power. The USA tried to use Sunni leader Saddam Hussain against Iran. Later they themselves destroyed him. Conflict between Iran and the west is not new. It started over the oil issue and now it has expanded to the contentious issue of nuclear capability of Iran. The USA is in the historic habit of looking at Iran through the Sunni Wahhabi prism of Saudi Arabia, Egypt, moderate Jordan and other allies in the Middle East. The western powers have not gone back into the history of culturally rich Persia which now desperately wants to attain geostrategic status in the Middle East. Western dalliance with Sunni powers has produced wars after wars. Should they not have a second strategic and geopolitical look at Iran?In case the USA cannot tame the Pakistan army and neutralize the ISI, as proved by WikiLeaks documents, how long it would allow itself to be blackmailed by a country which is nuclear empowered and which has the tarnished record of nuclear proliferation? Can the entire American people agree to pay the Pakistani generals for all the time to come in the name of fighting terrorism, while the same army diverts the fund to kill the American soldiers? A vibrant democracy like America shall not allow its President, the Pentagon, the NSA and the CIA to fund Pakistan with American blood-money for getting their own children killed. The bluff has already been called. It is matter of time when Washington should think of alternatives to an unfaithful bed partner.Americans are open to radical thinking. What's wrong if a Shia power develops nuclear research capability in collaboration with the USA and Russia? What if such an agreement is reached? In that case can Iran be used to secure the flanks of Afghanistan in a multination guarantee? Perhaps such an agreement with Iran can be a viable step to ensuring a "neutral" Afghanistan and preventing Pakistan from unduly fiddling with its internal and external affairs. There are recent indications that both Moscow and Washington are gradually looking at the feasibility of this option. Friendly Iran, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan should be better assurance to "neutral" Afghanistan than the wolf- at-the-door, Pakistan.Is a "neutral" Afghanistan possible? Well, some loud thoughts are rebounding from one capital to another. The Kabul Conference held on July 20, 2010 had discussed many items regarding internal and external affairs and providing service to the people. However, none of the super-powers emphatically spoke in terms of a neutral Afghanistan. Some discussions had taken place about future dispensation in Afghanistan, but most leaders were of the view that Afghanistan's independence and sovereignty should be assured by the international community. Obviously, Pakistan did not enjoy the interlocution and later deputed General Kayani and ISI chief Pasha to have separate discussions with Karzai about Pakistan's sphere of influence in Afghanistan. Karzai also leaned towards Pakistan with a view to stabilizing his personal position, rather than the position of Afghanistan. But, his relations with the western community are visibly improving.The NATO secretary general, Anders Fogh Rasmussen spoke on the eve of the conference, exuding a high degree of optimism about the war. He wrote that NATO was "finally taking the fight to the Taliban" aimed at the "marginalization of the Taliban as a political and military force … [which] will encourage many who joined the Taliban to quit their ranks and engage in the reconciliation effort." Starting the transition does not mean that the struggle for Afghanistan's future as a stable country in a volatile region will be over. Afghanistan will need the continued support of the international community, including NATO. The Afghan population needs to know that we will continue to stand by them as they chart their own course into the future. To underline this commitment, I believe that NATO should develop a long-term cooperation agreement with the Afghan government.' Obviously he had the support of Obama administration. Obama intrinsically supports the "neutral" Afghanistan idea.Russia is not so emphatic about "post war" role in Afghanistan, but supports the "neutral" thesis. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov pointedly underlined in his statement at the Kabul conference the importance of recognizing Afghanistan's future "neutral status", which would preclude any sort of permanent foreign military presence. To quote Lavrov: 'The restoration of the neutral status of Afghanistan is designed to become one of the key factors of creating an atmosphere of good-neighborly relations and cooperation in the region. We expect that this idea will be supported by the Afghan people. The presidents of Russia and the US have already come out in favor of it.'The Chinese position is ambiguous. Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi chose to visit the idea of a "neutral" Afghanistan, but somewhat tangentially. He said: The international community must give continued attention to Afghanistan and follow through on the commitments made in London [conference in January] and the previous international conferences on Afghanistan. We should respect Afghanistan's sovereignty and work together towards the early realization of 'Afghanistan run by the Afghans'. We want to see a peaceful, stable and independent Afghanistan.' It appears that China is leading Pakistan in a joint approach to the Afghan imbroglio.India has always supported the "neutral" status of Afghanistan and has recently reiterated, "India is committed to the unity, integrity and independence of Afghanistan underpinned by democracy and cohesive pluralism and free from external interference."However, Pakistan is not at all interested in any kind of Indian presence in Afghanistan. According to Chris Alexander, Canadian diplomat and former head of UN mission in Kabul wroting in an article in Globe and Mail (Aug 2, 2010), "The Pakistan army under General Kayani is sponsoring a large scale guerrilla war through Afghan proxies-whose strongholds in Balochistan and Waziristan are flourishing. Their mission in Afghanistan is to keep Pashtun nationalism down, India out and Mr. Karzai weak." Kayani had reportedly offered peace to Karzai in case he agreed to shut down all Indian consulates in Afghanistan.Though rendering support to "neutral" Afghanistan the USA is planning to set up a permanent military base in northern Afghanistan near Mazar-i-Sharif in Amu Darya region over an area of 17 acres. The base is about 35 km from Uzbek border and is likely to be a part of strings of US bases in Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kirghizstan etc Central Asian countries as part of its forward military missions in the region. Russia and China are not strategically happy with such US plans and consider the Mazar-i-Sharif base as an American plan to have a permanent foothold in Afghanistan.All said and done, the Afghan kaleidoscope is still uncertain and Pakistan is still busy exploiting Washington's vacillating indetermination over what to do with an unreliable ally. Obama should decide or face the wrath of the American people. The people can read history faster than the leaders can do. The same had happened in Cambodia and Vietnam. Now in South Asia Washington cannot afford to dance tango with an unfaithful partner which is conspiring with the puppet Talibans, and is known to have links with puppet al Qaeda. Whose war is the USA fighting in Afghanistan? Its own or Pakistan's?" …ONE Asian said that. Hey, American's . [ We have faught you a thousand years. We will never give up and will fight you for another thousand years.]..The American must stop the war in Islamic countries. Its a good time for us army, the time is going on ,after that they last every thing in this World. Yoy can see the USSR result. The us gaine Muslim countries help. The" NEW ISLAMIC WORLD ORDER "is on WAY.You cant stop them. The Real War is comming. GOD hlep Muslim countries.Its eanugh for them.This so calld Big countries, Usa, Europ,Uk,israel, Nato & others are becommig very small & poor countries, powerless,they are Nothing doing any think. They are " Trap" badly in Afghanistan, IRAQ,& other countries.It is better for them to "GO HOME " to their countries. They are" KILLING THE TIME," &" KILLING THE MONEY ", NOTHING MORE…Hey, Mr. President, You are at a big risk of history, its turning point for U State history. You may be very cear full in these days, because of Afghanistan WARS, Iraq problem, Pakistan case, its going to an examination for you , your countries, your army, your big nation, & Your Forigne Policy. Your countries are involve in 35 years Afghan WARS. You invest trillion Dallor put in Afghan's Fire, just now its Smook give turbel for your nation, this Smook covered all the World.Just now this thicknees Smooky cloud, could involed all the Nation 's in the World, every one are busy in this Holy Wars, From East to West, & from North to South. How can you are remove this Smook from whole World.? In these day's Mascow is in The Fire & Smook. Its from GREAT GOD for Ussr, Usa, Uk, Nato, Isral, India, Pakistan, & China, ( This countries are in Water, Mascow is in Fire, all other countries are in Economic World War Cirisis.) Its very though thing for you & your country to Remove This Smook from EARTH. Its Imposible in this Century, You Cant do it, Its not so easy, you cant THINK IT.Its shame for us.Its a historical mistake, why we start this war,? The Pwore full American country and all other countries of the World RUSH, & Attack to Poorest Country of the World Afghanistan. Their is a GOD or not, ? Who Saw the World Activity, one of them is Israel, The other one is usa, next is uk's, activity,What they are doing in this Palenet . We must try to stop this dirty war in this Modran Age..Its our fault to starat this blody war, daily Thousand's army, people are Killing.in this war . This Holy war will be going to next Century, ( never ended war.). ,. The American Foreign Policy are Totally Failed, because of this interfair of non governament jewish ..Actually, on the other hands, Jewish involed very badly in American's Politics, The Five million jewish are control all American's