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Afghanistan – Fool’s War
By Eric MARGOLIS (USA)
Fifteen years ago this week, the US launched the longest war in its history: the invasion and occupation of remote Afghanistan. Neighboring Pakistan was forced to facilitate the American invasion or ‘be bombed back to the stone age.’ America was furious after the bloody 9/11 attacks. The Bush administration had been caught sleeping on guard […]
Continue reading...U.S. Role in Global Drug Trafficking
By Konstantin PENZEV (Russia)
Monday, December 9, 2013
ORIENTAL REVIEW publishes a briefing of the series of articles by Konstantin Penzev recently posted by the New Eastern Outlook (here, here and here). He carefully reviews the sources of the global narco-culture tracking back to the clandestine experiments done in the military laboratories of the United States as early as in 1950s, the narco-dimension […]
Continue reading...Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan: Rising Menace
By Aurobinda MAHAPATRA (India)
Monday, February 4, 2013
The Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU) has become a concern in Eurasian region. In January 2013 alone, the members of the extremist organization confronted security forces in Afghanistan on two instances during operations in Burkah district of Baghlan province. A government official in Tajiksitan declared on 28 January 2013 that police in Kubodiyen District in […]
Continue reading...Afghanistan Under U.S. Occupation
By Nikolay MALISHEVKY (Belarus)
Friday, December 28, 2012
There is nothing new in the opinion that has long been expressed regarding the similarity of the military action waged in Afghanistan, after the Soviet army entered the country on December 25, 1979, with the war waged by the U.S. Army in Vietnam. However this opinion leads us away from the truth. By putting its […]
Continue reading...Anglo-Saxon Troops Should Leave Afghanistan
By ORIENTAL REVIEW
Saturday, November 24, 2012
Negotiations began last week in Kabul between Afghanistan and the USA on a security agreement regarding the terms for the presence of American troops in the country following the official withdraw of the foreign contingent in 2014. Evidently, the peacekeeper’s Nobel Laurels already played their role during the second presidential campaign and it is now […]
Continue reading...Who Runs the Global Drug Mafia (II)
By Valentin KATASONOV (Russia)
Thursday, October 11, 2012
Part I As noted in the previous part of the paper, the global drug mafia is a three-level formation. The strategic objectives pursued at the executive Level 3 are: • The whitewashing of the cash flows generated by drug sales; • Revenue investment in various sectors of the economy; • Organization and security of drug […]
Continue reading...«Independent Kosovo»: Pathological Criminal Case – Global Scope (I)
By Anna FILIMONOVA (Russia)
Friday, August 17, 2012
The Western power centers use the «Republic of Kosovo» as a testing ground for working out the ways to create a quasi-state that could be defined as an «abnormal criminal case of global scope». The goal is reshaping South East Europe. The states below the «first echelon» are subject to the formula «back to slavery […]
Continue reading...Afghan’s Narco-Jihad and Pentagon’s Map
By Nikolai MALISHEVSKI (Belarus)
Thursday, August 9, 2012
Curious information surfaced in the media last month – based on space reconnaissance, the US Department of Defense put together a map of Afghanistan showing in detail the country’s mineral riches which, as it transpired, may be quite impressive. The fact that Afghanistan sits on lucrative natural resources was recognized indirectly back in 2010 when […]
Continue reading...Drugs An Instrument of Global Policy
By Dmitry SEDOV (Russia)
Monday, August 6, 2012
In the wake of World War II, the US and British political elites were confronted with a threat of socialism on a global scale. Fearing that a question mark might be hanging over their own future, they reacted by mobilizing resources – those on public display and deeply hidden – to implement a Roll Back […]
Continue reading...Active Endeavour and Drug Trafficking
By ORIENTAL REVIEW
Friday, March 30, 2012
We all are aware of the basic frameworks of the US response to barbaric 9/11 terrorist attacks. The Bush’s administration and NATO launched unprecedented media, diplomatic and military campaigns aimed to suppress the adversary inside its haunt in Afghanistan. But few remember that the US Operation Enduring Freedom and NATO’s International Security Assistance Force weren’t […]
Continue reading...Another NATO Transit Center for Cargos or Drugs in Europe?
By Dmitry SEDOV (Russia)
Saturday, March 17, 2012
The Russian Ministry of Defense plans to sign an agreement with the USA to establish a return “trans-shipment center” in Ulyanovsk (Russia) for goods going from Afghanistan has attracted public attention. A discussion on financial, political and military aspects of the issue has flared up. The issue of drug trafficking is tackled too. The flourishing […]
Continue reading...Russia and the Changing World
By Vladimir PUTIN (Russia)
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
ORIENTAL REVIEW republishes the latest article by Vladimir Putin, Russian PM and front-runner of the presidential campaign due to culminate next Sunday, March 4, 2012. The article focuses on different aspects of the Russian foreign policy. In my previous articles I have discussed some of the key foreign challenges that Russia now faces. This subject […]
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