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Wednesday, July 15, 2009

[mukto-mona] CC Update 15, July- Peak Oil And The Remaking Of Iraq

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Peak Oil And The Remaking Of Iraq
By Michael T. Klare

http://www.countercurrents.org/klare150709.htm

Has it all come to this? The wars and invasions, the death and destruction, the exile and torture, the resistance and collapse? In a world of shrinking energy reserves, is Iraq finally fated to become what it was going to be anyway, even before the chaos and catastrophe set in: a giant gas pump for an energy-starved planet? Will it all end not with a bang, but with a gusher? The latest oil news out of that country offers at least a hint of Iraq's fate

25,000 Starving Kids Can't Be Wrong
By Hamid Golpira

http://www.countercurrents.org/golpira150709.htm

Today, 25,000 children will die of hunger or poverty-related illnesses on this benighted planet

Ashkelon Speaks The Story Of
The Middle East Conflict
By Dan Lieberman

http://www.countercurrents.org/lieberman150709.htm

The creation of modern Ashkelon and its consequences contain elements that have been subdued in public discourse but have been a major contributor to the Middle East conflict and a guide for one side of the struggle. Ashkelon has a story. It is the story of the Middle East conflict

Israel Traps Gazans In Deprivation And Despair
By Stephen Lendman

http://www.countercurrents.org/lendman150709.htm

In June 2009, International Committee of the Red Cross issued a report titled, "Gaza: 1.5 million people trapped in despair" that described the Territory as "look(ing) like the epicentre of a massive earthquake" in the wake of Operation Cast Lead and went on to detail how severely

Jenin's Model Of 'Economic Peace'
By Jonathan Cook

http://www.countercurrents.org/cook150709.htm

The reality of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's promises of "economic peace" for the Palestinians is nowhere under greater scrutiny than in Jenin, the northern West Bank city being aggressively promoted as a potential model of co-operation with Israel

Getting Radicalized, Slow And Painful
By Robert Jensen

http://www.countercurrents.org/jensen150709.htm

Rob Shetterly, the artist who created the Americans Who Tell the Truth website , asked some of the people he painted to respond to this query: "Everywhere I go, kids and adults want to know how you got started. What was the defining moment that triggered your dedication to fighting for justice or peace, or the environment?" Below are my thoughts

After America – Narratives For
The Next Global Age
By Jim Miles

http://www.countercurrents.org/miles150709.htm

Book Review: After America – Narratives For The Next Global Age By Paul Starobin

Who Needs An Islamic State?
By Yoginder Sikand

http://www.countercurrents.org/sikand150709.htm

Abdelwahab El-Affendi is a well-known Islamic scholar and political philosopher from Sudan, presently based in London. Author of numerous works, his latest book, provocatively titled 'Who Needs an Islamic State?' discusses what he regards as the serious lacunae in contemporary Islamist political thought, which, in his view, have caused Islamist movements to reach a virtual dead-end, creating many more problems (for Muslims as well as others) than they have been able to solve

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