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The recent warning from General Richard Dannatt, head of the British army, to Tony Blair that the presence of British troops in Iraq does nothing but worsen the securty situation there, is the latest proof of a growing crisis in George Bush's "Global War on Terror". At the same time, the probable suicide of a Dutch sergeant serving in Afghanistan coincides with new and ongoing reports of the growing violence inflicted by NATO forces on the Afghan population.

ACHIN VANAIK is a TNI Fellow and Professor of International Relations and Global Politics (South Campus) at the Political Science Department of Delhi University, India. Vanaik is an independent journalist writing regularly for various national newspapers and was formerly the assistant editor of the Times in India. He was a visiting professor of Political Science at the Academy of Third World Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia University in New Delhi. He is also a nuclear specialist and has written extensively on India's nuclear policy.