May 2010
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U.S. Cyber Command: Waging War In World’s Fifth Battlespace By Rick Rozoff
The day Alexander assumed his new command Deputy Defense Secretary William Lynn “called the establishment of U.S. Cyber Command at Fort Meade, Md., today a milestone in the United States being able to conduct full-spectrum operations in a new domain,” adding that the “cyber domain… is as important as the land, sea, air and space… Continue reading
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Obama’s new security strategy just rhetoric
‘It’s representing a new era, not a new strategy, but rather new rhetoric,’ said Adam Kokesh, an Iraq war veteran and a candidate for Congress in New Mexico. Kokesh said the newly announced strategy is not really new. He argues that the plan continues the same approach to military conflict carried out by former US… Continue reading
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Russia Baffled by U.S. Deployment of Patriot Missiles in Poland By Ilya Arkhipov
Russia “doesn’t understand the logic” of a U.S. decision to deploy a Patriot air-defense missile battery in Poland near the Russian border, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said. Continue reading
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Statewatch News Online, 27 May 2010: Surveillance of “violent radicalisation” to embrace suspects from across the political spectrum
Home page: www.statewatch.org/ Statewatch European Documentation Centre (SEMDOC): www.statewatch.org/semdoc/ Sitemap: www.statewatch.org/sitemap.htm 1. Statewatch Analysis: Surveillance of “violent radicalisation” to embrace suspects from across the politcal spectrum 2. EU: FOOTBALL: Evaluation report 3. EU: European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS): Revision of FRONTEX’s mandate 4. EU: Top EU leaders mark the International Day Against Homophobia 5. EU: Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 27 May, 2010: The American Century Is So Over
US Demands Crackdown on Pakistan Taliban Within Weeks The American Century Is So Over NYT’s Friedman Rejects Iran Nuke Deal The Arms Circus: Israel Keeping The World In Turmoil Humanitarian Flotilla Vs Israel’s Evil Navy Forget Dialogue Neocon Vampires Sink Their Fangs Into the Tea Parties Credit Storm in Europe; Politics on Capital Hill The Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 26 May, 2010: Ahmadinejad: Obama must seize 'historic opportunity' for improved Iran cooperation
US Special Forces Pave the Way for a Military Strike on Iran General Petraeus’s Secret Ops Iran, Brazil, Turkey and the Ghost of Lord Palmerston $1 Trillion for Wars Makes No Sense By Any Measure Nuremberg: It’s Lessons For Today! How The Global Oil Watchdog Failed Its Mission Airstrike kills ‘mediator’ in Yemen, tribes hit Continue reading
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Why is Israel afraid of a few boats? By Yousef Munayyer
There comes a point when an oppressive regime’s propaganda crosses a threshold from mere lies to utter lunacy so extreme, in fact, that objective onlookers find it almost comical. This point came yesterday when the Government Press Office disseminated a link to a Gaza restaurant which appears to be luxurious. So what Israel is essentially… Continue reading
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Gourmet in Gaza By Jesse Bacon
As a food snob, I immediately think what restaurants are nearby when planning any excursion. Even if its to a beseiged war zone that Israel forbids from rebuilding. So it’s good to hear from the Israeli government that if by some chance they let me into Gaza there would be a gourmet restaurant waiting for… Continue reading
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New on nacla.org 27 May, 2010: Latin America & China / Puerto Rico / Bolivia elections
North American Congress on Latin America What’s Left for Latin America to Do With China? by Kevin Gallagher The high-gloss, made-for-flat-screen multi-billion dollar signing ceremonies between Chinese and Latin American officials have been staged to portray the triumphant return of the New International Economic Order. Yes, it’s true, the Global South is banding together again Continue reading
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Black Agenda Report 26 May, 2010: Obama Prepares Iran Attack / Rand Paul's Racism / Aiyanna Jones Murder
Iran Apocalypse Soon Thu, 05/27/2010 – 11:30 – Glen Ford by BAR executive editor Glen Ford The Obama administration’s behavior toward Iran is eerily reminiscent of George Bush’s mobilization for war against Iraq in the half-year before the actual invasion. A recently leaked Pentagon directive and a host of other factors are “consistent with preparations Continue reading
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Israel to block massive aid shipment to Gaza
Israel is set to block eight ships carrying 10,000 tons of aid and 800 activists and politicians on its way to Gaza. Organizers behind the flotilla are hoping to send a message to the world that Israel has no right to starve 1.5 million Palestinians. The Free Gaza movement has organized several other aid ships… Continue reading
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“Jews who themselves suffered are now causing suffering to Palestinians”
‘I didn’t know anything about Palestinians. I wasn’t even thinking about this issue until I read by chance about what happened in the Palestinian refugee camps in Sabra and Shatila. This was 2 years after they had been killed there. I was really stricken when I realized this was performed by Jews. I started reading… Continue reading
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Gaza flotilla ship pays tribute to fallen activist
The MV Rachel Corrie, a cargo ship named for the American activist who was killed in the Gaza Strip in 2003, is one of eight ships poised to carry humanitarian aid to Gaza. Continue reading
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Goldman Sachs, Undeclared Enemy of the State By Stacy Herbert
We look at the scandals of naked short selling, supplementary liquidity providers and the conspiracy of banks. And we also mention the financial terrorist playing cards. In the second half of the show, Max interviews Jim Rickards about naked short selling and overwhelming the specialist system, Wall Street banks undermining Greece and Goldman Sachs as… Continue reading
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Afghanistan: Reading between the lines By Eric Walberg
As if a sign from Allah, Hague and British media idol David Beckham had their flight to Kandahar diverted mid-air to Helmand province, when the Kandahar airport came under attack. Rather than Karzai, it is Bashardost, the angry British troops and their mounting body count that Cameron and Hague are now heeding, and it is… Continue reading
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Palestine: Harrowing Update from Family of Ameer Makhoul
Ameer Makhoul, Director of Ittijah, a coalition of Palestinian Israeli Community Organizations, was arrested three weeks ago from his home in Haifa. Makhoul was unable to see his lawyer for the first weeks of his arrest and now his lawyers and his family, having seen him, assert that he has been tortured. Continue reading
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Israel threatens the Freedom Flotilla… extracts from the Hebrew press
A roundup of events surrounding the Gaza Freedom Flotilla Continue reading
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Housmans Radical Books, London: Events Newsletter June 2010
26 May, 2010 — Housmans Books NEWS 1. 10 % discount for Trade Union members 2. Sunday opening over summer months EVENTS 3. ‘Human rights violations and resistance in China since 1989’ with Shao Jiang 4. ‘Demilitarising global society’ with Diana Francis and friends 5. ‘Reclaiming the F Word’ with Catherine Redfern and Kristin Aune Continue reading
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