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"...for every probable insurgent actually detained for any length of time and questioned, nine apparently innocent Afghans and their families get really pissed off at Western forces and their own government." [Details]Note: The author of the above article returned from a deployment with the ISAF Operational Mentoring and Liaison Team to Kandahar Province, Afghanistan in 2009 (and he's obviously not happy about what he's seeing now...)
US-backed Afghan militias accused of human rights abusesMeanwhile, in Iraq... The US media doesn't like to mention his name... "Muqtada al-Sadr":
Human Rights Watch report catalogues groups acting with impunity, undermining key plank in Nato troop reduction plans [More @ Guardian UK]
Iraq cleric to followers: Stop attacking US troopsNote: They are disciplined, and they will stop, and if the U.S. doesn't get out by the end of December, just as surely as they instantly stop on Muqtada al-Sadr's orders, all holy hell with break loose.
An anti-American cleric is urging his followers to stop attacking U.S. troops in Iraq so that their withdrawal from the country isn't slowed down, a call meant to ramp up pressure on Baghdad's political leaders who are considering asking some American forces to stay. [In Full]
Drilling could add 1 million jobs: Oil-funded study
Wed Sep 7, 2011By Ayesha Rascoe* More oil, gas drilling could create 1.4 mln jobs - study
* Development could yield $800 bln in government revenue
* Key policies in study face uphill political battle
WASHINGTON, Sept 7 (Reuters) - The United States could create more than 1 million jobs by 2030 by expanding offshore drilling, limiting federal regulation of shale gas development and quickly approving a Canadian oil sands pipeline, according to a study commissioned by an oil industry group. The study's bottom line would depend on some major policy shifts by President Barack Obama and Congress, and comes ahead of a key speech by Obama on his plan to boost U.S. employment as the country struggles to regain its economic footing. The study was conducted by consulting firm Wood Mackenzie, and paid for by the American Petroleum Institute, and the findings were released on Wednesday. The consultants found that 1.4 million new jobs could be created through more oil and natural gas development. [More @ Reuters]
Global stocks hit hard by Greek worriesWhile in America...
LONDON (Reuters) - World shares tumbled nearly 2 percent on Monday with European equities at 26-month lows, down more than 20 percent this year, as investors worried Greece would default amid signs of rifts among euro zone policymakers... [In Full]
If you came up with a bumper sticker that pulls together the platform of this year’s crop of Republican presidential candidates, it would have to be:The magical world of voodoo ‘economists’Repeal the 20th century. Vote GOP.
By Steven Pearlstein
September 10 2011
The GOP wants to repeal the 20th century, writes Steven Pearlstein: "Repeal the 20th century. Vote GOP. It’s not just the 21st century they want to turn the clock back on -- health-care reform, global warming and the financial regulations passed in the wake of the recent financial crises and accounting scandals.
These folks are actually talking about repealing the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act and the Environmental Protection Agency, created in 1970s. They’re talking about abolishing Medicare and Medicaid, which passed in the 1960s, and Social Security, created in the 1930s.
They reject as thoroughly discredited all of Keynesian economics, including the efficacy of fiscal stimulus, preferring the budget-balancing economic policies that turned the 1929 stock market crash into the Great Depression.
They give the strong impression they wouldn’t mind abolishing the Federal Reserve and putting the country back on the gold standard." [WonkBook @ the WaPo]
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