Information Clearing House Newsletter June 21, 2011: The Plan to Destabilize Syria

21 June 2011 — Information Clearing House

“I think that NATO is itself a war criminal.” – Harold Pinter

Attacking Libya — and the Dictionary
By Jonathan Schell
The Obama administration claims that if the adversary cannot fight back, there is no war.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28392.htm

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Extremely graphic footage: Libyan children killed by NATO bombs

21 Jun, 2011 — Russia Today

(WARNING: VIDEO CONTAINS GRAPHIC SCENES)
Just a day after admitting killing 9 civilians in a bungled airstrike, NATO has been accused by the Libyan authorities of causing at least another 15 deaths. The Alliance confirmed it had carried out another bombing, but has not responded to the allegations of civilian casualties. RT crew in Tripoli has shot some shocking footage of bodies mutilated in NATO bombings.

Libya Newslinks 20-21 June 2011

21 June 2011 17:21:06 — williambowles.info

21 June 2011

Libyan war updates/Stop NATO news: June 21, 2011

21 June 2011 — Stop NATO

  • Libya: NATO Air Missions Near 12,000 With Over 4,500 Combat Sorties
  • NATO Intensifies Deadly Bombing Of Civilian Targets In Libya
  • Libya Accuses NATO Of Targeting Civilians, Targeted Assassinations
  • Palestine Sends Protest Note To NATO Over Killing Of Family In Libya
  • NATO Air Strike Kills Syrian Family In Tripoli
  • Libya: U.S. Conducts Scores Of Air, Drones Strike Since Handoff To NATO
  • NATO Loses Helicopter In Libya
  • 64 Joint Events This Year: NATO Strengthens Ties With Ukraine
  • Afghanistan: NATO Loses Four Soldiers Since Yesterday
  • Another Georgian Soldier Killed In NATO’s Afghan War
  • Georgia: Pentagon Leads Joint Military Exercise
  • Opposition Party: Georgia Cannon Fodder Store For NATO And U.S.
  • Raytheon Wins $1.7 Billion Bid To Upgrade Saudi Missile Interceptors

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9/11 and the Orwellian Redefinition of "Conspiracy Theory" By Paul Craig Roberts

20 June 2011 — Global Research

While we were not watching, conspiracy theory has undergone Orwellian redefinition.

A “conspiracy theory” no longer means an event explained by a conspiracy. Instead, it now means any explanation, or even a fact, that is out of step with the government’s explanation and that of its media pimps.

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Bahrain Newslinks 21 June 2011

21 June 2011 — williambowles.info

Trial resumes for Bahraini doctors accused of aiding protesters
CNN
By the CNN Wire Staff (CNN) — The trial resumed Monday of dozens of Bahraini doctors and nurses accused of working to undermine the Arab country’s government during mass protests earlier this year, with seven additional witnesses taking the stand. …
http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/meast/06/20/bahrain.unrest/

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There Was No Libyan Peaceful Protest, Just Murderous Gangs and Nic Robertson By Jay Janson

20 June 2011 — Information Clearing House

Nic Robertson and Anderson Cooper are surely aware of their achievement in promoting the human carnage of civil war and the destruction of a beautifully well-kept and prosperous nation, the 53rd highest developed country in the world with free health care and education. A standard of living that was higher than nine European nations, including Russia, is no more, thanks to their having daily led our entertainment with their war mongering of purposely distorted reporting, misreporting, disinformation, and blacking out of information that would have made this massive loss of human life impossible. They’ll not be able to wash this off their conscience.

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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 20 June, 2011: Gaza in crisis as smugglers divert trade to Libya

20 June, 2011 — VTJP

News

International Middle East Media Center

Israeli Migdal Oz Plan Outlines Response To Palestinian Reactions To Declarations of Statehood
IMEMC – Monday June 20, 2011 – 17:02, Israel is drawing up plans for a series of eventualities come September and a Palestinian declaration of statehood. The Migdal Oz plan, seen by YNet, is the Israeli document on how the army plans on maintaining order in the aftermath of the September state bid.

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European Conference marking Statewatch’s 20th anniversary

21 June 2011 — Statewatch

STATEWATCHING EUROPE
Civil liberties, the state and the EU
European Conference marking Statewatch’s 20th anniversary
Saturday 25 June 2011, 10.00 am  17.30 pm
Conway Hall, Red Lion Square, London WC1R 4RL

How does the EU affect your rights and liberties?
How has state policy and practice changed under the “war on terror”?
How is the “surveillance society” being constructed and how can it be stopped?
How can we counter racism, xenophobia and support for the far right?
How and why are protestors being targeted and criminalised?

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Turkish Actions Designed To Trigger NATO Confrontation With Syria? By Rick Rozoff

21 June , 2011 — Stop NATO

Last week a feature by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton excoriating the political leadership of Syria appeared in the London-based Arabic-language daily Asharq Al-Awsat. Saudi-supported and printed in twelve locations, it is considered to be among the most influential newspapers in the Arab world.

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