Citizens For Legitimate Government 15 August 2009 http://www.legitgov.org/ "I was building a bridge," an Afghan contactor said, one evening over drinks. "The local Taliban commander called and said 'don't build a bridge there, we'll have to blow it up.' I asked him to let me finish the bridge, collect the money -- then they could blow it up whenever they wanted. We agreed, and I completed my project." Who is funding the Afghan Taliban? You don't want to know. 13 Aug 2009. In Afghanistan, one of the richest sources of Taliban funding is the foreign assistance coming into the country. Virtually every major project includes a healthy cut for the insurgents. Call it protection money, call it extortion, or, as the Taliban themselves prefer to term it, "spoils of war," the fact remains that international donors, primarily the United States, are to a large extent financing their own enemy... The manager of an Afghan firm with lucrative construction contracts with the U.S. government builds in a minimum of 20 percent for the Taliban in his cost estimates. The manager, who will not speak openly, has told friends privately that he makes in the neighborhood of $1 million per month. Out of this, $200,000 is siphoned off for the insurgents. http://blogs.reuters.com/global/2009/08/13/who-is-funding-the-afghan-taliban-you-dont-want-to-know/ Subject: BBC now admits al qaeda never existed Click here: YouTube - BBC now admits al qaeda never existed http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-hYorNi0nA Deadly blast shakes NATO HQ in Kabul 15 Aug 2009 A car bomb explosion outside NATO headquarters has rocked the Afghan capital, killing seven people and wounding 91 others as the country prepares for a presidential 'election.' The explosion, at the main gate of the NATO compound, occurred about 8:30 a.m. local time in a heavily fortified area that also includes the US embassy and the Afghan presidential palace, the Telegraph reported. Captain Removed After Slamming Afghan War --A British Army captain who anonymously wrote a scathing attack about the Afghan war has been removed from his unit, Sky News understands. 14 Aug 2009 The unnamed officer wrote the emotive article in Monday's Independent newspaper. "My motivation is simple" he said. "Writing this helps vent off some of the frustration at what is happening out here in Afghanistan to those serving in the British Army, where death and serious injury are sickeningly common occurrences." The officer, who has been in the Army for eight years, is likely to be brought back from Afghanistan and faces disciplinary action and a possible court martial. Serving members of the Armed forces are banned from speaking to the media without prior agreement from the Ministry of Defence. Top General in Afghanistan Looks to Replace Support Force With Combat Troops --McChrystal is considering a 12 percent rollover from support personnel to combat troops 14 Aug 2009 The top U.S. military commander in Afghanistan may look to replace desk jockeys with gun-toters while keep troop levels even in the Taliban-infested war zone, The Washington Times reports. Gen. Stanley McChrystal is preparing a major strategy review to be sent to the White House shortly, and while some advisers have suggested he request as many as 21,000 more troops, Pentagon chief Robert Gates has been downplaying the idea of building on top of the 68,000-strong force already committed there by the end of the year. New Obusha money pit opens: U.S. to Resume Training Georgian Troops 14 Aug 2009 The United States is resuming a combat training mission in the former Soviet republic of Georgia to prepare its army for counterinsurgency operations in Afghanistan, despite the risks of angering Russia, senior Defense Department officials said Thursday. The training effort is intended to prepare Georgian troops to fight at NATO standards alongside American and allied forces in Afghanistan, the Pentagon officials said. Iraqi protest at media censorship --New rules censor books, ban websites 14 Aug 2009 About 200 Iraqi journalists, writers and publishers have protested in Baghdad at what they say is growing state interference in their work. The protest follows the introduction of new rules for censoring books, and a proposal to ban certain websites. Some journalists say there has been an increase in lawsuits against those investigating security or corruption. [Most Iraqis likely prefer Saddam Hussein over the US-installed Maliki-ExxonMobil-Monsanto dictatorship. --LRP] All items are here: http://www.legitgov.org/#breaking_news --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ShadowGovernment" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/shadowgovernment -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
