Tag Archives : war

The Hezbollah went to war with the Israeli army in 2006. The conflict between Lebanon and Israel does not seem to abet. Tension is mounting up once again. There is an assassination that wants to be avenged. There is the fear of growing arsenal of long range rockets. There are still the age-old issues of illegal occupation of land seen as incursion [...]

Middle East is forever in news for its never ending conflicts and strife. Countries in Middle East are so much locked up in political crises that they are neglecting environment and other important factors related to well being of the people. It is indeed unfortunate that even the Dead Sea known for its dense mineral and salt content is shrinking and [...]

Former US president George W. Bush convoluted some definitions. ‘The ambiguity began shortly after 9/11, when then-U.S. President George W. Bush defined two missions: waging a war on terror, and bringing Osama bin Laden and his followers to justice. Both made for good rhetoric. But they also were fundamentally contradictory. A war is not a judicial [...]

Reports and sources are hinting that Obama will concede to demand of Gen. Stanley Mc Chrystal and send nearly 40,000 more troops to Afghanistan and that too with plans of longer stay. White House has denied the reports about any such decision. With war situation worsening in Afghanistan and number of casualties going higher every passing day and demand [...]

There are quite a few conflict zones in the world today where everyday civilians are being caught in the crossfire, their villages are devastated due to bombing and homes are reduced to rubble. There is no normalcy and hence no regular source of livelihood and income. People live in rehabilitation and refugee camps. More than adults it’s the children [...]

There has been much controversy about Barack Obama being awarded Nobel peace Prize for 2009. It is indeed intriguing that President of United States of America who is sending more troops and is engaging in a war in Afghanistan should be declared as an ambassador of global peace. Interestingly Obama even maintained a tactical silence when Israel was [...]

Tony Blair and Gordon Brown have presided over more than a decade of almost continuous war. It started with air strikes on Iraq in 1998. Kosovo, Sierra Leone, Afghanistan, Iraq proper, and ‘a much bigger Afghan commitment’ followed. Much of the sentiment regarding the largely Western-waged war on terror has made Britain regard the war in Afghanistan [...]

The passing away this week of Norman Borlaug, the father of Green Revolution that ‘created high-yielding wheat varieties to stave off famine,’ is a reminder that his well-intended campaign did not end up as he dreamed it would. Today, there is prevailing hunger in the world in spite of the potential to have so much food. Little did Borlaug imagine [...]

Lance Corporal Joshua Bernard was a 21 year old Marine who succumbed to injuries in Afghanistan recently. Julie Jacobson of Associated Press had captured a picture of Bernard as he lay in the mud after an ambush. The picture was published recently on front pages and it has sparked a debate in America. It is intriguing that instead of war which is killing [...]

Body count and casualties among the more ably-equipped foreign troops sent to quell them are proof enough that the Afghan Taliban are not a weak group. In fact, it is said that they are winning the war between them and the coalition forces aimed to decimate them. In spite of the fresh troop surges and the recent attacks on the Afghan Taliban, as well [...]