June 2011
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Sabotage of M.V. Saoirse in Turkey ‘an act of international terrorism’
The Irish-owned ship, the MV Saoirse, that was meant to take part in Freedom Flotilla 2 has been sabotaged in a dangerous manner in the Turkish coastal town of Göcek, where it had been at berth for the past few weeks. Visual evidence of the undership sabotage, which was carried out by divers, will be… Continue reading
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The War Against Libya By Cynthia McKinney
At a time when the American people have been asked to tighten their belts, teachers are receiving pink slips, the vital statistics of the American people reveal a health care crisis in the making, and the U.S. government is in serious threat of default, our President and Congress have decided that a new war, this… Continue reading
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Slash military budget not pensions – UK union leader — RT
British union leader Mark Serwotka says public sector workers, who are going on a nationwide strike on June 30, will not allow the cabinet to go on with the planned cuts of budget spending. Continue reading
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Wikileaks Newslinks for 30 June 2011
30 June 2011 — williambowles.info Foreign Affairs quick to launch WikiLeaks team Vancouver Sun By Jordan Press, Postmedia News June 30, 2011 2:07 AM It took just a day for a WikiLeaks war room to be set up at the Department of Foreign Affairs in Ottawa. The war room at first included more than 20 Continue reading
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Yemen Newslinks 29-30 June 2011
30 June 2011 — williambowles.info Yemeni VP unsure about Saleh’s return. CNN Sanaa, Yemen (CNN) — The Yemeni government has lost control over five provinces, and security in the country is deteriorating, the nation’s acting president told CNN in an exclusive interview Wednesday. In his first interview with a Western TV network … http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/meast/06/29/yemen.vice.president/ Continue reading
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Britain accused of collaborating with Israel over Salah arrest
Arab Israelis and Palestinians say arrest of Sheikh Raed Salah in London is ‘strange’ and ‘illegitimate’, and call for his release Continue reading
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Washington Plans Further Actions against Venezuela By Eva Golinger
The US government has been increasing aggressive actions against the Chavez administration in an attempt to isolate the major petroleum-producing nation and aid in ousting the Venezuelan President. Continue reading
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‘Public Opinion’: The Phantom Menace By John Brissenden
Any 11 year old who saw Avatar or The Matrix has a basic understanding of constructed reality; teenagers carefully construct and reconstruct their online identity; politicians and pundits alike talk without shame or irony about presentation, optics and symbolism rather than policy. It is no different on the left. Resistance to the cult of austerity… Continue reading
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Arming Libyan rebels contradicts case for war — RT
The UN resolution allowing use of force against Gaddafi is meant to protect civilians. Armed rebels are clearly not civilians; so France’s airlifting of weapons to Libya goes against the whole case for the war, says British journalist John Laughland. Continue reading
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Afghanistan: Victory in defeat By Eric Walberg
There are many parallels between Vietnam and Afghanistan. The recent American mayors’ resolution to “bring our war $$ home” and Obama’s announcement that troops are now being withdrawn are fresh reminders, but the story they tell is grim, says Eric Walberg Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 29 June, 2011: Israel passes draft law requiring Palestinians to pay for their own home demolitions
29 June, 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Israel Remove Structures In Illegal Settlement IMEMC – Wednesday June 29, 2011 – 14:38, Five structures and two tents were raised in the illegal settlement outpost of Ramat Migro in the Northern West Bank on Wednesday morning. Two teenage girls were arrested for allegedly Continue reading
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Statewatch News Online,30 June 2011 (17/11)
30 June 2011 — Statewatch – e-mail: office@statewatch.org 1. EU: Statewatch Analysis: “Network with errors”: Europe’s emerging web of DNA databases 2. UK: Statewatch Analysis: Review of counter-terrorism powers fails to deliver definitive change 3. ECHR-UK: JUDGMENT: UK would violate human rights of two Somali nationals if it returned them to Mogadishu Continue reading
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Video: “Libya is a Rich Man’s War!”
On Friday evening, June 24, 2011, a forum entitled, “Eyewitness Libya,” was held in Washington, D.C., at the Festival Center. Continue reading
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Libyan war updates/Stop NATO news: June 30, 2011
30 June 2011 — Stop NATO Killing Of Libyan Civilians Weakens NATO’s War Stance Canadian Warship Deploys To Mediterranean For NATO’s Libyan War Quarter Million Displaced: NATO Air Strikes, Raids Fuel Afghan Refugee Crisis U.S. Building Alliance To Effect Regime Change In Syria Serbia Submits Kosovo Organ Trafficking Draft To OSCE China Warns Japan Over Continue reading
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Arresting Sheikh Raed Salah: An Israeli trap for Britain By Haneen Zoabi
In arresting Sheikh Raed Salah, the UK authorities support the persecution of Arab citizens of Israel Continue reading
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Media Lens: Rape, Mercenaries, And Bloodbaths On The Scale Of Yemen? The Media Blank Amnesty’s Failure To Find Evidence In Libya
It ought to be surprising that Amnesty and Human Rights Watch exposed US-UK propaganda in a way that the entire pack of Western media hounds was unable or unwilling to do. But as we have described many times, with rare exceptions, journalists function as stenographers to power. Continue reading
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Journalism as a Weapon of War in Libya By Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya
The truth has been turned on its head in Libya. NATO and the Libyan government are saying contradictory things. NATO says that the Libyan regime will fall in a matter of days, while the Libyan government says that the fighting in Misrata will end in about two weeks. Continue reading
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