May 2011
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 17 May, 2011: 4 Biggest US Banks Guilty of Fraud
17 May, 2011 — Information Clearing House Israeli Media Reveals U.S. President’s Forthcoming Mideast Speech By Xinhua Obama To Call on Israel to Withdraw to the 1967 Borders. The president will label the West Bank settlements as “illegal” and emphasize that Israel must halt their construction. www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28111.htm Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 17 May, 2011: Israel’s Nightmare: Nonviolent Palestinians
17 May, 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Local Palestinian Elections Due To Be Delayed IMEMC – Tuesday May 17, 2011 – 15:00, The Palestinian Authority has stated it will delay local elections due to be held in July. The elections are now due to be held on the 22nd of October Continue reading
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An Empire of Terror – Selected Articles
17 May, 2011 — Global Research The “International Criminal Court”: Prosecuting Gaddafi With Questionable Evidence While Ignoring NATO-Israeli Atrocities – by Andy Dilks – 2011-05-17 Continue reading
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Stop Nato: Updates on Libyan war: 17 May, 2011
17 May 2011 — Stop NATO Libyan War: Almost 7,000 NATO Military Flights, Over 2,700 Combat Missions China Presses For Immediate Ceasefire In Libya Russia: Libyan War First Litmus Test For NATO’s New Strategic Concept Russian Foreign Minister: West Oversteps UN Resolution In Libya The Real Reasons For NATO’s Attack On Libya Continue reading
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Stop NATO News: 16 May, 2011
16 May, 2011 — Stop NATO Updates on Libyan war: May 16 Russia Could Withdraw From START Over U.S.-NATO Missile Shield Four NATO Soldiers Killed In Afghan Bomb Blast Reports: NATO Killed Five Afghan Women, One Boy On Sunday U.S. Missile Strike Kills At Least Seven In Pakistan Pakistan: Call For Expulsion Of U.S. Envoy, Continue reading
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Stop Nato: Updates on Libyan war 16 May 2011
16 May 2011 — Stop NATO NATO Continues Libyan Air War, Naval Blockade: 6,808 Sorties NATO Bombs Still Claiming Victims: Bishop Calls For Libyan Truce Russia Backs African Union’s Road Map For Libyan Ceasefire Libya: Kwame Nkrumah Foresaw Western Re-Conquest of Africa Question For Caricom On NATO’s War In Libya Continue reading
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The truth about ‘civilized transitions’ By William Bowles
This is what it comes down to: A TV ‘news’ presenter reveals in all its starkness, how the Empire corrupts totally. Here we have an apparently intelligent and educated person dismissing the leader of a country as if he’s just another expendable piece of the Empire’s junk. ‘Yeah, why you don’t just get rid of… Continue reading
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Cannonball Adderley ‘Straight, no chaser’
1974 concert in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, Cannonball Adderley (alto sax), Nat Adderley (trumpet), George Duke (piano), Walter Booker (bass) and Roy McCurdy (drums) Continue reading
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WikiLeaks Newslinks 17 May 2011
17 May 2011 — williambowles.info WikiLeaks cables show oil a major focus of US diplomats MiamiHerald.com The communication, part of the cache of State Department cables that WikiLeaks passed to McClatchy Newspapers and other news organizations, is just one indication of how the US government over the years has maneuvered to influence the world’s oil Continue reading
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BREAKING NEWS: Israel’s Attack on Humanitarian Ship to Gaza – Updated Report
The Spirit of Rachel Corrie (officially known as FINCH) carrying a humanitarian cargo to Gaza was attacked by an Israeli naval patrol within the so-called Palestinian Security Zone on May 15, at 10.54pm EDT. Continue reading
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Libya Newslinks 15-17 May 2011
17 May 2011 — williambowles.info 17 May 2011 RT: Washington sends forth stooges to replace Gaddafi SCF: Russia’s FM to hold talks with Libyan officials RT: Moscow to talk peace with Gaddafi envoys SCF: Tripoli may ask Russia to mediate Libyan conflict – Naumkin Socialist Worker: Chávez and the Arab dictators BBC: Moscow talks for Continue reading
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PressTV – ‘Blair created pack of lies on Iraq war’
The new-documents released by the Iraq war Inquiry has confirmed that Tony Blair and his communications advisor Alistair Campbell made up a pack of lies to involve Britain in an illegal war. Continue reading
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NEWS RELEASE – UN human rights expert on the 63th anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba
Since the Nakba on 15 May 1948 Israel has continuously confiscated Palestinian land in order to build illegal settlements and populate them with Israeli citizens. It is astonishing that no one in the international community has stepped forward, after 63 years, to coerce Israel to comply with international law. Continue reading
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Democracy, Haitian Style By Stephen Lendman
Except for Aristide’s tenure, what passes for Haitian democracy would make a despot blush, thanks to America’s imperial grip on the hemisphere’s poorest, long-suffering people. Continue reading
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Libya Newslinks 13-15 May 2011
15 May 2011 — williambowles.info 15 May 2011 BBC: VIDEO: Libya: Calls for Nato to ‘up the ante’ Mathaba: Libyan Rats Leaves US Without Further Aid BBC: Nato ‘must widen’ Libya targets 14 May 2011 Stop NATO News: May 14, 2011 Greanville Post: Italy’s role in the war on Libya Global Research: In the Theater Continue reading
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Egypt's Christians Blame Army after Sectarian Violence By Simon Hanna
Coptic anger turns on the army after bloody sectarian violence gripped Cairo. The clashes between Muslims and Christians in Imbaba left at least 12 dead. Two churches were torched. It’s the latest in a string of sectarian incidents since Egypt’s revolution, which left the army in interim charge of the country. Continue reading
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Libya Newslinks 12-13 May 2011
13 May 2011 — williambowles.info 13 May 2011 Stop Nato: Radio Interview: NATO’s Attack On Africa Dissident Voice: Freezing Bank Accounts and Free Speech in the USA RT: There will be a “new Libya” – Russian FM Mathaba: Independent Libya News Blogger Silenced: Will Now Publish Via Mathaba BBC: HMS Liverpool comes under attack SCF: Continue reading
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Disposable and Expendable By William Bowles
13 May 2011 21:00:25 — Strategic Culture Foundation Disposable: Osama As more ‘facts’ emerge about the assassination of Osama bin Laden, one thing is clear: that there has been active collaboration between the Empire and the media in suppressing the true nature of the events surrounding bin Laden’s death[1]. For starters, are we to believe Continue reading
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Libya Newslinks 10-12 May 2011
12 May 2011 — williambowles.info 12 May 2011 Dandelion Salad: The Truth About Libya By J. Brett Whitesell Greanville Post: Bahrain tries 21 activists on trumped-up charges Stop NATO News: May 11, 2011 BBC: First Gaddafi footage in two weeks RT: Gaddafi appears on TV after two-week absence BBC: VIDEO: Gaddafi appears on Libyan state Continue reading