9. LOSING AFGHANISTAN TWICE OVER http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/092506R.shtml Some readers of Newsweek read a cover story in the October 2, 2006 issue titled "Losing Afghanistan: The Rise of Jihadistan," but not readers in the United States. Editions destined for Asia, Latin America, and Europe provided an in-depth analysis of the situation in Afghanistan and the failures of the U.S.-led war such as, "The harsh truth is that five years after the US invasion on Oct. 7, 2001, most of the good news is confined to Kabul, with its choking rush-hour traffic jams, a construction boom and a handful of air-conditioned shopping malls. Much of the rest of Afghanistan appears to be failing again. Most worrisome, a new failed-state sanctuary is emerging across thousands of square miles along the Afghan-Pakistan border: 'Jihadistan,' it could be called." Readers in the U.S. instead were given a retrospective of the career of photographer Annie Leibovitz. SOURCE: TruthOut.org, September 25, 2006 For more information or to comment on this story, visit: http://www.prwatch.org/node/5278
Did the US govt acctually censor the document? or did Newsweek not run it in the US. There is a difference between pressure and censorship. If they were going to censor information they would have surely dont it to the NY Times with all the critical information they have disclosed. Id like to know more...censorship is terrible in any sense of the word...Did you see how much that nice repsectful group of college students respected the Minute Mens right to speak huh??? And as always...be suspect of news sources with a clear agenda...both referenced sites have clear political motivation and spun interpitation of some issues... IMHO of course
