August 23, 2009 – 7:12 pm
Over the past three days, as the Lockerbie ‘terrorist’ release turns into a full-blown international incident, we have heard not one word, or even a Twitter, from the man who saved the wurreld (and its banks). This is highly unusual; Gordon and his wife Sarah Twittered from Inverkilliecrankie, or wherever they are on holiday, catching [...]
By John Kelly
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August 23, 2009 – 11:54 am
While resisting the temptation to say ‘we told you so’ (Thus passim) – it is glaringly evident that, as predicted, the Afghan elections were neither free nor fair. Except that by an extraordinary contortion of logic and semantics, the EU monitors have declared that they were ‘generally fair but not free.’ Well, thanks for putting [...]
By John Kelly
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Also posted in Afghanistan, Global security, Insurgency, Intifada, Policy, Political spin, United Nations, War on Terror, citizens' rights, civil rights, democracy, miscarriage of justice
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Tagged Abdul Rashid Dostum, Abdullah Abdullah, Afghan elections neither free nor fair says Thus Magazine, EU election monitors, Hamid Karzai, John J Kelly, Muhammad Qasim Fahim, neither warlord will secure more than 50% of a turnout well below 50% of the population in the first place, Pashtun, Takik, UNAMA, warlords
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August 18, 2009 – 2:23 pm
This morning, with two days to go, the BBC uncovered evidence of massive Afghan election fraud. Why are we not surprised? Leaving aside the fact that Thus reported this ‘possibility’ back in April, and again yesterday (see previous post) there have been several telltale signs that the promoters of Democracy Inc. are prepared to turn [...]
By John Kelly
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Also posted in Afghanistan, Global security, Insurgency, Law and order, Politics, United Nations, War on Terror, democracy
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Tagged Abdullah Abdullah, Afghan election, Afghan insurgency, Ashar Ghani, by John J Kelly, Dostum, General Abdul Rashid Dostum, Iran election fraud, John J Kelly, massive election fraud uncovered by BBC, Obama, Obama's war of necessity, Taliban, UNAMA
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In the interests of transparency, I have made no secret of my support for Dr. Ashraf Ghani’s Presidential candidacy (Thus passim). I don’t know much about the other candidates (and should do) but it appears crazy to endorse the Karzai regime, which has presided over a culture of warlord cronyism and corruption which has increased [...]
By John Kelly
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Also posted in Afghanistan, Development, Insurgency, International Affairs, War on Terror, democracy, human rights abuse
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Tagged Afghanistan elections, apathy abroad may assure Karzai victory in one-horse race, Ashraf Ghani, Chechnya, Georgia, John J Kelly, Karzai, media coverage of afghan elections, Russia, US, US opium wars in Afghanistan, War on Terror
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I’m angry because nobody read my post last November and if they did, it didn’t change a thing (so what’s new). So is Sarah Brown, Gordon’s wife, as well she might be, living with a tripehead. But we’re both angry today because yet another miscarriage of justice is poised to be committed in the name [...]
By John Kelly
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Afghanistan could become Obama’s Vietnam, if it isn’t already. Al Qaida, the Taliban and the Four Horsemen of the Apocalyse have never been in ruder health. By John J Kelly. Drone bombing insurgents, much less civilians, will not win the ‘war on terror’ in Afghanistan, which has now spread to Pakistan, enabling the possibility of [...]
By John Kelly
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Tagged Afghan elections August 2009, Afghanistan, Afghanistan could become Obama's Vietnam, Ahmed Wali Karzai, Ashraf Ghani, Former Pakistani SIS head, fundamentalism, Hameed karzai, Iraq, Lt-Gen (rtd) Hameed Gul, Mahdi Army, Obama, Osama Bin laden, Pakistan, Pashtun, Russians in Afghanistan, Taleban, US Middle East policy, War on Terror
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This article, originally published on ProPublica, deals with the Obama volte-face on holding prisoners without charge in Guantanamo Bay. It’s a long piece, but not as long as the sentences already served and, by all accounts, about to be extended, to several people who have been denied the right to a fair trial and held in [...]
By John Kelly
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January 22, 2009 – 4:45 pm
Though you wouldn’t know it from the CNN broadcast soundtrack, George W Bush was soundly booed by a large portion of the 240,000 Washington crowd when he appeared at the Obama coronation on Tuesday (wasn’t Aretha magnificent, but where did they find that poetess and that rambly old biblebashing bloke?) Never mind, though. W. received [...]
January 15, 2009 – 9:28 am
“The president is honoring these leaders for their work to improve the lives of their citizens and for their efforts to promote democracy, human rights and peace abroad“ White House spokeswoman… By John J Kelly On the day when UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband opined that the War on Terror had been a mistake, the Financial Times published conjecture [...]
By John Kelly
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Tagged Afro-Colombians, by John J Kelly, Colombia, Colombian Free Trade Agreement, Colombian paramilitaries, Colombian President Alvaro Uribe, FARC, Latin America, Lori Wallach, Mario Uribe, President Ulribe, Presidential Medal of Freedom, Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch, UAC, Ulribe, worldwide pariah status for its systematic crushing of the most basic human rights
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January 14, 2009 – 8:58 pm
Rasmussen Reports, 13 January 2009 President George W. Bush in a final press conference on Monday 12 January, 2009 acknowledged he made some mistakes in the White House, but most Americans – at least for now – are a lot more critical than that. Fifty-seven percent (57%) of Americans say Bush is one of the [...]
By John Kelly
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Also posted in George W Bush, Global security, Iraq, Law and order, Political spin, War on Terror
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Tagged 77% say Bush hurt the Republicans, Global security, GOP, homeland security, Iraq, Only 26% believe America will be a safer place by the end of Obama’s first year, Poll votes George Bush worst US president, President George H.W. Bush, Republican Party, Tony Blair, US Politics, War on Terror
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