December 21, 2011
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CIA won’t disclose involvement in OWS crackdowns — RT
With demonstrators suspecting governmental assistance in the crackdowns clobbering Occupy Wall Street encampments, the CIA is trying to distance itself from divulging any incriminating evidence regarding their role in the raids. Continue reading
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Video: In Libya, death and disappearance still stalk the land — RT
People are vanishing in broad daylight in Libya, as the country’s new rulers continue to settle accounts with their opponents. Widespread insecurity means the families of the kidnapped can do no more than hope that their loved ones are still alive. Continue reading
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Video: In Libya, death and disappearance still stalk the land — RT
People are vanishing in broad daylight in Libya, as the country’s new rulers continue to settle accounts with their opponents. Widespread insecurity means the families of the kidnapped can do no more than hope that their loved ones are still alive. Continue reading
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BA Report 21 December 2011: Failing Our Imprisoned Youth / Black Tolerance of Obama / Passing of a Racist
21 December 2011 — Black Agenda Report – News, commentary and analysis from the black left Georgia Prison Strike, One Year Later: Activists Outside the Walls Have Failed Those Inside the Walls by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon In December 2010 inmates in up to a dozen Georgia prisons either refused to leave their Continue reading
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Video: Egypt – “The best armies in the world are ours”
A masterpiece video, the music is an old patriotic song from the operetta “Shehrzad” composed by Sayed Darwish in 1920s. Its title is “the best armies in the world are ours”. The scenes are those of security forces cracking down on the protests in front of the parliament. Continue reading
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Did the UK just leave the EU? Bilderberg decided six months ago that she’s in forever By Richard Cottrell
Cameron’s mission to the EU summit was simply to stand as the odd man out before the thunderclap that creates seamless European economic union, which he will then be powerless, along with the ruling party, to prevent. Continue reading
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CCR Fights Impunity for Military Contractor War Crimes and Torture
This week, CCR and co-counsel filed briefs in our cases on behalf of dozens of Iraqis challenging private military contractor impunity for war crimes and torture at Abu Ghraib and other detention centers in Iraq. Continue reading
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NYTIMES Highlights CCR Witness Who was Stopped / Targeted by the NYPD
21 December 2011 — CCR On Sunday, The New York Times featured a powerful op-ed, Why Is the N.Y.P.D. After Me?, authored by Nicholas K. Peart. Nicholas submitted a declaration in support of our recently filed motion for class certification in Floyd v. the City of New York. In the piece, he shares his experiences Continue reading
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Video: Russian navy in Syria: Thorn in US side — RT
The US-based intelligence-gathering firm Stratfor says most of the claims by the Syrian opposition about the seriousness of the country’s crisis are untrue. The company insists protesters are exaggerating, to win support from powers like the US. Continue reading
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Are we living in a fool’s paradise? By William Bowles
We are now literally, passive observers of our own funerals in a world of total media saturation and control. A world of endless tragedy but at a distance, mediated by an unseen hand and fed to us pretty much like an out-of-control soap opera, where events break and at first reporting is chaotic and normally… Continue reading
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Egypt Newslinks 21 December 2011
21 December 2011 — williambowles.info The Arab Winter: Violence from a US-backed Egyptian military junta GlobalResearch.ca Yesterday at 15:47 For more details, please click on the link to read the article. Continue reading
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Video: Nuclear Expert: “Unit 4 is looking more and more like the leaning tower of Pisa right now”
Thom Hartmann talks with Paul Gunter, Director, [Beyond Nuclear’s] Reactor Oversight Project, regarding the latest on the Fukushima nuclear power plant. […] Continue reading
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Wikileaks Newslinks 21 December 2011
21 December 2011 — williambowles.info Witness in WikiLeaks case says Manning confessed to him Los Angeles Times Other prosecution witnesses testified that messages on Manning’s personal laptop computer indicated he could have communicated with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. Mark Johnson, an Army forensic analyst, testified that Manning and a person he … http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-manning-hearing-20111221,0,3065361.story Continue reading
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Adrian Lamo Newslinks 21 December 2011
21 December 2011 — williambowles.info Bradley Manning Accuser Adrian Lamo Takes the Stand ABC News (blog) Adrian Lamo, the former computer hacker who first identified Bradley Manning to federal authorities as the source of hundreds of thousands of classified documents leaked to Wikileaks, was challenged by the Army private’s defense over his history as a Continue reading
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Bradley Manning Newslinks 20-21 December 2011
21 December 2011 — williambowles.info 21 December 2011 In WikiLeaks Case, Bradley Manning Faces the Hacker Who Turned Him In Wired News 20, 2011, for a military hearing that will determine if Army Pfc. Bradley Manning should face court-martial for his alleged role in the WikiLeaks classified leaks case. Manning’s online correspondent was Adrian Lamo, Continue reading
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Now It Can Be Told: Libyan Civilian Deaths
The Sunday New York Times (12/18/11) featured a powerful investigation of civilian casualties resulting from the NATO war in Libya–casualties that, to hear NATO officials tell it, maybe don’t even exist. Continue reading
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Libya Newslinks 15-21 December 2011: US and Client States Used Weapons of Mass Destruction on Libya
21 December 2011 — williambowles.info 21 December 2011 US and Client States Used Weapons of Mass Destruction on Libya Mathaba News Briefing (Alerts) Today at 08:43 Each of these may have carried 3.41 kilograms of depleted uranium. Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 20 December 2011: 182 Counties Vote For Palestinian Right TO Self-Determination
20 December 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center New Government Will Not be Formed Before Dec. 26 IMEMC – Member of the Political Bureau of the Hamas movement, Izzat Al-Rishiq, stated that the Palestinian factions met on Tuesday to discuss the implementation of the Unity Agreement, and decided that general elections will Continue reading
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Iran Newslinks 20-21 December 2011
21 December 2011 — williambowles.info Maybe updated as the day wears on… 21 December 2011 US and Iran: From enemies to partners Asia Times Online Today at 11:00 The United States and Iran are closer to the brink of a dangerous confrontation, as a result of which it is fair to describe the situation as Continue reading
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Stop NATO News: December 21, 2011
21 December 2011 — Stop NATO CSTO Warns U.S., NATO Over European Missile System Israel: U.S. Commander Finalizes Largest-Ever Interceptor Missile Drill NATO Doubles Georgian Troop Deployment To Afghanistan NATO Pushes Permanent Mission In Baltic Sea Hungary: U.S.-NATO Strategic Airlift Operation Logs 6,000 Flight Hours AFRICOM-Trained Djibouti Troops Arrive In Somalia Troops Out, U.S. Military Continue reading
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