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At Least 65 Killed In Suicide Attack On Children's Park In Lahore
By Countercurrents.org
http://www.countercurrents.org/cc280316.htm
A suicide bomb attack in a crowded children's park in the Pakistan city of Lahore killed at least 65 people and wounded more than 300 people. Most of the dead are women and children. A faction of the Pakistani Taliban, Jamaat-ul-Ahrar, claimed responsibility for the attack and said that it was aimed at Christians celebrating Easter holiday
Pakistan: Suicide Bomber Attacked Christians On Easter Sunday
By Aftab Alexander Mughal
http://www.countercurrents.org/mughal280316.htm
This was not the first suicide attack on Christians in Pakistan, they have continuously under attack by terrorist groups because of their faith. According to Minority Concern, around 21 people were killed and more than 80 injured on 14 March last year, in two suicide attacks by Taliban at two churches in Youhanabad, a Christian neighbourhood in Lahore. After a year on, not even a single person has been brought to justice. On 23 September 2013, Taliban suicide bombers attacked the All Saints Church in Peshawar, the capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, in which more than 80 were killed, and about 120 people were injured. The majority of them were women and children
Historic City Of Palmyra Falls To Syrian Government Forces
By Thomas Gaist
http://www.countercurrents.org/gaist280316.htm
Syrian government forces retook the city of Palmyra from mercenaries affiliated with the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) Sunday, advancing on the city and retaking its historic ancient ruins under air cover from Russian war planes
Head In The Sanders Up Hillary Creek Without A Trump Card
By Linh Dinh
http://www.countercurrents.org/dinh290316.htm
No presidential candidate should be taken seriously unless he or she addresses these basic concerns
The US-NATO War In Syria And The Brussels Terror Attacks
By Alex Lantier
http://www.countercurrents.org/lantier280316.htm
As revelations mount of police foreknowledge of the March 22 Brussels bombings, the central question that is emerging is why the security forces of Belgium and its NATO allies did not move to stop the attacks. That the Belgian state had detailed prior knowledge of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) network that carried out the bombings is emerging in numerous press reports
Islamic State And The Paris And Brussels Bombings
By Nauman Sadiq
http://www.countercurrents.org/sadiq280316.htm
After that reversal of policy in Syria by the Western powers and the subsequent Russian military intervention on the side of the Shi’a regime, the momentum of Sunni jihadists’ expansion in Syria has stalled and they now feel that their Western allies have committed a treachery against the Sunni jihadists’ cause; that’s why, they feel bitter and they are once again up in arms to seek revenge for this betrayal. November 2015 Paris attacks and March 2016 Brussels bombings are a sequel of the gory drama being played in the Middle East and North Africa region
In The Aftermath Of Brussels - World Needs Peace
And Global Justice; Not More Militarism
By Ranjan Solomon
http://www.countercurrents.org/solomon280316.htm
There is hope and that hope must be built around a vision for a peace rooted in justice. It’s also about claiming the right to say “NO” to war and injustice. It is about asserting: “Another world is possible… because this brave new world is in the womb of her mother waiting to be born”
ISIS' Main Enemy Is Saudi Arabia Not Israel
By Dr. Ludwig Watzal
http://www.countercurrents.org/watzal290316.htm
So far, the Israel security establishment doesn't see ISIS and the other terrorist groups in Syria as an existential threat to its security. On the contrary, Israel treats wounded jihadist fighters in its hospitals and sends them back to the battlefield. The Israeli leadership still considers Iran and its affiliate Hezbollah the largest threat to Israel's security. According to an article published in the 22nd issue of its mouthpiece "Al-Naba" titled: "Beit Al-Maqdis", Israel doesn't have to worry, because the jihadists from ISIS have first to topple all the infidel Arab regimes before they will tackle Israel
Global Agribusiness, Dependency And The Marginalisation Of Self-Sufficiency,
Organic Farming And Agroecology
By Colin Todhunter
http://www.countercurrents.org/todhunter280316.htm
Is organic-based farming merely a niche model of agriculture that is not capable of feeding the global population? Or does it have a major role to play? In addressing these questions, it would be useful to consider a selection of relevant literature to see what it says about the role of organic farming, how this model of agriculture impacts farmers and whether or not it can actually feed the global population
