Day: November 22, 2011

REMAINS OF TWO OF GUATEMALA’S DEATH SQUAD DIARY VICTIMS FOUND IN MASS GRAVE

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22 November 2011 — National Security Archive

Forensic Anthropology Foundation of Guatemala identifies them through DNA
For more information contact: Kate Doyle – 646/670-8841
http://www.nsarchive.org

Washington, D.C., November 22, 2011 – The bodies of two men whose disappearance in 1984 was recorded in the notorious Guatemalan “death squad diary” have been located on a former military base outside the capital and positively identified through DNA testing, according to the Forensic Anthropology Foundation of Guatemala, which announced its findings in a press conference this morning.

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Wikileaks Newslinks 22 November 2011

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22 November 2011 — williambowles.info

December court date for Manning in WikiLeaks case
PhysOrg.com
Supporters of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange display photographs of Assange (C) and US serviceman Bradley Manning (R) outside the High Court in central London, in July 2011. Manning, the US soldier alleged to have passed to WikiLeaks a trove of …
http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-11-december-court-date-wikileaks-case.html

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Bradley Manning Newslinks 22 November 2011

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22 November 2011 — williambowles.info

WikiLeaks: Bradley Manning to have first hearing before military court next month
Telegraph.co.uk
Bradley Manning, the US soldier alleged to have passed to WikiLeaks a trove of military and diplomatic documents, will have a first hearing before a military court next month, the Pentagon said on Monday. Manning, who has spent the past year-and-a-half …
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wikileaks-files/8906215/WikiLeaks-Bradley-Manning-to-have-first-hearing-before-military-court-next-month.html

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Video: Confirmed: Egypt forces fire live ammo on protesters — RT

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22 November 2011 — Confirmed: Egypt forces fire live ammo on protesters — RT

With over 33 people already confirmed dead and about 1,500 injured during Egypt’s revolution 2.0, the toll is expected to rise as the police have started using live ammunition on protesters. RT’s Paula Slier is in the eye of the Tahrir storm.

She reports that doctors say that many of those killed, died from live bullets. Tahrir’s main holding station has run out of coffins. It has issued a call for new coffins to be brought to the area.

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Video: Confirmed: Egypt forces fire live ammo on protesters — RT

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22 November 2011 — Confirmed: Egypt forces fire live ammo on protesters — RT

With over 33 people already confirmed dead and about 1,500 injured during Egypt’s revolution 2.0, the toll is expected to rise as the police have started using live ammunition on protesters. RT’s Paula Slier is in the eye of the Tahrir storm.

She reports that doctors say that many of those killed, died from live bullets. Tahrir’s main holding station has run out of coffins. It has issued a call for new coffins to be brought to the area.

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Egypt Newslinks 22 November 2011

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22 November 2011 — williambowles.info

Obama Must Condemn Egyptian Military
Dissident Voice Today at 16:00
As we watch the Egyptian police and military viciously attack democracy activists on the streets of Cairo, using U.S. weapons, it is outrageous that the Obama Administration has failed to issue a strong condemnation of this latest attempt to crush a revolution that has inspired people around the world, including millions of Americans.

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Cairo carnage: Shock footage shows cop atrocities — RT

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21 November 2011 — Cairo carnage: Shock footage shows cop atrocities — RT

Riot police are spreading tear gas and firing rubber bullets as the crowd of stone-throwing protesters at Egypt’s Tahrir Square begins to swell. RT’s Paula Slier reports from Cairo that the situation on the ground remains extremely tense.

­Some of the rubber bullets have gone astray, hitting residential buildings nearby and starting fires. Paula has encountered at least a dozen ambulances and a fire brigade quickly responding.

Tear gas was burning Paula’s eyes, and RT’s crew had to go inside one of the nearby buildings to take shelter so they could rinse their eyes with water.

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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 21 November 2011: Jewish settlers given green light to seize more Jerusalemite property

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21 November 2011 — VTJP

International Middle East Media Center

Right-wing Israeli group creates booklet listing businesses that employ Palestinians
IMEMC – A grandson of the late Rabbi Meir Kahane, best known for his belief that Arabs should be ethnically cleansed from historic Palestine, is leading a movement to document and boycott all businesses in Israel that employ Palestinians. …

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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 20 November 2011: ‘Abraham Day’: Extremists Celebrate ‘Purchase’ of Palestinian City

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20 November 2011 — VTJP

International Middle East Media Center

Israeli sources: Bill to limit Israeli human rights groups’ funding stalled by Prime Minister
IMEMC – Unnamed Israeli sources in Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s office told Israeli reporters Sunday that a bill to severely restrict funding to Israeli human rights groups, which was passed by the Israeli Knesset last week, has been stalled by the Prime Minister’s office and will not immediately go into effect. …

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