August 1, 2011
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CIA FORCED TO RELEASE LONG SECRET OFFICIAL HISTORY OF BAY OF PIGS INVASION
Pursuant to a FOIA lawsuit filed by the National Security Archive on the 50th anniversary of the infamous CIA-led invasion of Cuba, the CIA has released four volumes of its Official History of the Bay of Pigs Operation. Continue reading
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Syria News Roundup 14 July 2011: Good Protesters, Bad Protesters
“Yesterday, a US official referred to the protesters at the US embassy as ‘thugs.’ But if they were attacking a Ba’th office or a Syrian government building, I am sure that they would not have been described as thugs. So thuggery is not an act in itself: it is a description of an act directed… Continue reading
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Imperialists — hands off Syria!
U.S. and French imperialism have flagrantly intervened in the Syrian crisis and made it obvious that they will act to overthrow and replace President Bashir Assad. This is an open threat to the people of Syria. It is a clear signal that progressive forces in the U.S. must give priority to combating this imperialist intervention… Continue reading
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Syria Newslinks 1 August 2011
1 August 2011 — williambowles.info EU adds to sanctions on Assad No end in sight to Syrian clashes Russiatoday.ru Today at 16:51 Reports of heavy casualties during clashes between the Syrian army and opposition supporters have whipped up a wave of disapproval around the globe. While there are small signs that violence may be receding, Continue reading
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Libya: NATO Continues to Bomb Civilian Targets
Examples of some recent bombings are the attack on Tripoli International Airport, a component of the Great Man-Made River, and NATO air assistance for an attack on a peaceful unity march in the Western Mountains. These bombings of civilians are readily dismissed by Western journalists at the Swiss Inn Al Nasr (formerly the Rixos Al… Continue reading
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Infighting engulfs Benghazi By Ben Chackor
Libya’s rebel council was forced onto the defensive today as it reported fierce fighting with a rival faction over a base on the outskirts of Benghazi. Continue reading
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Anti-war activists rubbish Hague’s success claims By Rory MacKinnon
Tory ministers appeared delusional as the war entered its fifth month by claiming that the war effort had been a success. Continue reading
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As In Serbia And Elsewhere, U.S. And NATO Target Media In Libya
This is not the first time that NATO and the U.S. have targeted journalists and media outlets. Other incidents included the deliberate targeting of journalists in occupied territories in the Middle East, the NATO bombardment of Radio Television Serbia (RTS) in Belgrade in 1999 and the American army bombing in Kabul and Baghdad of Al… Continue reading
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Murder By Video Game And ‘Bug Splats’: CIA Drone War In Pakistan By Muhammad Idrees Ahmad
They call it ‘bug splat’, the splotch of blood, bones, and viscera that marks the site of a successful drone strike. To those manning the consoles in Nevada, it signifies ‘suspected militants’ who have just been ‘neutralised’; to those on the ground, in most cases, it represents a family that has been shattered, a home… Continue reading
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Updates on Libyan war/Stop NATO news: August 1, 2011
1 August 2011 — Stop NATO NATO Attack On Libyan Television Kills Three, Wounds 15 As In Serbia And Elsewhere, U.S. And NATO Target Media In Libya Murder By Video Game And ‘Bug Splats’: CIA Drone War In Pakistan Pakistani ISI Chief Asked U.S. To Stop Deadly Drone Strikes Two-Thirds Of New Zealanders Want Special Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter August 1, 2011: The President Surrenders
1 August 2011 — Information Clearing House Why the West is Committed to the Murderous Rebels in Libya By Patrick Cockburn William Hague chose to recognise the rebel leaders at the very moment some of them may have been shooting or torturing to death their chief military commander. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28709.htm Continue reading
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Pambazuka News 542 1 August 2011: Links and Resources
1. Zimbabwe update, 2. Women & gender, 3. Human rights, 4. Refugees & forced migration, 5. Social movements, 6. Emerging powers news, 7. Elections & governance, 8. Corruption, 9. Development, 10. Health & HIV/AIDS, 11. Education, 12. Racism & xenophobia, 13. Environment, 14. Land & land rights, 15. Media & freedom of expression, 16. Conflict… Continue reading
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Libyan and Syrian Destabilization Campaigns Shift into Overdrive While Desperation Starts to Take Hold By Scott Creighton
While the people of this country are (rightly) preoccupied with the orchestrated debt ceiling “crisis”, aka the “austerity measures plan for America”, the globalists are using this moment to step up their convoluted destabilization efforts in Libya and Syria. They are becoming desperate and their lines of propaganda and their terrorists activities show it. Continue reading
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Pure Evil: NATO Attacked Libyan Water Supply Pipeline and the Factory that Makes Replacement Pipes By Scott Creighton
Last week Pravda reported that NATO attacked the Great Manmade River pipeline in Libya which literally brings water across the desert to millions of Libyans and farms in western and southern Libya as well as to the capital Tripoli and Benghazi. The Manmade River project is not only a life-sustaining source of water for millions… Continue reading
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The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict and the Arab Awakening By Joel Beinin
The ‘Palestine Papers’ published by the pan-Arab satellite channel Al Jazeera in early January confirm that, under US pressure, PA negotiators offered concessions to the government of former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert well beyond the Palestinian national consensus. Nonetheless, these offers were insufficient to reach an agreement. Continue reading
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Protests in Israel. Why and how much they matter
This is without a doubt the influence of the “Arab Spring.” While Israel has been one of the most viciously neo-liberalized societies in the Western world, and the level of pain inflicted cuts wide and deep, this wave of protests would have been unimaginable before Mubarak fell. Continue reading
The New Dark Age 