Governament, from Abraham Lincon, to Bush, Bush father & Obama, Till Next Centuty,. ( 2220 ), ei, 110 years more. At that time the us papulation will be 525 million's & Jewish are at that time will be 9 million's, or som more. The Economic World WARs Crisis is also Comming due to JEWISH Lobby in the WORLD. They must be punish & stop. If we failed to stop them, then whole world will be comming to hangher & poornees. in America, their are 10,000 jewish agencies working. in Pakistan 7,000 jewish agencies, in Iraq 4,500 agencies, in Afghanistan 4,000 agencies, in Europ more then 12,000 agencies, & so on. Before 1979 in Iran all companies are in Jewish Lobbies Hands, non of them not in Muslim hands. Just now in Arab countries all agencies in their jewish Hand's, also in Saudi Arab. The JEWISH are control through, Mossad, Fremasion, Lion club, Rotary, World Zionist, Israel, World Jewish congrees, World Anarchist, Watch Tawor, and also, Through Ahmedi, Qadiyani, Bahhi's, Wahhbi's, Ismaili's Aga khan's, Bohrie's & somany other Evil , & Devils Agencies…Can you beleive that Israel End 's becomming soon. ? After Two wars with Hizbullah & Hammas, the Third war is will be finishing point of Israel. in 2011, ( This war takes 11 Golden days only in Auttamn. This War is starting on " Stuerday " Morrning, and ' END 'on " Thuersday," evenig ei, 252 Hours only. ) You must see the flim " THE MEN WHO SAW TOMARROW " Good by Israel for ever..The Poor Indian cant do any thing in this world. & Poor Pakistani's are also cant do any think, because, they are allways fighting with each other, from 60 years all countries of the World are fighting with each other, Their is no need of Army in the World, The World with out Army is so nice for whole World & all nation's. Why American's detroying this World. ? As " World with out Israel, " or " World With out Foolish American's," or " World With out Evil Britisher, " They are Evil & Devil of the Earth.The " WHOLE NATION'S OF THE WORLD ARE NEED's,".as look like, " THE WORLD WITH OUT ARME;S & ARMY. " is so good…..The Pakistani pepole are fool, because 57 years we spend with AMERICAN'S, What we get from them, our country devied in Two peace's just now,they want Pakistan in so many peace, Why ? Pakhtonistan, or Pashtonestan, Mohjirstan, ( Karachi to Gawader, all Makran coast, actually they have no land in Pakistan, who can they want Mohajirstan, ? They have no Right.) .The American's are want Pakistan in 10 Peaces. as, Nooristan, greater Balochistan, Sirikestan, D. G Khan, graeter Panjab, D. I. Khan, Sawat and South Waziristan, Diyer, Hunza, Kafaristan etc, for H. E. Krim Aga Khan STATE. Bohrey & Baloch state, Azad Kashmir, Hazara state,( incoulding Pindi & Islamabad, also sebaribs area a, Abatabad, Muree, Nethya Galiey) Gilget, Skurdoo, Laddakh. The USA, UK, ISRAEL, & NATO are Trapped in Pakistan, Iraq,& Afghanestan, also Christian, Jews are failed in the World Politic.Thanks.
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Noted teachers and scholars William J. Duiker and Jackson J. Spielvogel present a balanced, highly readable overview of world history that explores common challenges and experiences that unite the human past and that identify the key global patterns over time. Thorough coverage of political, economic, social, religious, intellectual, cultural, and military history in Volume 2 has been integrated into a chronologically ordered synthesis to help students gain an appreciation and understanding of the distinctive character and development of individual cultures in society. This edition of WORLD HISTORY continues to take a global approach to world history, with an emphasis on analytical comparisons between and among cultures throughout history. This approach helps students' link events together in a broad comparative and global framework, thereby placing the contemporary world in a more meaningful historical context. WORLD HISTORY is available in the following volume options: WORLD HISTORY, FIFTH EDITION (Chapters 1-29) ISBN: 0495050121; WORLD HISTORY, VOLUME I: TO 1800, FIFTH EDITION (Contains Chapters 1-17) ISBN: 0495050539; WORLD HISTORY, VOLUME II: SINCE 1500, FIFTH EDITION (Contains Chapters 13-29) ISBN: 0495050547; WORLD HISTORY TO 1500, FIFTH EDITION (Contains Chapters 1-12) ISBN: 0495050601.
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Colorado State came out and fought stalwartly against an SEC team in Arkansas, and found a way to come back and win 34-27.
It was a great effort from the Rams. For the first time all season, they came out prepared, energetic and hungry for the win. And, for the first time all year, Colorado State led the game early, 3-0.
Eventually, Arkansas found their footing and pushed to take the 13-9 lead into half time, and the Razorbacks actually pushed their lead to 27-9 in the third quarter. Still, the Rams pushed, fought and clawed their way back into the game with drive after drive, putting 25 points on the board in the second half to win in thrilling fashion.
"I wouldn't want to win any other way," said Mike Bobo after the game. "I'm proud to be a Ram and proud to coach this football team."
