July 30, 2011
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Another Stinging Blow for the Libyan Rebellion By Victor Kotsev
The death of the general, whose body along with those of two senior aides was reportedly found badly burnt on Thursday, brings into focus a complex and extensive web of power relationships and rivalries spanning both sides of the conflict. This is evidence of just how fluid the situation in Libya is, with multiple layers… Continue reading
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El Salvador: The Truth Commission and the Jesuit Massacre
The outbreak of the Salvadoran Civil War in 1980 initiated twelve years of violent conflict within Central America’s most densely populated nation. For years, President Ronald Reagan employed a traditional Cold War platform to reinforce conservative governments, insisting that the leftist insurgency organization, the Frente Faribundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional (FMLN), posed a dangerous… Continue reading
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Updates on Libyan war/Stop NATO news: July 30, 2011
30 July 2011 — Stop NATO NATO Armored Vehicle Kills Child, Injures Seven Other Afghans Mongolia: U.S. Leads NATO, Asian NATO Allies In Military Exercise America’s Africa Partnership Station In East Africa Call To Expand American Counterinsurgency Operations In Philippines U.S. Military To Be Based In Australia To Confront China U.S. Could Upgrade Polish Warships Continue reading
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The Israel Lobby’s Power Comes From the American Ruling Class
“Prince Walid bin Talal bin Abdelaziz Al-Saud, the second biggest shareholder in News Corporation after Murdoch, recently gave an interview, on his yacht, to the BBC flagship programme Newsnight. The Saudi prince declared himself “a good friend” of Rupert Murdoch and his son James Murdoch Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 29 July, 2011: Israeli Army Attacks Dutch Music Orchestra with Tear Gas
29 July , 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Settlers Attack Internationals With An Iron Bar IMEMC – Friday July 29, 2011 – 12:12, Three settlers from the illegal West Bank settlement of Havat Maon harassed three Palestinian shepherds and attacked two internationals observers near Mesheha hill. The masked settlers threw stones Continue reading
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Breaking news: Tragic cholera outbreak in Port de Paix killing scores of Haitians, HLLN, July 29, 2011
We just received an urgent SOS from the area of Port De Paix (North western) Haiti on a severe cholera outbreak. Our info is that so many people in that City have taken ill and are dying that there’s no place to even hospitalize all who are sick and dying. Medical help is insufficient. Ezili’sHLLN… Continue reading
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New at Strategic Culture Foundation 23-30 July 2011
30 July 2011 — Strategic Culture Foundation A US-Iran pantomime over Iraq 30.07.2011 | 10:25 | Melkulangara BHADRAKUMAR Al-Qaeda’s virulent Wahhabi, anti-Shi’ite ideology is sheer poison for Iran…The US has sought and obtained Iran’s acquiescence in its strategies in Iraq ever since the invasion in 2003…The “pro-West” Persian Gulf states are terrified of Shi’ite empowerment, Continue reading
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The best of FAIR’s Blog 29 July 2011
29 July 2011 — Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting Here’s some of the week’s best media criticism from the FAIR Blog Obama’s Right-Wing Plan to Win the Center Diallo Speaks: Are There Holes in the ‘DSK Case Crumbles’ Narrative? Tom Friedman’s Radical Center, 2012 Edition For Beck, Norway Shooter Wasn’t Right-Wing–Though His Victims Were ‘Hitler Continue reading
The New Dark Age 