"Liberte, Egalite, Fraternite" Abandoned For Forced Asylum
By Maya Evans
http://www.countercurrents.org/evans290316.htm
This month, French authorities (supported and funded by the UK government to the current balance of £62 million) have been demolishing the 'Jungle,’ a toxic wasteland on the edge of Calais. Formerly a landfill site, 4 km² it is now populated by approximately 5,000 refugees who have been pushed there over the past year. A remarkable community of 15 nationalities adhering to various faiths comprises the Jungle. Residents have formed a network of shops and restaurants which, along with hamams and barber shops contribute to a micro-economy within the encampment. Community infrastructure now includes schools, mosques, churches and clinics
U.S. Leaders Are Hucksters
By Eric Zuesse
http://www.countercurrents.org/zuesse280316.htm
Huckster-politicians and their friends just thrive in such an environment. Like U.S. President Obama himself says, “The United States is and remains the one indispensable nation.” All other nations are ‘dispensable.’ That’s something which Donald Trump, Bill Clinton, and Hillary Clinton, might equally say. But, of course, none of them would be “pandering.” They don’t do that — just ask them, and they’ll tell you they don’t (like Trump just did)
Kozhikod HoU Protesters Charged With Section 153
By Countercurrents.org
http://www.countercurrents.org/cc280316A.htm
The police action against students protesting in Kozhikod, Kerala against the police crack down in University of Hyderabad (HoU) raises grave questions about the functioning of democracy in India. On 26th March Students Islamic Organisation (SIO) Kozhikod District Committee took out a march to Head Post Office. Protesting activists, including the girls, were brutally beaten up by the Police without any provocation and then arrested.Now an FIR has been registered under Section 153 of the Indian Penal Code.It is codemnable that a mere protest showing solidarity to the students of HoU has been termed as 'rioting' or intent to cause riot. It's a mockery of the criminal justice system of India
Kozhikod HoU Protest: The FIR Is Fabricated
By Shamseer Ibrahim
http://www.countercurrents.org/ibrahim280316.htm
Seventeen students are currently under remand of out which two are hospitalised. They have been charged (crime# 323/16), under Section 143, 144, 145, 147, 148, 153, 283, 354, 332, 353 of IPC out of which three are non-bailable offences. As per police reports, no public property has been damaged or destroyed and this is proof of the fact that the protest was peaceful. There were no police barricades at the venue of the protest site and the police used force directly against the students without trying to block or stop the protest march. The police have fabricated reports that police personnel including female police personnel were beaten and injured by the protesters
Academics Condemn Police Brutality in HoU
http://www.countercurrents.org/ac280316.pdf
A letter signed by academics from all over India condemning the attack on students and faculty at UoH and demanding the removal of the VC. More than 150 of the foremost academics and professors of India, including the Padma Bhushan physicist Ashoke Sen, has written a letter to the Chancellor of University of Hyderabad, Dr. C. Rangarajan, condemning the police brutality on students and faculty members and demanding the release of the arrested students and faculty members and the removal of Appa Rao as the VC
End Casteist - Fascist Attacks On Students of University of Hyderabad Now!
By National Alliance of People’s Movements
http://www.countercurrents.org/napm280316.htm
The National Alliance of People’s Movements is shocked at the brutality that has been meted out to the students and faculty of University of Hyderabad (UoH).We condemn, in the strongest possible words, the violence unleashed on the peaceful protesters on the 22nd March, followed by arrests of 27 students and 2 faculty members
AMU Stands In Solidarity With UoH
By People for People (AMU) & All India Students Association (AISA)
http://www.countercurrents.org/amu280316.htm
The students of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), Aligarh has organized today a Protest March from Maulana Azad Library to Baab-e-Syed (AMU) as a solidarity act with the ongoing nationwide protests against the state motivated excesses on protesting students of University of Hyderbad (UoH)
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