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I've never even herad of this 'Ghost Wars' stuff, until mr muse decided to mention this as the source of my post. Unlike some others, I've kept my eyes and ears open for a long time.

The link below, from fox news, who were defending George Bush, saying he did not invite the Taliban as the governor of texas, but the company Unocol did. FOXNews.com - The Truth About 'Fahrenheit 9/11' - Celebrity Gossip | Entertainment News | Arts And Entertainment Another source would be...

Oil Corp Caught Assisting Taliban Oil Corp Caught Assisting Taliban Move to Revoke Oil Company's Charter What should happen if a U.S. corporation is connected with slave labor and the Taliban? Here are excerpts from a story distributed by InterPress Service. by Jim Lobe...

The wooing of the Taliban by unocol and other oil companies is common knowledge, as well as the sanctions imposed on Afghanistan, where all food and oil supplies via Pakistan were stopped. This was before 9/11. I remember this, because I was as much a follower of Pakistan/AFghanistan...

Taliban is the persianised/urduized plural for the Arabic word, Talib...a seeker... The Arabic plural is Tulabaa....The name is a derivative from the fact that many of the leaders and footsoldiers of this movement, wwere Afghani refugees studying at madrassas along the AFghan-Paak border.

If you're so allergic, why did you bother to post in this tread in the first place? To inform us of your allergic reactions? That's so very kind of you....NOT.

I think withdrawing the licenses of each and every news channel in Pakistan might also help....No news, no news analysis... When's the last tiem these channels really made a true exposee? Useless fools for us, Useful fools for the terrorists.

Is this the same MUllah Omar, whose Taliban ministers were taken on a trip to Washington, TExas and other places, on Unocol money, in order to get them to agree to a contract on gas/oil supplies from CAR? And when the Taliban decided to take up the better offer of the ARgentian oil...

The problem with the Gujarat riots was, that policemen were seen directing the rioters on where to go, plus they had electoral lists given by civil servants, that showed muslim households to target. Police were seen either idly standing by, or actively helping the orchestrated 'mobs' to...

Karzai should go back to chicken farming in the USA, something he was apparently very successful at...

SO u must think in a scottish accent? Your mind sounds like Sean Connery...sexy...

Article is a couple of months old, but haven't seen it posted and seems relevant. Johann Hari: You are being lied to about pirates Some are clearly just gangsters. But others are trying to stop illegal dumping and trawling Who imagined that in 2009, the world's governments would be...

Everybody, stop antagonising each other. Any more telling other people where to go, and Infractions and Bannings may follow. Let's stick to the topoic.

I don't understand how any court, even the Supreme Court, claim it has the right to judge which constitutional ammendmeent is legal, and which not. By the nature of a constitution and its ammendments, everything contained therein is the basis for the legality of everything else. The court...

That's great, you sitting in lovely old Maidstone, England, talking about NATO forces being hammerred. If I was the Immigration Minister of the UK, I'd kick you out myself. You come here, and spread this stuff, while people in Pakistan AFghanistan have to live with the consequences of such...

copied from my post on another thread. The threats we face today are not seperatist in nature, but an ideology that is espoused by people that seek to gain power at the centre. We and our agencies have tried as best we can, with our meagre resources, to give some sort of fitting reply to...

I'm not living in denial. Bangladesh happened, because we were 1000 milies apart. The threats we face today are not seperatist in nature, but an ideology that is espoused by people that seek to gain power at the centre. We and our agencies have tried as best we can, with our meagre...

There is a rapprochement between the USA and Iran on the cards. the Iran of the Ayatullah Khumeini was perceived as a threat to US interests, today's Iran is NOT. Iran is the only country that has gained, strategically speaking, from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, installing Iran friendly...

Please, let's be reasonable. Why do we always try to impress an urgent matter to do with Pakistan with the words "There wont be a Pakistan anymore" "Won't be a Pakistan left" "Pakistan will disintegrate" "Pakistan will divide". Clearly, nothing of the sort is going to happen, so we...

The Drone attacks seem good on the face of it, but their real military value is much less than vaunted. Successful attacks rely on good intelligence, and with the Taliban beheading a suspected spy every two to three days, real intelligence on the ground is not forthcoming. The damage done...