Recent Posts

May, 2009

  • 18 May

    The Myth of Talibanistan By Pepe Escobar

     “Asia Times” — Apocalypse Now. Run for cover. The turbans are coming. This is the state of Pakistan today, according to the current hysteria disseminated by the Barack Obama administration and United States corporate media – from Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to The New York Times. Even British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has said on the record that Pakistani …

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  • 15 May

    Peace conundrum in post-LTTE Sri Lanka? – Dr. Ameer Ali

    From which ever angle one may look at it, it appears that the end is well nigh to the LTTE. One of the ugliest chapters in the history of Sri Lanka is hopefully coming to an end. Missed opportunities, over confidence in military might, tactical blunders, and above all, the wrath of the masses, are the sum total of LTTE’s …

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  • 15 May

    Varun: A Product of India’s Political System By Hameed Abdul Karim

      There he was ole Lal Khrishnan. Advani on TV doing the rounds in one of the many slums of the high tech state of India giving one the impression he is a saint on holiday from heaven all too eager to take the first flight back to his heavenly abode after he sorts out India’s problems. Yes you guessed …

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  • 14 May

    Anti-Islam Rally Being Neutralized. From Aljazeera.

      Clashes hit German anti-Islam rally Scuffles have broken out after about 1,600 people demonstrated against a rally held by a group opposing the building of a mosque in the German city of Cologne.     The rally, held by Pro Koeln, a right-wing group, led to violence after left-wing demonstrators demanded entry to it on Saturday, saying it had …

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  • 14 May

    “Miliband and Kouchner went speechless” when questioned on duplicity treating terrorism, says Al-jazeera By: Walter Jayawardhana

    David Miliband and Bernard Kouchner, Foreign Ministers of United Kingdom and France refused to answer questions by Al Jazeera correspondent, David Charter about the duplicity of their governments in treating terrorism in Sri Lanka in contrast to that of Iraq and Afghanistan, the news channel said. In a broadcast which was also put up in their web Al Jazeera correspondent …

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  • 11 May

    Inside the glass house By Thalif Deen at the United Nations

      NEW YORK – When civilians get killed in conflicts in Sudan, Zimbabwe or Sri Lanka, the United Nations predictably raises hell. But when civilians are victims of domestic insurgencies or military conflicts involving the five big powers — the US, Britain, France, China and Russia (plus Israel) — the Security Council invariably remains silent or paralysed. The UN has …

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  • 11 May

    India’s hand in Nepal crisis

    With power comes arrogance. With arrogance comes a desire to impose one’s will on the weak, or in international relations, an itch to interfere in the affairs of other nations. Often arrogance leads to the downfall of the high and the mighty. History teaches us this lesson. The United States, during the administration of President George W. Bush demonstrated its …

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