Hanging around and then beating an SEC team was massive for Mike Bobo and the Rams; let's look at the biggest takeaways from the game:
1. The Rams have resolve. K.J. Carta-Samuels and the offense fought through a very difficult start of the game to bring the Rams all the way back. In the first half, they had to settle for three field goals and had a mere five first downs. Partly because the running game was inept, with zero total rushing yards deep into the fourth quarter. But, the passing game came alive in the second half. First, Carta-Samuels found Cam Butler on a 54-yard pass that set up a passing score to Williams and a two-point conversion, too.
Then, in the fourth quarter, Carta-Samuels led a 94-yard drive — including an amazing pass and catch of 31 yards with Williams — and capped it off with an athletic touchdown catch by Williams to pull CSU within three points, at 27-24. Then, they tied it up 27-27 late in the fourth, settling for another field goal. Finally, Colorado State's defense made yet another stand, forcing a punt, in which the Rams offense turned around and marched into the end zone for the 34-27 victory.
This goes down as the biggest win in Mike Bobo's coaching tenure with Colorado State.
2. CSU's defense finally showed up to the gridiron in 2018. The defense, which gave up 600-plus yards to Hawaii and then nearly 600 yards to Colorado, started the game Saturday night by picking off Arkansas quarterback Ty Storey. The defense held Arkansas to one touchdown, two field goals, two punts and the two interceptions in the first half, limiting the Razorbacks to a mere 13 points at the break. First, Jordan Fogal picked off Ty Storey when his receiver fell down. Then, Emmanuel Jones was able to intercept one of Storey's passes when Josh Watson pressured him. Those two turnovers definitely helped Colorado State stay in the game and build momentum.
Arkansas finished with 437 total yards, which was a vast improvement compared to earlier games in the season.
3. While the defense came to play — at least in the first half — the offense was awful for most of the game for Colorado State. They had a mere two first downs for nearly the entire first half, gaining three on one drive alone, to end that half with only five. Because of the ineptitude, they had to settle for long field goal after long field goal — and Wyatt Bryan was good on them — but the Rams really needed to score at least one touchdown. Finally, they turned it around in the second half.
Carta-Samuels and Preston Williams were magical, connecting on 12 passes for 154 yards and two touchdowns. When it wasn't Williams, Carta-Samuels was throwing to Cam Butler (4 receptions, 104 yards), Bisi Johnson (5, 47 yards) and others. CSU finished with 429 yards of total offense — with only 40 rushing yards — as Carta-Samuels put the offense on his shoulders.
4. Untimely penalties almost killed CSU. First, Anthony Hawkins jumped offsides on a missed field goal by Arkansas. The Razorbacks ended up continuing to march down field after that 49-yard miss and score their first touchdown of the day to take the 7-3 lead. In the second quarter, Rashad Ajayi was called correctly for a pass interference on a key third down, but the defense was able to hold Arkansas to a field goal on that drive. To start the second half, Josh Watson was called for a facemask personal foul to help the Razorbacks push down field and score another touchdown to push their lead to 11. But, the Rams were resilient and pushed through all those mistakes to win.
5. Turnovers also hurt the Rams. K.J. Carta-Samuels threw an interception on CSU's third drive of the day — while they were leading 3-0 — when Preston Williams stopped on a go route down the sideline and jumped too early. That one didn't hurt the Rams too much because Arkansas was held to a punt, but if CSU was able to score there, they could've continued their momentum. In the second half, following a Razorbacks touchdown, Carta-Samuels was strip-sacked which led to a game-changing, 64-yard catch and run by T.J. Hammonds to the house to extend the lead to 27-9.
Still, even with the sloppy play — in penalties and turnovers — even with the slow offensive start, even with the defense falling apart in the third quarter; Colorado State found a way to beat an SEC team for only the second time in their history.
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ATHENS (Reuters) - Canada's Eldorado Gold Corp will exhaust all legal means to secure the permits it needs for its gold mine investment in Greece, its chief executive said in a newspaper interview.
Eldorado is developing the Skouries and Olympias projects in northern Greece, where it also operates the Stratoni mine. Skouries has been a particular flash point with the authorities, with differences lasting for years over testing methods applied to comply with environmental regulations.
"We will exhaust all legal means to get the necessary permits and I believe we will get them," Eldorado Chief Executive George Burns told Kathimerini's Sunday edition.
"If our differences cannot be sorted out in a friendly manner, I will do whatever it takes to defend our shareholders and our employees' interests."
Eldorado has applied for licensing but the energy ministry has said it would launch an arbitration process this month to ensure that the Toronto-based miner respects its contractual obligations.
"We want a good relationship with the Greek state. We have shown a lot of patience and we will continue to show patience," Burns said, adding the company had spent more than two billion dollars to acquire Greek assets and a further one billion dollars to develop them.
Greece, which has received three international bailouts since 2010, is seeking investments to rebuild its economy and help it emerge from years of deep economic crisis.
