August 2011
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Video: Eyewitnesses dismiss rebel advances on Tripoli as misinformation — RT
Reports of tracer bullets and explosions over the Libyan capital have sparked rumours of the imminent defeat of Colonel Gaddafi and his regime. However, it turns out the shots were fired in celebration at a victory for Gaddafi loyalists. Continue reading
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Video: Eyewitnesses dismiss rebel advances on Tripoli as misinformation — RT
Reports of tracer bullets and explosions over the Libyan capital have sparked rumours of the imminent defeat of Colonel Gaddafi and his regime. However, it turns out the shots were fired in celebration at a victory for Gaddafi loyalists. Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 20 August, 2011: We've Been Warned: The System is Ready to Blow
20 August 2011 — Information Clearing House Getting Away with Torture: Obama Bans War Criminals, Except Our Own By Nat Hentoff You, President Obama, are obligated to bring the foregoing list of war criminals during the Bush presidency into our courts or, before that, be subject to an independent criminal investigation. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28897.htm Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 20 August, 2011: Israeli forces ‘fire live ammunition’ at Hebron rally
20 August , 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Israel Apologizes To Egypt For Killing Three Of Its Soldiers IMEMC – Sunday August 21, 2011 – 03:04, Israel submitted on Saturday an apology to Egypt over the death of three Egyptian soldiers who were killed by the Israeli army on Thursday following Continue reading
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Video: Social protest march in Tel-Aviv, and call for cease fire
An activists group against war demonstrated from within the social protest march in Tel Aviv, against continuation of the warfare in Gaza and to immediate ceasefire, 20 8 2011 Continue reading
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Libya Newslinks 20-21 August 2011
21 August 2011 — williambowles.info 21 August 2011Libya rebels seek to avoid Tripoli battleReutersBy Peter Apps, Political Risk Correspondent LONDON (Reuters) – Libyan rebel forces ill-equipped to fight their way into a city the size of Tripoli may look to locally brokered deals or a burgeoning popular uprising to break the will of Muammar …http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/21/us-libya-tripoli-battle-idUSTRE77K1O320110821 Continue reading
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Proof that Demonstrations in Syria are Not Peaceful By grtv
Evidence that demonstrations in Syria, which mainstream media describes as “peaceful”, are anything but that. Footage shot around Talkalakh, Syria. Continue reading
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Syria Newslinks 18-20 August 2011
20 August 2011 — williambowles.info 20 August 2011 Jay Rothermel, “Who Defends Syria’s Sovereignty?” MRZine.org Today at 15:43 Continue reading
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An update on InI and other ramblings By William Bowles
Somewhere, on some now obsolete media, thus irrecoverable, and maybe even in print, there exists the very first thing I ever wrote specifically for my first online endeavour, New York On-Line. If I can be bothered (you’ll know soon enough) I’ll try and dig out the hard copy as I’m sure I have it in… Continue reading
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Video: Dubious Evidence Israeli Bus Attackers Based in Gaza
Following deadly terror attacks on Israel, Israeli Air Force kills 9 in Gaza despite lack of evidence connecting attackers to the Strip Continue reading
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Syria: Obama Threatens U.S. Military Intervention By Sara Flounders
President Barack Obama on Aug. 18 demanded that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad step down, saying that the Syrian leader’s days are numbered. The governments of Britain, France and Germany joined in this demand. This statement is a blatant imperialist interference in Syria’s internal affairs. Continue reading
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PAMBAZUKA NEWS 545 19 August 2011: CORPORATIONS, CRIME, REVOLTS AND PROTESTS
19 August 2011 — Pambazuka News The authoritative electronic weekly newsletter and platform for social justice in Africa Pambazuka News (English edition): ISSN 1753-6839 CONTENTS: 1. Features, 2. Announcements, 3. Comment & analysis, 4. Advocacy & campaigns, 5. Books & arts, 6. Highlights French edition, 7. Cartoons Continue reading
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Wikileaks Newslinks 17-19 August 2011
19 August 2011 — williambowles.info Why the WikiLeaks cable about Syrian regime is spot on The Guardian In the Wikileaks cable the regime of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad is described as ‘nasty’ and ‘abrasive’ by US diplomats. Photograph: SANA / HO/EPA Syrian president Bashar al-Assad’s apparently disingenuous statement to the UN secretary general, … http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/aug/18/syria-wikileaks-cable-assad-regime Continue reading
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Updates on Libyan war/Stop NATO news: August 20, 2011
20 August 2011 — Stop NATO NATO Eyes Early Missile Interception Capability 30-Story, 50,000-Ton U.S. Interceptor Missile Radar Deployed After Repairs Joint Strike Fighters: Australia’s Largest Military Build-Up Since WW II Most Combat Deaths Since Second World War: Poland Loses 28th Soldier In NATO’s Asian War NATO’s 2011 Death Toll Reaches 400 Statue Of Liberty Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 19 August, 2011: Ongoing Escalation Against Gaza, 7 Killed, Dozens Injured
19 August , 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Gaza; 15 Palestinians Killed Due To Israeli Bombardment In 24 Hours IMEMC – Saturday August 20, 2011 – 03:20, As Israel continued the bombardment of the Gaza Strip since Thursday, Palestinian medical sources in Gaza reported that the number of slain residents arrived Continue reading
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Damn it or fear it, the forbidden truth is an insurrection in Britain By John Pilger
On a warm spring day, strolling in south London, I heard demanding voices behind me. A police van disgorged a posse of six or more, who waved me aside. They surrounded a young black man who, like me, was ambling along. They appropriated him; they rifled his pockets, looked in his shoes, inspected his teeth.… Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 19 August, 2011: Four years in prison for Facebook message
19 August 2011 — Information Clearing House Debt Crisis in West is Just a ‘Prelude to War’ By K. Selim The American dream no longer exists. The U.S. establishment, Democratic or Republican, is not prepared to cash in its last major comparative advantage – military supremacy. Continue http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28874.htm Continue reading
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What Should the Verizon Strikers Do? By Dave Stratman
Billionaire Warren Buffett said, “There is a class war in this country, and my class is winning.” These 45,000 Verizon employees, members of the CWA and IBEW, are on the front lines of the class war. They are fighting for us all. Continue reading
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Video: Is Capitalism Doomed?
Gerry Epstein comments on Nouriel Roubini’s blog that “Marx was right” Continue reading
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FRANKLIN LAMB: TRIPOLI ON THE CUSP
Truth be told, some foreign observers, and certainly this one, having been based in Tripoli the past nearly eight weeks, have not taken very seriously occasional media predictions that Tripoli might soon be invaded by ‘NATO rebels’ and certainly not by NATO country forces putting their boots on the ground. Continue reading
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