ZNetLatest news from ZNetLobe: Pakistanis see US as greatest threat- January 8, 2008 Washington &8211; Amid reports that the administration of U.S.http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=32&ItemID=14696 Chatterji: Riots in Orissa- January 8, 2008 December 25 2007: Seven churches, Catholic, Protestant, Pentacostal, Independent . burned in Barakhama village, Kandhamal district, central Orissa.http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=32&ItemID=14698 Baker: Insurers Whack Elderly to Celebrate New Year- January 8, 2008 What better way to start the new year than to sock it to grandma and grandpa with big price increases That may not have been the exact nature of the conversation at the insurance companies that participate in the Medicare prescription drug plan, but it sure was the outcome, as premiums are scheduled to rise by an average of almost 25 percent in 2008. The sharp price hikes for 2008 could mark the beginning of the end of the relatively good news in the drug plan&8217;s first two years of...http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=108&ItemID=14685 Young: The Effects of the US Occupation- January 8, 2008 A primary stated justification for continuing the US-led military occupation of Iraq is that a withdrawal of Western forces would result in a &8220;bloodbath.&8221; Without the responsible, benevolent oversight of the US-led forces, the rhetoric goes, Islamo-fascists in Iraq would simply slaughter each other.http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=15&ItemID=14699 Safty: Iran: Washington&8217;s War may have to wait- January 8, 2008 I argued in a previous article that Washington&8217;s case for war against Iran relied more on rhetoric than on evidence, was opposed by the military, American and international public opinions, and was complicated by Israel&8217;s inability to crush Hizbollah in the 2006 Lebanon war. But that this did not mean that a Washington-supported Israeli attack against Iran was not being planned.http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=67&ItemID=14684 |