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La prensa publicaba el 12 de enero una nota en la que daba a conocer que se había “filtrado” un video en el que unos marines estadounidenses aparecían orinando sobre unos cadáveres que ellos mismos habían provocado.
La inmensa mayoría de esa prensa que publicaba esa nota daba a conocer la noticia desde el punto de [...]

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Dos guerras en el Gran Oriente Medio revelaron la debilidad de la superpotencia global
Iba a ser la guerra que establecería el imperio como una realidad estadounidense. Resultaría en mil años de Pax Americana. Debía ser una “misión cumplida” de principio a fin. Y entonces, claro está, no fue así. Y luego, casi nueve funestos años [...]

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How Two Wars in the Greater Middle East Revealed the Weakness of the Global Superpower
It was to be the war that would establish empire as an American fact.  It would result in a thousand-year Pax Americana.  It was to be “mission accomplished” all the way.  And then, of course, it wasn’t.  And then, almost nine [...]

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On 22 May 2007, the Guardian’s front page announced: “Iran’s secret plan for summer offensive to force US out of Iraq.” The writer, Simon Tisdall, claimed that Iran had secret plans to defeat American troops in Iraq, which included “forging ties with al-Qaida elements”. The coming “showdown” was an Iranian plot to influence a vote [...]

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El 1 de julio de 2002, aviones estadounidenses bombardeaban una boda afgana en la pequeña aldea de Deh Rawud. Situada al norte de Kandahar, la aldea parecía protegida por el cúmulo de montañas que la circundan. Durante unas cuantas horas, sus gentes pensaron estar seguras frente a una guerra que jamás habían propiciado. Celebraban el [...]

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On July 1, 2002, US planes bombed an Afghan wedding in the small village of Deh Rawud. Located to the north of Kandahar, the village seemed fortified by the region’s many mountains. For a few hours, its people thought they were safe from a war they had never invited. They celebrated, and as customs go, [...]

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When the United States attacked Afghanistan ten years ago, we were told that not only were we going after those who had attacked us but also that we would liberate Afghan women from the Taliban.  It was a very effective selling point; there is nothing we tend to like better than rescuing helpless women.  But [...]

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A look behind the headline news of airstrikes and suicide bombings at the post-9/11 war for hearts and minds.

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Nos estamos aproximando al décimo aniversario de las horrendas atrocidades acaecidas el 11 de septiembre de 2001, unos hechos que, según se considera a amplios niveles, cambiaron el mundo. El pasado 1 de mayo un equipo de los comandos de elite estadounidenses, los SEAL de la Marina, asesinaron al presunto cerebro del crimen, Osama bin [...]

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We are approaching the 10th anniversary of the horrendous atrocities of September 11, 2001, which, it is commonly held, changed the world. On May 1st, the presumed mastermind of the crime, Osama bin Laden, was assassinated in Pakistan by a team of elite US commandos, Navy SEALs, after he was captured, unarmed and undefended, in [...]

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