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  • Matrix of Death
    8 October 2008 par (Open-Publishing)
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    A new dossier on the (im)precision of US bombing and the (under)valuation of Afghan lives.
    By Professor Marc W. Herold
    http://www.frontlineonnet.com/stories/20081024252100400.htm

  • Kashmir occupied by Indian army: Valley under siege to thwart Lal Chowk march
    7 October 2008 par (Open-Publishing)

    Barricades, barbed wires on roads; mobile phones jammed
    KT NEWS SERVICE
    SRINAGAR, OCT 6: With very strict curfew, heavy deployment of security forces, and arrest of separatist leadership, the Kashmir Coordination Committee (KCC) march to Lal Chowk was thwarted by the government today. It was government sponsored fear which ruled the entire Valley.
    However, curfew was defied in some places including Maisuma, Nowhatta, Baramulla, Pulwama and Rafiabad and protests held.
    Not only Lal (…)

  • NATO’s endangered mission in Afghanistan
    7 October 2008 par (Open-Publishing)

    Kashmir Watch, October 6
    By Abid Mustafa*
    Lately, a number of contradictory statements between Europe and America over NATO operations in Afghanistan have raised awkward questions about the longevity of NATO’s mission in Afghanistan.
    Already cracks in the alliance have started to widen over the success of NATO operations.
    On 6/10/2008 the "Sunday Times" quoted Brigadier Mark Carleton-Smith as saying: ”We’re not going to win this war. It’s about reducing it to a manageable level of (…)

  • US supports Taliban return to power
    7 October 2008 par (Open-Publishing)

    By Anwar Iqbal
    Source: "The Dawn"
    WASHINGTON, Oct 6: The United States said on Monday it’s “very supportive” of an Afghan reconciliation effort that could bring the Taliban back into the government in Kabul after severing their ties with Al Qaeda.
    A CNN report claimed that the Taliban had already agreed to dump Al Qaeda, a militant group the United States blames for sponsoring the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the United States.
    “We’re very supportive of an Afghan reconciliation (…)

  • 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 (…)

  • The Costs to American Taxpayers of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: $3 Trillion
    3 October 2008 par (Open-Publishing)
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    The Costs to American Taxpayers of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: $3 Trillion
    By Thomas R. Stauffer
    Conflicts in the Middle East have been very costly to the U.S., as well as to the rest of the world. An estimate of the total cost to the U.S. alone of instability and conflict in the region?which emanates from the core, Israeli-Palestinian conflict?amounts to close to $3 trillion, measured in 2002 dollars...
    Continue to read: (…)

  • 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 (…)

  • 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 (…)

  • 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 (…)