January 15, 2010
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Logistical nightmare for Haiti aid workers
The U.N. says rescue workers and relief goods are pouring into Haiti from around the world, but aid workers are running into huge problems reaching people trapped under buildings or feeding hungry survivors. Continue reading
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Haiti Newslinks 14-15 January, 2010
A compilation of links to news stories on Haiti Continue reading
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Catastrophe in Haiti Ashley Smith
The earthquake toppled poorly constructed houses, hotels, hospitals and even the capital city’s main political buildings, including the presidential palace. The collapse of so many structures sent a giant cloud into the sky, which hovered over the city, raining dust down onto the wasteland below. Continue reading
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…We were told we were fighting terrorists. The real terrorist was me and the real terrorism is this occupation…
A SPEECH BY WAR VETERAN [An Repentant War Criminal] http://widgets.vodpod.com/w/video_embed/ExternalVideo.915959 more about “AMAZING SPEECH BY WAR VETERAN“, posted with vodpod “…I tried hard to be proud of my “service”, but all I could feel was shame. Racism can no longer mask the reality of the occupation. These were people. These were human beings. I since Continue reading
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The West’s role in Haiti's plight By Peter Hallward
Any large city in the world would have suffered extensive damage from an earthquake on the scale of the one that ravaged Haiti’s capital city on the afternoon of January 13, but it’s no accident that so much of Port-au-Prince now looks like a war zone. Much of the devastation wreaked by this latest and… Continue reading
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Statewatch News Online – 15 January 2010
15 January 2010 — Statewatch.org/ Support Statewatch’s work: Join Friends of Statewatch: www.statewatch.org/fosw.html 1. EU: European Security Research and Innovation Forum: ESRIF Final Report 2. Italy: After the racist violence in Italy: a Migreurop mission visits the area 3. UK: House of Commons Justice Committee: Cutting crime: the case for justice reinvestment 4. EU: Background Continue reading
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MEDIA LENS ALERT: NUCLEAR DECEIT – THE TIMES AND IRAN
On December 14, The Times announced that it had obtained documents about Iran’s nuclear programme that revealed “a four-year plan to test a neutron initiator. This is the component of a nuclear weapon that triggers the explosion”. Continue reading
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Help Haiti: The Unforgiven Country Cries Out By Chris Floyd
The relentlessly maintained, deliberately inflicted political and economic ruin of Haiti has a direct bearing on the amount of death and devastation that the country is suffering today after the earthquake. It will also greatly cripple any recovery from this natural disaster. As detailed below, Washington’s rapacious economic policies have destroyed all attempts to build… Continue reading
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