CounterCurrents: 13-Year-Old Palestinian Girl Shot Dead In West Bank, Pakistan Has Around 130 Nuclear Warheads Says US Congressional Report, Muslim World: The Leaders Who Could Not Lead

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13-Year-Old Palestinian Girl Shot Dead In West Bank
By MA’AN NEWS AGENCY

http://www.countercurrents.org/maan230116.htm

A 13-year-old Palestinian was shot dead Saturday after reportedly attempting to stab an Israeli security guard outside of an illegal West Bank settlement northeast of Jerusalem, Israeli police said. Israeli police spokesperson Luba al-Samri said that the girl approached a gate leading into the Anatot settlement, also known as Almon, and attempted to stab a security guard. The guard immediately fired gunshots at the 13-year-old, injuring her critically, al-Samri said. The child died on site shortly after


Dozens Of Refugees Drown Near Greek Island Of Farmakonisi
By Thomas Gaist

http://www.countercurrents.org/gaist230116.htm

Some 45 refugees, including 17 children, drowned in boat sinkings in the Aegean Sea Friday, after capsizing near the Greek island of Farmakonisi, according to Greece’s coast guard


Pakistan Has Around 130 Nuclear Warheads Says US Congressional Report
By Abdus Sattar Ghazali

http://www.countercurrents.org/ghazali230116.htm

The Congressional report titled "Pakistan’s Nuclear Weapons" was released on January 14. It is written by Nonproliferation experts, Paul K. Kerr and Mary Beth Nikitin. The report said "Islamabad’s expansion of its nuclear arsenal, development of new types of nuclear weapons, and adoption of a doctrine called “full spectrum deterrence” have led some observers to express concern about an increased risk of nuclear conflict between Pakistan and India, which also continues to expand its nuclear arsenal."


Muslim World: The Leaders Who Could Not Lead 
By Mahboob A Khawaja

http://www.countercurrents.org/khawaja230116.htm

The entire Muslim world is engaged in self-destructive conflicts. Unwarranted wars and sectarian bloodbaths are the order of the day, so unparallel in contemporary history. You wonder, what are they fighting for? Who are the real warriors fighting for human freedom and justice and who are the hired culprits to prolong proxy wars for other hegemonic powers? Both the US and Russia are competing for hegemonic strategic influence, increased sales of weaponry and to acquire direct control over the natural resources of Arab Middle East. West Europeans - the former lords of colonialism prefer their own strategic priorities wherever they could find a gap between the two competing superpowers. People are not the aim for mind control but victims of the interventionist policies and raging wars


Kettle Calling The Pot Black 
By Jeff Berg

http://www.countercurrents.org/berg230116.htm

Martin Kettle reminds me of nothing so much as he reminds me of Uncle Tom. So happy to be in the 'massahs' house, so relatively warm and comfy and safe, that he genuinely believes that the social hierarchy as it stands is the natural order of things


Sri Lanka: Humpty Dumpty Wigneswaran ! 
By Nilantha Ilangamuwa

http://www.countercurrents.org/ilangamuwa230116.htm

With all due respect, it is time to have a look at the art of the politics which has erupted out the Wigneswaran dogma that foully cries for self-determination of the Tamil people in the Jaffna peninsula. The respected former Judge turned politician no more than three years ago is using a big stick on any issues to grab the attention of the public. He is now rapping the old song of the “self-determination” while proving the skill of the Trojan heroism


Petition Campaign: 8 Year Old Dalit Boy Thrown Into Sugarcane Crushing Machine
By Shivangi Joshi

http://www.countercurrents.org/joshi230116.htm

Shivam is an 8 year old Dalit (untouchable) boy who lives in the Maharajganj block of district Jaunpur, in the state of Uttar Pradesh in India. On December 28th 2015, he was home alone with younger sister, while his parents were off to their daily wage jobs. Two men belonging to the upper-caste, Radhey Shyam Tiwari and Vijay Nath Tiwari, came by to force Shivam to work on their sugarcane crushing machine. Upon Shivam’s refusal to do so, the Tiwaris slapped him and forcibly took him away with them and threw him into the crushing machine where his arm got caught. By the sheer will to survive Shivam was able to run away from the scene and was later found unconscious on the road

RSN: Obama Calls Out Charles Koch For Standing in the Way of Renewable Energy, AP Sues FBI Over Failure to Provide Records on Agents Posing as AP Reporters

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Charles Pierce | The Virginia TV Shooting and the End of American Exceptionalism 
 
Charles Pierce, Esquire 
Pierce writes: "If it had happened in Syria, Lindsey Graham might liquefy entirely and disappear in a rush down a storm drain. But it happened here, in the exceptional home of American exceptionalism, so, once again, we will be told that Alison Parker and Adam Ward are merely more of the price we pay for the exceptional exceptionalism of a free society." 
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AP Sues FBI Over Failure to Provide Records on Agents Posing as AP Reporters 
Michael Biesecker, Associated Press 
Biesecker writes: "The Associated Press sued the U.S. Department of Justice Thursday over the FBI's failure to provide public records related to the creation of a fake news story used to plant surveillance software on a suspect's computer." 
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Trevor Timm | Many Police Departments Spy on You Without Oversight. This Must End 
Trevor Timm, Guardian UK 
Timm writes: "Rather than be upfront about their surveillance methods to prosecutors, defendants and judges - like is required by law - they are purposefully letting serious alleged criminals go free, all to continue their blanket surveillance practices with minimal scrutiny." 
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People Are Still Living in FEMA's Toxic Katrina Trailers - And They Likely Have No Idea 
Heather Smith, Grist 
Smith writes: "As new trailers arrived, they brought hope: They were shiny and new, and most importantly, had never been buried under 12 feet of water. But when the people who were supposed to live in them opened the doors, many noted a strong chemical smell inside." 
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Israel Attacks Gaza Again, Claiming Hamas Launched Rocket 
teleSUR 
Excerpt: "Israel launched an airstrike on Gaza this Thursday, targeting a Hamas facility in response to a rocket Tel Aviv claims was launched by Hamas militants. Hamas denies it has launched any rockets since summer 2014, according to The Times of Israel." 
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Report: Pakistan's Nuclear Arsenal Could Become the World's Third-Biggest 
Tim Craig, The Washington Post 
Craig writes: "A new report by two American think tanks asserts that Pakistan may be building 20 nuclear warheads annually and could have the world's third-largest nuclear stockpile within a decade." 
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Obama Calls Out Charles Koch For Standing in the Way of Renewable Energy 
Cole Mellino, EcoWatch 
Mellino writes: "The White House fired back at the Koch brothers yesterday after Charles Koch told Politico he was 'flabbergasted' by a recent attack on him and his brother by President Obama during a clean energy speech in Las Vegas, Nevada earlier this week." 
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