{"article":{"id":248595,"heading":"British tabloid: Shocking revelation on the 10th anniversary of the war on Afghanistan","author":"Cem Ert?r","created":"2011-10-09 20:58:03","modified":"2011-10-09 20:58:03","last_modified":"Mon, 10 Oct 2011 03:58:03","article":"<p><\/p>\r\n<p>London Evening Standard, 7 October 2011<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<p>Time, 9 August 2010<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<p>Daily Mirror, 16 April 2008<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<p>The Independent, 31 January 2008<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<p>The Independent, 26 September 2006<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>http:\/\/www.indybay.org\/newsitems\/2011\/10\/08\/18692791.php<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<div><b><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Verdana;\">British tabloid: Shocking revelation on the 10th anniversary of the war on Afghanistan<\/span><\/b><\/div>\r\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\r\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\r\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\r\n<div><b><span style=\"color: rgb(153, 51, 102);\">[propaganda alert]<\/span><\/b><\/div>\r\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\r\n<div>compiled by Cem Ert&uuml;r<\/div>\r\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\r\n<div>8 October 2011<\/div>\r\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\r\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\r\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\r\n<div>______________________________________<\/div>\r\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\r\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\r\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\r\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\r\n<div>http:\/\/www.thisislondon.co.uk\/standard\/article-23995269-girl-eight-sold-as-bride-to-police-officer.do<\/div>\r\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\r\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\r\n<div>excerpt from: <b>Girl, eight, sold to Afghan police officer as his bride<\/b><\/div>\r\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\r\n<div>by Robert Fox, London Evening Standard, 6 October 2011<\/div>\r\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\r\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\r\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"margin-left: 35.4pt;\">Ten years after British forces entered the war-ravaged country, the [London Evening] Standard has uncovered shocking evidence of an eight-year-old girl who was married off to a policeman for cash. She was sold to the officer, in his twenties, in clear breach of laws introduced two years ago to protect women.<\/div>\r\n<div style=\"margin-left: 35.4pt;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\r\n<div style=\"margin-left: 35.4pt;\">She was then the subject of a remarkable battle that symbolises the plight of girls in Afghanistan. Her story vividly highlights the failure to bring about social reforms in the stricken nation, despite the long presence of British forces.<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\r\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\r\n<div>______________________________________<\/div>\r\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\r\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\r\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\r\n<p><b><span style=\"color: red;\">related documents:<\/span><\/b><\/p>\r\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\r\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\r\n<div><b>Presidential Address to the Nation<\/b><\/div>\r\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\r\n<div>[US President George Bush&rsquo;s address to the nation, White House, Washington DC, 7 October 2001. Mr Bush delivered this speech on the day the war on Afghanistan was launched.]<\/div>\r\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\r\n<div>The White House website, 7 October 2001<\/div>\r\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\r\n<div>http:\/\/georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov\/news\/releases\/2001\/10\/20011007-8.html<\/div>\r\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\r\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\r\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\r\n<div><b>Full text: Tony Blair's speech <\/b><\/div>\r\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\r\n<div>[UK Prime Minister Tony Blair&rsquo;s speech at the Labour Party Annual Conference, Brighton, 2 October 2001. Mr Blair delivered this speech five days prior to the launch of the war on Afghanistan.]