By Mohammad Ashraf 04 February, 2016 Countercurrents.org (The debate as to who has let down whoneeds to first consider the ground situationinKashmir and the actions of its two neighbours, overt as well as covert!) Sometime back a debate had started regarding the “leaders” and the “people”. There were many opinions …
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By Paul Craig Roberts 31 January, 2016 Countercurrents.org Myself, Michael Hudson, John Perkins, and a few others have reported the multi-pronged looting of peoples by Western economic institutions, principally the big New York Banks with the aid of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Third World countries were and are looted …
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European UN ‘peacekeepers’ accused of shocking sexual abuse of children in CAR Umar Stambuli – Cii Radio | 21 Rabi ul Akhir 1437/01 February 2016 Their sole mandate was to bring peace in Central African Republic (CAR).But the foreign military forces tasked with this job failed short of protecting the …
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The re-solidification of an authoritarian order and the impending uprising in Egypt. 24 Jan 2016 An opposition demonstrator throws a stone during rioting with pro-Mubarak supporters near Tahrir Square in Cairo (2011) [ REUTERS] ABOUT THE AUTHOR Mohamad Elmasry Dr Mohamad Elmasry is an assistant professor in the Department of …
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It was not suicide, it was MURDER – Fmr. Guantanamo guard spills the beans on lethal CIA activities at prison news.com.au | 10 Rabi ul Akhir 1437/21 January 2016 A former Guantanamo Bay guard has spoken for the first time about what he claims was a CIA murder of detainees, …
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AlterNet | 09 Rabi ul Akhir 1437/20 January 2016 Council of Foreign Relations resident skeptic Micah Zenko recently tallied up how many bombs the United States has dropped on other countries and the results are as depressing as one would think. Zenko figured that since Jan. 1, 2015, the U.S. has dropped …
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By John Chuckman 08 January, 2016 Countercurrents.org Had I seen the image of Obama, weeping over American gun deaths, seven years ago, I know I would have been deeply moved. It would have reinforced my view of him then as an empathetic, bright, and progressive politician. And I did then, …
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Residents in besieged Syrian town forced to eat insects, plants to avoid starvation Agencies | 26 Rabi ul Awwal/07January 2015 Up to 40,000 civilians are slowly starving to death in the Syrian town of Madaya, activists have warned, after six months under a punishing siege. Encircled by land mines and …
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New York Times and Agencies | Something drove Ishaq Khalil Hassan, 28, into the Mediterranean last week, to walk naked in the shallow surf, to attempt what has become all but impossible for Palestinians: an escape from the Gaza Strip. Palestinian officials insisted that Mr. Hassan, who tried to wade …
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Rashida Ntotela | 10 Rabi ul Awwal 1437/22 December 2015 Since 2002, over 1500 volunteers from across the world have literally put their lives on the line for Palestinians, themselves perpetually in much more danger – acting as human shields in the name of Islam and brotherhood. This week, Soweto …
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