Water and international law

"Israeli water policy in the occupied territories is also an illustration of the racial discrimination inherent in the occupation. Studies show that Israeli settlers, with no restrictions on their usage of water, on a per capita basis use 20 times more water than the average Palestinian individual."

Ralph Nader’s statement is indeed "a breath of fresh air"

"The pusillanimous stand of Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is further proof of the power the fanatical friends of a foregn power have over American foreign policy in the Middle East."

Things could get worse

"Israel has the requisite infrastructure to cope with its water shortages in the near term. The Palestinians, under conditions of conflict, growing anarchy and possibly separation imposed by Israel, do not."

Australian complicity in war crimes involving mass mortality of children in...

"Australia has been variously associated with British military involvements in Iraq that date back to 1914. The “excess mortality” for Iraq has been 5.2 million (since 1950) and 1.5 million (since 1991)."

A Technocrat Joins the Power Troika

"The controlled hence abnormal political process in Pakistan faces no immediate threat of disruption. It does however raise two critical questions. One, remaining with this largely establishment-controlled democracy can the 8-point agenda, that general Musharraf had articulated and the public had supported in October 1999, be implemented. Two, can the current dispensation produce new political forces which can erase existing public support for the PPP and PML(N) leadership."