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There have been recent shocking revelations about what happened to Aafia Siddiqui while she was in secret US custody show that she was subject to brutal and inhuman treatment.

Aafia has become a ’cause celebre’ in Pakistan since the travesty of justice during a political show trial in the US where she was charged and convicted of attempting to kill FBI Officers and Us military personnel during a bizarre incident in Ghazni in Afghanistan where Aafia was the only one who got shot.

There have been several mass demonstrations in Pakistans main cities, her case is supported by many public figures and political parties who charge the US with kidnapping Aafia and her three children from Pakistan in 2003 and torturing her in Bagram Prison until 2008 when she mysteriously appeared in Ghazni carrying incriminating evidence along with her son Ahmed.

An interview by Kamran Shahid on Pakistan’s Front Line TV show which was recently shown on 26th March, included a studio interview with Aafia’s sister Fowzia, her mothert Ismat and British Journalist Yvonne Ridley who was the first person to publicise the secret and illegal detention of Aafia by the United States Government agencies. (more…)

by John Jiggens

It was common during the opening of the Iraq war to see slogans proclaiming “No blood for oil!” The cover story for the war — Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein’s links with Al Qaeda and his weapons of mass destruction — were obvious mass deceptions, hiding a far less palatable imperial agenda.

The truth was that Iraq was a major producer of oil and, in our age, oil is the most strategic resource of all.

The war’s real agenda was confirmed by moves to privatise Iraq’s state-owned oil company to Western interests in the aftermath of the invasion.

Why then, are there no slogans saying “No blood for opium”?

Afghanistan’s major product is opium and opium production has increased remarkably during the present war. The current NATO military offensive around Marjah in Hemand province, reported to be Afghanistan’s main opium-producing area, is clearly motivated by opium. (more…)

بلعين الجمعة 5/3/2010

أصيب العشرات بحالات الاختناق عندما قمعت قوات من جيش الاحتلال الإسرائيلي المسيرة التي نظمتها اللجنة الشعبية لمقاومة الجدار والاستيطان في بلعين ضد جدار الضم والتوسع العنصري, حيث قامت قوات الاحتلال بإطلاق قنابل الغاز باتجاه المواطنين والمتضامنين الاجانب ومحبي السلام الاسرائيلين (more…)