July 2011
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Updates on Libyan war/Stop NATO News: July 4, 2011
4 July 2011 — Stop NATO Why Allow NATO Thugs To Destroy Africa Mercilessly? Turkmenistan: NATO Troops Can Join Caspian Energy War Against Russia Azerbaijan: Faithful NATO Partner On The Caspian NATO International School Of Azerbaijan Holds Session On Middle East NATO Soldier Missing In Southern Afghanistan Armed Confrontation In The Arctic? Continue reading
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UK “upping the ante” in Libya means “killing more civilians” – activist
British anti-war activist Dr. David Halpin says he hopes that British, American and Israeli politicians responsible for war crimes will be held accountable in his lifetime. Continue reading
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The Powers of Manipulation: Islam as a Geopolitical Tool to Control the Middle East By Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya
As Washington and its cohorts march towards the Eurasian Heartland, they have tried to manipulate Islam as a geo-political tool. They have created political and social chaos in the process. Along the way they have tried to redefine Islam and to subordinate it to the interests of global capital by ushering in a new generation of so-called Islamists,… Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 3 July, 2011: US captain of Gaza ship held in ‘shocking conditions’
3 July , 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center 200 additional activists may join Freedom Flotilla IMEMC – Sunday July 03, 2011 – 14:15, A Jordanian union leader told Agence France Presse that a boat has been purchased for $800,000 in Greece to carry construction materials, medical supplies, and 200 additional passengers Continue reading
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Getting Used to Life Without Food: Wall Street, BP, Bio-ethanol and the Death of Millions By F. William Engdahl
Our planet has everything we need to produce nutritious natural food to feed the entire world population many times over. This is the case, despite the ravages of industrialized agriculture over the past half century or more. Then, how can it be that our world faces, according to some predictions, the prospect of a decade… Continue reading
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Libyan war updates/Stop NATO news: July 3, 2011
3 July 2011 — Stop NATO July 4th: What U.S. Stands For In Libya – Cynthia McKinney Russia: NATO Runs Roughshod Over International Norms In Libya NATO To Deploy 1,000 Spanish Legionaires To Afghanistan Next Year Pentagon Rapidly Expanding Central Asian Supply Lines For Afghan War Canada To Conduct Unprecedented Military Exercises In Arctic U.S. Continue reading
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The invasion of Australia – official at last By John Pilger
The City of Sydney has voted to replace the words ‘European arrival’ in the official record with ‘invasion’. The deputy lord mayor, Marcelle Hoff, says it is intellectually dishonest to use any other word in describing how Aboriginal Australia was dispossessed by the British. Continue reading
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Video: Freedom Flotilla trapped in Greece
Video: Freedom Flotilla trapped in Greece Continue reading
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US increases pressure on Syrian President
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has called on Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad to make a transition to democracy. This comes as thousands of people take to the streets every day to support President Assad. Continue reading
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U.S. Boat to Gaza Seized by Greek Authorities and Captain Jailed
“This shameful chapter in Greek history is symbolized by Prime Minister Netanyahu thanking his Greek counterpart Prime MInister Papandreou for his cooperation in helping thwart the flotilla, and by the fully-armed and masked Greek commandos at sea, pointing their guns at unarmed American civilians singing “We are a gentle, loving people,” says passenger Medea Benjamin. Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 2 July, 2011: The Day of Victory: Bil’in Celebrates the Removal of the Wall
2 July , 2011 — VTJP News Greek authorities arrest US Flotilla boat captain for attempting to sail without permission IMEMC – Saturday July 02, 2011 – 21:58, One of the ten boats scheduled to travel to Gaza to bring much-needed humanitarian aid and support has had its captain arrested by Greek authorities after attempting Continue reading
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Russian, S. African presidents to meet, discuss Libyan peace efforts
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in a telephone conversation on Saturday with South African President Jacob Zuma agreed to meet to discuss peace efforts in Libya, the Kremlin press service said. Continue reading
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PRESS RELEASE: Mr. Raed Salah’s Appeal Lodged
“While the government is doing its utmost to change the British laws on Universal Jurisdiction to make it easier for suspected Israeli war criminals to visit the UK without the fear of arrest warrants being issued against them, at the same time they are happy to arrest Palestinian leaders who have committed no crime but… Continue reading
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NATO Newslinks for 2 July 2011: Nato rules out military intervention in Syria
2 July 2011 — williambowles.info Clinton: Gadhafi’s Threats Will Not Stop NATO in Libya Voice of America Photo: AP US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says NATO will not let Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi’s threats deter its mission in the country. Clinton made the comments during a visit to Spain Saturday. Libya’s embattled leader threatened Continue reading
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Video: Muammar Qaddafi Speech to Millions in Tripoli on 1st July 2011
The message was that people should march in their millions peacefully, to secure their country and to protect their oil supplies which he said was the lifeline of the Libyan people and that they possessed the upper hand in this conflict and that the demise of NATO and that its withdrawal was quite close. Continue reading
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Libyan war updates/Stop NATO news: July 2, 2011
2 July 2011 — Stop NATO Video And Text: Even If Gaddafi Is Killed, NATO To Take Over North Africa Clinton, Community Of Democracies And Invasions Of Sovereign Nations Prague/Arab Springs: Clinton Targets Syria, Belarus, Ukraine, Russia Russia Slams West For Striving To Topple Middle Eastern Governments $4 Trillion For U.S. Wars; Quarter Million Killed, Continue reading
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Libyan People’s Aspirations and a Forgotten UN Resolution
Hamid Dabashi: The US/NATO pushed a militarization of the Libyan struggle which has turned into a civil war Continue reading
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Netanyahu’s big fat Greek Wedding By Barak Ravid
Netanyahu has invested in his relationship with Greece over the course of the past year-and-a-half, and his gamble has finally paid off as Greece blocks Gaza-flotilla-bound departures from its ports. Continue reading
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Making the World Safe for Hypocrisy By Michael Parenti
Why has the United States government supported counterinsurgency in Colombia, Guatemala, El Salvador, and many other places around the world, at such a loss of human life to the populations of those nations? Why did it invade tiny Grenada and then Panama? Why did it support mercenary wars against progressive governments in Nicaragua, Mozambique, Angola,… Continue reading
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Russia Today: A new kind of media? By William Bowles
A global, digital media cuts both ways or as they say ‘what’s good for the goose is also good for the gander’. The arrival of The Real News Network, Democracy Now! and grtv for example demonstrates what can be done, even on a shoestring budget. But to get onto the global media circuit still requires… Continue reading
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