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From intolerance to lawlessness: Politics of hate and revenge
2008-04-30 04:20:00 by Huzaima Bukhari and Dr. Ikramul Haq April 9, 2008 was another day of mayhem in Karachi: violent clashes, burring of offices with persons trapped inside, loss of life and property, all testifying that Pakistan is a state in perpetual crisis. For the last many years, we are witnessing all kinds of conflicts— economic, socio-political, centre-provinces disagreements, sectarian, tribal, ethnic and religious fights, suicidal attacks, thrashing of political opponents and what not. These are the wages of “learned helplessness” and tolerating one-man’s dictatorial rule for eight long years. Although Musharraf poses himself as saviour of nation, man with vision and promoter of enlightenment and moderation, but it is undeniable fact that he created a new class of cronies and sycophants that used brutal state power to gag every dissident voice—how lawyers, politicians, political workers, members of civil society, media men and even judges of superior courts were manhandled, detained and t...
Congress blames BSP for Uttar Pradesh?s ?lawlessness?
2008-03-31 05:42:00 The Congress Sunday blamed Uttar Pradesh’s ruling Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) for “lawlessness” in the state and accused Chief Minister Mayawati doing little to rein in corruption.
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Lawlessness grips Kenyan countryside
2008-02-02 15:24:00 '); E-Mail Article Listen to Article Printer-Friendly 3-Column Format Translate Share Article Text Size NANDI HILLS, Kenya: The road from Eldoret to Kericho used to be one of the prettiest drives in Kenya, a ribbon of asphalt threading through lush
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President Calderon promises to stop lawlessness on the border
2008-01-13 05:07:00 NUEVO LAREDO - The federal government is taking no chances on seeing a recurrence of the drug-fueled violence that once plagued this major land port, sending additional military troops and federal police to the area. After the deadly confrontation earlier this week among police, soldiers and para-military criminal squads in the Rio Bravo Valley cities of ...
By: Mexico Trucker
6 Years of Bush: Lawlessness, Waste and Incompetence
2007-07-14 20:05:00 Ralph Nader writes (Counterpunch.org):Thursday, July 12, 2007's Washington Post was another day of well-supported headlines chronicling the lawless, incompetent, wasteful, negligent, bumbling and multiple perils to our nation's security and safety caused by the Bush-Cheney regime.One headline reads: "U.S. Warns of Stronger Al-Qaeda." The report by the Bush Administration's National Counterterrorism Center was titled "Al-Qaida Better Positioned to Strike the West." Safe havens are being established in remote tribal areas of western Pakistan.In recent days, George W. Bush has told audiences of the growing menace of Al-Qaeda inside Iraq.There was no Al-Qaeda in Iraq before Bush's invasion.Five hundred billion dollars (and vast bloodshed) later and we are left with the Bush government's own assessment of Al-Qaeda's resurgence and spread!Officials inside and retired generals, diplomats and intelligence specialists outside the Bush government have warned before and after the Iraq in...
Authorities want to clamp down on lawlessness in?
2007-06-30 11:23:00 permalink Authorities want to clamp down on lawlessness in Rio before the Pan-American Games open on 13 July, when the city will welcome thousands of athletes and tourists. (via BBC NEWS Posted in What’s new with Kamimura (aka ???) ( 33 links from 12 sites)
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War before and after lawlessness-Yahya Jammeh will face his fate sooner tha
2007-03-21 22:30:00 War before and after lawlessness-Yahya Jammeh will face his fate sooner than we expect! Hammadi Maasina. Positive and negative are realities of life. Pessimism and optimism are off shoots of our mental exercise as people. The dangerous path is where the latter are excessive.Sometimes excessive pessimism breeds excessive negative thinking,whereas excessive optimism may also breed minds that are ... |
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