Publicly, its leftist-led government backs investment but investors often complain of hurdles such as excessive red tape and labor union and political resistance.
Reporting by Angeliki Koutantou; Editing by Gareth Jones


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Peak Season in Vancouver
Now's the time to visit cosmopolitan Vancouver, when autumn casts its warm glow on the city's vibrant waterfront.
A gusty breeze romps down Robson Street, Vancouver's main shopping drag. Crimson maple leaves cartwheel along the sidewalk and cluster in the doorways of trendy boutiques. The weather is fair, but the breeze hints at the chill of days to come. And passersby suddenly wonder how they'd look in that coat on the window mannequin.
Vancouverites savor fall as a season of shorter days with lingering warmth, a sensuous segue from summer sunshine to winter rains. Regularly named one of the world's most livable cities, Vancouver combines an ocean-tempered climate, a richly diverse population, and a singularly gorgeous setting. Extensive inlets define its central peninsula, creating an abundance of shoreline. To the north, the Coast Mountains stand as rugged reminders that this metropolis of 2 million residents lies at the edge of wilderness. The grand surround of water and mountains imparts a sense of expansive space, even where condo and office towers crowd together.
In a land lush with spruce and fir, autumn color comes not in vast sweeps but as vivid accents, blazing like torches against a velvety evergreen screen. The maple leaf, emblem of flag and country, flares in a range of hues all over the city. Alders, ginkgos, hawthorns, and other deciduous trees add their bold shades. Virginia creeper cloaks entire walls in scarlet, while ubiquitous burning bush lives up to its name.
The verdant tip of the peninsula, thousand-acre Stanley Park, contains a forest, monuments, and (at the Vancouver Aquarium) beluga whales. But its most appealing feature must be the 5¼-mile seawall path that curves around it, passing beneath stately Lions Gate Bridge. Legions of walkers, joggers, skaters, and cyclists flow along it year-round. And they don't stop there: The promenade has been extended to form more than 13 miles of waterfront walkway.
While its mild climate and compact core invite self-propelled sightseeing, the city presents plenty of alternatives, including harbor cruises, horse-drawn carriages, and hop-on-hop-off trolleys. Strangers strike up conversations on the water taxis that connect popular stops on the False Creek inlet. "This is the coolest job in town," declares a goateed water cabbie, dropping passengers off at Granville Island. Known for the dazzling variety of selections in its public market, the island also harbors art galleries and studios, restaurants, theaters, and shops. Here, The Sandbar restaurant's terrace, tucked under the Granville Street Bridge trestles, shows the many ways restaurateurs enable outdoor dining all year: a glass wall to banish wind but preserve views, retractable awnings, fireplaces, propane heaters, lap blankets, even a heated floor.
In Yaletown, on the north side of False Creek, brick warehouses have become enticing shops and restaurants, with outside tables on old loading docks. Rooms at the hip Opus Hotel come in five artful decors. "We want it to feel like a friend with a great sense of style gave you the keys to his apartment," explains general manager Daniel Craig. Two Yaletown restaurants honor Vancouver's passion for seafood: Blue Water Cafe serves everything from B.C. sablefish to just-shucked oysters. Nearby, Coast restaurant offers adventurous dishes in a soaring contemporary space. (Naturally, both have heated patios.)
In the Pacific Northwest manner, fresh local foods, regional wines, and multicultural influences converge in an alluring dining scene. West Restaurant and Aurora Bistro showcase the best of fall fare, such as wild mushrooms and tender root vegetables, as well as small-batch B.C. wines you won't find in stores. Lift restaurant serves food to match its striking views of Coal Harbor.
The area's impressive public gardens also mark the season. The Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden mirrors fall's contemplative mood. "A Chinese garden tells you how to live," says tour guide Julian Law. "Everything is balanced―yin and yang." Covered walkways meander past reflecting pools, traditional latticework, carefully framed foliage, and symbolic rocks.
Two prime attractions lie across Burrard Inlet, on the North Shore. Intrepid walkers cross Capilano Suspension Bridge for a rare chance to get up―way up―into the evergreen forest, on tree platforms linked by footbridges. An urban-area ski resort, Grouse Mountain draws throngs even outside of snow season, for hiking, picnicking, dining at Altitudes Bistro (3,700 feet), and, above all, the jaw-dropping panorama: Views stretch from Washington state's Mt. Baker to neighboring Vancouver Island and beyond. From this height, downtown skyscrapers resemble scale models. Brilliant sunshine turns the sea into a sheet of hammered silver. Below, a phalanx of Canada geese heads south for the winter. And a visitor feels sure that, like the geese, he'll return year after year to this captivating city.
