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Binu Mathew
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Khuzaa: Attack And Aftermath

http://www.countercurrents.org/aj160814.htm

Between July 21 and 25, 2014, Israel attacked the southern Gaza town of Khuzaa. Civilians were reported to have been killed and wounded, some while reportedly trying to escape. Then after the attack, Israeli forces besieged the town for 10 days, during which it was cut off from the outside world


Kiev’s Blocking of Russian Aid Convoy To East Ukraine Escalates Risk Of War
By Niles Williamson

http://www.countercurrents.org/williamson160814.htm

International tensions continued to mount throughout the day yesterday, as Ukrainian officials began inspecting a convoy of humanitarian aid that Russia hopes to send to the besieged city of Luhansk, which is held by pro-Russian separatists hostile to the pro-US regime in Kiev. The convoy of 280 trucks, which left for Ukraine on Tuesday, has been stalled at the Ukrainian border just outside the city of Izvaryne, as fighting intensifies across east Ukraine


"Are There Warplanes Overhead, Dad?"
By Rami Almeghari

http://www.countercurrents.org/almeghari160814.htm

For more than a month now, Muhammad and hundreds of thousands of other children here have been locked in their homes, watching scenes of Palestinian men, women and children torn to pieces on their TV screens — that is if they were lucky enough to be spared witnessing such scenes with their own eyes, or like 448 other children, end up dead


Hillary-The-Hawk Flies Again
By Ralph Nader

http://www.countercurrents.org/nader160814.htm

Last week, Hillary-The-Hawk emerged, once again, with comments to The Atlantic attacking Obama for being weak and not having an organized foreign policy. She was calling Obama weak despite his heavy hand in droning, bombing and intervening during his Presidency. While Obama is often wrong, he is hardly a pacifist commander. It’s a small wonder that since 2008, Hillary-The-Hawk has been generally described as, in the words of the New York Times journalist Mark Landler, “more hawkish than Mr. Obama.”


Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP): Pandora’s Box of Corporate Power
By Mickey Z.

http://www.countercurrents.org/mickeyz160814.htm

Adam Weissman has been playing the role of Cassandra in the struggle to inform others about the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). Weissman organizes against TPP and other free trade agreements with TradeJustice New York Metro, a coalition of groups from diverse social movements resisting the NAFTA neoliberal free trade model. He also works with Global Justice for Animals and the Environment, an organization addressing the threat posed by free trade agreements to animals; the environment; safe and sustainable food; and the human rights of environmentalists. Put simply, Adam has become my go-to person when it comes to TPP and related issues so I figured it was long overdue we did an interview. It went a little something like this


West's Fragile Middle East Scramble
By Bilal Shaheen

http://www.countercurrents.org/shaheen160814.htm

The lust for ideological hegemony rendered impossible a stable Middle East that could have preserved the precious unity of the great region. The west and its sympathizers in the region bear a heavy responsibility for Middle East instability


Listen To The Sigh From Kandhamal
By Abdul Nasar Maudany

http://www.countercurrents.org/maudany160814.htm

Sitting here in Bangalore, I can hear the sigh of my Adivasi Christian and Dalit Christian brothers from Kandhamal appealing for justice for the victims and survivors. On August 25, 2014, this sigh will be heard more widely all over the country with many groups giving a call for the observation of Kandhamal Day. I appeal to all my supporters, friends and brothers listen to the sigh from Kandhamal and observe the Kandhamal Day on August 25th. Together, let us pray to build a nation without communal hatred, a nation based on justice, peace and harmony


Asia : Say It Loud And Clear
By Nilantha Ilangamuwa

http://www.countercurrents.org/nilantha160814.htm

The following article appeared as the editorial of the latest issue of ‘Torture: Asian and Global Perspectives', a bi-monthly magazine published by the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC), based in Hong Kong and the Danish Institute Against Torture (DIGNITY) based in Denmark