Birth sex ratio is a well known indicator of genetic damage, the reduction in boy births being due to the fact that girls have a redundant X-chromosome and can therefore afford to lose one though genetic damage; boys do not. … Continue reading →

Patrick Cockburn writing in CounterPunch: Dramatic increases in infant mortality, cancer and leukaemia in the Iraqi city of Fallujah, which was bombarded by US Marines in 2004, exceed those reported by survivors of the atomic bombs that were dropped on … Continue reading →

Tariq Ali: The response of the West has been less than generous causing panic in Islamabad with pro-US journalists in the country pleading that if help is not forthcoming the terrorists might take over the country. This is nonsense. The … Continue reading →

The real narrative of Pakistan is one that has nothing to do with the outside world, or geopolitics, or conspiracy theories. The real narrative of Pakistan is the story of a country where a fabulously wealthy elite, as well as … Continue reading →

If a state’s case against a condemned prisoner is not “ironclad”, should not that fact trouble those pursuing his execution? This is a question that should be asked of the authorities in Georgia, USA, following a federal judge’s ruling that, … Continue reading →

Whilst the water flows freely into the illegal Israeli settlements, Palestinian towns and villages are running dry. Act now. Pls sign.

ok. i wasn’t gonna post about park 51 anymore but this is too good.

The uprising in Kashmir has been a great moral victory for the Kashmiri, because they have shown who the oppressor is, changing the narrative from that of the Pakistan-backed ‘terrorist’ killing Indians to that of India killing Kashmiris just because … Continue reading →

Dozens of activists set up an information picket at Deltaport this morning in an information picket designed to slow the transport of containers belonging to the Israeli shipping company Zim. Demonstrators gave truckers and passers-by information about the growing refusal … Continue reading →

In Latin America El Salvadorian death squads were known for targeting clergy members, doctors, and others, similar to what is being said about Iraq. Scandal continues to develop for the Obama administration because of the Iraq war. Eva Golinger says … Continue reading →

The atrocities committed against the people of Congo are not arbitrary, like my cancer. They are systematic, strategic and intentional. At the root is a madly greedy world economy, desperate for more minerals robbed from the indigenous Congolese. Sourcing this … Continue reading →

The decision made on Monday by the Norwegian oil fund to divest from Africa Israel and Danya Cebus on the grounds that they are involved in illegal construction in the territories, is only the latest in a long series of … Continue reading →

The man charged with the anti-Muslim slashing and stabbing of a cabdriver was arraigned Wednesday afternoon in Manhattan Criminal Court on charges of second-degree attempted murder as a hate crime, first-degree assault as a hate crime and fourth-degree criminal possession … Continue reading →

Few events expose the moral bankruptcy of capitalism more starkly than the response of our leaders to “natural disasters”. This summer the people of Pakistan have suffered floods that have destroyed whole villages and towns, leaving millions of the world’s … Continue reading →

we don’t want the floods to steal the limelight – u.s. drones continue to kill pakistani civilians. The Obama Administration’s policy of escalating drone strikes took another hit today, after the explosion from a drone attack against the house of … Continue reading →

second part of snehal shingavi’s interview: could the floods have been avoided?

excellent interview with my friend snehal shingavi!

this is too disgusting! It has been reported earlier that the US Air Force has denied the relief agencies use of the Shahbaz airbase for the distribution of aid and assistance. Soldiers of the Pakistan army, a federal minister and … Continue reading →

A recent study revealed that physicians with the CIA’s Office of Medical Services were more deeply involved in torture than was previously thought–that doctors and psychiatrists actually helped interrogators design enhanced techniques. Patricia Davis’s new play, Alternative Methods, tells the … Continue reading →

A catastrophic crisis provided an opportunity for a historical effort that could well have dissolved the otherwise unshakeable taints of imperialism and self-serving strategic interests that have typified the relationship between the two countries. In transcending the frame that only … Continue reading →

same thing in pakistan. many articles in dawn seem to be written by cia operatives – they toe the war on terror line so blatantly. it’s good to have some proof tho. Buried among the 92,000 classified documents released Sunday … Continue reading →

The desperation and need is so strong here that after a while I did not want to see it anymore. The roads are getting worse all the time. As you near Kashmore there is now apparently a patch overrun by … Continue reading →

There has been a slow steady drip of negative media coverage of Pakistan since the 1980s, and if it lessened a little in the 90s as civilian governments went in and out of administration, it became inevitably tougher with the … Continue reading →

fantastic!

jasonmustian: In all fairness, we’ve been building “ground zeros” near Iraqi mosques since March 2003.

love this story! Christians in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, the birthplace of Jesus Christ, join the city’s Muslim residents in fasting Ramadan in continuation of a centuries-old tradition of interfaith solidarity. Mike Kanawati, a Christian resident of Bethlehem, … Continue reading →

speechless. unreal isn’t it? i wish it were fake news from the onion but it isn’t – here’s the story in the washington post. this is what america seems to be moving towards – the open and systematic incitement of … Continue reading →

echoes of lynndie england and the banality of evil… ?”Doing terrible things in an organized and systematic way rests on “normalization.” This is the process whereby ugly, degrading, murderous, and unspeakable acts become routine and are accepted as “the way … Continue reading →

Pakistan must refuse to pay foreign debt and divert the amount to the relief and rehabilitation of flood-hit communities. Instead of begging for much-needed aid for relief and rehabilitation, Pakistan must stand up and announce the unilateral suspension of repayment … Continue reading →