Tag Archives: War

American Activists and the Birth of Bangladesh

Subscribe to ShahidulNews Podcast Play in New Window | Download Forty years ago this month, the country of Bangladesh declared its independence from Pakistan. Then-President Richard Nixon supported Pakistan during the war because he wanted to prove the US would stand … Continue reading

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9/11, growing disbelief at US government’s account a decade later…

Subscribe to ShahidulNews By rahnuma ahmed Today, September 11, 2011, is the tenth anniversary of the attacks on New York city’s Twin Towers, and the Pentagon. Eleven days after the attack, president Bush, in his address to a joint session … Continue reading

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The Great Hiroshima Cover-up

Subscribe to ShahidulNews By Greg Mitchell The Nation In the weeks following the atomic attacks on Japan sixty-six years ago this week, and then for decades afterward, the United States engaged in airtight suppression of all film shot in Hiroshima and … Continue reading

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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

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The Burka Ban – 1

Subscribe to ShahidulNews Europe’s Open-face Democracy By Rahnuma Ahmed France bans full-face veils in public. Women wearing the niqab cannot enter government buildings, public transport, streets and markets. Burkas are not “welcome” on French soil, says Sarkozy. It is a … Continue reading

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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

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IDF soldier belly dancing

Subscribe to ShahidulNews YouTube clip shows IDF soldier belly-dancing beside bound Palestinian woman IDF orders immediate probe after Channel 10 airs clip on national TV. By Haaretz Service A video uploaded to YouTube shows an Israel Defense Forces soldier wriggling in … Continue reading

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Flotilla Fabrication

Subscribe to ShahidulNews “The average person believes implicitly that the photograph cannot falsify. Of course, you and I know that this unbounded faith in the integrity of the photograph is often rudely shaken, for, while photographs may not lie, liars … Continue reading

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Power from the barrel of a lens

Subscribe to ShahidulNews By Satish Sharma Forget about the power that, according to Mao, flows from the Barrels of Guns! A lot more power actually flows through the matte black barrels of lenses. Camera lenses! And this is a power … Continue reading

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