Tag: war
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Long Live Pak Armed Forces
The tragic occurrence happened in Gayari sector, Siachen Pakistan, is no doubt a heartbreaking one. But this does not imply to blame Pak Armed Forces therefor. Doing so is more tragic than the tragic incident and amounts to scratching the wounds of our Armed Forces. Nonetheless our pseudo & ignorant intellectuals are doing the same!!!…
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Who Watches the Watchmen? on Drone Warfare
A though provoking post by Kulsom from Changing up Pakistan she writes … the issue of drones goes beyond the issue of legality. It touches on the progression of warfare as a whole. Arguably the foundation of international law, is really being compromised in favor of the arbitrarily defined “greater good.” This is not to…
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Save the Nukes
In the past few days I and perhaps many of you have felt exactly the same as we felt 40 years ago in December 1971, when Gen Niazi surrendered to the Indian Army. Some of you were not even born, so lucky you, but most of this group had to face such a humiliation for…
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Crisis Guide: Pakistan
Beset by devastating floods, increased terror attacks, and political instability, Pakistan’s precarious state is a matter of global concern. “Crisis Guide: Pakistan,” the Council on Foreign Relations‘ (CFR) new interactive multimedia feature, examines the roots of the country’s challenges. The interactive presentation includes video interviews with more than twenty-five leading analysts, government officials, and journalists…
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Protest at Karachi Press Club Against Civilians Killings by Army
On Saturday April 10, 2010 Pakistan Army launched an air strike in tribal area of Khyber and as a result at least 73 innocent civilians have lost their lives. Pakistan Army’s first reaction was denial and only confirmed the civil casualties after 5 days. This is not the first time that the Army has been…
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Aman Ki Asha – An Indo Pak Peace Project ?
India is preparing for a possible “two-front war” with China and Pakistan, Geo News quoted an Indian newspaper as saying on Wednesday, The News reported … something not new, Indian Establishment has been directly or indirectly showing hostility against Pakistan since Mumbai incident and yet we have this ‘Aman ki Asha’ thing going on, communicating (read conditioning) the…
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List of 100 Most Powerful Americans has at least 51 Jews
It is often alleged that the Americans are controlled by an invisible Jewish lobby, which tend to control decisions impacting the Jewish settlements world over and more specifically the Palestine conflict. Recently I stumbled across an article written by Joseph Aron in the Jewish World Review in October 2007. He analyzes a list that was…
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CBS 60 Minutes Exposes Israeli Apartheid
CBS 60 minutes aired on 26th January 2009 a section called No Peace Deal Read the entire story on CBS News – Time Running Out For A Two-State Solution?
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UN retracts claim deadly Israeli strike hit Gaza school
The United Nations has retracted a claim that an Israeli strike which killed more than 40 people in northern Gaza city of Jabaliya last month on January 6th which had targeted a school run by a UN agency. The attack sparked an international uproar and the UN responded very strongly even the Secretary General Ban…
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We will not go down (Song for Gaza)
Michael Heart – Song for Gaza – We will not go down My original intention to donate proceeds from the sale of the MP3 to charity has been complicated by technical matters; therefore, I have decided to make the song available free of charge. I would like to request that after downloading the song from…
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Support the release of Israeli Shministim’s
Shministim – are 16, 17, 18 and 19 year old students studying in the 12th grade – these are a new breed of conscientious objectors in Israel and right now they are taking a stand. They believe in a better, more peaceful future for themselves and for Israelis and Palestinians, and they are refusing to…
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Oxford University occupied by students in protest for Gaza
In the first week of term, over 80 Oxford University students have occupied the historic Bodleian building to demand that the university releases a statement condemning the attack on Gaza and cancel the lecture series at Balliol College inaugurated by Shimon Peres. The protest was also joined in by ten more British universities namely SOAS,…
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Israel TV broadcasts a Gaza father’s heartbreak
Israeli TV broadcast a father’s heartbreak Friday night when a Palestinian doctor living in Gaza made a frantic phone call to a newscaster saying an Israeli tank had shelled his home, killing three of his daughters and injuring other family members.
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Outcry over Arms Shipment from US to Israel via Greece
Asteris Masouras a Global Voices blogger from Greece shares a very shocking report. With the war raging in Gaza, news reports emerge earlier this month about the routing of an extraordinarily large shipment of arms from the United States to Israel through the Greek port of Astakos caused an uproar among Greek bloggers. They rallied…
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Rudderless Invasions: Wasted Lives and Opportunities
Guest Post by Temporal who blogs at Baithak Israel has agreed to another unilateral ceasefire – like Sharon did in Lebanon – to be broken at will some time in the future. The costs are well known: Over 1200 dead Palestinians a majority of them civilians. Billions of dollars worth of infrastructure destroyed US arms…