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Pakistanis See US As Greatest Threat
By Jim Lobe
www.countercurrents.org/lobe080108.htm
Amid reports that the administration of U.S. President George W. Bush is considering aggressive covert actions against armed Islamist forces in western Pakistan, a new survey released here Monday suggested that such an effort would be opposed by an overwhelming majority of Pakistanis themselves

Why Barack Should De-Escalate On Pakistan
By Tom Hayden
www.countercurrents.org/hayden080108.htm
As predicted, Barack Obama’s advocacy of unilateral military intervention in Pakistan if there is “actionable intelligence” against al-Qaeda is giving legitimacy to the Bush administration’s gathering plan for an escalation

On Rejecting “The System”
By Emily Spence
www.countercurrents.org/spence080108.htm
Even if imperfect at it, we owe it to ourselves and each other to strive to create a better world as best as we can given our underlying circumstances. Then, who knows? Maybe at a certain point, we can reach a point in the far ahead times where some benefit has accrued on account of our seminal action. Maybe we can be one of the snowflakes that provides the weight to reach that final tipping point

LIBERTY, Vanunu, Dylan And Doors
By Eileen Fleming
www.countercurrents.org/fleming080108.htm
Although Vanunu’s and the LIBERTY Vet’s situations are very different, they are also very connected in my heart/gut. In both instances governments that claim to be democracies told truth tellers to SHUT UP and both governments have lied and covered up……..

Naval Encounter Highlights Tensions Stoked By Bush Trip To Middle East
By Peter Symonds
www.countercurrents.org/symonds080108.htm
An incident in the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday involving US warships and small, high-speed Iranian craft has served to heighten tensions in the Gulf on the eve of President Bush’s departure for his first extended trip to the Middle East. The Iranian foreign ministry downplayed the encounter as “a normal issue” that “happens every now and then for both sides”, but the Pentagon and White House did the opposite, claiming that the Iranian actions had been provocative and dangerous

Did Senator McCain Betray?
By Mike Ghouse
www.countercurrents.org/ghouse080108.htm
What Mr. Russert, Stephanapoulus, Chris Wallace and Charlie Gibson forgot or chose not to ask was this major question. Senator, the why did you not get Osama? Why did you have to wait to be elected to do that? Isn’t that a betrayal to your party and to your President? Isn’t that a betrayal to our nation? I am disappointed that none of the Journalist asked that question, a total of four times, and none could ask that? It is not too late now

The United Nations, India And Kashmir
By Dr Ghulam Nabi Fai
www.countercurrents.org/fai080108.htm
If promises are made to be broken, then Kashmir may be summoned to prove the treacherous proposition. Broken promises haunt Kashmir’s history, and explain its tragedy

Kashmir: Difference Of Opinion
By Kashoo Tawseef
www.countercurrents.org/tawseef080108.htm
Jammu and Kashmir needs a step-by-step approach to normalization and confidence building between the various parties, leading eventually to a solution which will be according to the aspirations of the people of Jammu and Kashmir

Pakistan After Benazir’s Assassination
By Stefania Maurizi
www.countercurrents.org/maurizi080108.htm
An interview with Pervez Hoodhoy

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