Fwd: CC Issue 01 August - Gandhi On Fast In Kashmir

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Happy 35th Birthday,Global Warming!
By Real Climate

http://www.countercurrents.org/rc010810.htm

Global warming is turning 35! Not only has the current spate of global warming been going on for about 35 years now, but also the term "global warming" will have its 35th anniversary next week. On 8 August 1975, Wally Broecker published his paper "Are we on the brink of a pronounced global warming?" in the journal Science. That appears to be the first use of the term "global warming" in the scientific literature


Seven People, Including A Girl Killed In Kashmir
By Rahi Firdous, Mir Umar, Sofi Iqbal & Javed Bhat

http://www.countercurrents.org/aip010810.htm

Three persons including a 17 year girl were killed today in Kashmir, as police opened fire on protesters in Pampore. In another incident As many as four people died and 35 were injured when a mob set fire to a police post in Khrew in Pulwama district of Kashmir on Sunday evening.


Gandhi On Fast In Kashmir
By Javaid Iqbal Bhat

http://www.countercurrents.org/bhat010810.htm

Today as each district of Kashmir is under curfew and people are peering into the abyss of darkness Gandhi would have placed himself in the home of one of the shot dead teenagers, and sat on a fast unto death. Given an understanding of what he did in his lifetime his set of demands would be clear and unambiguous


The Role Of 'Memory' In The Present Crises In Kashmir
By Inshah Malik

http://www.countercurrents.org/malik010810.htm

This current resistance is the outcome of 'memory' instigated by state's dim-witted response to the youth


All Quiet On The Eastern Front
By Uri Avnery

http://www.countercurrents.org/avnery010810.htm

People endowed with sensitive political ears were startled this week by two words, which, so it seemed, escaped from the mouth of Binyamin Netanyahu by accident: "Eastern front". The revival of the Eastern Front may indicate the lowest point of Netanyahu's policy, with the intent of putting to death once and for all any remaining chance for peace


Out Of Afghanistan
By Ralph Nader

http://www.countercurrents.org/nader010810.htm

Nothing will happen without a few million Americans back home stomping, marching and bellowing to end the boomeranging, costly invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan and concentrate on America's needs at home


That Vast Intelligence Build Up Is To
Oil Pentagon War Machine
By Sherwood Ross

http://www.countercurrents.org/ross010810.htm

The Washington Post's revelations re the amazing growth of the U.S. intelligence community since 2001---so that we now have 1,271 agencies employing more than 854,000 payrollers---makes no sense, until one recognizes that this vast development must be for offensive, not defensive, purposes


Arabs' Ties With Israel Damages
The Palestinian Cause: Prof Gilbert Achcar
By Kourosh Ziabari

http://www.countercurrents.org/kz010810.htm

Prof. Achcar discusses the latest developments related to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Israel's attack on the Freedom Flotilla and the prospect of Israel's occupation of West Bank and Gaza


Palestinian Detainee Abuse during
Operation Cast Lead
By Stephen Lendman

http://www.countercurrents.org/lendman010810.htm

On July 6, the Public Committee Against Torture in Israel (PACTI) and Adalah: The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel released a report titled, "Exposed: The Treatment of Palestinian Detainees During Operation Cast Lead," detailing their horrific treatment


The Shame Of 'Honour Killing' Of Our Children
By Marianne de Nazareth

http://www.countercurrents.org/nazareth010810.htm

Honour killing? Isn't it a shame that we in 21st century India glorify brazen murder, perpetrated by ignorant family members on their helpless young family members, by calling it 'honour killing'?


AMU Should Abort "The Regional Centers Plan"
And The Government Should Adopt It
By Shahidur Rashid Talukdar

http://www.countercurrents.org/talukdar010810.htm

At first, The Kerala High Court stayed the opening of AMU off-campuses in June and now the Allahabad High Court, not surprisingly rather inevitably, also follows the suit. It is not necessarily because of whether one supports or opposes the proposal, rather the move itself, given the set of legal and operational constraints, is prone to such questions and hence it has been questioned


Indian Lobby And Asif Zardari
By Dr Shabir Choudhry

http://www.countercurrents.org/choudhry010810.htm

Pakistan is facing one of the worst floods of its history and more than one thousand people have died and more than half million people are uprooted from their homes. Some towns and hundreds of villages have submerged in water, and people are in desperate need of help and support, yet Asif Zardai has packed his bags and left for Paris and London

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