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Subject: CC Issue 22, Feb - Why Saudi Is Now In Play
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Defiant Gaddafi Vows To Fight On As Violence Rages In Libya
By Al Jazeera
http://www.countercurrents.org/aljazeera220211.htm
Muammar Gaddafi, the Libyan leader, has vowed to fight on and die a "martyr", calling on his supporters to take back the streets from protesters demanding his ouster, shouting and pounding his fist in a furious speech on state TV. Nearly 300 people are reported to have been killed in continuing violence in the capital and across the North African country as demonstrations enter their second week
Bahrain: People's Revolution Heralds New History
By Bahrain Freedom Movement
http://www.countercurrents.org/bfm220211.htm
Now the scene is set for more bloodshed by an increasingly isolated regime as the people become more emboldened to continue their demand that was raised from the beginning of the revolution; the downfall of the Al Khalifa hereditary dictatorship
The Shia Seek Justice : Bahrain Faces Its Faceless
By Dan Lieberman
http://www.countercurrents.org/lieberman220211.htm
A Bahrain that evolves into a non-sectarian and independent democracy initiates a hopeful path to stabilization of the entire Middle East. This task will fail if the western world does not recognize its role in aggravating the problems of the Arab world
Bahrain Riots Alarm Oil-Rich Persian Gulf States
With Restive Shiite Minorities
By Abdus Sattar Ghazali
http://www.countercurrents.org/ghazali220211.htm
The key problem is that Shiites defying the powers in Bahrain would seduce all other minority Gulf Arab Shiites, from Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates to Saudi Arabia itself
Why Saudi Is Now In Play
By Steve LeVine
http://www.countercurrents.org/levine220211.htm
The chink in the Saudi armor is its oil-saturated, Shia-dominated Eastern Province. Here is Dharan, the headquarters of Saudi Aramco; the humongous 5-million-barrel-a-day Ghawar oilfield; the 800,000-barrel-a-day Qatif and Abu Safa oilfields; the gigantic Ras Tanura oil port; and the Abqiaq processing center
From Tahrir Square To Shatila Camp:
"Cry Hurriya!" (Freedom!)
By Franklin Lamb
http://www.countercurrents.org/lamb220211.htm
Like the streets of Cairo, Lebanon's camps are starting to cry "Hurriya!" The camps here have birthed new leadership, aided by the old, that will anticipate that the new government will respect the words of the Resistance and enact in Parliament the full Right to Work and repeal the discriminatory 2001 law that criminalizes Palestinian home ownership
Israeli Army Will Cash In On Egypt's Upheavals
By Jonathan Cook
http://www.countercurrents.org/cook220211.htm
Israel has been indulging in a sustained bout of fear-mongering since the Egyptian dictator Hosni Mubarak was toppled earlier this month. The ostensible aim has been to warn the international community that the lengthy "cold peace" between the two countries is on the verge of collapse
Egyptian Uprising Overthrows Its Zionist Master
By Bob Finch
http://www.countercurrents.org/finch220211.htm
What was so marvelous about Egyptians' uprising was not merely the overthrow of a tyrant, but the overthrow of a zionist puppet who'd been imposed upon them by the Zionist state and its gigantic American satellite. It was also the western public's refusal to be manipulated by zionists' propaganda onslaught against the uprising
Blind Human Rights Lawyer Beaten
And Isolated In Chinese Crackdown
By Bill Quigley
http://www.countercurrents.org/quigley220211.htm
Chen Guangcheng, a blind, 39-year-old, self-taught, human rights lawyer in China who was recently released after years in prison has been put in home detention, isolated and beaten by authorities
The Great War Machine Rolls On Under Obama
By Sherwood Ross
http://www.countercurrents.org/ross220211.htm
Under President Barack Obama's new budget for fiscal year 2012, the Great American War Machine just rolls on and on
The Godhra Verdict And Selective Amnesia
By Farzana Versey
http://www.countercurrents.org/versey220211.htm
The man who was all along considered the mastermind behind the burning train has been acquitted. This should tell us just how justice is being dished out in this case
Myth Of Vibrant Gujarat
By Ram Puniyani
http://www.countercurrents.org/puniyani220211.htm
Nearly nine years after the carnage of Gujarat (Feb 2011), a perception has been created that Gujarat is developing with rapid strides, there is all peace and harmony and minorities are happy. Like 'Shining India' a word has been coined, 'Vibrant Gujarat'. Nothing can be farther from truth
Maoist Kidnappings: Who Gains
By The Blame Game?
