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US Vows Continued Aid To Musharraf
By Bill Van Auken

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Even as the protests mounted and Pakistan’s jails were filled to overflowing with thousands of political prisoners dragged off of the streets or from their homes, the Bush administration signaled that it will not take any substantive reprisals against the regime in Islamabad

Musharraf Has Lost His Marbles And Is Targeting Progressives
By Asma Jahangir

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Ironically the President (who has lost his marbles) said that he had to clamp down on the press and the judiciary to curb terrorism. Those he has arrested are progressive, secular- minded people while the terrorists are offered negotiations and ceasefires

Hard On Civil Society, Soft On Extremists
By Beena Sarwar

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Pakistani President Gen. Pervez Musharraf appears to be following a strategy of being hard on lawyers and the judiciary and soft on Islamist extremists — the two groups he blamed for imposing emergency rule in the country on Saturday

Another Coup In The ‘Land Of The Pure’
By Tarek Fatah

www.countercurrents.org/fatah061107.htm

Every country has an army, but in Pakistan the army has a country

Turmoil In Pakistan Brings Uncertainty To The World
By Tahir M. Qazi

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Chances for a stable and progressive Pakistan is slim. Jihadist elements do have their hands on a wide variety of weapons. They may not have their hands on the nuclear arsenal as yet but it may not be far away from their reach either directly or through support from within military, if living realities remain unchanged. Important question is, will Ms. Bhutto bring Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal under international monitoring prior to complete loss of state control on it? How the rest of world wants to handle this difficult situation remains a question mark. It is a somber moment for the whole world

The Night Of The Massacre
By Sherry Rehman

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It was the worst of nights because just a few minutes after midnight as we went into October 19, the bomb blasts that turned a carnival into carnage ripped through the flesh and bone of young people who had been dancing on the streets. The blast was a heinous attempt at curtailing the activities of progressive, democratic forces, and it did so without sparing the lives, limbs and futures of anyone. It marked in red letters the helplessness of ordinary people against the deadly intent of the mass murderer. It left its grisly imprint of pellets and flames on skin and bone, but also on the hearts and minds of all those who see peaceful association as a fundamental right

Targeting Iraqis As “Big Game”
By Nick Turse

www.countercurrents.org/turse061107.htm

From the commander-in-chief to low-ranking snipers, a language of dehumanization that includes the idea of hunting humans as if they were animals has crept into our world — unnoticed and unnoted in the mainstream media. Perhaps a few linguistics professors or other social scientists might like to step into the breach and offer their views on the subject — unless, of course, they’ve already been mustered into those Human Terrain Teams

Millions Trapped In Their Own Country
By Ahmed Ali

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At least five million Iraqis have fled their homes due to the violence under the U.S.-led occupation, but half of them are unable to leave the country, according to well-informed estimates.According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), there are more than 4.4 million displaced Iraqis, an estimate that many workers among refugees find conservative

Punishing Gaza
By Stephen Lendman

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Even before the latest crisis, Gaza’s industrial production had fallen 90% and its agricultural output was half its pre-2007 level. In addition, nearly all construction had stopped, unemployment is around 80%, and the level of poverty is shocking based on World Bank data showing over 80% of Gazans live on less than $2.40 a day

Climate Change Leadership
By Bill Henderson

www.countercurrents.org/henderson061107.htm

Politicians in America don’t lead – they are pushed. There is less than a year left to build such a robust consensus on climate change to free up the electoral process, to push aside the vested interests that do not want change, to create an opportunity for a climate change mandate so that needed emission reduction is possible. Those that recognize the danger must get much more innovative in making state of the art risk and mitigation science impossible to ignore

Hillary Flips Over Her Debate Flop
By Carey Roberts

www.countercurrents.org/roberts061107.htm

What are we to make of a presidential candidate who portrays herself as strong and independent, a courageous exemplar to the members of her gender — but at the first hint of criticism collapses as the pitiable victim of gender politics?

Bolivia: ‘A Project For The Liberation Of The Poor’
By Federico Fuentes

www.countercurrents.org/fuentes061107.htm

When Loayza, together with Morales, was first elected to parliament in 1997 it marked the entrance of the indigenous and campesino (peasant) movements onto the political stage nationally. Two years previously, three of Bolivia’s key indigenous and campesino organisations, including the United Union Confederation of Campesino Workers of Bolivia (CSUTCB) headed by Loayza, came together to construct a “political instrument” that aimed to be “a political project of the poor, for the liberation of the poor”

Modi Must Be Punished
By Kuldip Nayar

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The brutality of a pogrom is not lessened if it is hidden from the nation. Exposing a crime is not linked to electoral strategy, but to the value system. I believe, a person begins to die the day he sees an act of injustice being committed but keeps quiet

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