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“Enduring freedom” for who?
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Tue, 17 Dec 2002 15:36:39 GMT
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It is becoming increasing apparent to me that when people talk about “freedom”,
quite often they actually mean “self-interest”. The Bush/Blair led coalition
helped justify the war in Afghanistan in part by assuring that it would release
women [and girls] from oppression. As war in Afghanistan is now yesterday’s
news, and Fox News has moved the agenda onto the next part of the “crusade”, it
is easy to overlook the plight of ordinary Afghans. This why I found this so
interesting:
Women forced to have chastity tests
http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,3604,861273,00.html
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Women in the western Afghan city of Herat are often arrested, taken to hospital
and subject to abusive gynaecological examinations just for walking in the
street with a man or riding in a taxi without another passenger, Human Rights
Watch reports today.
…the troops of rival warlords with close military ties with US and other
foreign forces have committed gang rapes. The abuses are not confined to
Pashtun areas where the Taliban was strong. Mr Khan is a Tajik who opposed the
Taliban.
Troops loyal to General Mohammed Fahim, a senior Northern Alliance commander
and the central government's defence minister, "have been enforcing Taliban-era
'moral' restrictions"…
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See the full US HRW report:
http://www.hrw.org/press/2002/12/herat1217.htm
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The U.S.-led coalition justified the war against the Taliban in part by
promising that it would liberate Afghanistan's women and girls," said
Coursen-Neff. "In fact, by supporting repressive warlords, the international
community has broken that promise and forsaken women's rights.
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Bush et al have strange bedfellows in their “War on Terror”.
Scott A
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