CounterCurrents: How, Really, To Contain And Defeat Perverted And Violent Islamic Fundamentalism, Crimea: Was It Seized By Russia, or Did Russia Block Its Seizure By The U.S.?

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US Preparing Major Ground Offensive Against Iraqi City Of Mosul
By Thomas Gaist

http://www.countercurrents.org/gaist210215.htm

The US military will direct a major military offensive against the Iraqi city of Mosul beginning as early as April, an official with the Pentagon’s Central Command (CENTCOM) told reporters in a conference call Thursday. The plan calls for the US military forces in Iraq to prepare air, artillery and ground attacks against the densely populated city of 1.4 million, where an estimated 2,000 fighters affiliated with Islamic State in Iraq and Syria are reported to be entrenched


How, Really, To Contain And Defeat Perverted And Violent Islamic Fundamentalism
By Alan Hart

http://www.countercurrents.org/hart210215.htm

If perverted and violent Islamic fundamentalism (PVIF) in all of its manifestations is to be contained and defeated there's one thing above all others that must happen - Western leaders, starting with President Obama, must open their minds to the fact that consequences have causes and then address the causes


US And UK Intelligence Agencies Hacked Cell Phone Encryption Keys
By Nick Barrickman

http://www.countercurrents.org/barrickman210215.htm

Beginning in 2010, a previously undisclosed unit of the British GCHQ acting with support from the NSA, the Mobile Handset Exploitation Team (MHET), penetrated the internal networks of cell phone SIM card manufacturing companies in order to steal encryption keys before the phones came to market, according to documents revealed by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden and published this week on the Intercept


Crimea: Was It Seized By Russia, or Did Russia Block Its Seizure By The U.S.?
By Eric Zuesse

http://www.countercurrents.org/zuesse210215.htm

Anyone who says that Russia “seized Crimea,” is clearly lying or else is fooled by people who are


Kerala's Maoist Question
By Aishik Chanda

http://www.countercurrents.org/chanda210215.htm

The state should immediately start considering Adivasis as very-much residents of Kerala. Then Forest Rights Act, Panchayati Raj Extension to Scheduled Areas (PESA), distribution of “cultivable land” to Adivasis and reduction of malnutrition deaths will follow automatically. As far as the Maoists are concerned, experiences of West Bengal and Andhra Pradesh have shown that they can be flushed out of a state, but they will continue returning back till they find fertile grounds for “revolution”


An Open Letter To Prime Minister Of India On His ‘Action For Auction’
By Ravi Nitesh

http://www.countercurrents.org/nitesh210215.htm

I am writing this letter to you as citizen of India, who is witnessing the leading media reports about the ‘auction’ of your suit. It is also said in these reports that the suit is controversial one as it attracted criticism for its high cost, while you wore it during your meeting with USA president Mr. Obama


Advice For School Teachers: Dare To Be Strict
By Ms.Swaleha Sindhi

http://www.countercurrents.org/sindhi210215.htm

The corporal punishment is a regular affair in thousands of schools in India. Children not only carry overload of text books and note books on their tender backs, but bear the brunt of canes for silly reasons like socks. Shoes, shoe laces, ribbon color, plating hair, oiling hair, putting nail paint, 'kneel down' under hot sun, to complete the assigned writing work in kneel down position (kneeling down on the earth is painful). The time has come to re-examine the saying 'spare the rod and spoil the child'. Children are at receiving end both at their own homes and schools from parents, teachers and non-teaching school authorities. Almost all schools inflict corporal punishments on students for various reasons. However, law basically does not agree with any excessive punishment to beings, which would be definitely a violation of personal right