Day: March 14, 2012

Syria Newslinks 14 March 2012

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14 March 2012 20:03:07 — williambowles.info

Obama and Cameron: No intervention in Syria, pullout in Afghanistan
Russiatoday.ru Today at 19:31
The US and the UK are just as determined as ever to remove Bashar Assad from power, but are unlikely to go for a full-scale military intervention – at least for now.

Military intervention would destabilize Syria – Brzezinski
Russiatoday.ru Today at 18:50
Resolving the Syrian conflict by force would be “counterproductive, premature and destabilizing,” says former US National Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski.

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Stop NATO Today at 18:09 In Context March 13, 2011
In this episode we speak with journalist Rick Rozoff, manager of the blog Stop NATO about NATO’s broader plans in the Middle East and how they connect to the possible interventions in Syria and Iran.

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NATO States “Not Interested” In Cooperation With Russia

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14 March 2012 —  Stop NATO – News.Az

West ‘not interested’ in strategic projects with Russia Alexander Sotnichenko

The United States and EU’s criticism of the elections in Russia prompted more interest in alternative options for integration with Russia. I think that Russia could become a centre of the new integration process, if it creates a new integration strategy based on the common past of the CIS states and common threats such as the West’s involvement in support of revolutions in the Middle East that could spread to the post-Soviet area.

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Europe’s Economic Crisis: Portugal, Ireland, Spain, Italy and Belgium are Heading in the Same Direction as Greece by Bob Chapman

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14 March 2012 — Global Research

It isn’t over until it is over. Of course, we are referring to Europe and its version of 1984. We find it profound that the bankers, politicians and bureaucrats of Europe can do what they have done with a straight face. Investor had a haircut shoved down their throats and the ECB, the European Central Bank and the IMF were exempt.

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Video: Syria: His Master's Voice

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14 March 2012 — Youtube

Bbc syria

This BBC report says it all really, the arrogance of Empire. Thanks to Felicity Arbuthnot for directing me to this blatant example of the Imperial mindset warping the thinking of a no doubt otherwise intelligent person. Listen to how she browbeats the guy about her fucking visa! It’s outrageous. If I was religious I’d be saying ‘She knows not what she does’ but she does know. Continue reading →

Black Agenda Report 14 March 2012: The KONY Scam / Farewell Kucinich / Racist Empire / Obama Role Model?

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Social Media Scam Alert: Top Ten Ways to Tell Kony is Phony

by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon
A week ago Invisible Children released a video that was immediately picked up and promoted by every corporate news and entertainment outlet till it went “viral”.  Kony 2012 allegedly “promote awareness” of and contributes to the end of child soldiering in Africa.  But is that really what it’s about?  Is it, like the old Save Darfur war dance, another propaganda campaign to justify US intervention in Africa?

The “Lone Gunman” of Kandahar Province? "The Dehumanization of the Enemy" Engrained in the Behavior of US Soldiers… By Andy Dilks

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14 March 2012 — Global Research

The official line for the atrocity carried out in Kandahar has now been clearly established: a US soldier went off base alone in the night and proceeded to kill 16 civilians in a nearby village before setting fire to the bodies. Condemned as “intentional murderers” by Afghan President Hamid Karzai, the US government has announced the obligatory “rapid and thorough” investigation. Tensions were already inflamed over the burning of the Quran by American soldiers, and following on from the revelation of “kill teams” collecting body parts as “trophies” and the leaked footage of troops urinating on dead Afghans, there is much concern that the latest atrocity will escalate tensions and stretch even thinner an already fragile relationship between the occupying US Army and the local population.

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The “Lone Gunman” of Kandahar Province? “The Dehumanization of the Enemy” Engrained in the Behavior of US Soldiers… By Andy Dilks

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14 March 2012 — Global Research

The official line for the atrocity carried out in Kandahar has now been clearly established: a US soldier went off base alone in the night and proceeded to kill 16 civilians in a nearby village before setting fire to the bodies. Condemned as “intentional murderers” by Afghan President Hamid Karzai, the US government has announced the obligatory “rapid and thorough” investigation. Tensions were already inflamed over the burning of the Quran by American soldiers, and following on from the revelation of “kill teams” collecting body parts as “trophies” and the leaked footage of troops urinating on dead Afghans, there is much concern that the latest atrocity will escalate tensions and stretch even thinner an already fragile relationship between the occupying US Army and the local population.