By S.G.Vombatkere
http://www.countercurrents.org/vombatkere220211.htm
The real and obvious agony of the families of these two officials (and the families of others killed in Maoist attacks and ambushes) is brought out by the electronic media, but it ignores the agony of families of thousands of adivasi people who have been victims of governments' economic violence and police depredations over the decades. Is the electronic media being impartial or partisan?
A Million Workers To March In Delhi
By Communist Ghadar Party of India
http://www.countercurrents.org/cgpi220211.htm
Over 1 million workers from all accross India are expected to participate in a massive rally in front of the parliament of India on February 23, 2011. Here is a call to action from Communist Ghadar Party of India
Waging War on Chicago Workers
By Stephen Lendman
http://www.countercurrents.org/lendman220211.htm
For decades, Chicago's business community profited handsomely under father and son Daley and other city mayors in between. No matter who next heads city government, they're comfortable knowing nothing ahead will change, except Chicago workers facing harder than ever hard times ahead, the city's broad shoulders affording them no space
National Seminar Rejects UID Number Project
By Dr Anuja
http://www.countercurrents.org/anuja220211.htm
Participants Endorsed the Statement of Concern on UID Number Seeking Stoppage of the Scheme
The Collaborator By Mirza Waheed
By Abhijit Dutta
http://www.countercurrents.org/dutta220211.htm
A review of the recently published book The Collaborator by Mirza Waheed
The Great Financial Crisis:
The Infallible Mainstream - Part I
By Farooque Chowdhury
http://www.countercurrents.org/chowdhury220211.htm
The Great Financial Crisis has shown "higher" level of knowledge, wisdom and infallibility of the mainstream. Its democratic practices, accountability, etc. that it strives to teach the poor countries have also been confirmed by the crisis. These are the reasons behind its arrogance and feeling proud, its moral standing to sermon leaders of poor countries. Generous reference of the mainstream is enough to stay informed of its business
Press Release
http://www.countercurrents.org/pressrelease.htm
Action Alert
http://www.countercurrents.org/actionalert.htm
Countercurrents And You !
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From: Countercurrents <editor@countercurrents.org>
Date: Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 2:14 AM
Subject: CC Issue 22, Feb - Why Saudi Is Now In Play
To: palashbiswaskl@gmail.com
Dear Friend,
If you think the content of this news letter is critical for the dignified living and survival of humanity and other species on earth, please forward it to your friends and spread the word.It's time humanity should come together as one family! You can subscribe to our news letter here http://www.countercurrents.org/subscribe.htm
In Solidarity
Binu Mathew, Editor, Countercurrents.org
Defiant Gaddafi Vows To Fight On As Violence Rages In Libya
By Al Jazeera
http://www.countercurrents.org/aljazeera220211.htm
Muammar Gaddafi, the Libyan leader, has vowed to fight on and die a "martyr", calling on his supporters to take back the streets from protesters demanding his ouster, shouting and pounding his fist in a furious speech on state TV. Nearly 300 people are reported to have been killed in continuing violence in the capital and across the North African country as demonstrations enter their second week
Bahrain: People's Revolution Heralds New History
By Bahrain Freedom Movement
http://www.countercurrents.org/bfm220211.htm
Now the scene is set for more bloodshed by an increasingly isolated regime as the people become more emboldened to continue their demand that was raised from the beginning of the revolution; the downfall of the Al Khalifa hereditary dictatorship
The Shia Seek Justice : Bahrain Faces Its Faceless
By Dan Lieberman
http://www.countercurrents.org/lieberman220211.htm
A Bahrain that evolves into a non-sectarian and independent democracy initiates a hopeful path to stabilization of the entire Middle East. This task will fail if the western world does not recognize its role in aggravating the problems of the Arab world
Bahrain Riots Alarm Oil-Rich Persian Gulf States
With Restive Shiite Minorities
By Abdus Sattar Ghazali
http://www.countercurrents.org/ghazali220211.htm
The key problem is that Shiites defying the powers in Bahrain would seduce all other minority Gulf Arab Shiites, from Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates to Saudi Arabia itself
Why Saudi Is Now In Play
By Steve LeVine
http://www.countercurrents.org/levine220211.htm
The chink in the Saudi armor is its oil-saturated, Shia-dominated Eastern Province. Here is Dharan, the headquarters of Saudi Aramco; the humongous 5-million-barrel-a-day Ghawar oilfield; the 800,000-barrel-a-day Qatif and Abu Safa oilfields; the gigantic Ras Tanura oil port; and the Abqiaq processing center
From Tahrir Square To Shatila Camp:
"Cry Hurriya!" (Freedom!)
