July 28, 2011
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Unauthorised tapping into or hacking of mobile communications
Thirteenth Report of Session 2010–12 House of Commons Home Affairs Committee Continue reading
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Video: 'OW!' James Moody, Dizzy Gillespie
Jazzfestival Bern, Switzerland 1985, Dizzy Gillespie (tp), James Moody (ts), Gene Harris (p), Ray Brown (b), Grady Tate (d) Continue reading
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News International: A scandal rooted in union-busting
Socialist journalist Eamonn McCann explains how the assault on newspaper unions helped pave the way for the scandal engulfing Rupert Murdoch’s media empire. Continue reading
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Narratives under siege: stranglehold on farmers tightens
Between 1991 and the second intifada in 2000, Hate’em exported various produce, including tomatoes, potatoes and flowers, to Israel and Europe. He notes that since then, however, the “borders have become impossible” and he is unable to export his produce. Continue reading
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Yemen Newslinks 28 July 2011
28 July 2011 — williambowles.info Yemen president won’t give up power by force: minister Reuters By Samia Nakhoul LONDON (Reuters) – Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, who escaped an attempt on his life by opponents, will only cede power through the ballot box and the country will descend into civil war if he is forced Continue reading
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Egypt Newslinks 28 July 2011
28 July 2011 — williambowles.info Torture still rampant in post-revolution Egypt, activists say MiamiHerald.com The only difference in post-revolution Egypt, they say, is that victims empowered by the uprising are speaking publicly of their brutal experiences. Hossam Bahgat, the executive director of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights, offered a grim … http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/07/28/2334670/torture-still-rampant-in-post.html Continue reading
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Behind Norway’s Kristallnacht By Eric Walberg
The massacre in peaceful Oslo was a replay of this earlier horror in reverse – no longer the Jews as victims but as the inspiration of terror against non-Jews – as Israel extends its wars not only to Greek ports and French airports but to Norwegian children’s camps, complete with rabbinical blessings for the murderers,… Continue reading
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Bradley Manning Newslinks 28 July 2011
28 July 2011 — williambowles.info Black Hat Pwnie Award winner will be a criminal ITworld.com Bradley Manning is charged with stealing and turning over to WikiLeaks thousands of US diplomatic messages and footage of a US airstrike in Iraq. If Manning didn’t do it, whoever did will be of interest to law enforcement. … http://www.itworld.com/security/186735/black-hat-pwnie-award-winner-will-be-criminal Continue reading
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Wikileaks Newslinks 28 July 2011
28 July 2011 — williambowles.info WikiLeaks angry that PayPal supports anti-Muslim organization Washington Post (blog) By Elizabeth Flock WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange speaks during a news conference in London in 2010. (Lennart Preiss – AP) Updated 8:09 pm The man behind the attacks on Norway last Friday has boasted of being a part of several Continue reading
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What WaPo Won't Tell You About CIA's Yemen Drone Base By Peter Hart
It obviously makes senses for any White House to want to keep its secret programs under wraps–particularly when there’s a chance that laws are being broken, or civilians are being killed. (Recall that the U.S. Navy launched a cruise missile loaded with cluster bombs into Yemen in 2009, reportedly killing 41 civilians.) It does not… Continue reading
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What WaPo Won’t Tell You About CIA’s Yemen Drone Base By Peter Hart
It obviously makes senses for any White House to want to keep its secret programs under wraps–particularly when there’s a chance that laws are being broken, or civilians are being killed. (Recall that the U.S. Navy launched a cruise missile loaded with cluster bombs into Yemen in 2009, reportedly killing 41 civilians.) It does not… Continue reading
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Syria Newslinks 22-28 July 2011
28 July 2011 — williambowles.info Tough bipartisan questioning by Congress of US policy on Syria Los Angeles Times Republican and Democratic members of a House panel complain that the effort to calibrate a message on Syria has failed to make it clear the US stands with protesters against an oppressive regime. By Paul Richter, Los Continue reading
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WikiLeaks Cables Show Haiti as Pawn in U.S. Foreign Policy By Katie Soltis
The U.S. tried to undermine Haiti’s oil deal with Venezuela in order to protect the vested interests of U.S. oil corporations. Under the Obama administration, the U.S. embassy worked with major textile companies to cap the minimum wage in Haiti at 31 cents per hour. Election monitors from the U.S. and the international community knowingly… Continue reading
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Libya’s War for “The Abaya”: Women’s Rights and NATO’s Support of Pro-Islamist Rebels By Susan Lindauer
For European bankers, it’s a war for Libya’s Gold. For oil corporations, it’s a war for Cheap Crude (now threatening to destroy Libya’s oil infrastructure, just like Iraq). But for Libya’s women, it’s a fierce, knock down battle over the Abaya— an Islamic style of dress that critics say deprives women of self-expression and identity. Continue reading
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Libya diary: Day 1 (27/7/11 1.20 AM) By Lizzie Phelan
Yesterday (25/7/11) NATO bombed a wedding party and a hospital in Zlitan. NATO is bombing Tripoli as I write, I can hear the planes and the bombs dropping outside the hotel. Sukant saw smoke rising from the Bab Alziza compound. I saw just a few minutes ago on the TV that there were people at… Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 27 July, 2011: Undercover Forces Captured On Film Kidnapping A Palestinian Child in Jerusalem
27 July , 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Knesset Grants Fundamentalist Settlement Groups Admin “National Gardens” Rights IMEMC – Wednesday July 27, 2011 – 23:40, On Wednesday, The Israeli Knesset approved in Preliminary Reading a law that allows “nonprofit” and nongovernmental fundamentalist Israeli settler groups, especially the El Ad group, administrative Continue reading
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Libyan rebels have conceded ground since bombing began By Kim Sengupta
Fresh diplomatic efforts are under way to try to end Libya’s bloody civil war, with the UN special envoy flying to Tripoli to hold talks after Britain followed France in accepting that Muammar Gaddafi cannot be bombed into exile. Continue reading
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