August 4, 2011
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Information Clearing House Newsletter August 04, 2011: US Commando War in 120 Countries
4 August 2011 — Information Clearing House US Commando War in 120 Countries: Uncovering the Military’s Secret Operations In the Obama Era By Nick Turse American secret commandos are carrying out raids in 70 countries—just today. By the end of the year, the number will probably be close to 120. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28747.htm Continue reading
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Libya Newslinks 4 August 2011
4 August 2011 — williambowles.info A field commander says Libyan rebels regrouping for major new push toward Tripoli Washington Post (Sergey Ponomarev/Associated Press) – Libyan men eat food after breaking the fast on the first day of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, with a portrait of Omar Mukhtar, the symbol of the anti-Gadhafi campaign Continue reading
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Wikileaks Newslinks 4 August 2011
4 August 2011 — williambowles.info Wikileaks: UN discussed dropping #003 Radio Netherlands United Nations officials discussed shutting down Cambodia’s war crimes tribunal without hearing a politically sensitive case involving two former Khmer Rouge leaders, according to a classified US diplomatic cable disclosed by Wikileaks. … http://www.rnw.nl/international-justice/article/wikileaks-un-discussed-dropping-003 Continue reading
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NATO facing military stalemate in Libya By Peter Symonds
The murder of Younis highlights the faction-riven character of the TNC, which comprises an unstable alliance of former Gaddafi officials, Islamists and CIA assets. Far from representing the interests of ordinary Libyans, the TNC is a proxy for NATO and US imperialism, which are seeking to oust Gaddafi and install a puppet regime amenable to… Continue reading
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Video: Jenin's Freedom Theatre Attacked
The Freedom Theatre was attacked by the Israeli army at the early morning of the 27th of July. The army spokesperson has claimed that the Israeli army did not raid the theatre. Photo and film documentation confirms that the army raid resulted in the shattering of most of the windows of the theatre’s multimedia centre… Continue reading
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Video: Jenin’s Freedom Theatre Attacked
The Freedom Theatre was attacked by the Israeli army at the early morning of the 27th of July. The army spokesperson has claimed that the Israeli army did not raid the theatre. Photo and film documentation confirms that the army raid resulted in the shattering of most of the windows of the theatre’s multimedia centre… Continue reading
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Syria Newslinks 4 August 2011
4 August 2011 — williambowles.info UN Security Council rebuke of Syria hailed as potential ‘turning point’ Christian Science Monitor The UN Security Council approved a statement Wednesday condemning human-rights violations in Syria. It contains no penalties, but it is significant as ‘a clear and unequivocal condemnation,’ the US ambassador to the UN said. … http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Foreign-Policy/2011/0803/UN-Security-Council-rebuke-of-Syria-hailed-as-potential-turning-point Continue reading
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Bradley Manning Newslinks 4 August 2011
4 August 2011 — williambowles.info To Party Hack Rep. Nydia Velázquez, War and Liberties Are Political Weapons Antiwar.com (blog) Many times as editor of my local newspaper, The Bushwick News, I have tried to get our local representative in the House, Nydia Velázquez, to give her opinions on WikiLeaks and whistleblower Bradley Manning. It didn’t Continue reading
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Welcome to the world of terrorist television By William Bowles
I venture to say that the timing of the attempt to silence Libya’s electronic media is in part a response to the rebels assassination of its own military leader Younes and the excellent PR it gave the Libyan state. Continue reading
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End Game For Benghazi Rebels As Libyan Tribes Prepare To Weigh In By Franklin Lamb
According to NATO spokesperson Lavoie, allowing Libya’s population to watch government TV, and by implication, to hear terrorist public service announcements concerning subjects such as gasoline availability, food distribution for Ramadan, updates on areas to be avoided due to recent NATO bombing, prayers and lectures by Sheiks on moral and religious subjects during Ramadan or… Continue reading
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Updates on Libyan war/Stop NATO news: August 4, 2011
4 August 2011 — Stop NATO Bankrupt U.S. Buys $23 Billion Worth Of Global Hawk Drones KLA’s Thaci Inciting Warfare In Kosovo: Serbian Minister U.S./NATO-Backed Kosovo Speaks Of War With Serbia NATO Troops Torture, Kill Afghan Clergyman Three NATO Soldiers Killed In Afghanistan U.S. Domestic Politicking Affects Afghan War, World Security NATO Fuel Trucks Destroyed Continue reading
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IFJ Condemns NATO Bombing at Libyan Television
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today condemned the NATO air strikes against Libyan state television which took place last Saturday in Tripoli, killing three journalists and injured fifteen staff members according to its director of the English service, Khalid Basilia. Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 3 August, 2011: How Netanyahu’s Israel is like Monty Python’s cheese shop
3 August , 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center PLO Report: “Six Palestinians Killed in July, 230 Kidnapped, 32 Structures Demolished” IMEMC – Thursday August 04, 2011 – 03:16, The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) reported that, in July, Israeli soldiers killed six Palestinians, kidnapped 230 others, and demolished 32 homes and structures Continue reading
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Covering the Somali famine- of news By William Bowles
Far from being a ‘natural disaster’ events in Somalia can be traced directly to Western intervention, an intervention carried out in at least one hundred indebted economies the world over in the name of ‘structural adjustment’. Continue reading
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Firm holds 1 million on anti-terror list
U.S. security firm Regulatory DataCorp says it has more than 1 million people and groups on its anti-terror database that it wants to market to government and private-sector clients worldwide. Continue reading
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Black Agenda Report 3 August 2011: Obama Catastrophe / Ruling Class Victory / McKinney Eyewitness Libya
3 August 2011 — Black Agenda Report News, commentary and analysis from the black left Ruin-Nation: The Obama Catastrophe by BAR executive editor Glen Ford After two and a half years of waging war against the Left half of his own party, while seeking a “Grand Consensus” with the GOP, President Obama has finally set Continue reading
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Video: Documentary film with Joe Bageant opens
THE KINGDOM OF SURVIVAL seeks out radical and alternative visions that challenge the status quo and features Prof. Noam Chomsky, Joe Bageant, and Mark Mirabello. Continue reading
The New Dark Age 