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
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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