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We! The children are reduced to bones And skin. Their tiny bodies Have heads appearing far too large And eyes that cry for help. But there’s no shortage yet of guns And bullets — or of bombs. And soon enough, … Continue reading
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What really links the ‘urinating marines’ video with Abu Ghraib
In the digital age, people document and share everything – even insults to the fallen Jonathan Jones guardian.co.uk, Thursday 12 January 2012 18.17 GMT A still from a YouTube video allegedly showing US marines urinating on the bodies of dead Taliban … Continue reading
Posted in culture, Film, Human rights, Imperialism, Islam, Killings, media, Media issues, Photography, Photojournalism issues, politics, war on terror
Tagged Afghanistan, culture, killing, Photography, social media, USA, voyeurism
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Blasting war, hoping for peace
Subscribe to ShahidulNews An inspiring soliloquy by Chris Hedges to those preparing for arrest in front of the White House protesting the continuous wars in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq, intercut with interviews with Daniel Ellsberg and returning war veterans
Posted in Capitalism, Global Issues, Governance, Human rights, Imperialism, Military, politics, security, Terrorism, war on terror
Tagged afghanisatan, chris hedges, conflict, Iraq, killing, Military, peace, protest, resistance, USA, Violence, War
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India in Afghanistan, Nation building or proxy war?
Subscribe to ShahidulNews At a time when Bangladesh is being asked (against the wishes of its citizens) to send troops to Afghanistan, an interesting article on the complex forces that are at play in the region. related article: Sitting on … Continue reading
Posted in Bangladesh, Capitalism, Colonialism, exploitation, Global Issues, Governance, Human rights, Imperialism, Media issues, Military, politics, security, South Asia, Terrorism, war on terror, World
Tagged Afghanistan, Death, diplomacy, drones, India, killing, Occupation, Pakistan, USA, War, war on terror
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The Lone Ship of the Freedom Flotilla: The Rachel Corrie MV Continues to Sail Towards Gaza in Defiance of Israeli Threats
Subscribe to ShahidulNews by Michel Chossudovsky Following Israel’s criminal raid in international waters on May 31st, the Rachel Corrie MV continues to sail towards the Gaza coastline in defiance of Israeli threats. In an act of tremendous courage, the Rachel … Continue reading
Posted in Capitalism, exploitation, Genocide, Governance, Human rights, Imperialism, Media issues, Military
Tagged aparthied, flotilla, Isreal, killing, Military, Occupation, Palistine, piracy
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Israeli troops kill flotilla activists
Subscribe to ShahidulNews At least 16 dead as Israeli troops storm Gaza aid flotilla Israeli commandoes have stormed a flotilla of ships carrying activists and aid supplies to the blockaded Palestinian enclave of Gaza, killing as many as as 16 … Continue reading
Posted in Genocide, Global Issues, Governance, Human rights, Imperialism, People, politics, World
Tagged Arab, flotilla, Gaza, Genocide, humanitarian aid, Israel, Jew, killing, Palestine
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Anti-semitism, and the 9/11, Israel-Mossad Connection Part II
By Rahnuma Ahmed “We’re an empire now, and when we act, we create our own reality,” an unnamed Bush official told reporter Ron Suskind, quoted by Eric Alterman, Bush’s War on the Press, The Nation (2005) Even when the US … Continue reading
Posted in Capitalism, Colonialism, exploitation, Genocide, Global Issues, Governance, Human rights, Imperialism, People, politics, Rahnuma Ahmed, security, Terrorism, war on terror, World
Tagged 9/11, Anti-Semite, Arab, conflict, Israel, Jew, killing, middle east, Military, Occupation, Palestine, Rahnuma Ahmed, USA, War
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My Sister’s Language
His eyes flitted forward and back, and having surveyed the scene for possible danger, it stopped. The head stooped, and that was how he stayed. Crouched on the floor of a bus full of Bangalis, the Pahari (hill person) amongst … Continue reading
Posted in Bangladesh, Governance, People
Tagged abduction, Army, Bangali, Chittagong Hill Tracts, Death, ethnic cleansing, forest, Hill People, Indigenous, killing, land, Migration, Military, politics, rape, settlers, Violence
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Two Kinds of Death and the Unattended ‘National Wounds’
By Saydia Gulrukh For the past few months, I have been preparing for an almost meaningless exam, one which graduate students in the US have to take, called ‘comps’ (short for comprehensive/PhD candidacy exam). During moments of sarcasm, we also … Continue reading
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Tagged Army, Bangladesh, coup, Death, death penalty, execution, hanging, justice, killing, Military, murder, politics, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
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Horror and grief: a nation besieged
Text by Rahnuma Ahmed Photos by DrikNews BODIES of army officers had been found, they had been dumped in the sewage canals that lay underneath the BDR headquarters in Pilkhana. Two dead bodies had been the first ones to surface, … Continue reading
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Tagged Army, BDR, Border Defence Rifles, corruption, Dal Bhat, Home Ministry, killing, Military, mourning, Mutiny, uprising, vigil
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