United States Military Admittedly Detained Over 200 Young Afghan Boys

In a document released by the United Nations, the United States military has admittedly detained over 200 young Afghan boys, in a military prison next to Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan, for an average of a year at a time.

In this report, the United States claims "the average age of these individuals has been approximately 16 years old", meaning a good number of these children were under 16 years old.  But Tina M. Foster, executive director of the International Justice Network, which represents adult and juvenile detainees at this prison says she has represented children as young as 11 and 12!  Foster also has believes that the United States may be under-reporting the number of juveniles held at the facility.

Because these teens were never charged with any crime, "a detainee would generally not be provided legal assistance."  Foster says that the teens that are seized are not in uniform or even typically taken in combat.  In the report, the United States even admits that they were "not aware of the age of the children at the point of capture; in nearly all cases their ages were not finally determined until after capture."  The US military can keep these detainees with no charges, or trial, using the excuse "the purpose of detention is not punitive but preventative: to prevent a combatant from returning to the battlefield."

Think about that.  If the United States military didn't know the age of these children before capture, what kind of intelligence did they have?  Was it enough to warrant the tactic of snatching these children from their homes and families?  Can you imagine your child being snatched from the supermarket, and brought to some military prison?  It is happening all the time, being done with your tax money.  Most people won't care until it happens to them, and we suffer because of our selfishness.

I reported last month about how four men that were tortured at a US military base filed a lawsuit against Canada for not arresting President George Bush on his last visit to Canada.  These men were hung from the ceilings and walls, deprived of food and water, and much worse, at the United States' Guantanamo Bay prison.  None of the four men were ever charged with a crime, and three of the four have already been released, while the fourth man, only detained when he was sixteen, is still in Guantanamo and has yet to be charged with a crime.

U.S. Plans On Leaving Up To 15,000 Soldiers In Afghanistan AFTER Withdrawal

General John Allen

The Wall Street Journal reports "Gen. John Allen, the commander of U.S. and international forces in Afghanistan, has proposed to keep between 6,000 and 15,000 U.S. troops in the country following the end of combat operations in 2014."

While most people would not consider this a withdrawal, some "military experts", aka shills for the military industrial complex, feel the presence left behind of 15,000 is too little, and we need to leave more!

Kimberly Kagan

Kimberly Kagan, head of The Institute for the Study of War, responded to General John Allen's proposal by saying America needs to more than double Allen's proposed amount of 15,000 soldiers left in Afghanistan, to 34,000 soldiers, to help the military "conduct counterterrorism operations in South Asia."  Kimberly Kagan has worked on various military projects in Iraq and Afghanistan, had supported the troop surge in Iraq in 2007, and has called for expanding the war in Afghanistan.  She is also married to Frederick Kagan, a known Neo-Con, from a family of Neo-Cons.

The Wall Street Journal also reported, in the same article, that there has been complete withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq.  The WSJ doesn't mention the fact that the United States built a new $750 million embassy in Baghdad, Iraq, that still employs 15,000 people.

The amount of money wasted on foreign adventures is ridiculous, and if utilized for a good purpose, could change life drastically, for the better, not only for American citizens, but for the world.

More Evidence Of The US Military Involved In Heroin Trade In Afghanistan

Ever since the Taliban were removed from power in Afghanistan, by the United States, opium production, which is used to make heroin, has increased dramatically.  Today, 87% of the worlds heroin comes from Afghanistan.  Since the United States military is in control of much of Afghanistan, there has been speculation that the US military is involved in the heroin trade.  This speculation was confirmed when Geraldo Rivera of Fox News did a special report from Afghanistan, where he interviewed Lt. Brian Christmas, and they spoke about how the marines are "guarding" the opium fields.  Of course they wouldn't admit on television that they are drug dealing, so they say that they are "guarding" the opium fields from Al-Qaeda.  This week I found more pictures confirming the involvement of the US military and opium production.

For more pictures showing the Opium and US Military connection, go here.

Here is the video of Geraldo Rivera in Afghanistan, covering up the US involvement in opium production.