January 6, 2012
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Media Manipulation and the Drums of War: How Media is used to Whip the Nation into Wartime Frenzy By James Corbett
The centuries-long history of how media has been used to whip the nation into wartime frenzy, dehumanize the supposed enemies, and even to manipulate the public into believing in causes for war that, decades later, were admitted to be completely fictitious. Continue reading
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WikiLeaks Newslinks 5-6 January 2012
6 January 2012 — williambowles.info WikiLeaks Supporters Lose Court Bid to Protect Twitter Records Wired News By Kim Zetter Three WikiLeaks supporters have lost their bid to protect their Twitter records from US investigators trying to prosecute the whistleblowing site over its publication of secret and sensitive government documents. … http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/01/wikileaks-twitter-bid/ Continue reading
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The Criminality of Nuclear Deterrence Today: International Law as Anchoring Ground By Professor Francis A. Boyle
Today the world is at a precipice of another world war. The United States government has committed acts of aggression against Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Somalia, Yemen, and has authorized, armed, equipped, and supplied Israel to commit acts of aggression, crimes against humanity, and outright genocide against Lebanon and Palestine. Today the United States government is… Continue reading
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'US threat to nuke Iran is criminal' Professor Francis A. Boyle
Addressing the 18th conference on “Direct Democracy” in Feldkirch, Austria, on nuclear deterrence, Boyle added that the US government is threatening to attack Iran “under the completely bogus pretext” that it might have a nuclear weapon. Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 5 January 2012: Israeli Photo For al-Aqsa Mosque Without The Dome Of The Rock
5 January 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Israeli government pays students to spread propaganda online IMEMC – The Israeli government has launched a program to pay students to promote the Israeli agenda on Facebook and internet chatrooms. … Continue reading
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Iran Newslinks 4-6 January 2012
6 January 2012 — williambowles.info 6 January 2012 THE ROVING EYE : The US-Iran economic war Asia Times Online Today at 11:00 With the stroke of a pen, United States President Barack Obama instituted legislation aimed at taking Iran’s 2.5 million barrels of oil a day in exports off the global market. In reality it Continue reading