1 March 2012 21:54:55 — williambowles.info
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Syrian rebels pull out of besieged Homs
Strategic Culture Foundation Today at 19:37
1 March 2012 21:54:55 — williambowles.info
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Syrian rebels pull out of besieged Homs
Strategic Culture Foundation Today at 19:37
1 March, 2012 — RT
Members of the Free Syrian Army patrol an area in Qusayr, 15 kms (nine miles) from Homs (AFP Photo / STR)
People have been left without water or electricity as rebels destroy water pumps and power converters. Civilians are forced to stay inside as snipers shoot from the rooftops.
RT in Damascus managed to contact an eyewitness in Homs, who says self-proclaimed revolutionaries are killing civilians in the streets. Galina says leaving home is out of the question, as snipers “can shoot you in the back.”
“They kill both young and old. They steal people from their homes and chop them into pieces, put them in plastic bags and throw them out!”
She claims rumors are spreading of gunmen from France, Lebanon and Tunisia killing Syrians.
“They mostly kill Christians here,” she says.
Galina says people in Homs support the Assad government and want “the revolution” to be over.
Earlier reports said rebels left Homs under pressure from Assad’s forces, but threatened to retaliate.
1 March, 2012 — Global Research
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1 March 2012 — Boiling Frogs
Petition to Investigate Betrayal of the Nobel Peace Prize
In June 2012 Coleen Rowley and I co-wrote a petition to rescind Obama’s Transparency Award, given to him during a secret ceremony by a handful of agenda-driven organizations led by Project on Government Oversight (POGO). Here is what our petition called for:
1 March 2012 — National Security Archive
Declassified Documents Shed Light on Soviet Diplomatic Reactions and Internal Pentagon Review
Secretary of Defense Advised President Carter that “We Must Be Prepared for the Possibility [of] Another False Alert” but “Human Safeguards” Would Prevent a Crisis
012 — Media Lens
What would it take for journalists to seriously challenge government propaganda? A war with over one million dead, four million refugees, a country’s infrastructure shattered, and the increased threat of retail ‘terror’ in response to the West’s wholesale ‘terror’? How horrifying do even very recent experiences have to be, how great the war crimes, before media professionals begin to exhibit scepticism towards Western governments’ hyping of yet another ‘threat’. Why is warmongering the default mode for the corporate media?
012 — Media Lens
What would it take for journalists to seriously challenge government propaganda? A war with over one million dead, four million refugees, a country’s infrastructure shattered, and the increased threat of retail ‘terror’ in response to the West’s wholesale ‘terror’? How horrifying do even very recent experiences have to be, how great the war crimes, before media professionals begin to exhibit scepticism towards Western governments’ hyping of yet another ‘threat’. Why is warmongering the default mode for the corporate media?
29 February 2012 — VTJP
News
International Middle East Media Center
The Israeli Military Invades Ramallah, Shutsdown Local TV Station
IMEMC – The Israeli military targeted on Wednesday Watan TV, a local Palestinian television station broadcasting from the central West Bank city of Ramallah. …
1 March 2012 — The Real News Network
Sana Saleem: People are fed up with drone attacks and blame US policy for Afghan war
1 March 2012 — The Real News Network
EuroNews: Widespread protests in Europe reflected the impact and pain of austerity measures around the European Union Continue reading
1 March 2012 — The Real News Network
EuroNews: Widespread protests in Europe reflected the impact and pain of austerity measures around the European Union Continue reading
2 March 2012 — Statewatch
Counter-terrorism, “policy laundering” and the FATF – legalising surveillance, regulating civil society
An Executive Summary: http://www.statewatch.org/news/2012/mar/tni-sw-fafp-exec-summary.pdf
Full-text of the report: http://www.statewatch.org/analyses/no-171-fafp-report.pdf
1 March 2012 — Coldtype
In this month’s 88-page COLDTYPE MAGAZINE
The cover story of this month’s biggest-ever issue returns to the Middle East where the world is being prepared for a replay of the just-ended war in Iraq. Our seven essays by writers in North America and Europe point out, among other things, that there seems to be a media blackout of the fact that Israel also acquired its nuclear arsenal by devious means, won’t let anyone examine its nuclear plants, and is far more aggressive than Iran. Never let the truth get in the way of a good war is the message, it would seem.
1 March 2012 — williambowles.info
WikiLeaks: Stratfor emails reveal problems with Web security
Fort Worth Star Telegram
Nearly two years later, Stratfor’s internal emails, more than 5 million pieces, are being published – drip, drip, drip, 100 or so per day – by the website WikiLeaks, which has provided access to all of the documents to 25 organizations around the world …
http://www.star-telegram.com/2012/02/29/3773515/wikileaks-stratfor-emails-reveal.html
1 March 2012 — williambowles.info
Bradley Manning Is Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize as Court-Martial Begins
Autostraddle
Last Thursday Bradley Manning, the former US Army intelligence officer accused of leaking sensitive government documents to WikiLeaks, began the process of a formal court-martial. Manning is charged with 22 different counts, including “aiding the enemy …
http://www.autostraddle.com/bradley-manning-is-nominated-for-nobel-peace-prize-as-court-martial-begins-134308/
29 February 2012 — Information Clearing House
Manipulating Public Perceptions
U.S. Military Has “Detailed Plans” On Syria Options
By AP
Detailed plans developed to carry out military action against Syria have been drawn up by the Pentagon and could be implemented upon orders by President Barack Obama.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30673.htm
1 March 2012 — Stop NATO News