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August 2012
Regime change is not the sole goal of the US and its allies in Syria
By Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya: What is happening in Syria is a sign of things to come for the region. Regime change is not the sole goal of the US and its allies in Syria. Dividing the Syrian Arab Republic is the end goal of Washington in Syria. Read More
Karma attack and Pakistan army’s operations in volatile tribal areas
By Abdus Sattar Ghazali: On August 16, 2012, nine militants dressed in uniforms and armed with guns and rocket launchers stormed Kamra air force base that assembles Mirage and JF-17 fighter Thunder fighter jets in collaboration with China. All the attackers were killed while one air force official also lost his life. It took five hours to eliminate the attackers. Among those who were injured included the base commander Air Commodore Mohammad Azam who oversaw and took part in the operation. Read More
Divesting from All Occupations
By Stephen Zunes: In response to ongoing violations of international law and basic human rights by the rightist Israeli government of Benyamin Netanyahu in the occupied West Bank and elsewhere, there has been a growing call for divestment of stocks in corporations supporting the occupation. Read More
Political aftermath of JFK assassination
By Arthur Kane Scott: On November 22, 1963, John F. Kennedy, with his wife Jackie, was fired upon at Dealey Plaza. The young President was pronounced dead at 1:30 pm, Central Standard Time, at Parkland Hospital, Dallas. While the nation was in deep shock, Lyndon Banes Johnson was sworn in as the 36th President. What was not realized at the time was that America, not only had witnessed a political assassination in which the vision of the “New Frontier” and its “New Deal” roots were marginalized, but more importantly JFK’s death represented the beginnings of a profound paradigm shift to the “Far Right” within the American culture. By the election of 2012, Corporate America, intelligence agencies, the military-industrial complex, Wall Street/Banking Industry, Religious Right and their sibling money had become the masters of the country where the one percent dominate, and economic fairness/equity banished from the dialogue. The JFK statement: “If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich” is forgotten, or at best ignored. Read More
Euro-US far-right groups anti-Muslim rally again flops
By Abdus Sattar Ghazali: On August 4, far-right anti-Islam fringe but vocal groups from across Europe and the United States staged a rally in the Swedish capital, Stockholm, which attracted only 200 people, according to Reuters news agency while the Associated Press put the numbers to 100 only. This was the second flopped rally of the Euro-US far-right groups. On March 31, 2011, an anti-Islam gathering in Denmark's second city, Aarhus, had attracted fewer than 200 supporters compared with thousands of counter demonstrators. Read More
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