March 2011
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Saudi Arabia Mostly Mainstream Media Newslinks for 5 March 2011
5 March 2011 — creative-i.info Saudi Arabia Bans All Protests Voice of America Saudi Arabia has banned all protests following several small gatherings of demonstrators demanding change in the conservative kingdom. The country’s Interior Ministry announced Saturday on state television that security forces would use what it called … www.voanews.com/english/news/Saudi-Arabia-Bans-All-Protests-117458783.html Continue reading
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Bahrain Mostly Mainstream Media Newslinks for 5 March 2001: ??Obama administration may prefer Mideast stability to democracy
5 March 2001 — creative-i.info Bahrainis Fear the US Isn’t Behind Their Fight for Democracy New York Times By THOMAS FULLER MANAMA, Bahrain — As more than 100000 protesters descended into the streets on Friday, women uniformly dressed in black flowing robes carried signs saying, “Revolution: The only solution.” Thousands of Shiites took part in… Continue reading
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Wikileaks Mostly Mainstream Media Newslinks for 5 March 2011
5 March 2011 — creative-i.info DreamWorks options movie rights to WikiLeaks books Times LIVE The DreamWorks studio has optioned movie rights to a pair of books about WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and his controversial Website that is bent on revealing government secrets, company officials said. One of the books is “WikiLeaks: Inside Julian … www.timeslive.co.za/world/article950165.ece/DreamWorks-options-movie-rights-to-WikiLeaks-books Continue reading
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Bradley Manning Mostly Mainstream Media Newslinks for 5 March 2011
5 March 2011 — creative-i.info Kucinich compares Bradley Manning detention to Abu Ghraib CBS News Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) charged today that the miilitary’s treatment of Bradley Manning, the soldier accused of leaking confidential materials to Wikileaks, is comparable to the abuse carried out at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq. … www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20039445-503544.html Continue reading
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Egypt Mostly Mainstream Newslinks for 5 March 2011
5 March 2011 — creative-i.info In Egypt, crowd cheers newly appointed prime minister Essam Sharaf Washington Post A farmer celebrates with soldiers and police officers as Egypt’s new prime minister speaks during a pro-democracy rally in Tahrir Square. (Amr Abdallah Dalsh) By William Wan and Portia Walker CAIRO – Massive crowds turned out across the… Continue reading
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Yemen Mostly Mainstream Media Newslinks for 5 March 2011
5 March 2011 — creative-i.info Three protesters wounded at demonstration in Yemen Reuters Anti-government protesters rally to demand the ouster of Yemen’s President Ali Abdullah Saleh in the southern city of Taiz March 4, 2011. By Mohammed Mukhashef ADEN (Reuters) – Three protestors were wounded on Friday evening when Yemeni security forces … www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/05/us-yemen-idUSTRE72338020110305 Continue reading
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Will Gaddafi stay or go? Expats offer their opinions — RT
Expats in Moscow discuss possible ways to tackle the broader set of Middle East issues, and give their perspective on Libya’s controversial leader. Continue reading
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Petroleum and Empire in North Africa. NATO Invasion of Libya Underway By Keith Harmon Snow
Are events unfolding in Libya, Tunisia and Egypt more about petro-terrorism or about freedom and democracy? How much oil is there in North Africa? Who is in control of that oil? What is the relationship between the West and Muamar Gaddafi? Is he really the terrorist we’ve all been led to believe he is? Who… Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 5 March, 2011: Britain Cherry-picks which War Criminals to Prosecute
5 March, 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Hamas to re-start national unity talks with Fateh IMEMC – Sunday March 06, 2011 – 01:46, The Hamas party, which won elections in 2006 but was prevented from forming a government in the West Bank, announced Saturday that it is working on an initiative… Continue reading
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Middle East / North Africa Newslinks 4-6 March 2011