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Maryam Khorakiwala, Retail Director, SWITZ Group
Maryam Khorakiwala is a former advertising executive who turned to the family-owned bakery business looking to eliminate the gap between brand and customer experience.
Relocated from Oman to Boston to pursue a degree in Entrepreneurship and Global Business Management at Babson College, which the U.S. News & World Report has ranked No. 1 undergraduate school for Entrepreneurship in the United States for the 21st consecutive year. Then returned to the region to start a career in advertising at Drive Dentsu, Japanese-based international media, creative and digital agency.
Grew from intern to Senior Account Manager in 3.5 years independently managing $10-15mil marketing budgets for Toyota Motor Corporation across the GCC. Maryam joined her father and founder of Switz Group to reinvent the retail businesses. (The Group spans the bakery value chain with operations in manufacturing of ingredients, distribution, industrial manufacturing and distribution as well as retail.)
Evolving the operations and customer experience of Mister Baker based in UAE and Modern Oman Bakery in Oman with a marketing and product-first approach, to systematically change the practices and culture of these 28-year old companies with a network of 18 stores each.
She also leads the commercial dept at Richemont Masterbaker Center for Excellence in Baking & Pastry, a premium institute for chef training in Dubai.
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Advanced Optics Lab Development
Learning Goals
Context for Use
These activities work best for junior or senior level physics majors who are ready for activities that are more open-ended and less prescribed. In the course evaluations, the students really enjoyed the opportunity to explore topics on their own with the availability to come to the faculty member for guidance. The labs are designed for students working in groups of two, where each student took turns writing in the lab notebook and working with the optical set-up. Although the activities worked with 3 students, the third student was generally not as engaged as the other two. These labs were part of a lab course taught in the term after the lecture course; however, these labs could also taught as part of a lab associated with an upper-level optics elective. The diffractive optics lab assumes the students are familiar with Fourier transforms.
The cost of the acousto-optic modulator and the driver were about $3000. The cost of one spatial filter, objective, and pinholes, and mounting supplies is about $1200. The selection of slits and apertures will be above and beyond this. You can be create about the objects to keep costs down. For example students can use a strand of their hair, the edge of a ruler, the mesh of a piece of sheer fabric or a geology sieve, a blood smear slide from the biology department, etc.
The photonics project, which is designed to be completed over a 10 week term, could be integrated into either a lab course or a lecture course. The project involves library research and contains a written and oral component.
Description and Teaching Materials
For the acousto-optics lab, the teaching materials are in the form of a lab handout (AOM Lab Handout (Acrobat (PDF) 55kB Jul12 12)) for the students as well as notes my personal lab notebook (Lab Notebook (Acrobat (PDF) 308kB Oct31 11)) for setting up the lab and several of the measurements performed. The students are given reading from the textbook to refresh their memory on the topic of the lab. Although the material was covered in the PHYS 344 which is a prerequisite for the lab, the reading is designed to refocus their attention on this material. Next students perform a series of problems (Pre-Lab Exercises (Acrobat (PDF) 28kB Oct31 11)) related to calculations they may need to do as part of their data analysis or calculations that allow them to set-up the lab with the appropriate considerations (e.g., appropriate angle of incidence for bragg matching a particular acoustic frequency). Next the students choose a particular aspect of the topic to study with the materials available. Some guidance is given to the students, however the students are also allowed some flexibility to choose experiments and measurements.
The diffractive optics lab is completed as part of the Fourier optics lab. The teaching materials are in the form of a lab handout (Diffraction Optics Lab Handout (Acrobat (PDF) 166kB Jul12 12)), a supplemental handout on the theory behind spatial filtering (Newport, Projects in Optics Workbook, product number 16291-01, pages 34-35), and pre-lab exercises (Diffraction Optics Pre-Lab Exercises (Acrobat (PDF) 24kB Jul12 12)). The spatial filter part of the the lab is set-up and mostly aligned for the students before the lab because the initial set-up can take hours for individuals who are not familiar with this technique. The student adjust the spatial filter to optimize it. A wide selection of slit and aperture patterns are provided for students to explore during this lab. The students try to determine/verify the size of the slits/apertures. Chose to take images of their patterns for their lab notebooks.