<\/div>\r\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\r\n<div>The Guardian, 2 October 2001<\/div>\r\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\r\n<div>part 1:<\/div>\r\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\r\n<div>http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/politics\/2001\/oct\/02\/labourconference.labour6<\/div>\r\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\r\n<div>part 2:<\/div>\r\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\r\n<div>http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/politics\/2001\/oct\/02\/labourconference.labour7<\/div>\r\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\r\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\r\n<p>______________________________________<\/p>\r\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\r\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\r\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\r\n<div><b><span style=\"color: red;\">related articles:<\/span><\/b><\/div>\r\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\r\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\r\n<div><b>October 7, 2001: America and NATO's decision to invade Afghanistan. The pretext to wage a \"just war\" <\/b><\/div>\r\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\r\n<div>[Note: This article was originally published under a different title in December 21, 2009]<\/div>\r\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\r\n<div>by Michel Chossudovsky, Global Research, 7 October 2011<\/div>\r\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\r\n<div>http:\/\/www.globalresearch.ca\/index.php?context=va&amp;aid=26888<\/div>\r\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\r\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\r\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\r\n<div><b>Permanent US Iraq and Afghanistan occupations planned<\/b><\/div>\r\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\r\n<div>by Stephen Lendman, SteveLendmanBlog, 24 June 2011<\/div>\r\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\r\n<div>http:\/\/sjlendman.blogspot.com\/2011\/06\/permanent-iraq-and-afghanistan.html<\/div>\r\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\r\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\r\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\r\n<div><b>U.S. and NATO escalate world&rsquo;s deadliest war on both sides of Afghan-Pakistani border<\/b><\/div>\r\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\r\n<div>by Rick Rozoff, Global Research, 1 March 2011<\/div>\r\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\r\n<div>http:\/\/www.globalresearch.ca\/index.php?context=va&amp;aid=23453<\/div>\r\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\r\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\r\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\r\n<div><b>Timetable abandoned: U.S. and NATO to wage endless war in Afghanistan<\/b><\/div>\r\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\r\n<div>by Rick Rozoff, Global Research, 12 November 2010<\/div>\r\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\r\n<div>http:\/\/www.globalresearch.ca\/index.php?context=va&amp;aid=21883<\/div>\r\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\r\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\r\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\r\n<div><b>Did 9\/11 justify the war in Afghanistan? <\/b><\/div>\r\n<div><b>Using the McChrystal moment to raise a forbidden question <\/b><\/div>\r\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\r\n<div>by David Ray Griffin, Global Research, 24 June 2010<\/div>\r\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\r\n<div>http:\/\/www.globalresearch.ca\/index.php?context=va&amp;aid=19891<\/div>\r\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\r\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\r\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\r\n<div><b>2010 - 4.5 million dead in Afghan holocaust, Afghan genocide<\/b><\/div>\r\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\r\n<div>by Gideon Polya, Newsvine, 1 January 2010<\/div>\r\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\r\n<div>http:\/\/gpolya.newsvine.com\/_news\/2010\/01\/01\/3704292-2010-45-million-dead-in-afghan-holocaust-afghan-genocide-?groupId=1845<\/div>\r\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\r\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\r\n<div>______________________________________<\/div>\r\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\r\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\r\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\r\n<div><b><span style=\"color: red;\">propaganda alerts:<\/span><\/b><\/div>\r\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\r\n<div><br>\r\n<b>UK Prime Minister Cameron: We must not be afraid to use military force against tyrants&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/b><\/div>\r\n<div>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/div>\r\n<div>by Cem Ert&uuml;r, San Francisco Bay Area Indymedia, 26 September 2011<\/div>\r\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\r\n<div>http:\/\/www.indybay.org\/newsitems\/2011\/09\/26\/18691416.php<\/div>\r\n<div><b>&nbsp;<\/b><\/div>\r\n<div><b>&nbsp;<\/b><\/div>\r\n<div><b>&nbsp;<\/b><\/div>\r\n<div><b>Former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair: Iran is the real enemy&nbsp;<\/b><\/div>\r\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\r\n<div>by Cem Ert&uuml;r, San Francisco Bay Area Indymedia, 11 September 2011<\/div>\r\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\r\n<div>http:\/\/www.indybay.org\/newsitems\/2011\/09\/11\/18689941.php<\/div>\r\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\r\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\r\n<div>______________________________________<\/div>\r\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\r\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","contact":"","link":"http:\/\/www.indybay.org\/newsitems\/2011\/10\/08\/18692791.php","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/html","summary":"The real shocking issue is the persistent denial of the genocide of the Afghan people.","numcomment":0,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/","filesize":null,"article_url":"\/news\/2011\/10\/248595.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[]}