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  • When Criticism of Cluster Bombs is "Anti-Semitic"
    3 October 2008 par (Open-Publishing)

    When Criticism of Cluster Bombs is "Anti-Semitic"
    By STANLEY HELLER
    The Israeli paper Ha’aretz reports that the head of Germany’s Jewish community accused a minister in Angela Merkel’s German government of "anti-Semitism" because of the minister’s statement on Israel’s use of cluster bombs. Development Aid Minister Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul had asked for a United Nations probe into Israel’s use of cluster bombs in civilian areas of Lebanon.
    Charlotte Knobloch, president of the Central (…)

  • Belgian Jewish Leader: Israel Committing War Crimes
    3 October 2008 par (Open-Publishing)

    Belgian Jewish Leader: Israel Committing War Crimes
    By Selcuk Gultasli
    Jewish associations have begun to react against the Israeli offensive into Lebanon. Head of the Union of Belgian Jewish Progressives (UPJB) Dr. Jacques Ravedovitch stated that Israel is committing war crimes in Lebanon.
    In an interview with Zaman in Brussels, Ravedovitch said that while former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon committed indirect war crimes, current Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is unquestionably a (…)

  • Israel Must Be Held Accountable For Its International Law Violations
    3 October 2008 par (Open-Publishing)

    Israel Must Be Held Accountable For Its International Law Violations
    by Stephen Lendman
    Global Research, August 11, 2006
    On June 25, the Palestinians responded to continued, unrelenting and unjustifiable Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) attacks against them by striking at an Israeli military post near Kerem Shalom crossing, southeast of Rafah, killing two IDF soldiers, injuring several others, and capturing (not "kidnapping) a third. It set off a swift and deadly IDF response of daily (…)

  • Pakistan accuses US of terrorism
    1 October 2008 par (Open-Publishing)

    Pakistan accuses US of terrorism
    Wed, 01 Oct 2008 13:45:03 GMT
    Pakistani Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has termed the US incursions into the country’s tribal belt as an ’act of terrorism’.
    A joint session of the parliament would be called soon to discuss the issue, Gilani told reporters at the Prime Minister House on Wednesday.
    He added that the PPP-led government wants to unite all the political parties over ’this national issue of sovereignty’, Geo reported.
    Gilani’s (…)

  • Ahmadinejad accepts Israel’s right to exist
    1 October 2008 par (Open-Publishing)

    Ahmadinejad accepts Israel’s right to exist
    The Iranian president has said he would accept a two-state solution if the Palestinians agree. So where are the headlines?
    Peter Tatchell guardian.co.uk, Monday September 29 2008 19:30 BST
    Iranian President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, has made a remarkable announcement. He’s admitted that Iran might agree to the existence of the state of Israel.
    Ahmadinejad was asked: "If the Palestinian leaders agree to a two-state solution, could Iran live with (…)

  • Hindustani Nuclear hubris
    30 September 2008 par (Open-Publishing)
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    BY PRAFUL BIDWAI,
    Source: "FRONTLINE"
    Nationalist euphoria over the NSG waiver will breed monumental arrogance, great-power delusions, and contempt for peace among our social-Darwinist elite.
    THE headlines reporting the waiver granted to India by the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) from its nuclear trade rules could not have been more breathless or gung-ho – to the point of hysteria: “Nuclear apartheid ends”, “Nuclear dawn”, “India N-abled”, and so on. Even more excessive were the (…)

  • PM-India Flagrantly Violates His Own Assurances
    29 September 2008 par (Open-Publishing)

    People’s Democracy (Weekly Organ of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) No. 38 September 28 , 2008 Editorial
    THE prime minister has left on his ten-day tour of the USA and Europe (France). Apart from addressing the UN General Assembly, he is slated to meet president Bush on September 25. On the basis of official leakages, this meeting is being projected as one that will clinch the India-US nuclear deal. The prime minister, we are told, is to make a `triumphal’ return to India.
    The (…)

  • The Real Story Behind Islamabad Marriott Hotel Attack
    29 September 2008 par (Open-Publishing)

    The thruth about Pak 11-September...
    View from Pakistan national
    When Gen. Musharraf submitted to U.S. pressure after 9/11 and ditched the Taliban in Afghanistan, he provided air bases as well as logistics support and shared intelligence with CIA. He allowed CIA and FBI to recruit agents in FATA and other places and to establish their outposts. The focus of ISI and other agencies was shifted towards hunting and nabbing so-called terrorists all over the country, in monitoring dissident (…)

  • China calls for end to ’force’ against Iran
    29 September 2008 par (Open-Publishing)

    China calls for end to ’force’ against Iran
    Mon, 29 Sep 2008 09:03:59 GMT
    Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao China has called for an end to the ’use of force’ against Tehran in a move that will further complicate the push for new anti-Iran sanctions.
    Days after the US failed to convince the United Nations Security Council permanent members plus Germany to impose further sanctions against Tehran, China has urged world powers not to resort to ’force’ over Iran’s nuclear program.
    "Major (…)

  • India : Delhi encounter raises tough questions
    29 September 2008 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Double standards on fighting terrorism
    By Praful Bidwai, "Kashmir Times"
    India is witnessing a sharp increase in the incidence of both anti-minority communal violence and terrorism.
    Christians are under attack in Orissa, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, and now even Kerala, which has long been held up as a model of pluralism and communal harmony.
    Behind the assault on churches, church-run institutions, and individual followers of the Christian faith are Hindu communal groups like (…)