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NATO – An Idea Whose Time Has Gone   : Information Clearing House - ICH NATO – An Idea Whose Time Has Gone By Craig Murray September 08, 2014 " ICH " -   In the past dozen years, the armed forces of NATO countries, whether operating under the NATO banner or in related ad-hoc coalitions, have killed many hundreds of thousands of people. Of those hundreds of thousands of people, only a few hundred at most ever had any connection to any attack on a NATO country. Whatever modern NATO has become, a defensive alliance it is not; that fact is beyond rational dispute. It is also the case that the situation in countries where NATO has been most active in killing people, including Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan and Pakistan, h

Dr. Mona El-Farra on mass trauma and destruction in Gaza | The Electronic Intifada Dr. Mona El-Farra on mass trauma and destruction in Gaza Submitted by Nora Barrows-Fr... on Mon, 09/08/2014 - 22:25 140908-children-rubble-home.jpg Palestinian children look out of their damaged house a day after the ceasefire was declared on 26 August. ( Ramadan El-Agha / APA images ) This week on The Electronic Intifada podcast: After Israel’s 51 days of attacks on homes, hospitals, schools and infrastructure, we speak with Dr. Mona El-Farra , physician and human rights advocate, about the wide spectrum of trauma inflicted on Gaza’s children. Read transcript or listen to individual segment As Palestinians mark one year of return to their destroyed village of Kufr Birim , Israeli authorities cut water, electricity and gas, and loot and confiscate Palestinians’ camping supplies, Patrick O. Strickland reports from the village. Read transcript or listen to individual segment Yafa J