Seymour Hersh: Propaganda Used Ahead of Iraq War Is Now Being Reused Over Iran’s Nuke Program

23 November 2011 — Democracy Now!

Seymour Hersh interviewed by Amy Goodman

While the United States, Britain and Canada are planning to announce a coordinated set of sanctions against Iran’s oil and petrochemical industry today, longtime investigative journalist Seymour Hersh questions the growing consensus on Iran’s alleged nuclear weapons program.

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Stop NATO news: November 24, 2011

24 November 2011 — Stop NATO

  • NATO Encirclement: Russia Strikes Back With Missile Warning
  • Chicago NATO Summit Can Be Point Of No Return For Missile Crisis
  • Russia’s Tough Talk On Missile Defense Reveals Impatience With U.S.
  • Syria: France, Turkey Push Foreign Intervention
  • Russia Determined Not To Repeat Libyan Scenario In Syria
  • NATO Troops Launch Fresh Assault On Kosovo Serbs
  • Russia To Find Way To Support Kosovo Serbs: Envoy
  • U.S. Guided Missile Destroyer In Portugal For Antisubmarine Warfare Drills
  • Full Spectrum Operations: U.S. Trains Botswana Armed Forces
  • Pakistan: NATO Tanker Bombed, Main Road Blocked
  • Saakashvili: Reagan More Urgent In Georgia Than Ever Before

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Video: Death & defiance on Tahrir: Govt regrets & rejects — RT

24 November 2011 — Death & defiance on Tahrir: Govt regrets & rejects — RT

Addressing journalists on Thursday, Egypt’s Military Council rejected protesters’ demands to quit power immediately. Meanwhile, thousands of Egyptians who are not convinced by the military’s statements continue to occupy Tahrir Square.

Despite the ongoing unrest, it was confirmed that Monday’s elections would go ahead as scheduled and presidential elections would take place by June 2012.

The Egyptian military says any individual failing to cast their vote next week will be fined $83 (500 Egyptian pounds), RT’s correspondent Paula Slier tweets.

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Black Agenda Report 23 November 2011: Van Jones Is Not OWS / Black Income Segregation / Brazil Death Squads

23 November 2011 — Black Agenda Report • News, commentary and analysis from the black left

Gridlock is a Blessing: To Hell With Obama and His Van Joneses
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
As BAR predicted, gridlock – which has finished off the congressional SuperCommittee – was the last, best hope to prevent Barack Obama from consummating his marriage with the Republicans over the past year. In the interim, a new social movement has arisen. But it, too, is threatened by Obamite cooptation. Van Jones, says an organizer of Occupy DC, “is doing the dirty work of a Democratic operative and while he and other Dem front groups pretend to support Occupiers, their real mission is to co-opt it.” Gridlock has bought time for the overarching mission: “The Sword of Damocles that hovers over the planet, is Wall Street’s $600 trillion-plus derivatives, financial nuclear bombs invented by Wall Street.”
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 23 November 2011: Israeli desert plan would uproot 30,000 Bedouin

23 November 2011 — VTJP

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International Middle East Media Center

P.A. Ready To Submit The Detainees’ File To The Hague
IMEMC – Palestinian Minister of Detainees, Issa Qaraqe’, stated that all preparations to present the file of the Palestinian detainees, held by Israel, to the International Court at The Hague, were concluded and the case will be presented to the court soon. …

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