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Putin Vows ‘An Answer’ To NATO Ships Near Georgia
By Vladimir Isachenkov
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Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that Russia will respond calmly to an increase in NATO ships in the Black Sea in the aftermath of the short war with Georgia, but promised that “there will be an answer.”
Putin’s Ruthless Gambit
By Michael T. Klare
www.countercurrents.org/klare030908.htm
The Bush Administration falters in a geopolitical chess match
Major Ice-Shelf Loss In Artic
By BBC
www.countercurrents.org/bbc030908.htm
The ice shelves in Canada’s High Arctic have lost a colossal area this year, scientists report. The floating tongues of ice attached to Ellesmere Island, which have lasted for thousands of years, have seen almost a quarter of their cover break away. One of them, the 50 sq km (20 sq miles) Markham shelf, has completely broken off to become floating sea-ice
Amarnath: An Immoral And Illegal Accord
By A.G.Noorani
www.countercurrents.org/noorani030908.htm
The accord between the J&K Government and the Shri Amarnathji Yatra Sangharsh Samity (SAYSS) on 31 August 2008 is far worse than the order by the J&K Government only three months earlier on 26 May 2008. It grants the SASS concessions beyond what the order did. It is one-sided and marks an abject surrender to violence, blockade and to communal forces
Living In The Car After Gustave
By Bill Quigley
www.countercurrents.org/quigley030908.htm
New Orleans, September 2, 2008: The good news is that nearly two million people evacuated and were spared the direct hit of Gustave. Our sisters and brothers in Haiti and the Dominican Republic, who were not able to leave the point of the storm, lost over 100 lives. The people of the U.S. were fortunate to be able to leave. The bad news is that most people have not been allowed to return
The Afghan War’s Heavy Toll On Children
By Brian McAfee
www.countercurrents.org/mcafee030908.htm
Again today reports coming out of Afghanistan indicate more dead children. Three were killed and seven injured when western troops fired artillery shells at a civilian house in western Afghanistan. This occurs in the wake of the August 22 bombing that resulted in the deaths of 90 people, 60 children, 15 women and 15 men
The Biggest Lie About Iraq
By Saul Rosenthal
www.countercurrents.org/rosenthal030908.htm
Senator John McCain’s early mantra was that he will bring victory in Iraq. Future tense, note. Comes now his new and improved mantra that we HAVE BEEN victorious in Iraq, thanks to “the surge” and General Petraeus. Excuse me while I shout to my keyboard: That’s a lie! A damn lie! A damn BIG lie! BIG like the Bush lie that got us into an ungodly quagmire in Iraq based on mendacities
Israel Turns Gaza Into Prison For UConn Fulbright Scholar
By Zohair M. Abu Shaban
www.countercurrents.org/shaban030908.htm
There are hundreds of Palestinian students in Gaza hoping for a miracle in the next few days so that we can pursue scholarships that may offer a once-in-a-lifetime escape from ignorance and poverty. We are determined not to be rendered a dependent people lacking advanced education. And yet the silence of the world suggests that Israel will succeed in keeping us within the limiting confines of Gaza
Israel Must Rein In Settler Movement, Protect Palestinian Children
By Joel Gulledge
www.countercurrents.org/gulledge030908.htm
Our leaders must insist that Israel not apply one system of law in the West Bank for Israeli settlers and another for Palestinians. Colonizing another people ought to be regarded as ancient history
The Last Great Game
By G. Asgar Mitha
www.countercurrents.org/mitha030908.htm
The stakes for which the game is now being played are global supremacy, energy, geo-political security, religion and financial control. There are too many players on a congested grand chessboard and eight nuclear fingers. This could very well be the last great game with no winners and all losers
Killing Kashmiris By Comparison
By Mohamad Junaid
www.countercurrents.org/junaid030908.htm
How many people joined the Quit India marches at the height of India’s independence struggle? A lakh? Two? India says Kashmiris are confused; that they don’t know what they want. India describes the need for Kashmir’s freedom as an aspiration, a Kashmiri desire. Kashmiris, however, are talking to them as straight as possible. When a million Kashmiri voices rose together in August 2008, they told India something quite uncomplicated: leave
Terrifying Testimonies
By Yoginder Sikand
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Muslim victims of police and state terror testified to at a public hearing on brutalities against Muslims in the name of countering ‘terrorism’ recently organised in Hyderabad by a group of noted human rights’ activists. Going by their depositions and the verdict of the jury of eminent social activists, journalists and retired judges, it appears that powerful elements within the state apparatus are deeply implicated, along with Hindu terrorist groups, in a witch-hunt of India’s Muslim citizens
Singur: Let’s Talk About The Farmers
By Atul Jadia
www.countercurrents.org/jadia030908.htm
TATAs have stopped the work at the factory and announced the possible pull-out due to violence and uncertainty. Media and industry is talking about the NANO car, its “great features and price points”, “the setback to the industry”, “the respect of the country in the world as an investment destination”, “the investment environment”, “faith of the investors in West-Bengal” etc. No one is talking about the future of the farmers whose land has been forcibly taken-over by the WB Government and handed over to the TATAs
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