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...open schools in Afghanistan's war-torn southern provinces this spring. The announcement, which comes just a week after the capture of a prominent Taliban commander by coalition forces and of Taliban spokesman Dr. Hanif by Afghan security forces, shows that the insurgency is stepping up its military and propaganda effort to weaken the government of President Hamid Karzai. As a prelude to the spring offensive for which NATO-led coalition forces are bracing, the Taliban late last year released a 30-point code of conduct for its soldiers, prohibiting smoking, looting, and taking "young boys with no facial hair...
...government institutions, such as schools, from functioning. But Sunday's announcement marks the first time since 2001 that the Taliban has promised its own social services to the population, in what appears to be a direct response to the Coalition and government reconstruction projects. "They really are masters of propaganda," says Joanna Nathan, Afghanistan analyst for the International Crisis Group. "In reality they are offering the people nothing. They are still releasing hideous DVDs of beheadings in order to instill fear in the population. This school announcement is just a PR campaign...
...contradicted the notion that "You" or "We" were most important in 2006. The discussion was about the war, but the issues raised were about our society. Was there a journalistic failure as the country approached the invasion in 2003? I was certainly fed up with all the pro-war propaganda in the news. But more worrying, it was simply not possible to argue against the war at the time. One was either "with us or against us." Intelligent discussion was pre-empted. So the issue is not about journalism and the courage to express different opinions but about self-censorship...
...contradicted the notion that "you" or "we" were most important in 2006. The discussion was about the war, but the issues raised were about our society. Was there a journalistic failure as the country approached the invasion in 2003? I was certainly fed up with all the pro-war propaganda in the news. But more worrying, it was simply not possible to argue against the war at the time. One was either "with us or against us." Intelligent discussion was pre-empted. So the issue is not about journalism and the courage to express different opinions but about self-censorship...
...questions as audience members cheered what Limbaugh called the show's "pro-America" stance. (Among the crowd were pundit Laura Ingraham and Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas.) The weird spectacle put a point on a raging question in pop culture: Is 24 just a TV show or right-wing propaganda? Or, to turn Jack Bauer's frequent refrain on him: Who are you working...