The Photonics Project provides an opportunity for students to explore some area of optics that they are interested in, research the topic, present it to their peers in multiple forms, and also present their topic to a non-physics peer audience. These are all activities that professional scientists must engage in as a regular part of their activities. There are 3 parts to this project: a paper and 30-minute presentation geared towards their peers in the class and a creative project designed to present their topic to a non-physics peer audience. A non-peer audience includes, but is not limited to: college students who are not science majors, college-educated educated adults who are not necessarily scientists, middle or elementary school students, high school physics students. Included with this activity is a description of the activity (Photonics Project Description (Microsoft Word 33kB Oct30 11)), a grading sheet for the paper (Paper Grade Sheet (Microsoft Word 2007 (.docx) 14kB Oct30 11)), a peer-evaluation form for the class presentation (Presentation Peer Evaluation Form (Microsoft Word 2007 (.docx) 13kB Oct30 11)), and a gradesheet for the evaluation of the class presentation (Presentation Grade Sheet (Microsoft Word 2007 (.docx) 12kB Oct30 11)), and instructor notes (Photonics Project Instructor Notes (Microsoft Word 29kB Oct30 11)).
Teaching Notes and Tips
References and Resources
The science librarian put together resources for students doing research on their Photonics Project. The website has links to journals or other library resources related to optics.


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Credit: For this tip & trick, thanks to Mohammed Al Shobani
Every now and then in Dynamics CRM development, we face these challenges:
- Entering data in the disabled field
- Finding schema names of the fields
- Finding the Record ID
- Showing the hidden fields on the form
Of course, there are ways to find out, but how about something quick and easy to do? Just follow the next 6 steps mentioned below to find out how.
Step 1: Unzip the CRM Scripts.zip file.
Step 2: Go to Internet Explorer.
Step 3: Right click on the header or tab section of the Internet Explorer.
Step 4: Check Favorites Bar. A new section will start appearing below the address bar.
Step 5: Drag and drop the 'CRM Script' folder created in Step #1 in the Favorites bar.
Step # 6: Great features will be enabled to play around.
Feedback is really appreciated. If steps have any gap in it, then feel free to let me know in the comments section below.
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"Living the good life," wrote Nikolai Berdyaev, "is frequently dull and flat and commonplace." Our greatest problem, he claimed, is to make it fiery and creative and capable of spiritual struggle.
I agree. Life, except for a favored few, like poets and children and athletes and saints, is pretty much of a bore. Given the choice, most of us would give up the reality of today for the memory of yesterday or the fantasy of tomorrow. We desire to live anywhere but in the present.
Dr. George Sheehan
It began in Kindergarten: shooting ducks on the Nintendo Entertainment System.
I'd stand in front of the television with the barrel shoved against the glass, looking for pixelated victims to come flying across the screen. Pew pew pew. One after another. My mother always said it was bad for my eyes to stand that close, but I didn't care. The closer I got, the more the world disappeared and I felt like I was part of the game.
Although I loved books and arrived in Kindergarten reading at a high school level, I think I liked video games just a bit more. Books took my imagination to magical lands and far-off places, but video games actually showed them to me.
And I'm hardly unique in that respect.
As of this year, forty-two percent of Americans play video games for at least three hours per week. Four out of five households contain a game system, and the despite the narrative that games are for kids and college students, the average gamer is thirty-five years old.
I'm thirty, and I thought I'd play them for the rest of my life.
But I recently stopped.
Back to Duck Hunt though: it was fun, but it got old real quick. I soon discovered the lands of Hyrule, the world of Mario, and one system gave way to the next.
Many of my favorite childhood memories involve video games. Playing Sim City 2000 or Goldeneye 007 with my dad, unwrapping a Nintendo 64 the Christmas when it launched, battling Pokemon over the link cable with my stepbrother. That first playthrough of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.
I had video games at my mom's house, and I had them at my dad's. They were everywhere. I owned almost every system, and I had no shortage of games or rentals from Blockbuster. Although I did other things with my time–read books, draw, play with friends, ride my dirtbike or four-wheeler, zip around on my bicycle–I played a lot of games.
I even identified as a gamer before it was trendy. I was generally athletic and active–especially in high school–but I was more interested in fantasy, science fiction, and other supposedly nerdy pursuits. I didn't look like the stereotypical gamer, but I liked that dichotomy since it made me feel unique and special.
And when I discovered the Final Fantasy franchise, that identity was sealed. Nothing had ever captured my attention like those games. I began to identify with them as if they were uniquely mine. They became the topic of school research papers, I sold a website for Final Fantasy XI to the online-currency behemoth IGE before leaving for college, and not even the prospect of chasing girls could pry me from those games. I also imported CDs from the artists who were on the soundtracks. I didn't understand a word they said, but that didn't matter.
My best friend loved games too. Although we went to elementary school together, we reconnected in ninth grade after discovering a shared love for all things Final Fantasy. We played DDR at the arcades, organized group outings to the local cyber cafe, and spent much of our high school graduation money on a pair of lime-green, fully-loaded Alienware laptops.
