[news] Afghanistan: Not a Good War

[Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed]

By Conn Hallinan - Znet

Afghanistan is the 'good war,' aimed at 'those who attacked us,'...It is 'the war of necessity,' asserts the _New York Times_, to roll back the 'power of Al Qaeda and the Taliban'...In fact, the Taliban appears to be evolving from a creation of the U.S., Saudi Arabian, and Pakistani intelligence agencies during Afghanistan's war with the Soviet Union, to a polyglot collection of dedicated Islamists to nationalists...'We're fighting to free our country. We are not a threat to the world' [said Taliban Leader Mullah Omar].  


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