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NATO Proxies behind Syria Massacre by Prof. Michel Chossudovsky

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14 March, 2012 — Global Research – Press TV

Interview with Professor Michel Chossudovsky, Director of the Centre for Research on Globalization, Montreal.

“There’s ample evidence from official statements from the Arab League observer mission, from the Israeli media, that there are terrorist organizations involved in killing civilians and this, in a very cynical mode, provides the justification for the so-called international community to blame Bashar al-Assad when in fact these civilian casualties were ordered by foreign forces.” (Michel Chossudovsky)

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Empire, Power, and People with Andrew Gavin Marshall- Episode 10

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14 March 2012 — www.boilingfrogspost.com

The Road to Tehran

The Western imperial powers seem intent on regime change in Iran. It has been said that, “the road to Tehran is through Damascus,” and such sentiments have been expressed by the King of Saudi Arabia, a ruthless tyrant who represses his own and neighboring populations (such as in Bahrain), and who calls for Syria to show “restraint” against its ‘repression.’ The hypocrisy of the West and its regional allies knows no bounds. The Western puppets, as we know from Wikileaks releases, favor a U.S. military strike against Iran, yet the Arab world as a whole does not. In fact, the wider world – and the vast majority of the global population – supports Iran‘s right to nuclear enrichment, but we are told that Iran “defies” the so-called “international community.” From official report, documents, and statements, we know that Iran has no nuclear weapon or any nuclear weapons program, but still, Iran is presented as a “threat.” What is the basis for this threat? What are the intentions and actions of the imperial powers against Iran? How do the sanctions affect Iran and its people? Are we, indeed… on the road to Tehran?

Listen to the podcast show here @ Boiling Frogs Post:http://www.boilingfrogspost.com/2012/03/14/empire-power-and-people-with-andrew-gavin-marshall-episode-10/

HLLN 14 March 2012: UN soldiers jailed for raping Haitian boy | Cholera, United Nations: Negligence and the Rule of Law | HLLN on Haiti's cholera case against the UN in light of UN-US recent admissions

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14 March 2012 — HLLN


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  • Two Pakistani UN soldiers jailed for raping Haitian boy UN soldiers patrol in Port-au-Prince,  March 13, 2012, BBChttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-17351144
  • Two UN Pakistani peacekeepers convicted in Haiti ?http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/story/2012-03-13/Haiti–UN-peacekeepers/53515134/1
  • Haiti, Cholera and the United Nations: Negligence and the Rule of Law http://bit.ly/ABF3ox
  • Link Ezili Danto’s Note on: Bill Clinton – Slick Willy’s-  recent and sudden admission that a UN soldier brought cholera to Haiti and the UN‘s apparent strategic denial.

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Video: Afghan Activists Want US Out, No Deal with Taliban

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14 March 2012 — The Real News Network

Sonali Kolhatkar: RAWA women do not want any power sharing deal with Taliban but want US out now

Bio
Sonali Kolhatkar is a founding Director of the US-based solidarity organization, Afghan Women’s Mission, which raises funds for social and political women-led projects in Afghanistan. She is co-author of the book, “Bleeding Afghanistan: Washington, Warlords, and the Propaganda of Silence”. She is also the host and Executive Producer of Uprising, heard on KPFK Pacifica Radio. Continue reading →

Video: Syria: "We want to exterminate 'Alawites"

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11 March 2012 — The Angry Arab News Service

These are videos that you are not likely to see in Western media or in Saudi and Qatari Arab media. They chant “We want to exterminate ‘Alawites“. This was in Homs.  An eye witness (not to be confused with eyewitnesses on Aljazeera) reports to me that he himself heard the chant “Alawites to the grave, and Christians to Beirut” (it rhymes in Arabic of course) in Latakia. (thanks Hossam) Continue reading →

