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The Case Of Uri Avnery II
Posted on04. Feb, 2012 by Jonathan Azaziah.
Hasbara, Supremacism And The Future Of Solidarity by Jonathan Azaziah Prelude: In the first part of this series, Uri Avnery was lambasted for his crimes against the Palestinian people and his "Shukran, Israel" hitpiece on Islamic Resistance was deconstructed with a barrage of unequivocal facts, burying the Zionist lies forever. This part, the series finale, [...]
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Pakistan: All’s Well That Ends Well
Posted on04. Feb, 2012 by Humayun Gauhar.
Opinion Maker: By Humayun Gauhar I heard giggling and knew that my friend Maverick the monkey was back. He looked healthier and smarter than ever. Now I would get another much-needed dose of wisdom and some insider information too. I think Maverick flits between being an ISI and CIA agent, though he wouldn’t be averse [...]
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The Case Of Uri Avnery I
Posted on02. Feb, 2012 by Jonathan Azaziah.
“Shukran, Israel” Analyzed And Refuted By Jonathan Azaziah Prelude: This is the first of a two-part series examining several critical positions of 'Israeli' "peace" activist Uri Avnery and how these positions relate to the overall rapidly-deteriorating status of the International Palestine Solidarity Movement. In this volume, Avnery himself is unabashedly slammed as an enemy of [...]
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The BBC censors its own report
Posted on01. Feb, 2012 by Alan Hart.
BBC Blocks out Tunisia’s Jews saying “No” to Israel! By Alan Hart There was a moment in a report from Tunisia by the BBC’s Wyre Davies when I could not stop myself laughing. I was listening to it on the Corporation’s generally excellent World Service radio. (In my view this particular BBC service is generally [...]
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President Obama: Crossing the Rubicons
Posted on31. Jan, 2012 by Dr Mahboob A Khawaja.
By Mahboob A. Khawaja, Ph.D. “Clean Break: A New Strategy for Securing the Realm" exposes the key authors … America’s sadistic neo-cons Richard Perle, David Wurmser and Douglas Feith ………A decade later, the authors of that study are gone in name but their spirit of unending wars is alive and well within the Obama Administration's recently [...]
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What is Democracy?
Posted on31. Jan, 2012 by Dr Haider Mehdi.
NOTES FROM A SOCIAL SCIENTIST By Dr. Haider Mehdi “The liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of private power to a point where it comes stronger than their democratic state itself. That, in essence, is fascism – ownership of government by an individual, by a group.” Franklin D. [...]
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Giffords: The Final Act
Posted on30. Jan, 2012 by Wayne Madsen.
Giffords final act is to go after the drug conspirators who targeted her and judge By Wayne Madsen Arizona Representative Gabrielle Giffords, severely wounded in a shooting by Jared Lee Loughner on January 8, 2011, had one final item of business before resigning her seat to continue her recovery therapy. Giffords introduced to the House [...]
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Democracy in the Middle East: Why the Islamists Win
Posted on29. Jan, 2012 by Lawrence Davidson.
An Analysis By Lawrence Davidson Part I – Two Democratic Elections There have now been two democratic elections in the Middle East as a consequence of the Arab Spring. One was in Tunisia in October 2011, and the recent staggered elections of December 2011-January 2012 for a lower house of parliament in Egypt. In both [...]
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Pakistan-Myanmar Relations
Posted on28. Jan, 2012 by Raja Mujtaba.
Defence and Diplomacy By Raja G Mujtaba Asif Ali Zardari paid a state visit to Myanmar from 22nd Jan to 24th Jan 2012, perhaps the first by any head of the state. This visit may not be ringing bells anywhere but certainly can develop into much fruitful economic, cultural, educational and tourism relationship. During this [...]
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The Ten Pillars of Justice
Posted on28. Jan, 2012 by Humayun Gauhar.
Opinion Maker: By Humayun Gauhar I talked of seven pillars or cornerstones of justice last Sunday but left out three of the most important for want of space. These are: due process, presumption of innocence, and absence of emotion, making ten pillars in all. Due process is a fundamental right that includes the right to [...]
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