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Wikileaks Newslinks 21 September 2011
21 September 2011 — williambowles.info WikiLeaks: Modi aides found Advani uninspiring; wanted Manmohan as PM Hindustan Times According to the confidential diplomatic cable sent by the US Consulate at Mumbai during the 2009 general elections, now made public by the WikiLeaks, Modi supporters felt that Advani had failed to generate any enthusiasm. “LK Advani, the Continue reading
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Media Lens: The Golden Rule Of State Violence: Terrorism Is What They Do; Counterterrorism Is What We Do
A defining feature of state power is rhetoric about a ‘moral’ or ‘ethical’ role in world affairs. Errors of judgement, blunders and tactical mistakes can, and do, occur. But the motivation underlying state policy is fundamentally benign. Reporters and commentators, trained or selected for professional ‘reliability’, tend to slavishly adopt this prevailing ideology. Continue reading
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Pakistan vs the US: Moving on By Eric Walberg
The latest Mumbai bombings were not obviously the work of Pakistani extremists, but reflect the unrest thanks to America’s continued reckless policies of escalation in the region, notes Eric Walberg Continue reading
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New a Strategic Culture Foundation 7-15 July 2011: Afghanistan / Syria / India / USA / Tunisia /
16 July 2011 — Strategic Culture Foundation The Wali Karzai Assassination and Its Consequences 15.07.2011 | 12:00 | Najmuddin A. SHAIKH What is not contested is that Ahmad Wali’s untimely death will add another layer of high uncertainty to the political and administrative turbulence that now prevails in Afghanistan. Ahmad Wali was indisputably, from the Continue reading
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Strategic Culture Foundation online magazine latest publications 21-25 March, 2010
Strategic Culture Foundation 2010-03-25 Aleksandr SALITZKY Vladimir TATSIY China’s Accelerating Economic Growth (II) “ China’s huge package of economic stimuli continues to draw attention worldwide. The investments into manufacturing assets in 2009 totaled 22 trillion yuan, a 30.1% hike compared to 2008 The super-ambitious investment plan intended to keep the Chinese economy crisis-free is being Continue reading