December 2011
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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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Miles Davis Classic Quintet – 'Round Midnight'
Recorded in 1967 in Stockholm Sweden. The second classic Quintet: Miles Davis, trumpet; Wayne Shorter, tenor sax; Herbie Hancock, piano; Ron Carter, bass; and Tony Williams, drums. Continue reading
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The Globalization of War: The “Military Roadmap” to World War III
The concept of the “Long War” has characterized US military doctrine since the end of World War II. The broader objective of global military dominance in support of an imperial project was first formulated under the Truman administration in the late 1940s at the outset of the Cold War. Continue reading
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Iran Newslinks 19-20 December 2011
19 December 2011 — williambowless.info 19 December 2011 US: Iran a year away from nukes, strike ‘not off the table’ Russiatoday.ru Today at 17:36 Washington is not ruling out a military operation against Tehran if it gets wind of an Iranian nuke program, declared US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta. The US believes Iran could develop Continue reading
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Syria Newslinks 19-20 December 2011
20 December 2011 — williambowles.info 20 December 2011Fresh clashes in north-west Syria BBC News Today at 16:05 There have been clashes between troops and army deserters in north-west Syria, with one report saying 100 deserters are dead or wounded. Continue reading
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IRAN-DRONEGATE: Empires Don't Apologize: Iran in the Imperial Crosshairs By Tom Burghardt
In Washington’s bizarro world where war is peace the United States, which has Iran surrounded with a string of military bases and where nuclear-armed aircraft carrier battle groups and submarines ply the waters of the Mediterranean and the Persian Gulf, the aggressor is magically transformed into the aggrieved party. Continue reading
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Aleela
The tantalum for the capacitors and cobalt for the batteries which power our cell phones are often mined by children in Congo making twenty cents per day. Those children come from a society where rape of women and girls is endemic. Continue reading
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Stop NATO News: December 20, 2011
20 December 2011 — Stop NATO Military Chief: U.S. To Train ‘For All Potential Forms Of Warfare’ U.S., India, Japan To Hold First Trilateral Meeting: China Targeted Japan: Lockheed Wins Order For 42 F-35 Stealth Fighters NATO Defiant On Afghan Night Raids NATO Duty: 2,500 Polish Troops Spend Christmas In Afghanistan Big Shoulders In Chicago Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 19 December 2011: Israel to Build 1,000 More Units in West Bank, Jerusalem Settlements
19 December 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Ad-Dameer Denounces Daily Arrests In Shu’fat Refugee Camp IMEMC – The Ad-Dameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association denounced the Israeli Army for the daily kidnappings of children and youth at the Shu’fat refugee camp, in occupied East Jerusalem, adding that the army kidnapped Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 19 December 2011:
19 December 2011 — Information Clearing House New Pictures of Iraq Atrocity, With Documents and Video By David Swanson The Iraqi was detained and questioned then with his hands tied behind his back, SGT Rogers skinned his face. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30034.htm Continue reading
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Video: Climate Change and the Failure of Market Mechanisms
Patrick Bond: Carbon markets failing and Durban Green Climate Fund doomed – up to activists now Continue reading
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Egypt Newslinks 16-19 December 2011
19 December 2011 — williambowles.info 19 December 2011 Fresh violence hits Tahrir Square BBC News Today at 10:40 At least one person dies in fresh clashes between protesters and troops in the Egyptian capital Cairo, bringing the death toll since Friday to 11. Continue reading
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Video: Amira Hass: Israel & Palestine-Fear of the Future
A talk by Israeli journalist, Amira Hass on the 5th of October 2011 in the McLeod Auditorium of the Medical Sciences Building on the campus of the University of Toronto. Hosted by Canadians for Justice & Peace in the Middle East (CJPME), KAIROS, the Health Studies Program at the University of Toronto, the Near Eastern… Continue reading
The New Dark Age 