July 12, 2011
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Press Release: News Corp’s Hack Shows a Double Standard
The explosive allegations about widespread illegal voicemail hacking by British tabloids owned by Rupert Murdoch are getting very little coverage on Murdoch’s Fox News Channel (TVNewser, 7/12/11). But Fox’s top host took a very different view when a Republican politician’s email account was hacked, calling for the prosecution of the website that published the emails. Continue reading
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Economic Abyss and Empire Run Amok: Selected Articles
12 July 2011 — Global Research The Global Economic Abyss Big Banks Waging Warfare Against the People of the World – by Washington’s Blog – 2011-07-12 Continue reading
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News Corp Newslinks 12 July 2011
12 July 2011 — williambowles.info Murdoch agrees to face MPs:The Independent – Media RSS Feed Today at 17:43 Rupert Murdoch, his son James, and News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks have agreed to appear before MPs next week to answer questions about the phone hacking scandal, it was revealed tonigh” Continue reading
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Syria News Roundup: The Beginning of the End of the Syrian Revolt? Syrians for BHL
Bernard Henri Levy? . . . He was one of the first to enter the shattered remains of Jenin on board a Zionist tank to express his admiration for the Israeli army’s excellent work in ethnic cleansing and genocide…This is the man who has taken the job of ‘liberating’ Syria. Continue reading
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Pakistan, the Army and the Conflict Within By Pervez Hoodhboy, Zia Mian
The single most important change needed is that the army must stop seeing everything through the prism of competition and war with India. Six decades of this policy has left Pakistan exhausted and indifferent to its own suffering. Continue reading
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The end of Murdoch media?
Yesterday Murdoch pulled a last minute manoeuvre to exclude his company’s outrageous hacking practices from the BSKyB deal review. Let’s call on the government to immediately rule that the Murdochs aren’t fit and proper to own half our commercial media. Tomorrow this will be debated in Parliament. Let’s beat the Murdoch mafia – sign the… Continue reading
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The Fourth Estate is bankrupt By William Bowles
How can such a press be considered free or independent in any real sense of the word? Controlled either by the state or three large corporations, the MSM plays an intrinsic role in maintaining the status quo and it does it quite openly. Until now that is… Continue reading
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Bradley Manning Newslinks 12 July 2011: UN official says US breaks rules in torture probe
12 July 2011 — williambowles.info The Conscience & Agency of Bradley Manning Firedoglake With previously unreleased instant message chat logs, Steve Fishman for New York Magazine published a feature story July 3, 2011, that further examined the accused whistleblower to WikiLeaks, Bradley Manning. It looked at his family life before going … http://my.firedoglake.com/kgosztola/2011/07/11/the-conscience-agency-of-bradley-manning/ Continue reading
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Wikileaks Newslinks 12 July 2011
12 July 2011 — williambowles.info WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in court for extradition hearing Telegraph.co.uk WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange arrived at the High Court today for an appeal against being extradited to Sweden over sexual assault allegations. Julian Assange is challenging a ruling by District Judge Howard Riddle at Belmarsh Magistrates’ Court in … http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/wikileaks/8631859/WikiLeaks-founder-Julian-Assange-in-court-for-extradition-hearing.html Continue reading
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Syria Newslinks 12 July 2011
12 July 2011 — williambowles.info Syria beefs up security at embassies after attacks The Associated Press Mobs broke windows at both embassies Monday to protest a visit last week by the American and French ambassadors to the opposition stronghold of Hama in central Syria. The French Foreign Ministry said three embassy workers were injured. … Continue reading
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Rachel Corrie’s family claim Israeli military withheld vital video evidence
American activist’s father says incomplete footage was given to court hearing into his daughter’s death in Gaza Continue reading
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Let them eat doughnuts: the US response to Bahrain's oppression By Mehdi Hasan
Syria was subjected to sanctions and Libya to air strikes; Bahrain, however, was rewarded with visits from the Pentagon’s two most senior officials – the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, Mike Mullen, and the then defence secretary, Robert Gates Continue reading
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The boycott law subverts Israeli democracy — Haaretz
Knesset members who vote for the anti-Boycott Law must understand they are supporting the gagging of protest in an effort to liquidate democracy. Continue reading
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Could Hack Scandal Spell Trouble for Murdoch’s U.S. TV Licenses? By Peter Hart
On ABC’s This Week panel there was some talk of Rupert Murdoch losing his U.S. television licenses over the News of the World phone hacking scandal. There is a ‘character clause’ for broadcast licensees, and the current scandal would go a long way towards demonstrating a certain type of bad behavior. Continue reading
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Could Hack Scandal Spell Trouble for Murdoch's U.S. TV Licenses? By Peter Hart
On ABC’s This Week panel there was some talk of Rupert Murdoch losing his U.S. television licenses over the News of the World phone hacking scandal. There is a ‘character clause’ for broadcast licensees, and the current scandal would go a long way towards demonstrating a certain type of bad behavior. Continue reading
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France Says NATO Bombing Has Failed By Franklin Lamb
Tripoli — One of the jokes heard at this week’s massive pro-government Friday post prayer rally at Green Square is about how each morning Libya’s leader, following early morning Fajr prayers dons his formal uniform, complete with those huge epaulets, and salutes the small NATO flag he tapes to his bathroom mirror as he moves… Continue reading
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“Libyan campaign was staged to start conquering Africa” — RT
The NATO-led intervention in Libya and the unrest in Syria are both steps in a decades-long plan by the US and its allies to completely reshape the face of Africa, believes independent journalist and peace activist Thierry Maysan. Continue reading
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Updates on Libyan war/Stop NATO news: July 12, 2011
12 July 2011 — Stop NATO U.S., French Security Guards Violently Disperse Syrian Protesters Afghan War: French Death Toll Reaches 63 U.S. Marines: AFRICOM ‘Adding Muscle’ To African Counterinsurgency Campaigns Japan: U.S. Army To Open New Battle Systems Center For Afghan-, Iraqi-Style Wars Australia: 22,000 U.S., Canadian, Local Troops In Full-Spectrum War Games Serbia: U.S., Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 11 July, 2011: Study: Israel’s wall segregates 13 percent of West Bank
11 July , 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Last witness testifies in Rachel Corrie case; family says Israel suppressed evidence IMEMC – Monday July 11, 2011 – 21:07, The last witness testified Sunday in an Israeli court case seeking justice for slain peace activist Rachel Corrie. Col. Pinhas (Pinky) Zuaretz claimed Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter July 11, 2011: Next Up: Pakistan: Ominous signs of a major new war
11 July, 2011 — Information Clearing House Next Up: Pakistan Ominous signs of a major new war By Justin Raimondo While keeping the heat on for a direct attack on Iran, the powerful pro-Israel lobby – the driving force behind the anti-Iran crowd – is biding its time, confident they’ll win in the end. In Continue reading
The New Dark Age 