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 Questions Mount Over US Account Of  Afghanistan Massacre
 By Patrick Martin

http://www.countercurrents.org/martin190312.htm

Within 48 hours of the Pentagon's confirming the identity of the US soldier arrested for the massacre of 16 Afghan civilians, including nine children, there are mounting questions about the official explanation of the bloody events of March 11


Murder Is Not An Anomoly In War
 By Chris Hedges

http://www.countercurrents.org/hedges190312.htm

We kill children nearly every day in Afghanistan. We do not usually kill them outside the structure of a military unit. If an American soldier had killed or wounded scores of civilians after the ignition of an improvised explosive device against his convoy, it would not have made the news. Units do not stick around to count their "collateral damage." But the Afghans know. They hate us for the murderous rampages. They hate us for our hypocrisy


Will Obama,"Bring Full Weight of The Law To Bear On Anyone Involved!" Himself Too?
 By Jay Janson

http://www.countercurrents.org/janson190312.htm

Who on this blessed Earth is more primarily "involved" than the Commander-in-chief himself, who sent this poor devil who is accused of this insane mass-murder, which is only one of many reported since he took office


Israel Threatens Iran, Continues Air Strikes Against Gaza
 By Jean Shaoul

http://www.countercurrents.org/shaoul190312.htm

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has insisted that Israel would take action against Iran even if Washington objected. Speaking to the Knesset last Wednesday, Netanyahu said that a key aim of his talks with US President Barack Obama had been to have Israel's right to launch a military operation against Iran if it sees fit, acknowledged


Resistance To The Zionist Massacre In Gaza
 By Sukant Chandan

http://www.countercurrents.org/chandan190312.htm

How this battle relates the regional liberation struggle


Disavowal: "…A Mental Act That Consists In Rejecting The Reality Of A Perception"
 By William A. Cook

http://www.countercurrents.org/cook190312.htm

A defense of Gilad Atzmon against attack on racism and anti-semitism by Palestinian writers and activists


Economic Theology: Angels Dancing On The Head of A Pin
 By David A. Jones

http://www.countercurrents.org/jones190312.htm

I consider mainstream (neoclassical) economics a kind of modern day theology, and the question about angels is akin to the question, "How much economic growth (GDP growth) can our ecosystems cope with?" For the economic "theologians" the answer is once again "as much as you like," because economic growth can supposedly be decoupled from physical impacts


The Unstoppable Legacy Of The War On Terror
 By Karen J. Greenberg

http://www.countercurrents.org/greenberg190312.htm

Here and elsewhere, it looks like we can expect the Obama administration to continue to barrel down the path that has already taken us far from the country we used to be. And by next year, if a different president is in the Oval Office, expect him to lead us even further astray. With that in mind, here are five categories in the sphere of national security where 2012 is likely to prove even grimmer than 2011


Police State Blues: "Our Rights Do Not End
 Where The Caprice Of Authoritarian Bullies Begins"
 By Phil Rockstroh

http://www.countercurrents.org/rockstroh190312.htm

At mid-evening, on Saturday, March 17, upon the six-month anniversary of the occupation of Zuccotti Park in Lower Manhattan, the NYPD initiated another brutal operation to expel OWS activists from the premises. Why? Because they view OWS as a rival gang -- not a force of democratic passion and outrage


Low Morale of Gujarat Police Needs Remedial Action
 By R.B Sreekumar

http://www.countercurrents.org/sreekumar190312.htm

A letter written by former DGP of Gujarat R.B Sreekumar to P.Chidambaram, home minister of India


Let The Linguistic-Liberty Speak!
 By Neelesh Jain

http://www.countercurrents.org/jain190312.htm

So, we all have to graduate to linguistic maturity and should let the people communicate in that very language in which they feel comfortable and find solace. Then only true creativity will germinate and bloom otherwise freedom of expression that is enshrined in almost every civilized constitution will be muted and mooted forever


Sri Lanka : Dum spiro, spero, dum vivimus vivamus
 By Nilantha Ilangamuwa

http://www.countercurrents.org/ilangamuwa190312.htm

It is only when a government is able to tolerate rational criticism against unlawful acts, a country can achieve a common national goal based on tolerance, equity and fraternity. Until that is possible in Sri Lanka the present regime should at least accept this, 'while we breath we hope, let us live while we live'. In another words, dum spiro, spero, dum vivimus vivamus


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