"I don't think I could ever date a girl who doesn't like video games," he told me once, after a sweaty session of DDR. We'd just played a few rounds with a random guy and his cute, nerdy girlfriend. I think my buddy was still thinking about her.
"Me either," I said. "That just wouldn't work."
The games continued into college.
I had Halo parties with guys and girls in my freshman dorm, organized a massive Halo tournament as a fundraiser for my paintball club–which was sponsored by Bawls Energy Drink and paid out hundreds of dollars to the winners–and I even dabbled in World of Warcraft.
But everything changed after graduation.
I purchased an Xbox 360 that fall. I was late to the party since I'd been too busy and too tight on money to purchase one during college, but I eagerly jumped into Modern Warfare 2. I previously played Call of Duty on the PC–I even copied the original game from a professor–and I couldn't wait to get back online.
Besides, my job was stressful. Unlike those in Teach For America who ended up at good charter schools or halfway-decent public ones, I taught at the lowest-performing school in my district. It was bad. And although I'd begun to make some real progress by the end of my first year, I returned that fall to a completely different situation. We'd taken in middle school students with severe behavior problems from another school–which they'd practically run into the ground–and our Vice Principal was gone, leaving us with a Principal who either could not or would not support us.
To make matters worse, Teach For America eventually decided to blame me. Nevermind that I was the only teacher in my district who got students accepted into the Greater Kansas City Science and Engineering Fair–which took months of unpaid, after-school tutoring–they saw the poor behavior of certain students and concluded that it was my fault. To actually acknowledge that it might be larger than myself…well, that doesn't mesh well with marketing about teacher leadership being the one-size-fits-all solution for education.
The stress stripped away my idealism and excitement. In the words of Dr. Sheehan, I desired to live anywhere but the present.
So I played a lot of video games.
I also started drinking more. I ate poorly, stopped going to the gym, did less with friends, and generally became a shut-in. I tried to pretend that everything was fine, but the truth is that I was miserable.
One year, after Christmas break, we missed an entire week of school due to snow storms. I was so thrilled at the prospect of doing nothing that I'd wake up, check the news, and upon reading that school was canceled, get right back to playing Modern Warfare 2. I didn't shower once that week. I only got up to use the restroom, put a pizza in the oven, or get another glass of Southern Comfort. When I was tired, I just passed out on the couch.
I'd like to say that I climbed out of that mess right away, but that's not how it played out.
After turning down law school, I was left with little to no options after my commitment with Teach For America. I wasn't good at networking, and I didn't know what I was doing, so I just applied to jobs online. Tons of them. I moved back home to save money, and it took roughly seven months before I found anything.
Video games helped pass the time.
They relieved the stress and boredom; or rather, they helped me to avoid dealing with it. So did Netflix, DVDs, and the movie theater. I had nothing better going on, I told myself. So why not?
It wasn't until years later that I took a hard look at myself and realized that although there were external issues that had negatively affected my life, the most significant problem was me. I'd become someone that my teenage-self would be ashamed of. I'd completely let myself go. Forget the job troubles, because that was the least of it: I'd gained significant weight, forgotten about my hobbies, dreams, and aspirations, and I'd spent so much time wallowing in self-pity that the world was passing me by.
I had to do better.
So I did. I lost the weight, redesigned my life, tried new activities, became more social, and discovered a passion for cycling that eventually led to running. I even worked up the courage to ask out a girl that I'd wanted to get to know for years–and we're still dating.
Some time later, however, I realized that I'd stopped playing video games. Time had passed, the next generation of systems were out, and new versions of my favorite games were due for release.
I barely noticed.
I didn't consciously choose to stop; rather, the urge had just withered away. Video games had numbed the stress and made boredom comfortable, but I wasn't bored anymore. It's not that I didn't want play games; I just wanted to do other things even more.
I see folks online who want to stop gaming. They talk about depriving themselves, selling their systems, and lament the hours upon hours that they spend in front of a screen. I sympathize with them, but they're going about it the wrong way.
Deprivation isn't the answer. Nor is "growing up" or any of the typical solutions proposed by folks who don't understand games. It's not about filling your time with responsibilities that prevent you from playing.
Rather, it's about finding better options.
Why would you spend your evenings on League of Legends when you could start that business, write that book, pursue that cute girl from the coffee shop, or start building your personal brand? Why would you spend countless hours on Call of Duty when you can run through scenic trails, explore the countryside with your cycling club, study philosophy, train for a triathlon, or learn to draw comics?
Sitting in front of a screen, behind a controller?
It's a poor substitute for actually living your life.