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US Backs Turkish Military
Attacks On Northern Iraq
By Peter Symonds
www.countercurrents.org/symonds191207.htm
With the backing and assistance of the Bush administration, the Turkish military has launched two attacks in the past three days on Kurdish villages in northern Iraq. While targetted against the guerrilla forces of the separatist Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), the operations are threatening to provoke a broader conflict involving Turkey and Iraq

Iraq: Looking To Security From Paper Police
By Ali al-Fadhily
www.countercurrents.org/fadhily191207.htm
In a country with no security and no jobs, just about anyone can work as a policeman. “To survive in Iraq under U.S. occupation, there are only two jobs; police and garbage collection,” Baghdad journalist Mohammad al-Dulaymi told IPS. “Unemployment is leading many Iraqis to join the security forces despite the risk involved.”

Who Speaks For The Palestinians?
By Dan Lieberman
www.countercurrents.org/lieberman191207.htm
It seems that the Palestinians have no voice, but the appearance is deceiving; the Palestinians have potent voices of international law and international reason. A major problem is they lack active support from an international community that has been negligent in providing the necessary means to implement United Nations (UN) resolutions and mandating accepted international laws

Mitt Romney: Tabernacle Choirboy or Blackwater Mercenary
By Robert Weitzel
www.countercurrents.org/weitzel191207.htm
Keep in mind that Cofer Black, Romney’s personal advisor, is second in command of a private army in need of a public commander-in-chief. As Jeremy Scahill warns, “Blackwater appears to have its own presidential candidate [Romney] . . . one whose presidency could make the company’s profitable business under Bush look like a church bake sale.”

Empowering The Small Farmer: Key To Finding A Way Out Of The Current Agrarian Distress
By Meeta & Rajivlochan
www.countercurrents.org/meeta191207.htm
The small farmer might be the solution to the ongoing crisis in the farming sector in India. Policies need to be geared towards helping small farmers perform agricultural operations and marketing their products with greater efficiency. Instead current policies are hoping to dispossess farmers of their livelihood and push them into some hitherto non-existent industrial gulag

A Test Of Nerves
By Neha Dixit
www.countercurrents.org/dixit191207.htm
Getting a basic HIV test done can be a nightmare even in Delhi’s best hospitals

Jeopardizing Environment, People’s Culture, Religion And Food Security In Sikkim
By Tara Dhakal
www.countercurrents.org/dhakal191207.htm
Can one’s religion and culture be bidded? Can Dzongu (a pilgrimage for Lepcha indigenous tribes) be bidded to private businessmen for hydropower? It is like bidding Mecca (Muslim pilgrimage), Badrinath/Jagannath (Hindu pilgrimage), and Vatican (Christian) for private businessmen/industries

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