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tekisui Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-31-09 11:52 AM
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'Liberation Lie' - Afghan Women, Truth on the Ground
Source: The People's Voice

Afghan women reveal censored view of occupations, false liberations, tell U.S. and allies to get out of their country.

The people of the world should know that though the disgusting, ludicrous and oppressive rule of Taliban was over in our ill-fated Afghanistan, this never means the end of the horrible miseries of our tortured women. Because contrary to the aspirations of our people and expectations of the world community, the Northern Alliance, these brethren-in-creed of the Taliban and Al-Qaida are again in power and generously supported by the U.S. government.... Afghan people will never forgive them for the crimes they committed along with the so-called older generation of the Alliance
(i.e. Dostum, Khalili, Sayyaf, Rabbani, Gulbuddin, and others) while in power from 1992 to 1996. In Kabul alone, during these bloody years, 65,000 were killed. -"On the Situation of Afghan Women," http://www.rawa.org/wom-view.htm

Revolutionary women writing a year ago and repeated by Zoya in a Flashpoints a interview this week -

Seven years back the U.S. government and its allies were successfully able to legitimize their military invasion on Afghanistan and deceive the people of the U.S. and the world under the banners of 'liberating Afghan women,' 'democracy' and 'war on terror.'

Our people, who had been tormented and oppressed by the Taliban's dominance, were filled with hope but soon their dream of the establishment of security, democracy and freedom was shattered in the most painful manner.


By the installation of the puppet government of Karzai, the U.S. reused its creations and continued its deal with the Jehadi criminal warlords. From the very start, Mr. Karzai shunned the demands and trusts of the people and chose to compromise with the criminals of the 'Northern Alliance' and placed the filthiest faces in the key posts of the government. In contradiction to the shameless claims of the ministers and other treacherous and corrupt officials, our people feel more ill fated; the country has been turned into a mafia state; and self-immolation, rape and abduction of women and children has no parallel in the history of Afghanistan. ...

RAWA strongly believes that there should be no expectation of either the U.S. or any other country to present us with democracy, peace and prosperity.

Our freedom is only achievable at the hands of our people.

more: http://www.thepeoplesvoice.org/TPV3/Voices.php/2009/10/31/liberation-lie-afghan-women-truth-on-the
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tekisui Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-31-09 12:36 PM
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1. Kick for the people who use Afghanistan's women as an excuse for
their war.
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Hannah Bell Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-31-09 02:00 PM
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10. +1000
The "we're killing people to help women" thing is really monstrous.
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polly7 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-31-09 12:53 PM
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2. k&r Giving Viagra to warlords for their child brides still pisses me off.
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G_j Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-31-09 12:59 PM
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3. woman are not "helped" by war
Edited on Sat Oct-31-09 01:01 PM by G_j
one of the great lies traditionally used by warmongers.
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Flaneur Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-31-09 01:04 PM
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4. The DU warhawks need to read this.
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tekisui Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-31-09 01:34 PM
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6. They won't. They will ignore it, and if brought up to them they
will come up with a new and improved reason to escalate in Afghanistan.
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juno jones Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-31-09 01:10 PM
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5. K&R! n/t
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Swamp Rat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-31-09 01:34 PM
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7. k&r
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G_j Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-31-09 01:55 PM
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8. kick
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anonymous171 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-31-09 01:58 PM
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9. K&R. nt
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denem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-31-09 02:33 PM
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11. I trust RAWA. Normally I would dismiss this sort of stuff, Karzai=Taliban,
but not this organization: RAWA were a light in the darkness when the Taliban ruled Kabul.
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