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Asif Ali Zardari: The Godfather As President
By Tariq Ali
www.countercurrents.org/ali080908.htm
He may be a pliant partner for the west, but with his record of corruption, Zardari is the worst possible choice for Pakistan
Pakistan’s Westward Drift
By Pervez Hoodbhoy
www.countercurrents.org/hoodhoy080908.htm
For three decades, deep tectonic forces have been silently tearing Pakistan away from the Subcontinent and driving it towards the Arabian Peninsula. This continental drift is not geophysical but cultural, driven by a belief that Pakistan must exchange its Southasian identity for an Arab-Muslim one. Grain by grain, the desert sands of Saudi Arabia are replacing the alluvium that had nurtured Muslim culture in the Indian Subcontinent for over a thousand years
Nuclear Waiver – Blow To Non-Proliferation
By Praful Bidwai
www.countercurrents.org/bidwai080908.htm
The special waiver granted to India by the Nuclear Suppliers’ Group (NSG) from its nuclear trade rules is being seen as a massive setback to the cause of global nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament
So How Many Poor Vietnamese Did McCain’s Bombs Kill In 23 Runs?
By Jay Janson
www.countercurrents.org/janson080908.htm
Given all the praise heaped upon McCain, the bomber of Hanoi, this is a natural question – especially for the millions of us who remember the inexpressible shamefulness of this genocidal war on the agrarian Asian population of a brutal French colony that suffered Japanese occupation and fought both the Japanese and Vichy French as a U.S. ally
Vying To Be Toughest
By Stephen Lendman
www.countercurrents.org/lendman080908.htm
Ignoring public sentiment, both party nominees stress “national security” and face off on who’s toughest on “terrorism.” For 2009, expect more of the same. A continued right wing agenda. Bigger budgets for militarism. Police state repression for enforcement. Little attention to public needs. No end to wars and occupation. Possible new ones against Iran, Pakistan, elsewhere in Eurasia, and a resurgent confrontation with Russia
Displaced Poor Still Arriving In New Orleans As Saints Go Marching In
By Bill Quigley
www.countercurrents.org/qyuigley080908.htm
Tears dripped down her face as she searched for her missing suitcase in the busy New Orleans bus station. “It had my ID, my children’s birth certificates, my money and my credit cards,” she softly cried. It was Sunday morning, one week after she was bused out of New Orleans to a military base in Arkansas. She was supposed to be at work. Her three children needed her. But she needed that suitcase
Kashmir Is In No Mood To Be Taken For A Ride
By Syed Ali Safvi
www.countercurrents.org/safvi080908.htm
The writing is on the wall. Kashmiris want the right to self-determination, which India has denied them for six decades. The ball is in New Delhi’s court. Being a democratic country, it cannot turn a deaf ear to the incessant demands of Kashmiris, else everlasting peace will never be achieved in Kashmir
When Good People Believe Bad Information
By Timothy V. Gatto
www.countercurrents.org/gatto080908.htm
I have met people, good people, from all walks of life and from just about every educational level, from every economic class. I’ve talked to janitors, doctors, lawyers and business owners. The one thing that the majority of them have in common is their basic ignorance of what is really happening in the country and the world
Murdering Mother Earth
By Jason Miller
www.countercurrents.org/miller080908.htm
Yes, We’re Matricidal: Murdering Mother Earth one forest, one species and one atom at a time
Nature Of Threat To Indian Democracy
By Ram Puniyani
www.countercurrents.org/puniyani080908.htm
Book review: Fascism and Communalism: Considerations By Sandeep Pendse
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