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An 8 year old girl describes the night Robert Bales killed 17 civilians. Watch the video here [x]
Today marks the one year anniversary of the Panjwayi massacre in Afghanistan in which a US soldier, Robert Bales, left his military base and murdered 16 innocent civilians (9 children, 3 women) in two separate villages, cut off their limbs and set them on fire.
This would be U.S. imperialism for you.
Look at her eyes.
1. Najaf Waheedi, 32, Afghan Army
“I feel that I am inadequate, powerless and angry when US troops are around. They take control of everything and set their own rules which annoys me. They should start to negotiate more and treat us like colleagues. I do understand the risks they face but as they say ‘when in Rome, do as the Romans’. It’s the other way round in this case.”
2. Abdul Ali, 51, salesman
“Americans have brought corruption to my city. They are pouring money like water into Afghanistan rather than investing it wisely - especially American aid workers. Aid money should be spent on funding Afghan schools and hospitals, not on Westerners’ five-star-hotel bills.”
3. Zakia Hussain, 23, beautician
“My Afghan sisters were robbed of beauty during the harsh years of the Taliban regime. Teenage girls like me were suppressed and forced to wear burqas which made us look like blue ghosts, but now I’ve thrown off the burqa. I was trained at the Kabul Beauty School built and run by American aid workers. Now I have my own beauty salon and also train others so they can have a career like me. This all happened after Americans came to my country.”
4. Habiba, 31, newscaster
“The US has made my life even harder. They have failed to fulfill their promises, and now they’ve appointed the new warlords the Northern Alliance who are worse than the Taliban. The current situation is almost as if Taliban were still running the country. Afghan woman have always faced security risks and I face danger every day but I’m not giving up on my job.”
5. Ahmed Shah, 36, catering
“I got this job when Americans invaded Kabul in early 2002. My manager who I used to work with reopened his catering business, so in way it’s the Westerners who brought peace to the city and I got my job back. Now I work six days a week and the best part so far has been that I’ve learnt to cook some European dishes like pasta, pizza and burgers and some Indian food.”
6. Moona Hussaini, 35, TV director and presenter
“It feels great that I can be of use in a field that’s been my dream since I was a young kid. The American media has been a huge inspiration to me. On the other hand though, I have these questions that people need to re-think: how many troops are here; for how much longer; the cost; the exit strategy; and how the US will know when it’s time to get out of Afghanistan. There are no answers to these questions.”
- 1492: These Indians are barbarians, they wear no clothes.
- 2012: These Muslims are barbarians, they wear too many clothes.
This is Haylee. I met her online recently and was given permission to share her story. Shes 16 years old and has been suffering with Anorexia Nervosa (binge purge subtype) for 10 years now. She has permanent heart problems, shes has 2 heart attacks since January, and was in a coma in March. Shes constantly in the hospital due to her eating disorder, and shes spent 7 months in the hospital this year. It’s come to my attention that there are a lot of people on tumblr with “pro-anorexic” blogs who seem to WANT this disease and give “tips” to their followers to “become anorexic”. I want you to look at this photo, at this young girl who has wasted 10 years of her life in agony and ask yourself, how can you be pro this? How can you encourage others to do this to themselves? Please reblog this and help it get around to other blogs to show the reality of eating disorders and the pain they cause and put a stop to “pro anorexia” blogs.
For the love of God…
This is the exact reason why pro-anorexia is the most stupid fucking thing EVER.
Exactly.
Exactly.
Twelve Palestinians from one family killed in Israeli rocket attack
In the single deadliest attack of the Israeli operation so far, 12 civilians were killed in Sunday’s air attack on a four-storey house in northern Gaza City, health officials said.
Two or three missiles fired by F-16 fighter jets reduced the house in the Sheikh Radwan neighbourhood to rubble, witnesses said.
Five women, including one 80-year-old, and four small children were among the dead, spokesperson of the health ministry Ashraf al-Kidra said.
sorry but i have to reblog this..
Not sorry for reblogging this. This is what Israel does to Gazans. This what your media doesn’t show you.
This is for fellow country under oppression and attack from the real terrorists, Israel; behind whom stands and supports, the mother of all terrorists, USA gov.
