June 12, 2011
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Bilderberg And You By Global Research
This weekend the high-powered think tank, the Bilderberg Group, is meeting to discuss current events, form a consensus on the coordination of policies of the Western imperial powers, and to attempt to influence and shape the world in a direction of their liking. Continue reading
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Reporting From Tripoli: What is Really Happening in Libya By Cynthia McKinney
As my time in Libya winds down, I am rushing to see as much as I can. Continue reading
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Libyan war updates/Stop NATO news: June 12, 2011: NATO Wars Lead To Near Quintupling Of U.S. Arms Sales In Past Decade
12 June, 2011 — Stop NATO Libya: 10,686 NATO Air Missions, 4,050 Combat Sorties NATO Wars Lead To Near Quintupling Of U.S. Arms Sales In Past Decade Russia: U.S. Interceptor Missile Ship In Black Sea Threat To National Security U.S. Congressmen Demand Iraq Pay For Eight Years Of War, Occupation Lithuania Hosts NATO Military Training… Continue reading
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NATO Newslinks 12 June 2011
12 June 2011 — williambowles.info Does Nato have a purpose any longer? The Guardian It is an irony of history that it should be a departing US defence secretary, Robert Gates, who should break a long taboo and pronounce Nato faces a “dim, if not dismal future”, as he did on Friday while delivering a… Continue reading
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NORTH AFRICA: THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF REVOLT Middle East Report 259 12 June 2011
Tunisia and Egypt, where the 2011 Arab rebellions began, will do much to determine the course of the upheavals elsewhere. The degree of political democracy that Tunisians and Egyptians achieve will be the most watched barometer. But just as important will be the extent of reform of the economic order. Continue reading
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Breaking News: PHOTOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE: NATO Bombed Libya’s Nasser University By Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya
The NATO war against Libya is not a humanitarian endeavour. It is a blatant war of aggression and a violation of international law. Continue reading
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Wikileaks Newslinks 12 June 2011
12 June 2011 — williambowles.info A new documentary peers into the WikiLeaks founder’s cyber-netherworld MiamiHerald.com By Glenn Garvin WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange says his life has a single, simple purpose: “I like crushing bastards.” That sentiment sounds noble, until you find out just how flexible his definition of “bastards” is. “All of us came across… Continue reading
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Yemen Newslinks 12 June 2011: Ali Abdullah Saleh's Health In 'Bad' Condition: Report
12 June 2011 — williambowles.info Army confronts Islamists in Yemen Boston Globe Tribesmen loyal to Sheik Sadeq al-Ahmar, the head of the powerful Hashid tribe, gathered on the back of a vehicle while patrolling the area around Ahmar’s house in Sana, Yemen. (Hani Mohammed/ Associated Press) By Ahmed Al-Haj Associated Press / June … http://www.boston.com/news/world/middleeast/articles/2011/06/12/army_confronts_islamists_in_yemen/ Continue reading
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Bahrain Newslinks 12 June 2011: US defense sales to Bahrain rose before crackdown
12 June 2011 — williambowles.info Bahrain opposition holds rally calling for more political rights Sacramento Bee CAIRO, Egypt — Bahrain’s opposition on Saturday held on to its demand for an elected government that represents the will of the people, as the government announced details of a national dialogue scheduled for next month. … http://www.sacbee.com/2011/06/11/3693793/bahrain-opposition-holds-rally.html Continue reading
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U.S. Underwrites Internet Detour Around Censors By JAMES GLANZ and JOHN MARKOFF
The Obama administration is leading a global effort to deploy “shadow” Internet and mobile phone systems that dissidents can use to undermine repressive governments that seek to silence them by censoring or shutting down telecommunications networks. Continue reading
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Bizzaro Capitalism By Kim Petersen
Republican representative Dana Rohrabacher has come up with a novel proposal for raising more money for the cash-strapped USA: charge the victims of US aggression. Continue reading
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NATO’s Afrika Korps Escalates War Of Attrition Against Libya
Altogether, following in the North African footsteps of Napoleon Bonaparte’s France, imperial Britain, Benito Mussolini’s Italy and Adolf Hitler’s Germany, Western nations are engaged in the longest war against an African country in modern times and the most intensive armed aggression against one ever. Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 11 June, 2011: Settler ‘price tag’ pogroms against Palestinians go under the radar
11 June, 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Livni “Netanyahu Is A Danger To Israel” IMEMC – Sunday June 12, 2011 – 03:43, Opposition head in Israel, leader of the Kadima Party, Tzipi Livni, stated that Israeli Prime Minister, head of the Likud Party, Benjamin Netanyahu, is a danger to Israel as… Continue reading