1 March 2011 — www.killinghope.org
The Enduring Mystique of the Marshall Plan
Amidst all the stirring political upheavals in North Africa and the Middle East the name “Marshall Plan” keeps being repeated by political figures and media around the world as the key to rebuilding the economies of those societies to complement the political advances, which hopefully will be somewhat progressive. But caveat emptor. Let the buyer beware.
1 March 2011 — creative-i.info
US Urges Oman to Show Restraint in Response to Rare Protests
Voice of America
The United States is urging Gulf ally Oman to show “restraint” and engage in dialogue in response to several days of anti-government protests that have turned violent and deadly. US State Department spokesman PJ Crowley said Monday Washington “regrets” …
www.voanews.com/english/news/US-Urges-Oman-to-Show-Restraint-in-Response-to-Rare-Protests-117142943.html
1 March 2011 — creative-i.info
Experts Disagree on African Mercenaries in Libya
Voice of America
Photo: AP Within the first few days of the uprising against Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi there were reports he had deployed sub-Saharan African mercenaries against the protesters. There is now a growing backlash of violence against sub-Saharan …
www.voanews.com/english/news/africa/Experts-Disagree-on-African-Mercenaries-in-Libya-117156253.html
1 March 2011 — creative-i.info
Could Saudi Arabia Be Next?
AOL News
With a wave of pro-democracy fervor sweeping the Middle East, could the region’s richest powerhouse, Saudi Arabia, be next to fall? Or perhaps the question should be: Can oil money buy stability? Weeks ago, the answer seemed to be “yes. …
www.aolnews.com/2011/03/01/could-saudi-arabia-be-next/
Jon Burr Band Live At Birdland, featuring Houston Person, Ty Stephens.
1 March, 2011 — RT
Russian military, monitoring the unrest in Libya via satellite, says airstrikes on Benghazi did not take place
The reports of Libya mobilizing its air force against its own people spread quickly around the world. However, Russia’s military chiefs say they have been monitoring from space – and the pictures tell a different story.
According to Al Jazeera and BBC, on February 22 Libyan government inflicted airstrikes on Benghazi – the country’s largest city – and on the capital Tripoli. However, the Russian military, monitoring the unrest via satellite from the very beginning, says nothing of the sort was going on on the ground.
At this point, the Russian military is saying that, as far as they are concerned, the attacks some media were reporting have never occurred.
The same sources in Russia’s military establishment say they are also monitoring the situation around Libya’s oil pumping facilities.
1 March, 2011 — RT
Russian military, monitoring the unrest in Libya via satellite, says airstrikes on Benghazi did not take place
The reports of Libya mobilizing its air force against its own people spread quickly around the world. However, Russia’s military chiefs say they have been monitoring from space – and the pictures tell a different story.
According to Al Jazeera and BBC, on February 22 Libyan government inflicted airstrikes on Benghazi – the country’s largest city – and on the capital Tripoli. However, the Russian military, monitoring the unrest via satellite from the very beginning, says nothing of the sort was going on on the ground.
At this point, the Russian military is saying that, as far as they are concerned, the attacks some media were reporting have never occurred.
The same sources in Russia’s military establishment say they are also monitoring the situation around Libya’s oil pumping facilities.
1 March 2011 — Military Project
[Thanks to Thomas Barton for this, from the latest Military Resistance. Ed]
Halfwits in the media and agents of Gaddafi have slandered the revolutionary movement in Libya by repeatedly telling the same stupid lie: revolutionaries are flying the “monarchist” flag.
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The Monarchist Flag Of King Idris, Last King Of Libya
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The Libyan Flag Before Gaddafi Changed It
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The Gaddafi Regime Libyan Flag
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The Flag Raised By Today’s Revolutionaries
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Any idiot can plainly see this flag in photographs of revolutionaries showing a flag, even idiots that work for major media — see the flag in the photo from Al-Zawiya above, for example. Gaddafi apologists are not necessarily stupid; some know better and are simply despicable slanderers, yapping about “monarchist flags.”
