US Steps Up Plans For Intervention In Pakistan
By Bill Van Auken

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In the midst of public statements of support for “democracy” in Pakistan and the recent visit to Islamabad by the American envoy John Negroponte, Washington is quietly preparing for a stepped-up military intervention in the crisis-ridden country

Pakistan’s Disorder–Another Fine Mess Created By Uncle Sam
By Javed I. Chaudry

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Today, one can pick up almost any paper or watch any tv news channel, one cannot escape from the news on the current Pakistani situation revolving around the imposed emergency in that country. I interpret and explain it to be the direct consequence of knee deep American involvement and its control, which is leveraged through the financial aid in order to derive long term geo-political benefits from the region

Musharraf’s Crisis Of Legitimacy
By Taj Hashmi

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Nothing but democracy and accountability can either salvage Pakistan or subdue Islamists to put an end to terrorism in the long run

Fallujah Now Under A Different Kind Of Siege
By Ali al-Fadhily

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Three years after a devastating U.S.-led siege of the city, residents of Fallujah continue to struggle with a shattered economy, infrastructure, and lack of mobility

Radioactive Ammunition Fired In Middle East May Claim More Lives Than Hiroshima And Nagasaki
By Sherwood Ross

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By firing radioactive ammunition, the U.S., U.K., and Israel may have triggered a nuclear holocaust in the Middle East that, over time, will prove deadlier than the U.S. atomic bombing of Japan

Middle Class Angst: The Politics Of Lemmings- Part I
By Stan Goff

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Suburbia is also a spiritual wasteland, a place where the wonder of nature is desecrated ubiquitously with corporate logos and all the artifacts of late technological society

Redact O’Reilly
By Mary Shaw

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Every American should see Brian DePalma’s new film, Redacted, including every member of the Bush administration. Because it’s not so much about what American troops are doing to the Iraqis, but rather what Bush’s war is doing to our troops. Their actions are just a consequence of that

Google Refuses To Run Impeachment Ad
By Ralph Lopez

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Google has refused to run sponsored ad and link paid for by the Northeast Impeachment Coalition and YaliesForImpeachment.org to help impeach vice president Cheney

The Beating Of Medha Patkar
By Satya Sagar

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The beating of Medha Patkar by both BJP and the CPM thugs, which underlines her unique status as a threat to establishments on both the right and the left, was no mere coincidence. The fact is these two parties, despite their vehement public opposition to each other, share a frightening similarity in their overall political culture- both within and outside their organizations

The Auschwitz Of Our Times !
Where Are Our Raphael Lemkins !
By Subhash Gatade

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Perhaps it is a sign of changed times or the slackening of the resolve of humanity that today sixty years after Auschwitz the ‘Neros’ of Gujarat have been allowed to go scot free. Forget punishment, these perpetrators of ghastly killings, – the strategists, the planners and the actual footsoldiers – are today a respectable lot

Peace: What Does It Mean?
By Kashoo Tawseef

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Peace to me means peace of the second type Peace which results out of justice not out of oppression says Kashoo Tawseef

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