What We Learned from Wikileaks Revelations
Submitted by rugoffs on Mon, 2011-01-03 13:49
Panel Abstract:
A look at some specific revelations about the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Yemen and the importance of getting this information to the public: * The CIA operates a secret army of 3,000 in Afghanistan * A secret US Task Force 373 is assigned to nighttime hunter-killer raids in Afghanistan * The US ambassador in Kabul says it is impossible to fix corruption when our ally is the corrupt entity * US Special Forces and ground troops operate in Pakistan without public acknowledgement, apparently in violation of that country’s sovereignty; * The US ally, Pakistan, is the chief protector of the Taliban in Afghanistan * Following secret US air strikes against suspected al-Qaeda militants, Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh told General David Petraeus, "We'll continue saying the bombs are ours, not yours."
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- International
- Political and Social Movements
- O. Panel Session 7—Sunday 3:00 p.m. – 4:50 p.m.
- Debra Sweet—Director of World Can't Wait
- Approved
- Danny Schechter–Founder of MediaChannel, Founder and Exec. VP of Globalvision, Inc.
- Debra Sweet—Director of World Can't Wait
- Kevin Gosztola–OpEDNews.com, Wikileaks Central
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Panel Abstract:
A look at some specific revelations about the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Yemen and the importance of getting this information to the public: * The CIA operates a secret army of 3,000 in Afghanistan * A secret US Task Force 373 is assigned to nighttime hunter-killer raids in Afghanistan * The US ambassador in Kabul says it is impossible to fix corruption when our ally is the corrupt entity * US Special Forces and ground troops operate in Pakistan without public acknowledgement, apparently in violation of that country’s sovereignty; * The US ally, Pakistan, is the chief protector of the Taliban in Afghanistan * Following secret US air strikes against suspected al-Qaeda militants, Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh told General David Petraeus, "We'll continue saying the bombs are ours, not yours."
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