June 2011
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 15 June, 2011: Netanyahu Seeks To Form Block Of 30 To Counter To Palestinian UN Bid
15 June, 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Israeli troops attack anti-Wall protest near Ramallah, injuring seven IMEMC – Wednesday June 15, 2011 – 23:06, According to local sources, Israeli forces attacked a non-violent action by Palestinian men, women and children trying to block Israeli bulldozers from bulldozing their farmland and orchards… Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 16 June 2011: Obama Financial Suporters Get Top Jobs
16 June, 2011 — Information Clearing House The Revolution Will Not Be Deactualized Oct. 6th: Will Tahrir Square Come to Washington? By Ted Rall Here in the United States, corrupt politicians and their corporate overlords have raped the wealthiest nation in the history of civilization, reducing one out of five Americans to unemployment as the… Continue reading
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Libya Newslinks for 15 June Part 2
16 June 2011 — williambowles.info RT: No evidence that half of Libya is controlled by rebels – former governor Mathaba: NATO attacks ordinary Libyans at petrol pump Continue reading
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Libyan war updates/Stop NATO news: June 16, 2011
16 June 2011 — Stop NATO War Powers Act Does Not Apply To Libya: Obama African Leaders Demand Halt To NATO Bombing Of Libya Libyan War Marks NATO’s Expansion Southward: Russian Envoy SCO Versus NATO: Neutral Afghanistan Serves Regional Stability China, SCO Back Russia Against U.S.-NATO Global Missile Shield NATO Conducts Counterintelligence Exercises In Poland… Continue reading
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Libya Newslinks for 16 June 2011
17 June 2011 — williambowles.info 17 June 2011 Morning Star: West blocks Libya peace resolution Morning Star: Politicians sue Obama over war Global Research: The War on Libya: Canada’s Parliament Endorses Military Escalation Continue reading
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NATO Newslinks for 16 June 2011 NATO Continues airstrikes
NATO Newslinks for 16 June 2011 — williambowles.info NATO Continues Airstrikes Near Qaddafi’s Compound Fox News TRIPOLI, Libya — Hours after NATO airstrikes pounded the area near Libyan leader Muammar al-Qaddafi’s compound again before dawn Thursday, Russia’s envoy to Libya turned up at a bombing site while on a visit to Tripoli for talks on… Continue reading
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Abbey Lincoln: “Throw it away”
The amazing and totally under-rated Abbey Lincoln (and wife of drummer Max Roach) on a later version (2007) of ‘Throw it Away’. Continue reading
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William Hague: Following in Churchill’s footsteps By William Bowles
Now let me get this straight: In order to save civilian lives (the infamous ‘Right to Protect’), the Empire, through its Rottweiller NATO, not only deindustrializes Libya but it also causes a mass exodus of refugees hundreds of whom drowned and many thousands more were left stranded, attacked and abused. Continue reading
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STATEMENT OF FREEDOM FLOTILLA II – STAY HUMAN STEERING COMMITTEE TO THE UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
On 14 June 2011, as part of its 17th Session, the Human Rights Council held discussions on the status of implementation of the conclusions contained in the report of the independent international factfinding mission on the flotilla attack. The Freedom Flotilla II Steering Committee submitted the following statement Continue reading
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Rape in Libya: America’s Recent Wars have all been Accompanied by Memorable Falsehoods By Prof Peter Dale Scott
The past history of American wars tells us that, when the war-going begins to get tough, the professional p.r. campaigns get going, often with wholly invented stories. Continue reading
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Black Agenda Report 15 June 2011: Charters Divide Blacks / McKinney in Libya / Lupe Fiasco and Obama
15 June 2011 — Black Agenda Report How the Corporate Right Divided Blacks from Teachers Unions and Each Other by BAR executive editor Glen Ford Charter school supporters are denouncing the NAACP for filing suit, along with the teachers union, against preferential – separate but unequal – treatment of charter schools in New York City.… Continue reading
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Libya Newslinks for 15 June 2011: Cameron humiliates first sea lord over Libya in Commons
15 June 2011 — williambowles.info 10 US lawmakers sue Obama over Libya strikes CBS News President Barack Obama delivers his address on Libya at the National Defense University in Washington, March 28, 2011. (AP) WASHINGTON – A bipartisan group of 10 lawmakers is suing President Barack Obama for taking military action against Libya without …… Continue reading
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Egypt Newslinks 15 June 2011
15 June 2011 — williambowles.info Grapel denies Mossad ties Ynetnews Egyptian newspaper Al Masry Al Youm reports Israeli held in Egypt told interrogators information he sent friends via email didn’t was not confidential, could be found online. Meanwhile, Al Ahram daily insists Grapel ‘an important element within Mossad’ … http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4082378,00.html Continue reading
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Yemen Newslinks for 15 June 2011: CIA to send armed drones into Yemen
15 June 2011 — williambowles.info UN official calls for Syria probe…US preps for Yemen problems 9&10 News WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States is getting ready in case the worst happens in Yemen. The US is building a secret CIA air base in the Persian Gulf region to target al-Qaida terrorists there in case anti-American… Continue reading
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NATO Newslinks for 15 June 2011: South Africa condemns NATO attacks on Libya
15 June 2011 — williambowles.info Who Needs NATO? New York Times Americans have been grumbling about the failure of the European partners in NATO to pull their weight almost since the organization was founded in 1949. “Because we had our troops there, the Europeans had not done their share,” President Eisenhower … http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/16/opinion/16iht-edwheatcroft16.html Continue reading
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Bahrain Newslinks for 15 June 2011: Bahrain to sue Independent newspaper over articles
15 June 2011 — williambowles.info Ex-editors of opposition Bahraini newspaper to go on trial CNN International By the CNN Wire Staff (CNN) — The trial of three Bahraini opposition journalists accused of fabricating news to disrupt peace during the civil unrest in the Gulf state adjourned after a few minutes Wednesday. Civilian High Court judges… Continue reading
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Wikileaks Newslinks for 15 June 2011: Wikileaks Haiti cables show US deployed troops after the earthquake before Haiti granted permission
15 June 2011 — williambowles.info WikiLeaks Asks For Anonymous Bitcoin Donations Forbes (blog) By ANDY GREENBERG WikiLeaks was built on the idea of anonymous, untraceable transfers of digital information. Now it wants to fill its coffers with equally untraceable injections of digital cash. On Tuesday the secret-spilling group announced via … http://blogs.forbes.com/andygreenberg/2011/06/14/wikileaks-asks-for-anonymous-bitcoin-donations/ Continue reading
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“Rule of Law” Report Targets Venezuela
Greg Wilpert: Methodology of report mostly based on views of opposition experts Continue reading
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Low-End High Design and the Butterfly Effect By Greg Lindsay
In 2004, MediaTek sold 3 million of its chips [3]; six years later, its sales had soared to 500 million, more than a third of the worldwide market. Nearly half of those went to shanzhai. The sudden ability to design, manufacture, and ship millions of dirt-cheap handsets in total secrecy led to an explosion in… Continue reading
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