By Franklin Lamb
http://www.countercurrents.org/lamb220211.htm
Like the streets of Cairo, Lebanon's camps are starting to cry "Hurriya!" The camps here have birthed new leadership, aided by the old, that will anticipate that the new government will respect the words of the Resistance and enact in Parliament the full Right to Work and repeal the discriminatory 2001 law that criminalizes Palestinian home ownership
Israeli Army Will Cash In On Egypt's Upheavals
By Jonathan Cook
http://www.countercurrents.org/cook220211.htm
Israel has been indulging in a sustained bout of fear-mongering since the Egyptian dictator Hosni Mubarak was toppled earlier this month. The ostensible aim has been to warn the international community that the lengthy "cold peace" between the two countries is on the verge of collapse
Egyptian Uprising Overthrows Its Zionist Master
By Bob Finch
http://www.countercurrents.org/finch220211.htm
What was so marvelous about Egyptians' uprising was not merely the overthrow of a tyrant, but the overthrow of a zionist puppet who'd been imposed upon them by the Zionist state and its gigantic American satellite. It was also the western public's refusal to be manipulated by zionists' propaganda onslaught against the uprising
Blind Human Rights Lawyer Beaten
And Isolated In Chinese Crackdown
By Bill Quigley
http://www.countercurrents.org/quigley220211.htm
Chen Guangcheng, a blind, 39-year-old, self-taught, human rights lawyer in China who was recently released after years in prison has been put in home detention, isolated and beaten by authorities
The Great War Machine Rolls On Under Obama
By Sherwood Ross
http://www.countercurrents.org/ross220211.htm
Under President Barack Obama's new budget for fiscal year 2012, the Great American War Machine just rolls on and on
The Godhra Verdict And Selective Amnesia
By Farzana Versey
http://www.countercurrents.org/versey220211.htm
The man who was all along considered the mastermind behind the burning train has been acquitted. This should tell us just how justice is being dished out in this case
Myth Of Vibrant Gujarat
By Ram Puniyani
http://www.countercurrents.org/puniyani220211.htm
Nearly nine years after the carnage of Gujarat (Feb 2011), a perception has been created that Gujarat is developing with rapid strides, there is all peace and harmony and minorities are happy. Like 'Shining India' a word has been coined, 'Vibrant Gujarat'. Nothing can be farther from truth
Maoist Kidnappings: Who Gains
By The Blame Game?
By S.G.Vombatkere
http://www.countercurrents.org/vombatkere220211.htm
The real and obvious agony of the families of these two officials (and the families of others killed in Maoist attacks and ambushes) is brought out by the electronic media, but it ignores the agony of families of thousands of adivasi people who have been victims of governments' economic violence and police depredations over the decades. Is the electronic media being impartial or partisan?
A Million Workers To March In Delhi
By Communist Ghadar Party of India
http://www.countercurrents.org/cgpi220211.htm
Over 1 million workers from all accross India are expected to participate in a massive rally in front of the parliament of India on February 23, 2011. Here is a call to action from Communist Ghadar Party of India
Waging War on Chicago Workers
By Stephen Lendman
http://www.countercurrents.org/lendman220211.htm
For decades, Chicago's business community profited handsomely under father and son Daley and other city mayors in between. No matter who next heads city government, they're comfortable knowing nothing ahead will change, except Chicago workers facing harder than ever hard times ahead, the city's broad shoulders affording them no space
National Seminar Rejects UID Number Project
By Dr Anuja
http://www.countercurrents.org/anuja220211.htm
Participants Endorsed the Statement of Concern on UID Number Seeking Stoppage of the Scheme
The Collaborator By Mirza Waheed
By Abhijit Dutta
http://www.countercurrents.org/dutta220211.htm
A review of the recently published book The Collaborator by Mirza Waheed
The Great Financial Crisis:
The Infallible Mainstream - Part I
By Farooque Chowdhury
http://www.countercurrents.org/chowdhury220211.htm
The Great Financial Crisis has shown "higher" level of knowledge, wisdom and infallibility of the mainstream. Its democratic practices, accountability, etc. that it strives to teach the poor countries have also been confirmed by the crisis. These are the reasons behind its arrogance and feeling proud, its moral standing to sermon leaders of poor countries. Generous reference of the mainstream is enough to stay informed of its business
Press Release
http://www.countercurrents.org/pressrelease.htm
Action Alert
http://www.countercurrents.org/actionalert.htm
Countercurrents And You !
Click here to find out
how you can support CC
http://www.countercurrents.org/subscription.htm
You can unsubscribe from this news letter here
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