July 2011
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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
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Libya Newslinks 11 July 2011
11 July 2011 — williambowles.info FEATURE-Libya’s ragtag rebels discover discipline in battle Reuters By Nick Carey EAST OF ZLITAN, Libya, July 11 (Reuters) – Midway through the morning, as Grad rockets whooshed through the branches of trees overhead, some of the young men of the 1st battalion Al Marsa regiment began to sing. A slow, Continue reading
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Multi-Billion-Dollar Terrorists and the Disappearing Middle Class By James Petras
During Obama’s Presidency, Social Security’s cost-of-living adjustment has been frozen, resulting in a net decrease of over 8 percent, which is exactly the amount spent chasing just 5 dozen ‘Al Qaeda terrorists’ in the mountains bordering Pakistan. Continue reading
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Libyan PM urges UN intervention to stop NATO military attack
11 July 2011 TRIPOLI, July 10 (Xinhua) — Libyan Prime Minister al-Baghdadi Ali al-Mahmoudi has urged UN intervention to stop NATO military attacks against the north African country, local media reported. Al-Mahmoudi made this appeal when meeting Saturday with Abdel Elah al-Khatib, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s special envoy for Libya. NATO’s intensive airstrikes have caused Continue reading
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Updates on Libyan war/Stop NATO news: July 11, 2011
11 July 2011 — Stop NATO Canadian Warship Leaves For Libyan War Mission U.S., Australia Launch Large-Scale War Games U.S. To Upgrade Israeli Patriot Interceptor Missile System Washington Suspends Military Aid To Pakistan Afghan War: NATO 2011 Death Toll Nears 300 U.S. Reiterates Demand For Yemeni President To Step Down Continue reading
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Stop the EDL march in Tower Hamlets
On Saturday 3 September the English Defence League plan to march through the streets of Tower Hamlets. They want peddle their racism and hatred through the heart of one of Britain’s biggest Muslim communities. I am asking for your help to stop them. Continue reading
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Disregard the Blairite undead
It is difficult to imagine either of Ed Miliband’s predecessors as Labour leader deciding to force a parliamentary vote to delay consideration of Rupert Murdoch’s swallowing up of BSkyB until criminal investigations into the News of the World are complete. Continue reading
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Syria Newslinks 11 July 2011
11 July 2011 — williambowles.info Syria Draws Vocal Critics at Talks Wall Street Journal Syria’s government on Sunday opened a first meeting for talks with the opposition as most opposition figures boycotted the event and some of those attending unleashed criticisms of the regime unusual in a government-sponsored setting. … http://india.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304584404576437901903136370.html Continue reading
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Wikileaks Newslinks 11 July 2011
11 July 2011 — williambowles.info Visa starts then halts Wikileaks donations acceptance Inquirer By Dave Neal PAYMENT FIRM Visa has explained why it briefly accepted donations made to Wikileaks and then promptly stopped. The firm was discovered to have dropped its embargo at the end of last week when Datacell, its Iceland-based hosting company … Continue reading
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Palestine’s ‘last village’ faces the bulldozers: Lifta to make way for Jewish vacation homes By Jonathan Cook
Although most Israeli drivers barely notice the buildings, this small ghost town — neglected for the past six decades — is at the centre of a legal battle fuelling nationalist sentiments on both sides of the Israeli-Palestinian divide. Continue reading
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Media Lens: BBC Bombast – Propaganda, Complaints And Black Holes of Silence
The newscaster – Huw Edwards, Fiona Bruce, perhaps Emily Maitlis or Nick Owen – looks directly into the camera with the requisite degree of gravitas. The message is clear: ‘You can trust us. We have no agenda. This is the BBC. This is The News.’ Continue reading
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