Bradley Manning Newslinks 13-14 March 2012: Manning Treatment “Cruel, Inhuman” Torture Chief Admits

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14 March 2012 — williambowles.info

 

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UN official critical of Manning detention

CNN (blog)

US Army Pfc. Bradley Manning, accused of aiding the enemy by passing reams of classified military documents to WikiLeaks, may have been treated inhumanely by the US military since his arrest in 2010, according to a report from the United Nations’ top …

http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2012/03/13/u-n-official-critical-of-manning-detention/

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Wikileaks Newslinks 13 March 2012

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13 March 2012 — williambowles.info

 

Report: US government abused WikiLeaks suspect

TG Daily

The former army analyst – who was recently charged with aiding the enemy – stands accused of downloading thousands of classified documents that ultimately ended up on WikiLeaks. According to Juan Mendez, the US military was at least “culpable” of cruel …

http://www.tgdaily.com/security-features/62023-report-us-government-abused-wikileaks-suspect

 

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The EyeOpener- Stratfor and the Privatization of Intelligence

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13 March 2012 — www.boilingfrogspost.com

Late last year, hackers with the anonymous hacking group LulzSec raided the servers of Strategic Forecasting, Inc., or Stratfor, a private intelligence company in Austin, Texas, coming away with some 5 million emails. Last month, Wikileaks began publishing the emails as “The Global Intelligence Files” to much fanfare. All of the claims that continue to emerge on a daily basis from this email archive are just that: claims. Regardless of the truth of this or that particular claim, perhaps the most significant thing to emerge from the emails is the fact that companies like Stratfor exist at all. That private companies are in possession of vast intelligence networks and vast sums of data on private individuals is a trend that few are comfortable with, but few are aware of until situations like the Stratfor leak bring it to the public’s attention.

This is our EyeOpener Report by James Corbett, presenting the disturbing trend of outsourcing intelligence work to private companies, the unhealthy relationship between intelligence agencies and the private sector, the culpability for misconduct and shielding the government from being held accountable for crimes committed on its behalf, and the creation of a revolving door that allows the private companies enormous leeway in bending and breaking laws by offering incentives to the agencies that are supposedly keeping an eye on them.

Watch the Video Report Here @ Boiling Frogs Post: http://www.boilingfrogspost.com/2012/03/13/the-eyeopener-stratfor-and-the-privatization-of-intelligence/

Stop NATO News: March 14, 2012: Western Demands For Syrian Regime Change Fuel Conflict: Russia

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14 March 2012 — Stop NATO

  • UN: Russia Calls For Probe Into NATO’s “Massive Bombings” In Libya
  • Western Demands For Syrian Regime Change Fuel Conflict: Russia
  • Caucasus, Central Asia: “Arab Spring” Brings Destabilization To Russia’s Borders
  • U.S. Drone Strikes Kill At Least 16 In Pakistan
  • No Missile Shield Deal Likely By NATO Summit: Russia
  • CIA Chief, Turkish Prime Minister Conspire On Syria, Kurdistan Workers Party
  • 580,000 U.S. Troops Transit Yearly: Pentagon Chief In Kyrgyzstan
  • Six Facilities In Europe, Africa, Middle East: U.S. Navy Holds Exercise
  • Thailand Hosts Joint Air Drills With U.S., Singapore
  • U.S. Marines Train Ugandan Troops For Wars Abroad, At Home
  • Uganda: U.S. Army Builds Combat Interoperability With African Militaries

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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 13 March 2012: Haniyeh confirms ceasefire, says Israel agreed to stop assassinations

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13 March 2012 — VTJP

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International Middle East Media Center

France Grants P.A. €10 Million
IMEMC – The French Foreign Ministry stated that it will be granting the Palestinian Authority (P.A.) in the West Bank €10 Million in direct financial aid to help it deal with and overcome the current financial crisis, the AFP reported. …

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