Salem-News.com Afghanistan articles Page 49

One Can Not Help But Wonder

Protecting a faith has less to do with the faith than it does with the interests of those who control it.

(GOLD RIVER, B.C.) - One Can Not Help But Wonder Those who follow the international news will know that the nut case pastor down in Florida burned a copy of the Koran.

This prompted the President of Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai, to call for the arrest of the pastor resulting in a bunch of yahoos in Afghanistan rioting in protest and in Mazar-i- Sharif even killing UN aid personnel.

Horrors... the National Cherry Blossom Parade Might Not Take Place!

I apologize folks but our leaders need help and they need it badly. Would someone, anyone... please go to Washington and help them pull their heads out of their asses?

(HARRISVILLE, N.H.) - According to an article written by Rob Port and published by “The Hill” Wednesday, the current administration issued a warning the if the government were to go into shutdown mode, the National Cherry Blossom Parade might not take place.

Wow! You know, I could not sleep all night last night, worrying about that.

Standing Ovation in Salem for BBC`s `Most Famous Woman in Afghanistan` Malalai Joya

Hard truths have a soft landing at historic Oregon university- includes video coverage of Willamette event.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Former Afghan Parliament Member Malalai Joya spoke to a welcoming and enthusiastic packed house at Willamette University's Smith Auditorium Sunday night.

Her talk to a wide ranging audience led to a minutes-long standing ovation; it seemed like a clear indication of Salem's interest in this far away land occupied by U.S. troops locked in a fierce war claiming an escalating number of lives on all sides.

Florida Pastor Bigger Threat to US Security than Bradley Manning

US authorities are very quick to act against those who dare to criticize Israel; the University of California at Irvine suspended its Muslim Student Union for a year when members heckled Israel’s ambassador to the US. Heckled...

(LONDON) - US Army Private Bradley Manning was arrested, tortured and put in solitary confinement based on the absurd allegation that he is a threat to American national security.

Italy Battles Islamic Caliphate

Muslims are endeavoring to absorb Italy into an Islamic caliphate?

(ISTANBUL) - Oppressed populations around the world acquired a new rival on Wednesday with the announcement by Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi of his campaign to “Free Lampedusa” within 48-60 hours. What the Sicilian island requires freeing from: thousands of migrants, primarily arriving from North Africa.

Why it requires freeing: residents are not pleased, and Berlusconi sympathizes. (So much so that he has spontaneously purchased a villa on the island.)

A Protest by Professor Sattar Kassem: The Making of Al-Qaeda Member

The Americans committed two crimes against Ala’: first, they arrested him for no reason, and took away his passport; second, they didn’t abide by the court order and kept him in jail.

(NABLUS) - This is the story of my nephew who is alleged to be a member of al-Qaeda. If that is true, I accuse the Americans of pushing him toward al-Qaeda. How?

My nephew, Ala’ Abdu Raoof Tawfeeq Khader, who is carrying a Jordanian passport, left Jordan to Iraq on the 20th of Jan 2004 to resume his higher education in statistics in the University of Baghdad. He left Jordan legally, and entered Iraq legally.

Military Deaths Nearly Every Day in March; Almost a Third are Californians

20 dead in Afghanistan.

(SALEM, Ore.) - As you read through these events that claimed the lives of 25 Americans overseas, you will note that two soldiers in Afghanistan were allegedly killed by an individual from a military security group. Military security group means private contractor, like the group formerly known as Blackwater.

One death was the result of a shooting that happened at the Frankfurt Airport, Germany. You will also see that Americans are still dying in Iraq.

Linfield Gallery Hosts First Northwest Showing of Abu Ghraib Exhibit

The exhibit runs through April 30.

(MCMINNVILLE, Ore.) - Saturday marks the opening reception of a remarkable Linfield Gallery exhibit featuring portraits and words of former Abu Ghraib detainees.

Daniel Assange Never Thought WikiLeaks Would Succeed

“His actions as a personal individual and his actions in a grand political sense are completely disconnected things, and they should be considered in that sense.” - Daniel Assange

(MELBOURNE) - When Daniel Assange was 16, his father Julian asked him to be a part of WikiLeaks, the controversial group of internet freedom fighters that was then in its infancy.

Sceptical of the project’s likelihood of success, and not on the best of terms with his father, Daniel said no.

Former Afghan Parliament Member Malalai Joya Will Visit Willamette University

Joya is an outspoken critic of the Hamid Karzai administration and its western supporters.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Afghan feminist and war critic Malalai Joya, will visit Willamette University to speak about the U.S. Afghanistan occupation and its continuing impact.

A former member of the Afghan Parliament, Joya, was named by Time Magazine as One of the Top 100 Most Influential People in the World.