5 June 2011 — Global Research – Vanguard (Nigeria)
-The use of Western troops in Africa – particularly in the case of France – the use of its paratroopers, first in Ivory Coast, and now in Libya, represents a new strategic declaration of war against Africa, the African interest, and the African continent. In NATO’s disregard of AU, there is without doubt a remanifestation of that ontological disease of the Western mind that regards Africa as simply a place without history and without agency.
5 June 2011 — Global Research
As many of our readers have come to discover, Global Research launched a much-anticipated new website this past year, hosting video content on a broad range of issues, news and world events.
5 June 2011 — Global Research – AFP and Sydney Morning Herald
Libya has accused NATO of killing 718 civilians and wounding 4,067 in 10 weeks of air strikes, as African efforts for a truce stalled and Italy said Muammar Gaddafi’s regime is ‘finished.’
5 June 2011 — Stop NATO
5 June 2011 — williambowles.info
Hay festival: Julian Assange was prepared to name superinjunction holders
Telegraph.co.uk
Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, has suggested he was prepared to reveal the names of individuals covered by superinjunctions issued by the British courts to protect their privacy. By Patrick Sawer, and Holly Watt Mr Assange said the WikiLeaks …
www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/hay-festival/8557122/Hay-festival-Julian-Assange-was-prepared-to-name-superinjunction-holders.html
5 June 2011 — williambowles.info
Bahrain decision a costly mistake for F1: Mosley
Times of India
LONDON: Former motor racing chief Max Mosley added his voice on Sunday to those opposed to Formula One racing in Bahrain this season, warning that the sport would pay a heavy price for the decision. The sport’s governing body, that the Briton headed …
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/racing/Bahrain-decision-a-costly-mistake-for-F1-Mosley/articleshow/8734675.cms
5 June 2011 — williambowles.info
Timeline: Saleh’s 33-year rule in Yemen
Reuters
(Reuters) – Yemen’s President Ali Abdullah Saleh, wounded in an attack on his presidential palace on Friday, has flown to Saudi Arabia for medical treatment. Below is a timeline of Saleh’s 33-year rule. July 1978 – Saleh takes power in then-North Yemen …
www.reuters.com/article/2011/06/05/us-yemen-events-idUSTRE7540V320110605
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5 June 2011 — williambowles.info
British Foreign Secretary Visits Libyan Rebels
Voice of America
Photo: AP British Foreign Secretary William Hague has arrived in Libya for talks with opposition leaders in the rebel stronghold, Benghazi. Hague is one of the highest-ranking foreign officials to visit the rebel-held territory. …
www.voanews.com/english/news/British-Foreign-Secretary-Visits-Libyan-Rebels-123157523.html
5 June 2011 — williambowles.info
Assange heckled over Bradley Manning’s fate
WalesOnline
by Clare Hutchinson, Wales On Sunday WIKILEAKS founder Julian Assange faced an angry crowd at the Hay Festival yesterday demanding to know how he intended to help Bradley Manning, the Welsh-raised soldier charged with leaking military documents. …
www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2011/06/05/assange-heckled-over-bradley-manning-s-fate-91466-28822001/
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2 June, 2011 — Global Research
The former Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said in a new published report that he had not seen “a shred of evidence” that Iran was “building nuclear-weapons facilities and using enriched materials.”
4 June 2011 — www.haitisolidarity.net
With President Jean-Bertrand Aristide’s return to Haiti this past March, President Obama once again landed his administration on the wrong side of history. After seven years of forced exile in South Africa—an exile orchestrated and imposed by the United States—Aristide and his family returned home to the rejoicing of millions of their fellow citizens. Tens of thousands of supporters greeted the Aristides at the Port-Au-Prince International Airport on the morning of Friday, March, 18 and ushered them to their home in Tabarre. The grounds surrounding the house, from which the Aristides were kidnapped seven years ago by US special forces, were packed that morning with a jubilant crowd that included international supporters.
5 June 2011 — Joe Bageant
Here is an outtake from The Kingdom of Survival, a documentary now in production that includes interviews with Joe Bageant, Noam Chomsky, a radical book publisher, a cabin builder, a musician, and a radio host. This segment was shot one year ago when Joe was visiting his home in Winchester, Virginia.
‘Hemingway’s Whisky’ was written by Guy Clark and became the title for Kenny Chesney’s recent album.
5 June 2011 — Joe Bageant
Here is an outtake from The Kingdom of Survival, a documentary now in production that includes interviews with Joe Bageant, Noam Chomsky, a radical book publisher, a cabin builder, a musician, and a radio host. This segment was shot one year ago when Joe was visiting his home in Winchester, Virginia.
‘Hemingway’s Whisky’ was written by Guy Clark and became the title for Kenny Chesney’s recent album.
4 June, 2011 — VTJP
News
International Middle East Media Center
Qabha: “Real Reconciliation Does Not Exist In The West Bank”
IMEMC – Saturday June 04, 2011 – 14:25, Former Minister of Detainees, Hamas political official, Wasfi Qabha, stated that there are no real indications of reconciliation in the West Bank as the Palestinian security forces are still interrogating Hamas members and supporters.
3 June, 2011 — VTJP
News
International Middle East Media Center
June 5th March Postponed In Lebanon
IMEMC – Friday June 03, 2011 – 16:12, A high ranking Palestinian leader has told Lebanon Daily Star newspaper that the June 5th march by Palestinian refugees will be postponed due to pressure from the Lebanese government.
4 June 2011 — Global Research – waynmadsenreport.com
Western media reports continue to indicate that Libyan rebels trying to oust Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi from power, backed by daily NATO air strikes, are gaining ground in western Libya
During a six-hour drive from the Tunisian border to Tripoli, the Libyan capital, this reporter saw no signs of Libyan rebel successes in western Libya. In fact, I witnessed a spontaneous pro-Qaddafi demonstration on the main Tunisia-Tripoli highway in a town about one and a half hours west of Tripoli.
4 June 2011 — Global Research – Global Times
-[I]t still seems too early for us to draw the conclusion that sub-Saharan Africa is immune to the chaos, especially when the West has once again chosen to intervene in others’ internal affairs through military actions.
5 June 2011 — williambowles.info
5 June 2011
The New Dark Age 