Devastating floods in Pakistan have killed over 1,100 people, and have left another 30,000 stranded. The floods have also affected bordering Afghanistan, killing 65. The United States, the European Commission, and the United Nations have all pledged aid and relief money to Pakistan.
by Philip Bunnell
The House today will debate H.Con.Res.301, a resolution introduced by Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) that directs the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove the United States Armed Forces from Pakistan…
Dennis Kucinich, Pakistan Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio.) released the following statement after nearly 90,000 classified reports on the war in Afghanistan leaked via the website Wikileaks:
“These documents provide a fuller picture of what we have long known about Afghanistan: the war is going badly. It’s important to debate our presence in Afghanistan and Pakistan now,” wrote Kucinich in a press release Monday.
From today’s New York Times……..”Secret military field reports that were made public Sunday revealed that Pakistan’s military spy service has guided the Afghan insurgency with a hidden hand in the war in Afghanistan. This, even as Pakistan receives more than $1 billion a year from Washington for its help combating the militants.”
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