July 2011
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Coaching, Media and Public Discourse
For all those complaining that the Murdochs had been carefully coached in presentation before the Select Committee, I say this is much worse. You do have to watch to the end to understand what I mean: Continue reading
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Update on Libyan war/Stop NATO news: July 20, 2011
20 July 2011 — Stop NATO NATO Troops Kill Afghan Woman, Wound Five Others Baltic: U.S. Warship Hosts Estonian, Polish And Finnish Sailors Polish General, Ex-Iraq Commander, Takes Charge Of EU Mission In Georgia Somalia And Beyond: AFRICOM Trains Burundian Military For Deployments Africa Partnership Station: U.S. Guided Missile Warship In Kenya Poland Promotes EU Continue reading
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Gobsmacked by the media By William Bowles
Y’know, sometimes you have to admire the nerve of the BBC and the corporate press, they have no shame, none whatsoever as they crow loudly that now the Big Bad Wolf has been defanged, they can all pat themselves on the back for what a good job they’ve done in exposing the malfeasance of News… Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 18 July, 2011: Israel approves more settlement units in West Bank
18 July , 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Palestinian Silwan Family Fined $10,000. Face Home Demolition. IMEMC – Monday July 18, 2011 – 15:47, The Palestinian news agency Wafa reported Monday that an Israeli court fined a Palestinian family $10,000 for building its Silwan home without a permit. Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 17 July, 2011: Congress Blesses Israel’s Matrix of Control
17 July , 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Israeli military links settlement school to ‘Jewish terrorist’ organizing efforts IMEMC – Monday July 18, 2011 – 01:32, The Od Yosef Chai yeshiva religious school in the settlement of Yitzhar, near Nablus, faces a possible closure, after the Israeli military commander found it Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 16 July, 2011: US Congress loves being lied to about the Israel-Palestine conflict…
16 July , 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Palestinian Youth Moderately Wounded In A New Israeli Attack In Beit Hanoun IMEMC – Saturday July 16, 2011 – 09:33, Israeli soldiers bombarded, after midnight Friday night, an area in Beit Hanoun, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip; damage was reported, Continue reading
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Updates on Libyan war/Stop NATO news: July 16, 2011
16 July 2011 — Stop NATO 120-Day War: 15,308 NATO Sorties Over Libya, 5,767 Strike Missions Britain Adding More Warplanes For Intensified Attacks On Libya Several NATO Fighter Jets Violate Pakistani Airspace Another NATO Soldier Killed By Afghan Counterpart NATO Chief Criticizes Czech Republic For Not Spending More On Arms ‘Protracted Conflicts In GUAM Area’ Continue reading
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Syria Newslinks 16 July 2011
16 July 2011 — williambowles.info Syria rights group: 41 people were killed in Friday’s protests Ha’aretz By DPA Tags: Syria Bashar Assad Forty-one people were killed in Friday’s mass anti-government protests across Syria that were broken up by security forces using live ammunition, a human rights group said Saturday. The death toll was initially given Continue reading
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“Green Light” to Use of Depleted Uranium Weapons in Libya? By International Coalition to Ban Uranium Weapons
A US Air Force Spokeswoman claims that A-10s were not loaded with DU ammunition, but does not rule out future use in the conflict. Continue reading
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New a Strategic Culture Foundation 7-15 July 2011: Afghanistan / Syria / India / USA / Tunisia /
16 July 2011 — Strategic Culture Foundation The Wali Karzai Assassination and Its Consequences 15.07.2011 | 12:00 | Najmuddin A. SHAIKH What is not contested is that Ahmad Wali’s untimely death will add another layer of high uncertainty to the political and administrative turbulence that now prevails in Afghanistan. Ahmad Wali was indisputably, from the Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 15 July, 2011: Confused strategy: How the PA sold out Palestinian unity
15 July , 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Sheikh Salah, Detained By Britain, To Be Released On Bail IMEMC – Saturday July 16, 2011 – 03:49, The British Authorities decided to release Sheikh Raed Salah, head of the Northern Branch of the Islamic Movement in the 1948 territories, on bail after Continue reading
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The Aaronovitch Code By Dan Hind
I’d more or less put David Aaronovitch out of my mind recently, what with the paywall and everything. But he turned up on Newsnight last night as part of the programme’s efforts to erase memories of the previous night’s now-notorious ‘ask the public’ episode. Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter July 15, 2011: The Truth Behind the U.S./NATO War on Libya
15 July 2011 — Information Clearing House Outrageous Nato and “Rebels” Co-ordinate Attacks By Associated Press “It proves Nato is not interested in democracy, protecting civilians or peace,” added Mr Ibrahim. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28584.htm Continue reading
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Murdoch the ‘Dirty Digger’ Newslinks 15-16 July 2011
16 July 2011 — williambowles.info 16 July 2011 Murdoch apology in press adverts BBC News Today at 05:13 Rupert Murdoch takes out national press adverts to apologise for the phone hacking by the News of the World, as two of his most senior aides resign. Continue reading
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How Has Murdoch Improved With Age? By Russ Baker
Here’s an old article that WhoWhatWhy editor Russ Baker wrote about Rupert Murdoch, the media titan whose News Corp is currently the focus of so much controversy. This ran in the Columbia Journalism Review in 1998. But it is useful for comparing the company’s (non-hacking) practices, then and now. Continue reading
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Libya in Pictures: What the Mainstream Media Does Not Tell You By Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya
15 July 2011 — Global Research Mirage fighters, F16 fighters, B-2 Stealth bombers, 15,000 NATO air sorties. the bombing of thousands of civilian targets… NATO is said to be coming to the rescue of the Libyan people. That is what we are being told. Continue reading
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NATO Newslinks 15 July 2011
15 July 2011 — williambowles.info NATO disputes Libyan claim of coordinated push on al-Brega CNN International Tripoli, Libya (CNN) — The Libyan government is claiming that NATO and anti-government rebels were carrying out a coordinated air, sea and land attack on the strategic town of al-Brega, but the alliance sloughed off the assertion. … http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/07/15/libya.gadhafi/ Continue reading
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MILITARY ESCALATION: NATO chief calls for more planes to bomb Libyan targets
NATO members should supply more warplanes to bomb Libyan military targets, the alliance’s secretary general said on Thursday, increasing pressure on states to contribute more to the mission. Continue reading
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Updates on Libyan war/Stop NATO news: June 15, 2011
15 July 2011 — Stop NATO NATO’s Air War In Libya: 15,193 Sorties, 5,721 Strike Missions Venezuela Condemns NATO’s Military Aggression Against Libya Britain Deploys Warship For NATO Libyan Operations China, Russia Refuse To Attend Libya Contact Group Meeting In Turkey Clinton In Turkey: U.S. Missile System In Turkey – Or Caucasus? Continue reading
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