6 March 2011 — creative-i.info 6 March 2011 Izabella Kaminska, “Bahrain’s Strategic Importance, Graph du Jour” “The Bahraini Opposition Speaks: Press Conference of the Opposition Political Societies Jadaliyya, “Notes from the Bahraini Field” Quantum Note: An Arabian Union? Mubarak, the Bag Man Gisha: Karni’s closure is politically motivated and violates recent promises to the World… Continue reading
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Middle East / North Africa Newslinks 4-6 March 2011
6 March 2011 — creative-i.info 6 March 2011 Izabella Kaminska, “Bahrain’s Strategic Importance, Graph du Jour” “The Bahraini Opposition Speaks: Press Conference of the Opposition Political Societies Jadaliyya, “Notes from the Bahraini Field” Quantum Note: An Arabian Union? Mubarak, the Bag Man Gisha: Karni’s closure is politically motivated and violates recent promises to the World… Continue reading
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Libya Mostly Independent Media Newslinks 5-6 March 2011
6 March 2011 — creative-i.info 6 March 2011 Will Qaddafi be physically Eliminated? The Independent: SAS unit ‘held by Libyan rebels’ Racism rears its ugly face in Libya uprising live on TV The Independent: Britain offers covert help to Libyan rebels as fighting kills further 100 BBC: MoD silent on SAS capture report BBC: Gaddafi… Continue reading
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NATO’s Inevitable War: The Flood of Lies regarding Libya By Fidel Castro
4 March 2011 — Global Research In contrast with what is happening in Egypt and Tunisia, Libya occupies the first spot on the Human Development Index for Africa and it has the highest life expectancy on the continent. Education and health receive special attention from the State. The cultural level of its population is without… Continue reading
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Libya Mostly Mainstream Media Newslinks for 4-5 March 2011
5 March 2011 — creative-i.info 5 March 2011 What Libya Learned From Egypt Huffington Post (blog) Libya’s nationwide Internet blackout is entering its second full day. From a technical standpoint, it’s clear that this is a very different strategy than the one used by Egypt in the last days of the Mubarak regime. The ultimate… Continue reading
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Libya Independent Media Newslinks for 5 March 2011
5 March 2011 — creative-i.info African Workers Massacred in Desert Caught in Libya Racism Power Play China Insists Libyan Sovereignty Must Be Respected Russia and Saudi Arabia warned against outside political or military intervention in Libya Western Journalists Fail to Report the Facts about Libya Objectively By Timothy V. Gatto On either side, Libyans want… Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 4 March, 2011: Roots of the Arab Revolts and Premature Celebrations
4 March, 2011 — Information Clearing House “I think that NATO is itself a war criminal.” – Harold Pinter Battle For The City of al-Zawiyah Raw Video – Warning – Video contains graphic footage depicting the reality and horror of war and should only be viewed by a mature audience. www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27611.htm Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 4 March, 2011: Israel To Sue Bedouin Villagers For Cost Of Demolition
4 March, 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Non-violent anti-Wall protests held in four West Bank villages on Friday IMEMC – Saturday March 05, 2011 – 04:22, On Friday afternoon, anti-Wall protests were organized in the villages of Bil’in, Nil’in and an-Nabi Saleh, in the central West Bank, as well as al-Ma’sara… Continue reading
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New at Strategic Culture Foundation 26 February – 4 March 2011: Kurils/ Immigration / ‘Manageable Chaos’ / Libya / Venezuela
5 March 2011 — Strategic Culture Foundation The Kuril islands: in memory of victims of Japanese barbarian policy 04.03.2011 | 20:33 | RUBTSOV Yuriy Trying to distort the results of WW II, revenge seekers in Japan hope that people’s memory will fail them. A series of court hearings took place in Russia’s Far Eastern city… Continue reading
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Civil war in Libya, intervention by the West already a reality By William Bowles
So intervention in the internal affairs of Libya is already underway and the longer the civil war continues the greater the odds that the West will escalate its intervention, especially if it looks like Ghadifi can succeed in crushing the opposition. Continue reading
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