February 2012
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Wikileaks Newslinks 24 February 2012
24 February 2012 — williambowles.info WikiLeaks suspect Manning defers plea, court-martial begins Reuters Military prosecutors say Manning downloaded more than 700000 classified or confidential documents and transferred thousands to WikiLeaks, which promotes leaking government and corporate information. Manning’s plea deferral allows his defense team time … http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/23/us-usa-manning-idUSTRE81M20M20120223 Continue reading
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Bradley Manning Newslinks 24 February 2012
24 February 2012 — williambowles.info 012 Bradley Manning defers plea after being formally charged with aiding the enemy Media Guardian Bradley Manning, the American soldier accused of being the source of the biggest leak of US state secrets in history, was on Thursday formally charged with aiding the enemy, during the first day of his Continue reading
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Video: ‘US agenda in Middle East is very obvious’
The pressure is ramping up on the Syrian regime as calls for a peacekeeping force to get involved in the crisis intensify. But retired US Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Karen Kwiatkowski says such missions hide another agenda. Continue reading
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Reports: U.S., NATO Allies Preparing For Ground Assault In Syria
The US and other NATO countries could soon launch a ground assault on Syria. The final decision will be made soon, following this week’s Tunis conference where allied countries will meet to discuss possible scenarios of military intervention. Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 23 February 2012: Iran Will Never Seek Nuclear Weapons: Leader
23 February 2012 — Information Clearing House Stop the Machine!!!!! This Is A Must Watch Short Video A brief and crucial history of the United States. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30620.htm Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 23 February 2012: Khader Adnan: A selfless Palestinian hero
23 February 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Open letter from North American organizationsIMEMC – Batsheva, Take a strong, unequivocal stance against Israel’s treatment of Palestinians New York, NY, February 21 2012 – More than 20 organizations representing human rights activists and artists around the United States and Canada are calling on the Continue reading
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Syria Newslinks 22-23 February 2012
23 February 2012 20:28:45 — williambowles.info Maybe updated as the day wears on… Russia, China Warn Against Foreign Intervention In SyriaGlobalResearch.ca Today at 19:16For more details, please click on the link to read the article. Continue reading
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GR Week in Review: Anti-Iran Fear-Mongering, Wall Street Attack in Europe and Social Media Censorship
23 February, 2012 — Global Research WAR PLAN IRAN: Dispelling the Lies, Telling the Truth about Western Aggression in the Persian Gulf GR ONLINE NEWS READER – by Finian Cunningham, Michel Chossudovsky – 2012-03-16 GR ONLINE NEWS READER. The region is on a hair-trigger for a conflagration that would involve nuclear weapons and the Continue reading
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Bradley Manning Newslinks 23 February 2012
23 February 2012 — williambowles.info Alleged WikiLeaks source Manning to be charged AFP FORT MEADE, Maryland — Bradley Manning, the US soldier suspected of leaking a trove of secret military and diplomatic documents to the WikiLeaks website, was to be formally charged in a military court on Thursday. The 24-year-old will be charged with Continue reading
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Confronting the New Imperialism…Post Cold-War Africa By Xavier Renou
We have now seen what happened in Côte d’Ivoire and Libya during this past year, in both instances to allow non-African countries, ostensibly mandated by the UN Security Council, and regardless of African opinion, to remove the sitting governments by force and thus effect regime change, in the interest of the Western powers. Continue reading
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BREAKING NEWS: Israel backing down from Iran threats By Michael Carmichael
High level sources in Israel have just leaked a sanitized version of the President’s plan to the Israeli press. But, there is much more to the story. In his meeting at the White House, Peres will inform Obama that Netanyahu has performed poorly in his handling of the Iran nuclear crisis and that bellicose statements… Continue reading
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The sheep look down By William Bowles
The ability of ‘science fiction’ to extrapolate the future and it would seem often quite accurately, but one ignored by the priests of ‘high culture’ who consistently dismissed it as ‘genre’ writing, confined to a convenient niche where bug-eyed monsters live and bought where guys in dirty raincoats prowled. Continue reading
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PAVEMENT INJUSTICE – CAMPAIGN AGAINST ON-THE-SPOT FINES
Our campaign against ‘Pavement Injustice’ takes on unaccountable officials in public spaces – investigating how powers such as on-the-spot fines are being used, and calling for their review and limitation. Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 22 February 2012: Court gives Israel “licence to pillage” West Bank, say rights groups
22 February 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Troops kidnap A Former Detainee, His Wife And DaughterIMEMC – Palestinian security sources reported that Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Wednesday at night, former political prisoner, Majdi Al-Ajouly, in addition to his wife and underage daughter, in Foqeen village, near the northern West Bank city of Continue reading
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Statewatch News Online, 23 February 2012 (4/12)
NEW: Statewatch launches online historical archive of EU Justice and Home Affairs documents: 1976-2000. Unique online archive of over 4,500 official documents (rising to over 6,500 by the end of 2012) Continue reading
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Black Agenda Report 22 February 2012: Need A Black Agenda / Lying Media / Obama Weakens Unions
22 February 2012 — Black Agenda Report – News, commentary and analysis from the black left The Need for a Black Agenda by BAR executive editor Glen Ford The African American Left’s failure to formulate a Black Agenda has made it “largely irrelevant during the greatest crisis of capitalism since at least the Great Depression, and Continue reading
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Video: US to pump weapons into Syrian warzone? — RT
The White House and US State Department are considering arming Syria’s rebels, claiming ongoing reports of government crackdowns would legitimize their actions. But it remains unclear what form the assistance would take. Continue reading
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Ellen Brown: How Greece Could Take Down Wall Street
CDS are a form of derivative taken out by investors as insurance against default. According to the Comptroller of the Currency, nearly 95% of the banking industry’s total exposure to derivatives contracts is held by the nation’s five largest banks: JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup, Bank of America, HSBC, and Goldman Sachs. The CDS market is unregulated,… Continue reading
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Syria Newslinks 21-22 February 2012: US to pump weapons into Syrian warzone?
22 February 2012 14:37:51 — williambowles.info Maybe updated as the day wears on… 012 Turkish Secret Agents Trained by the Mossad Captured in Syria GlobalResearch.ca Today at 21:40 For more details, please click on the link to read the article.”= Continue reading
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