Day: February 17, 2012

Video: Danish TV-station retracts after presenting false evidence of systematic torture in Syria

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Retraction of program allegedly documenting ‘systematic torture of protestors in Syria’.

Danish spoken:
Roughly he says: that yesterday night they “brought a newscast, where there were some pictures that showed violence and assaults against civilians, allegedly committed by Syrian security forces. Unfortunately the pictures did not come from Syria, and can therefore not be used as evidence for torture against civilians” And in the end he says that “they are sorry for the mistake”. Continue reading →

Netizen Journalism, Libya and the UN By Ronda Hauben

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17 February 2012 — Global Research

The Special Issue (vol 21 no 1) of the Amateur Computerist on Netizen Journalism and the story of the resistance to the NATO aggression against Libya is now available at the ACN website.The url is: http://www.ais.org/~jrh/acn/ACn21-1.pdf or here Netizen Journalism, Libya and the UN

This issue is a collection of articles documenting what happened in Libya in 2011. It presents a critique of the inaccurate reports that were used to justify the NATO war against Libya.

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Amnesty International Details Torture and Murder in Libya By Patrick Martin

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17 February 2012 — World Socialist Web Site

A report from Amnesty International details widespread torture in the prisons and makeshift detention facilities in Libya, under the auspices of the regime established by the US–NATO war that overthrew and murdered Colonel Muammar Gaddafi. In at least 12 cases, prisoners were tortured to death, the group found.

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Europe’s cheap imperialism: Libya’s Colonial War One Year Later By Konstantin Bogdanov

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16 February 2012 — Libya’s Colonial War One Year Later | Commentators | RIA Novosti

The uprising against the regime of Col. Muammar Gaddafi started in Libya one year ago, on February 15, 2011. France and Britain conducted the supporting military operation with great difficulty and much deeper involvement than they had planned, hoping initially for a quick colonial campaign. By RIA Novosti military commentator Konstantin Bogdanov

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Libya Newslinks 17 February 2012: Gays threaten the future of the human race says Libyan UN delegate

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17 February 2012 — williambowles.info

There are fifteen stories in today’s links, most from the MSM and twelve of the fifteen stories (some are essentially duplicates viz Business Week and TIME) have essentially the same headline: ‘A year after revolt, Libya mired in factional fighting’, or words to that effect. Predictably the BBC and Sky News headlines make no mention of this though the BBC does mention that militias roam unimpeded but ‘balances’ that with some PR from the White House about how the new ‘government will do something about “protect[ing] the rights of all the Libyan people”. The Sky News piece is all fireworks and a promise to do something about it as well (and one wouldn’t expect anything else from the Tripoli Post except fireworks). The final (and only) mention of the subject is about the outburst by the Libyan delegate to the UN alleging that ‘Gays threaten the continuation of the human race‘. I rest my case.

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Libya Reprise: Former Mideast Colonial Powers France, Britain Plot Syria Takeover

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17 February, 2012 — RT

Friendly advice: France, UK to command ousting of Assad?

Britain and France may send military advisors to teach the Syrian insurgents combat tactics, communication and other skills needed to attack governmental forces. Earlier unconfirmed reports said that British military are already on the ground in the besieged city Homs doing the job. Continue reading →

China Steps Up in Syria

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17 February 2012 — China Matters – China Steps Up in Syria

The conventional picture of US policy in the Middle East is of a hellbound train rushing toward war with Iran, pulling burning coaches filled with European passengers howling praise of Western values out the windows at horrified bystanders.  Actually, I think it’s more like a monster truck exhibition.  Lots of sound, fury, testosterone, and bravado, but just spinning wheels, spewing mud, roaring in circles, and going nowhere.

What is very interesting is that China, usually an apostle of non-interference, believes it has something to contribute to the Syrian situation, probably for two reasons: 1) it needs to road-test some new approaches to managing and accommodating dissent in anticipation of the day when Arab-Spring type upheavals become an important factor in China and 2) the current situation is so screwed up the Chinese feel they can make a genuine contribution.
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Hungary: The gallows of capitalism By Timothy Bancroft-Hinchey

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16 February 2012 — Pravda.ru

Hungary: The gallows of capitalism. 46629.jpegIt will come as no surprise to find out that the Hungarian Government has outlawed homelessness and that people who have lost their jobs and homes, with nowhere to go, now face criminal sanctions. Let us be honest, being born in Hell would be better than being born in Hungary. The actions taken today serve to explain many untold stories in the past.

To call Hungary the gallows of capitalism is as right as calling it the gallows of human decency. Recently, the Hungarian Parliament legislated that homelessness is a criminal activity, meaning that those forced to live on the streets, through no fault of their own, can be thrown into a jail and be locked away. So inhumane is the nature of the new laws that the United Nations Organization has stepped in.

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Video: US double standards: Indirectly arming Syrian rebels? — RT

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16 February 2012 — US double standards: Indirectly arming Syrian rebels? — RT

The conflict in Syria is intensifying and the UN is unable to agree on a solution to end the bloodshed. Meanwhile, US politicians are calling to arm opposition forces, amid suspicions the US may already be supplying weapons through its Arab allies.

In spite of the fears that providing anti-governmental rebels in Syria could lead to an irreversible escalation of the conflict and descent into civil war, US politicians are starting to put pressure on Washington. Continue reading →

Who Arms the Gang Called «Free Syrian Army» By Leonid Savin

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17 February 2012 — Strategic Culture Foundation

The US Foreign Policy magazine said in an article devoted to the Syrian situation that NATO intervention in Libya in compliance with the UN sanctions and funded by Qatar can be repeated in Syria now; the USA and its allies are already on the way implementing the scenario by arming the Free Syrian army. The American author views it as pursuing the «responsibility to protect» (1) policy. He’s got enough common sense to conclude that in case of the Syrian situation one wrong decision may lead to really grave consequences.

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Lies, Revolutions and Wars: A House of Sand and Fog By Nebojsa Malic

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17 February, 2012 — – Antiwar.com February 11, 2012

Last summer, as the Sandstorm mistakenly dubbed the “Arab Spring” swept across North Africa, a cadre of professional revolutionaries the Empire created in Serbia bragged about their role in the revolts to some European videographers. Sure, the revolts in Tunisia and Egypt may have begun spontaneously, but Empire-trained activists soon took control and channeled the rage into “regime change.” It’s what they get paid for.