July 14, 2011
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The Tyee – How We Helped Pave Haiti's Road to Cholera Hell By Crawford Kilian
On Oct. 18, 2010, Cuban medical personnel in rural Haiti reported they had treated 61 cases of acute watery diarrhea in the previous week. On that same day they had another 28 cases and two deaths. It was a totally avoidable epidemic; worse yet, it was brought to Haiti by the UN peacekeepers who were… Continue reading
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Press under attack in Haiti By John Mario
A series of recent events in Haiti have highlighted continuing threats to press freedom in a country where democratic rights are routinely denied in the interests of US imperialism and the local ruling elite. Continue reading
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PressTV – ‘1,108 Libyans killed in NATO attacks’
Libya’s prosecutor general has said that NATO airstrikes have killed more than 1,100 civilians and injured thousands of others since the end of March. Continue reading
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Libyan rebel ethnic cleansing and lynching of black people « Human rights investigations
Further specific evidence has emerged that there is a strong racist element within the rebel forces, including at command level, and it is the stated intention of these forces to ethnically cleanse areas they capture of their dark-skinned inhabitants. Continue reading
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Libyan rebel ethnic cleansing and lynching of black people « Human rights investigations
Further specific evidence has emerged that there is a strong racist element within the rebel forces, including at command level, and it is the stated intention of these forces to ethnically cleanse areas they capture of their dark-skinned inhabitants. Continue reading
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The Brutal Murder of Vittorio Arrigoni is Still Shrouded in Mystery By Nicola LoFoco
Three months have passed since April 15, 2011, that damned day when Vittorio Arrigoni’s life was ripped away from us at the hands of Islamic fundamentalists. The truth surrounding his disappearance and the reasons of who and why anyone would have wanted his death are still to be unveiled. Continue reading
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Israel and the Flotillas: Clever madman By Eric Walberg
There is much angst among people of conscience over the fate of Freedom Flotilla II, but by effectively scuttling it, Israel is really just hammering more nails in its own coffin, says Eric Walberg Continue reading
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A Palestinian State Redeems the U.N.’s Historic Nakba (Catastrophe) By Mohamed Khodr
9 July 2011 — Intifada Palestine This September is the moment of truth for the United Nations Security Council and the U.N. General Assembly, despite the threatened U.S. veto. Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 13 July, 2011: Israeli Press Mum on Murdoch
13 July , 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center “Tolerance Museum” Given Go Ahead By Israeli Interior Ministry IMEMC – Wednesday July 13, 2011 – 17:58, Associated Foreign Press has reported that Israel has given the go ahead to build a planned “tolerance museum” on top of a Muslim burial site. The Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter July 13, 2011: Putin Slams US
July 13, 2011 — Information Clearing House It’s Raining Trillions Why The US Won’t Leave Afghanistan By Pepe Escobar The notion that the US government would spend $10 billion a month just to chase a few “al-Qaeda types” in the Hindu Kush is nonsense. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28565.htm Continue reading