1 March, 2011 — creative-i.info
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange applies to trademark his name
The Guardian
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange: following in the footsteps of Sarah Palin. Photograph: Chris Radburn/PA Julian Assange, the embattled WikiLeaks founder fighting extradition to Sweden over allegations of rape and sexual assault, has applied to …
www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/feb/28/julian-assange-trademark-name
1 March, 2011 — creative-i.info
Egypt bans Mubarak from travel, freezes assets
Washington Post
Investors sit by a soldier guarding the entrance to Egypt’s stock exchange market in Cairo ahead of the scheduled reopening Tuesday. (Nasser Nasser) By Steve Hendrix and James V. Grimaldi CAIRO – Egypt’s top prosecutor on Monday barred former president …
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/28/AR2011022806392.html
1 March, 2011 — creative-i.info
Yemen wild card: Tribal loyalties
Christian Science Monitor
Anti-government protestors chant slogans during a demonstration demanding the resignation of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, in Sanaa, Yemen, Sunday, Feb. 27. By Michael Horton, Correspondent / March 1, 2011 In an elegantly built stone house, …
www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2011/0301/Yemen-wild-card-Tribal-loyalties
1 March, 2011 — creative-i.info
The WIKILEAKS NEWS & VIEWS Blog for Tuesday, Day 94
The Nation. (blog)
Cables on Saudi Arabia and royal spending, Anonymous takes down Koch Bros website, Kenya cables on mercenaries and politics, and op-eds on WikiLeaks, journalism and upcoming protests in support of Bradley Manning and WikiLeaks. How did Candide put it? …
www.thenation.com/blog/158911/wikileaks-news-views-blog-tuesday-day-94
28 February, 2011 — MRZine
The Libyan exiles and defectors begging for no-fly zones failed to get them at the United Nations Security Council on Saturday, but they are inching closer to lining up Western military support nonetheless. This just in from the Wall Street Journal today:
The Pentagon is repositioning warships and planes in the waters off Libya to be ready to enforce a no-fly zone or deliver humanitarian aid, military officials said Monday. . . . Pentagon officials have been loathe to spell out specific contingency plans they are considering for Libya, but officials have acknowledged that they are preparing for humanitarian missions as well as a campaign to forcibly ground Libyan military aircraft. . . .
28 February, 2011 — Information Clearing House – WSWS
With dictator Muammar Gaddafi’s control over the country ebbing, the United States and its European allies are stepping up their intervention into the Libyan crisis. Their aim is to ensure that any new regime will be equally subservient to their economic and geostrategic interests.
1 March 2011 — US invasion of Libya? — RT
The US Sixth Fleet has begun repositioning its ships in the Mediterranean, triggering speculation of a NATO invasion of Libya.
It comes as Libya’s long-time leader Colonel Gaddafi remains besieged in the capital Tripoli, with opposition forces nearby.
After the US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton stated that ‘nothing is off the table’ when it came to Libya, the American Navy started to take tactical positions off the coast of that North African country. At this point, the possibility of any of the major forces in the region, like US military, NATO troops or even UN peacekeepers, setting their feet on Libyan shores should not be ruled out.
1 March, 2011 — creative-i.info
Tunisia: Two ministers quit interim government
BBC News
Two ministers have resigned from Tunisia’s interim government, a day after Prime Minister Mohammed Ghannounchi said he was standing down. Mohamed Afif Chelbi and Mohamed Nouri Jouini were both in the cabinet of President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali, …
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-12604730
1 March, 2011
Tunisia’s embattled prime minister said on Sunday that he would resign, bowing to a key demand of protesters after at least five people died in a groundswell of new unrest in this North African country. Mohammed Ghannouchi, 69, has been a major irritant to Tunisians behind the so-called ‘Jasmine Revolution’, which eventually led to the downfall of the longtime autocratic President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali last month.
1 March, 2011 — Burbank Digest
KHADAFI ON THE OUTS
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by Glen Ford
Blackagendareport.com/content/khadafi-outs
28 February, 2011 — Information Clearing House
Libya : US and Europe Ramp Up Intervention
By Barry Grey
With dictator Muammar Gaddafi’s control over the country ebbing, the United States and its European allies are stepping up their intervention into the Libyan crisis. Their aim is to ensure that any new regime will be equally subservient to their economic and geostrategic interests.
ichnews.blogspot.com/2011/02/libya-us-and-europe-ramp-up.html
1 March, 2011 — The July 7th Truth Campaign
Greetings from J7: The July 7th Truth Campaign
THE LAST WEEK OF THE 7/7 INQUESTS
Today saw the start of the last week of the 7 July Inquests hearings. For anyone following proceedings at the inquests in detail it’s been a tough 20 weeks. Each day the Inquest sat resulted in around 200 or so pages of transcripts to read and cross-reference with the evidential releases adduced, followed by the additional research and writing required to produce the meaningful analysis and articles published on the J7: 7/7 Inquests blog.
Below is summary of the articles on the J7: 7/7 Inquests blog since our last email communication, in chronological order:
The New Dark Age 
